| A death of a person close to you always brings a time of reflection. My ex-husband died last week. We’d been divorced for over a decade, but still talked a few times a month. It’s hitting me harder than I ever anticipated it would. People in my life, especially my wonderful clients, are giving [...] In the 1990s there was a great rush to outsource to “anywhere but the US.” The rational was to save money because the outsourced tasks were repetitive and non-essential. Innovation and management could be done in America, it was reasoned, because that was the part of the business that required experience and specialized industry knowledge. [...] Many business imperatives have been like shifting sand over the last year. As 2009 closes and 2010 begins, however, some trends and directions are starting to emerge that the woman business owner in Silicon Valley needs to pay attention to. Large employers are shifting to more temporary workers and firms. That doesn’t only include administrators [...] When women business owners get together in small groups in informal settings, something magical happens. The stiffness goes away, the “gotta-make-a-sale” drive lessons and they are able to develop deeper relationships. Ironically, it’s these deeper relationships that lead to business alliances and new clients and customers. So why don’t we do it more often? There’s [...] | |
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