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Entries from November 2008

Moving to Macs for Productivity (and Prettiness)

November 26th, 2008 by Lauren · 7 Comments

Some­thing very excit­ing hap­pened last week: I got my new iMac set up at work. And the heav­ens opened, the angels sang, the earth shook a lit­tle (gen­tly)… then I got straight back to work, because let’s face it, things are busy.
This wouldn’t be such a big deal, I guess, except that until recently Raised […]

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Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Business Advice · Business Tools & Calculators · Events · Resources for Women in Business

CRAVE Vancouver Book Launch Party">CRAVE Vancouver Book Launch Party

November 20th, 2008 by Emira · No Comments

Lau­ren and I are going to be stop­ping by the CRAVE Van­cou­ver book launch party next Wednes­day night to cheer on the lovely Melody. If you’re in the Van­cou­ver ‘hood and are avail­able, you can RSVP here. It should be a very fun event.

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Tags: Events

What Women Want

November 7th, 2008 by Emira · No Comments

Lau­ren and I are fea­tured in a cur­rent arti­cle in BC Busi­ness Mag­a­zine, enti­tled “What Women Want”. The arti­cle touches on many sub­jects near and dear to our hearts like the growth of female entre­pre­neurs in the busi­ness sec­tor (Cana­dian women are start­ing 4 out of every 5 new busi­ness in the coun­try) and defining […]

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Tags: Our Story

Big Day

November 4th, 2008 by Lauren · 1 Comment

E-day is here in the U.S., and I feel com­pelled to leave a brief note of encour­age­ment to any U.S. cit­i­zen who hap­pens to pause and read it today. Today is a huge oppor­tu­nity. Your right to vote is pre­cious. Please, please use it.
We have friends who are fight­ing the good fight today, who have been […]

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Tags: Our Story · Thoughts