The Boss of You

I mentioned last week that the movie Handmade Nation is coming to Vancouver next week, and we are delighted to announce that we have a free pair of tickets to give away! The screening is next Thursday, July 9th, at 8:00 PM and there’s a craft showcase beforehand which promises to be lots of fun, [...]

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Sweet Seattle, we do love you so. And of all the reasons to love Seattle, our friends Megan Reardon (of Not Martha fame) & Kristen Rask (the creative genius behind Schmancy) are high on the list. They started up the Grassroots Business Association last year, a business group for creative, indie entrepreneurs, and it’s been [...]

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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 [...]

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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 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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Apologies for the late notice on this, but I’m appearing at Crave Shop Symposium next Monday (March 30th); it’s a one-day conference for entrepreneurs, with a distinct focus on women. (Though it’s not explicitly aimed at women, the Crave Company — those fabulous gals from Seattle who are behind the Crave Parties and Crave Books, [...]

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There are so many awesome Seattle events happening all the time… sadly we have only so much time to spend driving back and forth and playing “spot the crazy patriotic bumper sticker” in the border lineups. (The Washington state highway signs exert a strong pull on me, though. My favourite reads, “LITTER AND IT WILL [...]

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The Grassroots Business Association is the project of a bunch of super awesome Seattle-based small business folks (including our pals Megan and Kristen) who are creating an association for small business owners (and the aspiring or business curious). They’re having their first class is tomorrow night (December 4th) in Seattle and if you’re running a [...]

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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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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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