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Entries from July 2007

amet & sasha closing sale

July 30th, 2007 by Lauren · No Comments

We love supporting other small, women-owned businesses, and we also love cheering on women making career changes — so of course we’re excited (if a little sad) to hear about amet and sasha’s closing sale.
Apparently A&S’s founder, Jesse, is on the cusp of a career change and as a result she’s closing down her […]

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Overcoming Barriers to Success

July 30th, 2007 by Emira · No Comments

The Writers Revealed online chat yesterday was fantastic. It was so great to engage with Michelle in women’s questions around running their business. Unfortunately we ran into a bit of a tech snag that blocked both Michelle and I from posting at the end of our time (and strangely all my posts from yesterday have […]

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Live Chat: How to be a successful entrepreneur

July 27th, 2007 by Emira · No Comments

We’ve been blogging over at Writers Revealed with some other smart business ladies — Alex Beauchamp and Michelle Goodman — in preparation for a live chat coming up this Sunday. Here’s our post: Do you need a business plan? The chat will run this Sunday, July 29th at 7pm EST/4pm PST in the comments space […]

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The Art of the Business Card

July 13th, 2007 by Emira · No Comments

In one of the chapters of our book (coming out Spring 2008) we deal with the many, many marketing materials you could put together when you start up your business (or that you’ll redesign and develop throughout the life of your business). Because our book isn’t aimed at folks who are inclined to do things […]

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