The Boss of You

We’re going to Seattle! (Or coming to Seattle, depending on your perspective.)
We’re going to be speaking with the fabulous Grassroots Business Association on June 17 at Vermillion (1508 11th Ave, Seattle, WA), on the topic, “Defining Business Success on Your Own Terms.” We hope you (and/or your Seattle-based friends) will join us — please spread [...]

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I love Danielle Laporte. She’s an awesome, creative, wicked-smart woman who we’ve been fortunate to know for many years. She’s the co-author of Style Statement: Live by Your Own Design, which she wrote with her former business partner, Carrie McCarthy; and now she’s working under the moniker White Hot Truth, writing, speaking, and working with [...]

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They say to write what you know, so I’ve made another contribution to my “HR for the Self-Employed” series (part of the larger Biz Ladies series) over at design*sponge on the subject of delegating.
I suck at delegating. But I’m trying hard to learn how to do it well! And I’m a firm believer that it [...]

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Ever have one of those moments when you come across something incredibly cool, and your initial reaction — delight — is followed swiftly by self-recrimination of the “Damn! I wish I’d made that” variety? That’s how I felt when I found FreelanceSwitch’s Guide to Making Passive Income. It’s a smart, pithy guidebook, available online in [...]

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I’m taking a hop down to San Francisco next week for a conference and have tacked on a few extra days ahead of time to explore the city. There was a time when I regularly visit San Fran and the Bay Area, but that time feels like forever ago and so I’m looking for recommendations [...]

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A couple of weeks ago, we had the great pleasure of talking with Paula Gregorowicz (of the Paula G. Company) for her “Comfortable in Your Own Skin” podcast, and she’s just posted the interview on her blog. For the first couple of minutes, you can tell we’re trying to sort out who’s speaking when (Emira [...]

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The oh-so smart and savvy team behind local Vancouver newsletters yoyomama and yoyobelly, for mom’s and mom’s to be respectively, have just launched their own blog at Yoyo Diaries. I have a pretty strong hunch that the BizTips category is definitely one to watch for working and entrepreneurial moms. How do I know this? It [...]

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I love dressing myself in locally-made clothing for many reasons, but two of the biggest ones are that I love supporting other small businesses (and the local economy in general), and I can’t resist the fabulous feeling of wearing something out of the ordinary and made with love. Plus, there’s nothing like being able to [...]

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I stumbled across a great blog today while following up on Boss of You mentions around the blogosphere: Sweet Sassafras. (Great name, no?) And okay, it feels a little self-serving to link there, given that the most recent post at the moment recommends our book (thanks, Sarai!) — but let’s skip right past that and [...]

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Gina Trapani, one of my favourite writers on topics like work, productivity, and all-around geekery, has written a great post over on Freelance Switch (it’s aimed at freelancers, but I think most entrepreneurs, especially small-scale ones, can glean something valuable from it) about what she calls her Personal Business Model. The PBM is basically a [...]

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