by Krista Miller As I write this, the social enterprise that I founded a little over a year ago is thriving. Our membership numbers for Q1 2015 have already exceeded the total for all of 2014, we’ve secured funding for the next three years to help our startup efforts, and our brand is slowly but […]
by Kathy Scott | Featured Contributor This weekend a group of Oklahoma students did what organizations bigger than themselves (NBA, NFL, Justice Department) could not do, they brought an entire country to their knees and pulled the band-aid of racism off a wound that seems unlikely to heal. Yes, they did have help from a very […]
by Stacy Kleber Jensen | Featured Contributor There are an abundance of overused fonts out there, but there are a few that just scream amateur. When you run a professional business, it is best to stay clear unless you have a really good reason. 1. Times New Roman Times New Roman is a default font. It is not […]
by Emma Heptonstall What’s the Business Plan for your divorce? Have you noticed that a smart, sassy entrepreneurial woman like you, seems to have everything? A great career, fab friends, well-adjusted kids if they have them; oh, and they seem to have managed their divorce pretty well too. So how is it that some […]
by Amanda Curtis How much does it take to start a fashion brand? Blood, sweat, tears, and between $300,000 – $3 million upfront. Granted, it’s quite a range, but this is what it takes to launch a fashion brand in 2015 and there is no guarantee of success. The risk is so high that 60% of […]
by Christie Mims This is part three of a 6-part series on how to start a successful coaching business. Part 1 and Part 2 are here and here. So, you’ve started a coaching practice. Congratulations!! You’ve got your niche and you know how to talk about what you do. But, what do you charge? And […]
by Anne Day | Featured Contributor Do you have a business idea bubbling up inside of you, but are not sure where to start, or even if you should take this leap into the unknown? It is an exciting and scary time. One of the first questions to ask yourself is if you have what it […]
by Lauren Wise, Midnight Publishing With all the trials and tribulations that come as an entrepreneur building a brand, there’s one huge thing you may have already accomplished without even realizing it. You’ve written a book. Possibly even several. That’s right: If you regularly write blogs in a specific area of expertise—whether it is beauty, […]
by Martina Iring | Featured Contributor I’m sure a lot of you small business owners out there are familiar with this. You login to your Facebook page and there’s a message from someone asking you to like their page. But sure enough, you zip over to your likes, and yup, they didn’t even bother liking your […]
by Makeda Pennycooke | Featured Contributor I’ve spent much of the first weeks of this year learning and doing things I’ve never done before. I’m being stretched in ways I never imagined and in the process discovering new things about myself. While this growth has been good, what has not been as good is the battles […]
