My entrepreneurial journey has come to an end, and though I felt some guilt about it at first, the truth is, I’m relieved.
To Entrepreneur or Not to Entrepreneur
Posted on Oct - 26 - 2010
Categories: Career & Professional, Entrepreneurs, Family, Lessons & Epiphanies
A Business for Your Life
Posted on Jan - 20 - 2010
One of the most compelling reasons for an entrepreneur to strike out on his or her own is lifestyle. For some people it might be health reasons or inability to tolerate a long commute anymore; for some of us it may be a craving to be location independent or it could be the birth of [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs, Family, Life & Lifestyle
A Pragmatic New Year
Posted on Jan - 17 - 2010
Well, I can’t say that I’m sorry to have seen 2009 go. Personally and professionally, it was one hell of a rough year. On the other hand, it did bring with it some changes that — despite fighting pretty voraciously at first — have ultimately proven to be profoundly valuable. The biggest and most obvious [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs
My Favorite Bloggers
Posted on Dec - 24 - 2009
As someone who consumes most of her daily doses of new information through the blogosphere (as opposed to traditional media), there are different bloggers I read for different reasons. As I’ve been trying to streamline my process for writing more (and better), myself, I’ve been thinking more and more about what I specifically get out [ Read More ]
Categories: Leaders
Tis the Season to be Independent
Posted on Dec - 01 - 2009
In Deck the Halls with Pink Slips I discuss the November round of layoffs at several big companies. Of course, part of what brought these to my attention is that a dear friend of mine got caught in the pre-holidays cut-backs at Adobe. Even worse, however, was the fact that my friend loved working at [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs, Lessons & Epiphanies, Life & Lifestyle
The Reverence Gene
Posted on Jul - 14 - 2009
My husband constantly points out how irreverent I am. He does this mostly in a light-hearted, good natured way, but he still definitely finds it frustrating. He will often feel like I am being actively disrespectful to individuals or institutions that deserve my deference. The fact is that I am not disrespectful at all. What [ Read More ]
Categories: Career & Professional, Leaders, Lessons & Epiphanies, Mentors
Keeping Your Spirits Up During a Job Hunt
Posted on Jul - 01 - 2009
Job hunting is rough for oh-so-many reasons. One of the things that is hardest about it, though, is managing your own attitude and spirits. If there is one thing that is liable to get you into trouble during a job hunt, it is unmanaged anxiety. I’ve written before about some of the things that I [ Read More ]
Categories: Family, Friends, Lessons & Epiphanies, Life & Lifestyle
20/20 Hindsight – Getting Your Start in a Startup
Posted on Apr - 23 - 2009
People who did not meet me until at or around my 25th birthday would never believe it, but in school, I was the Queen of Slackers. Truly. School was too easy, too routine and I spent too long doing it to be able to breath new life into the experience. I could dodge classes, do [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs, Friends, Leaders, Lessons & Epiphanies, Life & Lifestyle, Mentors
20/20 Hindsight – How Early Career Choices Can Set the Stage
Posted on Apr - 22 - 2009
I had a couple of discussions this week that got me thinking back to the early days of my career. Aside from leaving me feeling older than I care to think about, it did spark a pleasant memory or two that I’ve been mulling over since. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about how early career choices [ Read More ]
Categories: Career & Professional, Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Lessons & Epiphanies, Mentors
Why Agile Isn't Just for Development
Posted on Apr - 21 - 2009
It’s been years since the evangelism for Agile development started truly gaining momentum. Super sexy buzzphrases phrases like “reduce time to market,” “improved ROI,” and “lower development costs” have all been invoked to support the case for adopting an Agile methodology over the old-school Waterfall approach. The fact is, most experienced professionals have lived through [ Read More ]
Categories: Career & Professional, Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Lessons & Epiphanies
Qualities of a Great Speaker – Authenticity
Posted on Apr - 17 - 2009
In my original blog post on this topic, the second quality I listed as being necessary in a great speaker is authenticity. Authenticity is difficult to quantify, but we know it when we see it. And when it comes to a speaker, it makes a huge difference in how we view what they say. A [ Read More ]
Categories: Leaders, Lessons & Epiphanies
Qualities of a Great Speaker
Posted on Apr - 14 - 2009
I admit it: I am “an oratorical snob.” I have very high standards when it comes to what I like to hear and see from a speaker at an event or show. Having grown up in a small business-centric environment, public speaking is in my blood and I cut my teeth on motivational and business [ Read More ]
Categories: Leaders, Lessons & Epiphanies