Is Fear of the Unknown Blocking Your Dream?
Fear of the unknown is a waste of energy, much less time and money. Maybe you’re reading this from your comfy perch as a corporate executive, but sense something is…well, missing. Your [...]
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What’s Your Story, and Why Your Business Model Matters
Your story for your business is critical to your success. Perhaps you’ve heard that “story” is crucial to your marketing – and that is true! But “story” is not [...]
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Why You Should Use Caution with Parallel Entrepreneurship as a Growth Strategy
WHAT is Parallel Entrepreneurship? When my advisory practice began 11 years ago, I worked with business owners who were focused on growing and scaling their business. A funny thing happened as my [...]
The Case for Rest & Relaxation
As you are reading this, I’m at the beach getting some Rest & Relaxation. Each year, my husband and I celebrate our wedding anniversary by returning to the scene of our marriage on the [...]
Am I an Entrepreneur, or a Nontrepreneur?
These days it seems everyone is an entrepreneur. We no longer use the more accurate phrases like “business owner” or “self-employed” or even “contractor.” [...]
In Balance & Priorities, Career Advice, Entrepreneurship, Inspiration & Motivation, Starting My Business, Success Stories
Posted Why Do Women Start Businesses?
Why do women start businesses? Because we can. OK, that’s kind of a snarky response, however true. The rate at which women start businesses is dramatically greater than our male [...]
Your “Job Security” is an Oxymoron
Are you a fan of oxymorons? They have little (can’t say “nothing”) to do with Congress but they are an often amusing turn of phrase. Way back when, a comedian named George [...]