I suspect most of us creative types have, at one time or another, considered picking up a few bucks on the side doing something we’ve previously done just for fun — whether it’s knitting ASCII-art wrist warmers, making spicy fruit preserves, or making hand-tooled leather belts. But not all of us want to turn that [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Boss Ladies We Love'
Crafty Superstar
January 11th, 2010 by Lauren · 7 Comments
Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Business Advice · Resources for Women in Business
A Boss Lady We Love: Tressa Brotsky
November 6th, 2009 by Emira · 1 Comment
I first came across Tressa Brotsky’s gorgeous organic soft toys and goods for wee ones at the Moss Street Market in Victoria BC this summer. My mom wanted to pick up a gift for her acupuncturist, who was expecting and I was happy to tag along to one of my favourite community markets. I was [...]
Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Motherhood & Business
The Woman Behind DailyCandy
October 21st, 2009 by Lauren · 2 Comments
If, like us, you have admired DailyCandy for its smart, savvy style finds (not to mention stunning, uber-consistent, and classic design), you might enjoy this video I spotted over at the Harvard Business blog: biz blogger & venture capitalist Tony Tjan interviews DailyCandy founder and editorial director Dany Levy about her journey as an “accidental [...]
Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Entrepreneurial Inspiration
A Boss Lady We Love: Jeannette Ordas
October 16th, 2009 by Emira · 9 Comments
I hate to start off blog posts with excuses, but this one really needs a little ’splaining as it were. I contacted Jeannette Ordas, a local Vancouver designer/blogger/all-round-crafty-gal back in early July with this idea that I would run a local summer series of profiles of some of my local indie business heroines. Then my [...]
Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Boss Lady Profiles
Yes, yes, and yes.
July 3rd, 2009 by Lauren · 1 Comment
I went to Danielle Laporte’s blog this morning for a dose of inspiration — she’s a neverending source of it — and read a post that brought tears of recognition to my eyes, and a great big inner “Yes!”
My beloved, creative, entrepreneurial friends, if you read one blog post today, make it this one. So, [...]
Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Business Advice · Entrepreneurial Inspiration
HandMade Nation coming to Vancouver
June 18th, 2009 by Lauren · No Comments
There’s a fun movie night coming up soon for all you fans of indie, DIY, crafty stuff. Faythe Levine is bringing her film, Handmade Nation, to Vancouver. The film features some of our favourite artist-designer-crafters, like Jenny Hart (whom we interviewed for our book, The Boss of You) and Nikki McClure, among many, many others.
The [...]
Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Entrepreneurial Inspiration
Starting a Business on a Shoestring: Why Starting Small Makes Sense During Tough Economic Times
June 12th, 2009 by Lauren · 7 Comments
The economic woes we’re facing right now feel awfully familiar.
See, Emira and I started our business in February 2000; by the end of that summer, our industry (and in fact all things web-related) had experienced the first big dot-com crash. Our friends and family wondered at times if we’d hitched our horses to the wrong [...]
Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Business Advice · Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Events · Our Story · Thoughts · Uncategorized
The Difference Between Them and Us
May 7th, 2009 by Emira · No Comments
I’ve personally been really hesitant to comment too much on the economic downturn and its impact on small business. On the one hand, I feel very strongly that the kind of business we have always advocated for — sustainable growth, measured risk and frameworks for measures of success that don’t focus exclusively on ballooning profits [...]
Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Thoughts
Danielle Laporte Rocks the Mic
April 22nd, 2009 by Lauren · 5 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Uncategorized
Business Tips for Working Moms
April 15th, 2009 by Emira · 1 Comment
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 [...]





