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Last week, I wrote about ME time for the start-up biz person.  Do you take it?  Do you avoid it?  Do you think that you do not have the time to take it?  You get the gist of where I am going with this…..
My thoughts were that YOU cannot afford to skip ME time, and my [...]

This week, a fellow mompreneur tweeted me that I need to write a post on how mom entrepreneurs strategically find time for pampering (as in pedicures, facials, and some would say - exercise).  As I am a big proponent of scheduling and fitting as much as we can into our busy mom lives, I am up [...]

Since I’m new here, I’ll introduce myself and give you a brief discription of what we’ll be talking about.
I’ve been working with the creators of StartUpNation since 2001 when I was hired to shoot Rich Sloan doing yoga on the conference room table in the Birmingham Michigan office of the up and coming StartUpNation.  I [...]

Summer has definitely settled in…..Everyone is busy enjoying some fun in the sun, and I think only in the mood for short and to the point posts.  In light of that combined with the universal interest in swimwear during summer, I thought I would give some pointers to help avoid Twitter Behind today.  As small [...]

For my boys, school is out for the summer, and that means “let the fun begin!”  After sitting inside all fall, winter, & spring, they are absolutely ready for a new pace.  Summer brings warm weather and ditching the jackets, longer days, and growth.  I am not talking about just the flowers growing and blooming, [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!
Remember when I ditched my cel phone for spring break with my family a few weeks ago?  The results were more than I expected. All parties involved seemed to be fairly impressed with the results.
Well, I have a new mompreneur challenge for myself and some to-do list pointers just in time for Mother’s [...]

Hello StartupNation! I am back from vacation - I actually got back on Sunday, but I needed to re-acquaint myself with my smart phone before I reported back to you how the separation went.  Well, the good news is I survived the week-long break from constant contact with the outer world, and I am here [...]

As a mom and entrepreneur, I straddle my time between 2 different departments for lack of a better explanation.  I have my business goals, obligations, and deadlines/timelines, BUT I also have a responsibility to my family. Most importantly, I need to make it a priority to enjoy real-time with my sons.  I am not who [...]

This morning as I lugged my gym bag, purse, and huge tote with my laptop all to my workout, so I could exercise, shower, and rush to a meeting, I was cursing myself.  I am certain that I was a bit over-packed which made me start thinking about what I absolutely needed for my day.  [...]

Recently, a fellow mompreneur-in-training tweeted me and wanted to know what I think makes a successful mompreneur?  I knew that I could not answer her back in a 140 characters or less so I promised her a blog post on the subject.  I immediately thought about the wave of emotions that accompanies being a mompreneur.
My [...]