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Hot Giveaway: Boss of You + Firestarter Sessions at Covet Chicago

September 2nd, 2010 by Lauren · No Comments

The delightful Brigitte of Covet Chicago has a really beautiful giveaway up on her site right now (if we do say so ourselves): one lucky winner will receive a signed copy of The Boss of You along with a copy of Danielle Laporte‘s The Firestarter Sessions. Brigitte has done a lovely job of describing why [...]

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Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Resources for Women in Business · The Boss of You: The Book

3 Keys to a Website That Sells

May 24th, 2010 by Lauren · No Comments

The fabulous Danielle Laporte did me the great honour of inviting me to contribute to her amazing entrepreneurial toolbox, The Firestarter Sessions. (It’s kind of like an e-book, but bigger & bolder — there are videos and worksheets and you just kind of have to experience it. In fact, Danielle calls it a Digital Experience [...]

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

5 ways to be a great web design client

May 19th, 2010 by Lauren · 3 Comments

The fabulous Danielle Laporte did me the great honour of inviting me to contribute to her amazing entrepreneurial toolbox, The Firestarter Sessions. (It’s kind of like an e-book, but bigger & bolder — there are videos and worksheets and you just kind of have to experience it. In fact, Danielle calls it a Digital Experience [...]

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

Qualities of a Leader

March 24th, 2010 by Lauren · 1 Comment

This may be the best definition of great leadership I’ve seen. (I strive to embody all of these characteristics, but I know I’ve got a ways to go with several.) If you’reĀ  a creative services firm, and you haven’t discovered Recourses yet, hie thee to their website and you’ll discover a treasure trove of whip-smart [...]

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Tags: Entrepreneurial Inspiration · HR for the Self-Employed · Resources for Women in Business

WomanzWorld Interview and Book Giveaway

March 22nd, 2010 by Lauren · No Comments

I recently had the great pleasure of meeting Natalie Sisson, a Vancouver-by-way-of-New-Zealand (and very well-traveled) entrepreneur whose intelligence and energy are inspiring. She maintains a blog called WomanzWorld, where she posts video & written interviews with women entrepreneurs, along with resources and advice. I highly recommend you check it out. Natalie was sweet enough to [...]

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Tags: Business Advice · Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Our Story · Resources for Women in Business · The Boss of You: The Book

Naming our baby: The story behind “Raised Eyebrow”

November 16th, 2009 by Lauren · 5 Comments

Nearly 10 years in, I still get asked all the time how we came up with the name Raised Eyebrow Web Studio. Maybe people are just being polite to me at networking-type events, but I always take it as a good sign that it’s an interesting enough name that they want to ask about it. [...]

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Tags: Business Advice · Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Our Story · Resources for Women in 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 [...]

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Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Entrepreneurial Inspiration

Announcing the Vancouver Grassroots Business Association

September 29th, 2009 by Lauren · 4 Comments

Today we’re pulling the wrapping paper off something very, very exciting. We are beyond thrilled to unveil a project we’ve been scheming about for a few months, which is to bring a chapter of the Grassroots Business Association to our hometown of Vancouver. As some of you may know, the gals who run the Seattle [...]

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Tags: Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Events · Our Story · Resources for Women in Business

Sign of the times: The decline of family businesses

August 10th, 2009 by Lauren · 5 Comments

Things are tough all over right now, but since we like to keep things focused on small businesses, I want to zoom in on a story that started with The New York Times and which is garnering responses from around the web. It started with this article in the Times that points to some very [...]

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Tags: Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Thoughts

Dude on a Yacht: The Legend Lives On

July 31st, 2009 by Lauren · 4 Comments

It’s Friday, so I’m taking a tangent. As some of you are aware, there is a particular breed of business book to which we are itchily, madly allergic, and that is the type we refer affectionately to as the Dude on a Yacht book. The Dude on a Yacht book promises a life of luxury, [...]

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Tags: Entrepreneurial Inspiration · Thoughts