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The Back-of-the-Napkin Business Model

April 13th, 2009 by Lauren · No Comments

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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Tags: Business Tools & Calculators · Entrepreneurial Inspiration

Moving to Macs for Productivity (and Prettiness)

November 26th, 2008 by Lauren · 7 Comments

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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Tags: Boss Ladies We Love · Business Advice · Business Tools & Calculators · Events · Resources for Women in Business

Build-Your-Own Budget

April 21st, 2008 by Lauren · 5 Comments

When we were writing the finance chapters in The Boss of You, more than once we wished we could ship our book with a little USB drive full of sample Excel spreadsheets. Then we realized that of course, we could simply post said spreadsheets on our website for everyone to use — that’s right, even [...]

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