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Yoga, Cats and Women Entrepreneurs

Women run their businesses while handling the rest of their lives. It’s often a disjointed way to run a business, but it’s what we have. My morning’s yoga practice was a perfect allegory.

If you have cats, you know there’s a remarkable phenomenon that happens with a cat and a closed door. If the [...]

Boston Hyatt Fires 100+ Women

I was listening to National Public Radio yesterday when I heard about the story of the firing of 100+ housekeepers at the Boston Hyatt hotels. They were replaced with outsourced workers making half as much money and no benefits. That gives the new employees around $8 an hour… $320 a week…in Boston. To put this [...]

Women, Are You Ready to Start a Small Business?

When my younger son was about to enter Kindergarten, he had to take a “readiness” test. He was deemed “not ready.” In my ignorance at the time, I believed that I was smarter than everyone else and got the rules waived. The result? He had to repeat Kindergarten. He truly wasn’t ready.

Unfortunately, being “not [...]

The Power of Social Networking

Business blog, Women on Business, put out a question for member Hairzing. The gist of the story is that Hairzing has a competitor that is causing them grief by undercutting their prices. The other company can do this because the quality isn’t as good (according to the blog) and they don’t support the educational practices [...]

2009 Amgen Tour Gets to Santa Cruz

Some of my friends are braving the weather in Santa Cruz to see the 2009 Amgen Tour.  I’m not.  I admire these folks for making the 115.9 mile ride from Sausalito and vying for position on Bonny Doon road in the rain. I’d rather taste the wine from Beauregard Vineyards if I trek to Bonny [...]