– Jane
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I Loved The Social Network
I was riveted to every word of the fast-paced and brilliant dialogue in the recently released movie about Facebook entitled The Social Network. I've been moaning and groaning about social media, but having experienced this film about the creation of thefacebook...
Fearless Fridays – Robin Horton Leapt
It's not every day that a business owner turns down business, but that's exactly what Robin Horton did recently. She had completed graphic design work, the bread and butter part of her company, for a client who proceeded to compromise their agreement and cause her ...
It’s Mountain Day!
I smiled when I saw this message in my inbox this morning. It brought me right back to my time at Mount Holyoke College when, on one bright and sunny fall day, the chapel bells would ring out signaling the cancellation of classes for a once-a-year tradition:...
Liz Ball Does It Again
Pierce Ball Gallery hosted the Second Annual Artsy Girls Show - A Common Thread with an opening on Saturday that drew a steady stream of patrons plus a slew of Artsy Girls. I'm sitting on a bench in this jewel of a gallery space along with Naiad Einsel,...
A+ for 341
I practically flew home from 341 Studios' Fresh Intelligence Roundtable Series this morning. Offered to clients and prospects of this energized and energizing marketing & design company, today's talk was on email marketing trends featuring Bradly Serlin. You'd...
Would You Jump Up Stairs for Your Business?
At the age of 11 Li Cunxin was plucked from his remote village in China to be groomed for the Beijing Dance Academy. As the 7th son in a family with minimal education and no worldly exposure, Li had no aspirations to study ballet. But after enduring grueling...
Not That Kind of Book Club
No one I know is looking to take on additional homework assignments. When I created my Soul Proprietor Book Club, it was with the intention of bringing like-minded entrepreneurs together to talk about what's real in their businesses, what touches their souls. Not...
What It Takes to Be Successful
Jim Blasingame is the founder of Small Business Advocate whose mission is helping your small business. I've been a member of his Brain Trust for several years now on the generous referral of Barbara Weltman. This morning Jim and I talked on his blog radio program...
Pauline Sasaki – My Healer, My Friend
How shocking to receive the news of a dear friend's death on the screen of one's BlackBerry, but that's what happened this afternoon as I was retrieving messages after a haircut. I knew Pauline had been ill and had recently spoken to her sister Lucie. But I thought...
Painful Pruning Yields Hardier Businesses
Just looking at the thorns in this picture made me believe my client's recent description of how she pruned the rose bushes in her yard. She said she got rid of all the discolored blossoms as well as the branches that had grown astray over the season. Even though...
Second Post of the Day – Ronnie Ann Ryan Rocks!
Ronnie Ann Ryan, aka The Dating Coach, came to my Remarkable Women's Network event last Tuesday night well prepared. (Ronnie is in the light turquoise on the right end of row 2.) She has put together a 5-day virtual expo called Dating for Keeps which she...
First, A Brag. I’m Lindsey Pollak’s Mom.
My daughter Lindsey had two reasons to celebrate on Sunday, September 5. First, it was her birthday, an event we've always taken very seriously. As a young child it meant being allowed to pick a favorite brand of cereal (i.e. Cap'n Crunch vs. Cheerios) on that...
Fearless Fridays – Kathy Ball-Toncic Moves to Rome
Since meeting Kathy Ball-Toncic through CTI's Leadership program a few years ago, I've been in awe of her courage and mobility. During that program we did high ropes work (Kathy was far more elegant and courageous than I) among other challenging activities. She'd...
Where to Find Martha (Stewart) and Denise DiGrigoli
In response to my blog post on Monday, the brilliant and creative Denise DiGrigoli, owner of Troy Fine Art Services, Inc., came rushing into my Remarkable Women's Network event Tuesday evening exclaiming, "I've got something to show you!" Denise had written me a...
Shameless Self-Promotion – Jacqueline Susann
You can learn a lot about self-marketing from watching the video Isn't She Great? a fictionalized version of the author's life starring Bette Midler and Nathan Lane. Jacqueline Susann was the master. When her first novel Valley of the Dolls was published, she and...