The Boss of You

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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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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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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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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Those of you who’ve read our book know that we celebrate IWD as a stat in our own business, which means we’re taking this coming Monday off in lieu of the Sunday event itself. We started the IWD stat as a kind of cheeky perk when it was just the two of us. A stat [...]

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I got sucked into the New York Times’ wage gap graph because of the title: “Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller?” Turns out there isn’t room on the page for a meaningful answer to that question, but the infographic itself is very, very interesting.
As usual, the NYT designers have done a great job of displaying complex [...]

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As those of you who read The Boss of You are aware, we are big fans of design*sponge, Grace Bonney’s home design blog. Grace shares our affection for shopping local, finding a balance between careful budgeting and paying for quality, and for appreciating and valuing beauty; her blog is a regular stop whenever we [...]

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This morning, our next-door neighbours — they’re a little more conservative than us, yes, but we get along pretty well — are swearing in their country’s first African-American (well, everyone keeps calling him that, although his slipperiness with regard to racial categorization is part of what allows us all to identify with him) president, and [...]

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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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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 [...]

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