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Baptism cake

Can you really have a business plan without writing a…um…business plan?

Holy squeee!!!! You just made a the cutest fricken’ cake on the planet!  Seriously, you can stop looking at it. It’s so insanely adorable. And you know it’s going to taste great because you used your grandma’s world-famous devil’s food recipe. Mmmm…you’ve got a fresh cup of coffee ready & you can’t wait to chow […]

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The Doctor Is Who?

Are you condemning the future to death so it can match the past?

For best results, listen to this song before reading or while reading this post. aimee mann – AimeeMann-MomentumPowered by mp3skull.com You can’t see what lies ahead if you only look behind. I feel little like I’m stuck in the movie, Groundhog Day. I keep having this same conversation…during coaching calls, in forums, in mastermind groups, […]

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catching the bubble

How I’m breaking out of the bubble bursting business

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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Houston Roller Derby

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 […]

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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 […]

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