The Boss of You

The folks at Studio Four with Fanny Kiefer graciously gave us their blessing to post the interview we did on Wednesday’s show. Ms. Kiefer is a stellar interviewer — she covers a lot of ground and has a very strong grasp of the book. It was a huge pleasure to be her guests.
The interview is […]

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This month’s topic at The Lab in Seattle (hosted at Velocity Art and Design) is on blogging: how to set one up, the importance of Search Engine Optimization, etc. You can read more about the event, which takes place tomorrow evening, here. One of the women profiled in our book, Megan from Not Martha, will […]

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We’ve had some exciting developments around here, what with last week’s travels, and with The Boss of You going into its third print run already, after just a few weeks on the shelves. (It turns out that the reason bookstores may not have copies in stock is ‘cause they’re selling out. D’oh.) And on top […]

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We’ve been on the road this week, visiting Seattle, New York, and DC, and all the travelling is giving me a chance to catch up a little on my reading. I finally got a chance to pick up the copy of Venus Zine I bought a couple of weeks ago, and was delighted to discover […]

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Last week Claire over at Loobylu did a giveaway contest for our book, wherein she took inspiration from the book and asked people to describe a meal that would reflect the personality of their business (or the business they dream of creating). This kind of exercise is an example of the kinds of suggestions we […]

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At last night’s event in Largo, MD (a suburb of Washington, DC), a question arose during the Q&A period: What do you do when people try to haggle with you about your prices? The general consensus among the panelists was that you shouldn’t budge; your prices are your prices, and in most cases, undercutting yourself […]

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Just waking up and getting ready to check out of our hotel after our event at Borders last night. We’ll write more about that later, but suffice it to say the woman who organized it, Kennetta is like some kind of author’s dream come true. Our entire visit here has been all about making sure […]

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Tomorrow we will be visiting the U.S. capital — it’s the first time for both of us, and we’re excited about it. We were invited to Washington, DC by a fabulous woman named Kennetta Wainwright who organizes a series of monthly events featuring business authors and entrepreneurs in panel discussions on various topics. Our topic […]

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Yesterday’s event at Elliott Bay Books was a lot of fun; amazingly, about twenty people chose to show up despite the fact that the Pacific Northwest was enjoying its first day of genuine blue skies and hot sunshine all year. I always make a point of stopping in at Elliott Bay when I’m in […]

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Charity Village, which bills itself as “Canada’s supersite for the nonprofit sector” (and it really is — our friends & colleagues in the nonprofit world visit it on a daily basis), has posted a very kind review of The Boss of You. You may wonder why nonprofit types would be interested in a business book, […]

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