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Entries from August 2008

In-Store Event at Chapters on Robson

August 27th, 2008 by Lauren · No Comments

It’s been a while since we did an event in Vancouver, but we’re about to make up for that. We’re delighted to announce that we will be making an appearance at the downtown Vancouver Chapters store (at Robson and Howe) next Friday, September 5 19, between noon and 2pm. We’ll be signing books and we [...]

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Tags: Events · The Boss of You: The Book

Finding Your Signature Font

August 25th, 2008 by Lauren · 9 Comments

A couple of people have emailed us lately to ask for details on the de-lovely script font we use on this here website*, and that got me thinking that perhaps it would be helpful to some of you if I shared a few of my favourite resources for researching and test-driving typefaces. I use these [...]

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Tags: Business Advice · Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Resources for Women in Business

The Boss of You Q&A Podcast

August 22nd, 2008 by Emira · 1 Comment

We had such a truly fantastic time at The Lab last month in Seattle. Velocity does an incredible job of putting on a great event, attracting smart and talented business/arty folks, and creating an inquisitive environment where folks feel safe sharing challenges and swapping stories. Velocity is putting up podcasts of their events and the [...]

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Tags: The Boss of You: The Book

BYOB Sale

August 8th, 2008 by Lauren · 3 Comments

Bring Your Own Bag (AKA BYOB) is one of the women-owned business profiled in The Boss of You; they make gorgeous, natural cotton reusable totes (as well as their new produce bag & super-cute vintage satchel lines) right here in Vancouver. Well, they’ve got a wicked sale on right now and I thought I would [...]

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Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · The Boss of You: The Book

How Much Does A Website Cost Anyway?

August 1st, 2008 by Emira · 3 Comments

With options that vary as widely as choosing between having your boyfriend’s roommate build you a website in exchange for making him dinners for a week, or paying a professional studio like ours to design your website (let’s put our cards on the table here and I’ll let you know that typically our budgets start [...]

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Tags: Business Advice · Uncategorized