Is your business in need of capital? If so this article is for you! If you are like most people the answer is a loud, YES! There are critical times in a business where access to capital is essential for the company to grow, take advantage of opportunities and become the success it is capable of becoming. The last thing a business wants to do is turn away a revenue … [Read more...]
Employees: Love Them or Leave Them
As a small business owner you become intimately involved in every area of your company and work closely with most of your employees. There are several perks to this. You gain an intimate understanding of how your company works, understand your clients and their needs, and see the company culture at work on a daily basis. Small business owners do not need to look at reports … [Read more...]
Happy Women Work From Home
Today's women can work at home and still hold an executive position and even make millions from sitting behind a lap top computer. In fact... you can be extremely HAPPY working from home because you don't have to get dressed up, fight traffic and you can work out whenever you want to. Just schedule it! The internet allows us to have freedom to raise our children, have … [Read more...]
You Unique Selling Proposition, An Essential Ingredient To Success
Lately, I’ve surrounded myself with many powerful women. They are everywhere in my life. Thankfully, there’s an abundance of them, and I’m so grateful for that. What’s the common denominator? They are all boldly living their purpose!They all have found their unique selling proposition and know that it is an essential ingredient to their success. It changes how you take … [Read more...]
To My Business With Love
This column has given me the venue to talk about a lot of the little quirks we face when running a small business, but I realize the one thing that I haven't fully addressed is the sometimes dysfunctional but always loving relationship I have with my business. Yes, I admit it. I am in a long-term relationship with my business, for better or worse. So SPC my love, here are the … [Read more...]
Women Entrepreneurs: Do You Know Who You Are?
It’s a funny thing when we step into being a woman entrepreneur because we hold so many more roles today than in the past. The question comes down to, “Do you know who you are?” One minute you are a mother or you know that you should be a mother. Because your clock is ticking . . . The next minute you are wondering how you could possibly do any more than you already are … [Read more...]
Empowerment Principles For Women Entrepreneurs
Women desire to be in social gatherings, supporting one another and uplifting to each others mission or goals in life. This was proven by the amazing Global Initiative that took place in 2010 by the United Nations and understanding the impact women have in the global marketplace. "The Women's Empowerment Principles seek to point the way to best practice by elaborating the … [Read more...]
Seminars: Women’s Networking
Should women use seminars to network and build their businesses? I say YES for sure. It’s one of the best investments that you can do for your online business. Always look at your decisions asmultiple streams of investments. That’s how you’ll grow many roads to increasing your income. Here’s what I mean: I just spent five days at the Messenger Summit with 200 attendees … [Read more...]
Do Bosses Really Listen?
Today has been a common theme of acknowledging that ‘I guess I should have listened better’. I missed the event details for my daughter’s science competition, missed some bathroom renovation details, and didn’t notice that my client hadn’t signed the check until at the bank even though it was mentioned earlier. As I came to this conclusion I wondered if as bosses we do the … [Read more...]
The 5 Friends Every Entrepreneur Needs
We entrepreneurs are an optimistic set; some would even say we have our head in the clouds. Some of us are cautious, some bean counters by nature and some of us are the dreamers. We are the people that can actually visualize the dream happening. With this near foolish optimism, there are 5 friends that every kind of entrepreneur should have. The Cheerleader This is the … [Read more...]