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Love a Local Business and Win a $50K Hiring Grant

May 13, 2011

Intuit, the folks who bring us Quicken and QuickBooks, is holding a contest to award a local small business owner a hiring grant worth up to $50K. Unless you were on the WPO’s list of top 50 fastest-growing women-led companies, your own small business could probably use this. So what are you waiting for? Nominate [...]

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Get Your Creative Workspace Arrangement Featured on CNN and Mashable

April 13, 2011

Whether you work at a laptop on a table at the local Panera, or sitting in an ergonomically-friendly chair in your own home office, solopreneurs may often find their workspaces–well–boring. If you’re just such an entrepreneur and you have “jazzed” up your workspace to make it more entertaining (lava lamp? portable fish tank?) and less [...]

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Google’s Art Project Debuts

February 2, 2011

Thanks to those innovative folks at Google, now you can visit famous art museums and browse through their collections at a whim–without the cost of an airplane ticket! The Art Project by Google brings their street view technology indoors. Click on a link to the museum of your choice (including The State Hermitage in St. [...]

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Snow Day? Not for Work-at-Home Moms!

January 26, 2011

When you were a kid, you probably couldn’t wait to hear your school’s name on the radio’s list of closings due to snow. That feeling hasn’t changed, at least for your kids. But while they eagerly anticipate a day off from school to play, you sit there dreading it. For a work-at-home mom, a snow [...]

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Why I “heart” Evernote.

December 7, 2010

Since the Thanksgiving weekend was a long one, I had an extra day to tackle my storage unit. The list of the items I brought with me to the unit were markers, tape, a pen, a notepad and scissors.  Little did I know, it would be my cellphone that would become the MVP (most valuable [...]

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Amazon’s Kindle for PC Makes Starting a Business Even Easier

October 26, 2010

Amazon has just released its free Kindle for PC app, which allows you to read Kindle material on your desktop or laptop, even if you don’t have a Kindle. If you do own a Kindle, the app allows you to sync it with your computer, so you can pick up where you last left off [...]

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Wish Upon a List

December 16, 2009

Sometime ago, I written several posts about online retail sites that have wishlists. Now, I’m back to provide an update. If you are familiar with  The Secret and the Law of Attraction, then you know that a wishlist can be seen as an extension of Vision Board. When I initially written  the 12 days of [...]

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Are you riding the wave?

December 14, 2009

What is Google Wave? Just in case you haven’t heard, Google has recently launched Google Wave. Google Wave is a service were you can collaborate with colleagues using text, photos, videos and links. I have used it to communicate with friends, but I am curious about its business applications. We have a few invites available. [...]

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2nd Day of an Entrepreneurs Christmas!

December 2, 2009

If you are just joining us, we are doing “12 Days of an Entrepreneurs Christmas!” To see the music video that goes along with this, click here. On the first day of an Entrepreneurs Christmas, my true love gave me this great gift. On the 2nd Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: [...]

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1st Day: Entrepreneurs Christmas!

December 1, 2009

As I mentioned in my previous post we are celebrating the 12 Days of an Entrepreneurs Christmas! On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6″ Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation) It’s Amazon’s #1 gift and it is a great gadget for those avid readers. Stay tuned [...]

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