It was 2006, and it was a day like any other. A proud, beautiful woman walked into the Women’s Business Center to bare her soul and ask me for advice. She’d been through hell and was looking for a path back. Her story unfolded in front of me as tears came to her eyes…and to […]
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9 things roller derby has taught me about entrepreneurship
Today is Saturday and tonight is Bout Night! For those of you that don’t know, I used to skate with the Rage City Rollergirls. That was two years ago…and despite being semi-permanently benched… I’m still a derby fangirl, a derby sponsor and a lifelong sister to my derby teammates. Tonight, I get to go cheer […]
Why you should launch your business like a family fishing trip
You’ve come up with a fan-tabulous, fail-proof idea for a new business. Great! Now what? What are you supposed to do next? Umm….yeah. That’s right where most great ideas stop. And that’s a shame. A terrible, horrible, awful, injustice to the world kind of shame. It’s not surprising though. [Hold on a sec while I […]
Why the Joneses can suck it…or how conformity will kill your dreams.
Winter has officially eaten then entire United States of America (except Florida). From Oregon to Alabama, people everywhere are hunkered down. Stuck in their homes. Trapped there by gazillions of little tiny flakes of ice. …and many of them are ready to kill each other. Are you one of them? Or are you one of […]
Happy Venn-sday! Well-Blended Living
Sometimes, you don’t need a lot of words to make a point. The well-blended goal is to live in the middle of this Venn as often as possible…or at least in one of the three cross-over areas. Ponder this messy little Venn. What types of activities would you list in each area? How would it […]
