The Boss of You

As a fol­low up to Should I hire some­one Part 1, I’d like to share with you a bit of wis­dom that seemed to escape my own men­tal grasp when we looked at hir­ing some­one the first time. I’ll admit I was over­worked and way past over­tired at the time, so it’s not too surprising […]

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One of the ques­tions we were asked after our SXSW Panel was one that rang so true and strong for me that I couldn’t help step­ping out­side my role as mod­er­a­tor to give it a quick answer. The ques­tion, if I may para­phrase was along the lines of:
I think I might be ready to hire someone […]

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Still no pod­cast (sigh), but lovely Flickr-ers have posted pho­tos! I love this one, which Alex describes thusly: “It looks like Jenny is receiv­ing a gift from God and Lauren’s totally feel­ing it.” (Alex, btw, looks gor­geous in this other one.)

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Fel­low (sis­ter?) Seal Press author Michelle Good­man is com­ing to Van­cou­ver next month for two book read­ings. I would urge any of you who are think­ing of leav­ing the cubi­cle behind to attend. The Anti 9-to-5 Guide is a fan­tas­tic resource for women who want to cre­ate a work life that reflects their pri­or­i­ties, rather […]

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Thank you so much to every­one who turned out to our panel yes­ter­day; we were delighted by the turnout and the response! It seemed our fears of not being techie enough were unfounded, and we had a very lively dis­cus­sion both amongst our­selves in the first seg­ment, and with audi­ence mem­bers when we took questions […]

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So, I’ve been mean­ing to write this post for more than a week now, but in all of our pre–SXSW insan­ity, there hasn’t been time. No won­der, what with hir­ing a new staff­per­son *yay! more on that later), and all the furniture-ordering, computer-setup, software-installing, and so on that goes along with that — not to […]

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