The Boss of You

A friend of mine sent me an email recently containing several quotes from Carlos Castaneda, and a few of them struck me as particularly relevant to my work life at the moment. (I have taken the liberty of replacing every instance of “man” with “woman,” because I’m sneaky like that.) If a warrior is to [...]

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Another great review, this time from Entrepreneur.com… The reviewer, Alexa Vaughn, has totally nailed what we set out to do, in a handful of words. Hooray for good criticism! The Boss of You: Everything a Woman Needs to Start, Run and Maintain Her Own Business (Seal Press, 2008) By Emira Mears and Lauren Bacon Who [...]

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The reviews keep rolling in… Here’s what Library Journal had to say: Abarbanel, Karin & Bruce Freeman. Birthing the Elephant: The Woman’s Go-for-It! Guide to Overcoming the Big Challenges of Launching a Business. Ten Speed: Celestial Arts. Mar. 2008. c.256p. index. ISBN 978-1-58008-887-9. pap. $15.95. Mears, Emira & Lauren Bacon. The Boss of You: Everything [...]

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MIMOSA Originally uploaded by hexion When you run your own business, a lot of people (mostly the ones who aren’t entrepreneurs) will make comments that manage to sound both admiring and a little snide — for example, when you tell them you’re heading home early (typically after pulling seven straight ten-hour days), they’ll say something [...]

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We got our first review, and it’s a positive one! I must admit I have been telling myself I wouldn’t read the reviews, because frankly I’m not sure I have the stomach for being critiqued. But apparently I can’t resist, after all. Roller coaster of praise and criticism, here we come! (And hey, Publisher’s Weekly, [...]

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