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Entrepreneurs and Small Business, Do You Need a Project Manager?

April 5, 2011

There is something really nice about starting a fresh project, especially when there is an end in sight. Well-managed projects can make you feel productive and constantly on the move. But when there are several projects going on at once, you may long for an outside source to keep you in check and on the [...]

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Women Business Owners Need to Leverage Networks

April 4, 2011

It’s a stereotype that women more than men find it easier to connect with people on a personal basis, because we tend to be listeners and nurturers. But it’s a stereotype that is often proved true. Women entrepreneurs should take advantage of their ability to connect with others and leverage their business networks to gain [...]

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Study Shows Facebook “Likes” More Profitable Than Tweets

March 17, 2011

We have a follow-up to yesterday’s post about using Facebook to market your local business. A new study by Eventbrite on its own in-site analytics shows that Facebook “Likes” translated into greater profit for them over Tweets. ($1.34 per event via Facebook vs 80 cents via Twitter) More details can be found in complete article on [...]

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Start Up Business Funding: Microloans for Women Entrepreneurs

January 12, 2011

Fledgling entrepreneurs know how difficult it can be to find funding to start a business, especially women entrepreneurs. Thanks to the non-profit microlending site Kiva and skin-care company Dermalogica, it just got a little easier. As this article from BusinessWeek online explains, Jane Wurwand–who founded Dermalogica 25 years ago with $14,000 and turned it into [...]

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Women Entrepreneurs: Google Helps You Locally

November 23, 2010

If you live in San Francisco, Chicago, or Houston, you can sign up for Boost and have advertising for your small business appear in the sponsored links of web searches and Google map searches. It’s a lot like Google Adwords, but it is tailored specifically for location-based searches so you can target customers looking for local places to visit.

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Becoming Fearless

October 11, 2010

Fellow women entrepreneurs, there is one thing that you absolutely need to know when starting a business: What Are You Afraid Of? Are you starting a new small business and daunted by learning social media basics? Are you a work at home mom worried about who will look after your kids while you work? Whatever [...]

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Small Business Tip: Back Up! Your Data that is!

March 11, 2010

Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, listen up! I recently spent the majority of a couple of days helping a colleague restore her data after her computer was stolen.  Well, we restored as much as possible.  She was not good at making regular backups.  As a result she lost a significant amount of data that she will never [...]

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