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Best marketing advice: just listen.
I was talking with a friend the other day who recently started a business pursuing her passion. She was able to move into securing billable work relatively quickly through word-of-mouth and her network...
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A Case for Diversity in Innovation
It didn’t take long after the launch of Apple’s new touchpad for the jokes to start flying. Yes, the name – iPad – sounds like a feminine product. Case in point: one of yesterday’s top trending topics...
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Does work-for-hire stifle innovation?
What is it that motivates people to be innovative? While it may not be the primary motivator, most people want to enjoy some benefit from their own ideas. By default, you own what you create, but that...
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Don’t let the high cost of conflict get in your way
Did you know that when conflicts occur, managers spend 42% of their time helping the parties reach agreement? The average cost of defending a litigated employment claim is $130,000. Fortune 500...
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Creativity and passion
I don’t watch much TV, but the one show I do watch on occasion is House. If you haven’t seen it before, Hugh Laurie plays a brilliant but unorthodox doctor who specializes in diagnosing strange...
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Hosted solution or local, understanding the options with Quickbooks
Image via Wikipedia Recently, as we were looking at options for accounting software for our new nonprofit, we asked our accountants to outline for us how to choose the online (hosted) option versus...
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Wealth is not a 4-letter word: Women, Business, and our Relationship with Money
Last week, I attended a focus group of sorts at the SBA headquarters in DC sponsored by the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) to talk about women business owners and capital. It was an...
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Overcoming the Bootstrap Mindset
When I founded my software company so many years ago, I was fortunate to have an immediate client who actually paid me well for my time. As my company and my relationship with this client expanded, we...
View ArticleACTiVATE Closes an early-stage gap to drive economic recovery
The best word I can think to describe what I felt when I read a report released yesterday by Lesa Mitchell at the Kauffman Foundation is: Validated. It’s been about 18 months since I stepped into the...
View ArticleBalance is balancing out! One more excuse gone…
Good news: the quest for work/life balance is beginning to not be just a women’s issue! I was reading a recent report “Unlocking the full potential of women in the U.S. economy” by McKinsey &...
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