by Jane Pollak | Jan 6, 2021 | Be Inspired, Business Planning, Coaching, Delegating, Find Business Tips, Home Office, Small Business, Start-up Business
Years ago I was invited to address a group of out-placed executives who were considering entrepreneurship. I was the resident expert that day and was joined, in our circle, by a professor of entrepreneurship from a nearby university. One of the attendees asked how...
by Jane Pollak | Dec 31, 2020 | Be Inspired, Business Planning, General Wisdom, Home Office, Personal Development, Small Business, Textile Design
If the great city I live in is going to the trouble of providing a decorated tree, and retail stores are filling their windows with special displays for passers-by, the least I can do is be a witness. So last week, I hit the train and made a quick tour of...
by Jane Pollak | Dec 27, 2020 | Be Inspired, Business Planning, Education, General Wisdom, Meet Remarkable Women, Small Business
I’ve been around long enough as a business owner to know this truth: trading money for expertise is a smart move. I hired Donna Cash last week to tell me all the secrets of the pillow industry, and did she deliver! We met by zoom, of course, as she is in...
by Jane Pollak | Aug 28, 2020 | Be Inspired, Business Planning, Home Office, Meet Remarkable Women, Persistence, Small Business, Success
As the mother of high school kids (back in the day), I sat at a roundtable of parents where everyone bragged that their kid never slept through the night when they were babies. However, back in the day, when I was the mother of a that toddler, no one admitted that...
by Jane Pollak | Aug 17, 2020 | Business Planning, General Wisdom, Home Office, Persistence, Small Business, Success
With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, I asked myself, what do I want from my newly acquired art form? It’s the essential coaching question: what do you really want? But, like the infamous shoemaker, I rarely ask it of myself. Do I want to turn this...
by Jane Pollak | Apr 27, 2020 | Balance, Be Inspired, Business Planning, Coaching, Family, Meet Remarkable Women, Persistence
Katie Settel, a long-time client, called me this morning wanting to start a movement. She is passionate about helping children during this crisis. She’s come up with the idea, the organization to sponsor it, and guidelines for contribution. She wanted my help...
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