December 21st, 2007
What tasks do you deem important when starting a business? Getting startup capital? Establishing a clientele? Finding office space?
We’re drawing closer to the end of the year and there are many business start-ups that will be forming in 2008. Will you be one of them?
Check out this great article I found on tasks to consider […]
By Bridget Wright -- 1 comment
December 21st, 2007
I feel pretty flattered today. My 10-year old daughter says she wants to start her own business. Just like mommy. Even when she was just a little toddler, she would walk around with crayon and paper and say she was “doing business.” Wow.
When we are “doing business”, whether it’s from our home office, a rented […]
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December 20th, 2007
I found Startup Nation last week while I was Stumbling around the ‘net and was delighted by its collection of fun and useful resources for business owners and the self-employed. I love their sections on both business planning and life planning, the comprehensive resources on growing and marketing your business, including advice on creating a […]
By Kristen King -- 0 comments
December 20th, 2007
This post is simultaneously jumping ahead and looking back. I say we’re jumping ahead because January is when Bridget and I will kick off a series of articles on getting started in your career or in your business. I say looking back because the article I’m talking about today is from 2003, which seems like […]
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December 19th, 2007
What is your dream job? Have you thought about what it is that you really want to do? For some people, it takes time to find what they really want to do, yet to others it comes naturally. Ten years ago, when I decided to become an entrepreneur full-time, I had challenges finding that “right […]
By Bridget Wright -- 1 comment
December 15th, 2007
Over at BlogHer, there are scads and scads of great women-written blogs and sites just waiting to be discovered. Here are several I’ll be checking out over the next few weeks from the first half of the alphabet.
A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects
Balancing Motherhood
Boss Lady
Career Assessment Goddess
Career Diva
Entrepreneur Moms
eMoms at Home
It’s Women’s Work
Family Friendly Work
Girls […]
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December 3rd, 2007
Working from home is a dream that many would-be entrepreneurs envision every day of their work lives. Being able to have a flexible, varying schedule making your own money your way is something that seems elusive to most but accomplishable to others. I have been working from home now for over 10 years. I have […]
By Bridget Wright -- 5 comments
November 29th, 2007
Check out the fourth installment in the Business Channel’s ongoing Apprentice-style challenge. We’ve been divided into two teams and tasked with helping the fictional apron and hat maker Kay with her new business. This time, we guide Kay though the incredible demand she has to meet during the holiday season. Read the ACES team advice […]
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November 27th, 2007
I loved this post from Bosshatch so much that I blogged it here and at my freelance writing blog, Inkthinker. Here are my favorite reasons to become an entrepreneur from a biz chick perspective:
20. You want to stick it to “the man”… or woman. You want to show your boss “HA! See this? Yeah, well […]
By Kristen King -- 1 comment
November 24th, 2007
Women, and in some cases in particular, moms are fed up with corporate America and have been for quite some time. Why? Not that corporate America is evil or bad, but because working the 9-to5 grind doesn’t offer the flexibility and convenience that is necessary for a growing, busy family. It’s sort of difficult to […]
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