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Entries from September 2008

Local Babes in Business

September 22nd, 2008 by Emira · 2 Comments

There are so many awesome local business groups for the entrepreneurial gal in search of camaraderie and support. The Austin based, Babes in Business, just came across on my Twitter Feed (thanks to Craft Magazine’s awesome Twitter missives). Babes in Business is a Yahoo Group that meets once a month in Austin. It is run [...]

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Tags: Resources for Women in Business

Chapters In-Store Event Tomorrow

September 18th, 2008 by Lauren · 1 Comment

Just a reminder that tomorrow — Friday, September 19 — Emira and I will be at Chapters Books on Robson Street, here in Vancouver, signing copies of The Boss of You. Do stop by and say hello; for those of you in the Vancouver area, we’ve scheduled it at lunchtime in the hope you can [...]

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Tags: Events · The Boss of You: The Book

Business Blogging

September 6th, 2008 by Emira · 3 Comments

If you’re not getting enough of Lauren and I here, you can now check us out at our new blog for our company Raised Eyebrow. (And if you are getting enough of us, you should check it out anyway as our very talented staff are also contributing to the blog).
Some samplings of our first posts [...]

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Tags: Business Advice · Our Story

Marketing Etiquette

September 4th, 2008 by Emira · 2 Comments

A few weeks ago I was in a planning and strategy meeting for a non-profit client that is undergoing a bit of a re-branding process. As a part of the meeting the various communications folks at the table were discussing with the client what types of marketing materials they’d like to apply the new identity [...]

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Tags: Business Advice

Change of Date for Chapters In-Store Event

September 3rd, 2008 by Lauren · 1 Comment

Just a quick note: We have had to reschedule our Chapters book signing to Friday, September 19th. (It was previously posted for this Friday, the 5th.) Sorry for the short notice, and we hope to see some of you there!

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Tags: Events · The Boss of You: The Book

Lunapads Teen Booklet

September 3rd, 2008 by Lauren · 1 Comment

Yesterday I posted about one of the fabulous women we featured in our book, and today I want to talk about two more: Madeleine and Suzanne from Lunapads, makers of alternative menstrual products, wildly inspiring businesswomen, and dear friends of ours. Their most recent venture is producing a booklet for teens about menstruation, called [...]

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Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Entrepreneurial Inspiration

Hot off the Presses

September 2nd, 2008 by Lauren · 1 Comment

We’ve received some great press for The Boss of You lately, and I want to share a few highlights. But before we get to that, let’s take a quick swerve back in time…
Some of you may remember that back in May we got a chance to meet four-time world champion figure skater Kurt Browning when [...]

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Tags: Boss Lady Profiles · Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Our Story · Praise for The Boss of You · The Boss of You: The Book · Uncategorized

Rose Flash Design Studio

September 2nd, 2008 by Lauren · 3 Comments

I don’t know whether we’ve mentioned lately just how much we love the women we profiled in our book. They are a group of truly inspiring, rockin’ gals who not only shared the details of their entrepreneurial journeys with us, but also affirmed our belief that there were other women out there like us, who [...]

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Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Resources for Women in Business