by Heather K. Terry | Featured Contributor When’s the last time you stepped into your customer’s head? You know that old saying, don’t miss the forest for the trees? The idiom that reminds us we shouldn’t be so focused on the details that we miss the big picture? Well, as it so happens, it is […]
by Heather K. Terry | Featured Contributor If you’ve ever found yourself doubting your business sense because you don’t have any real “experience,” give yourself a tiny little smack. Everything you’ve ever done has been (or will be one day) a relevant business experience. You have more skills than you realize. I know this now, […]
by Heather K. Terry | Featured Contributor I work from my home office the majority of the time, but recently I’ve started working from a shared office space. The other day, while I was innocently working away at my desk, I was approached by a woman who told me I wasn’t dressed professionally enough for […]
by Heather K. Terry | Featured Contributor This past week, I’ve been busy planning an international business trip that, truth be told, I don’t really feel much like going on. Not because I don’t love the notion of just flying off to Peru, but because I have to leave my baby behind. Granted, she will […]
by Heather K. Terry | Featured Contributor A morning news program I recently watched featured an interesting discussion about comments made by a high-powered female executive regarding balance of career and motherhood. This woman is the CEO of one of the most recognizable brands in the world, and she was so bold as to suggest […]
by Heather K. Terry | Featured Contributor There’s a part of me that hates the idea of writing this article. But a bigger part of me knows that it needs to be written. See, there’s a really big elephant in the room. She’s wearing heels and carrying an Hermes bag and she is completely ridiculous, but […]
by Heather K. Terry You’re about to undergo an invasive operation. The procedure’s being done by a skilled surgeon with an excellent reputation. Her track record’s nearly perfect, and she’s been doing surgeries like this for years. Fortunately for us, doctors aren’t allowed to operate on people before they study medicine for many years. Before […]
by Heather K. Terry | Featured Contributor What have you done today for yourself? Not your business, but yourself. When I was an actor, most of the other actors I knew only talked about work. There appeared to be nothing else going on in the lives of these people. Now that I own a company, […]
by Heather K. Terry | Featured Contributor In my experience, through discussions with a slew of startup entrepreneurs over the years, it seems to me that a lot of folks think they need multiple skus right out of the gate to prove themselves in the marketplace. This is a completely absurd concept—for a startup to […]
by Heather K. Terry | Featured Contributor I was working as an actress when I first had the idea to develop my own line of chocolate. And not just any chocolate, but chocolate that was free of refined sugars and made with the best possible ingredients. I’d taken chocolate-making classes in Manhattan at one of […]
