When you’re the boss, you’ve got a lot of people to shop for. Throughout the year we get closer and closer to the work family we’ve created for ourselves, and when the holidays roll around, we want to celebrate them and thank them appropriately. No matter what holiday your peopl .... Read More
The Pros and Cons of Hiring a Dedicated Social Media Team
The popularization of social media may be less than twenty years old, but it’s not going away any time soon, if anything, it’s only ramping up. Regardless of whether you personally use (or like) social media, the reality is that a good majority of people visit a company’s social media before t .... Read More
7 Tips for Leading An Effective Virtual Meeting
The new workday consists of many virtual meetings. Whether you’re working from home or social distancing, effective communication is essential for business success. It may seem simple because all you have to do is click some buttons, turn on your camera and you’re in. But, conducting productive .... Read More
Wise Women Insights 001: Do You Know the Language of Trust?
Imagine, for a moment, that whenever you speak to someone about your products or services, they believe everything you say! You can talk to anyone and provide a reasonable explanation about what you do and why they should buy and the other person believes you. How ea .... Read More
What's Your Relationship with Money?
Money - Every business owner wants it, BUT not every business owner wants to work for it, ask for it or even acknowledge it. There are times I get pushback for bringing up this topic. “LoriAnne, money isn’t everything!” Of course, it’s not, but money is in every a .... Read More
How to Bootstrap, Boogie and Borrow Your Way to Success
Almost 2 decades ago, Sandra Yancey bootstrapped her way from a room above her garage to create her dream. She succeeded, and continues to scale and re-imagine her business. Her company is now one of the largest women’s business networks in North America. Her journey from bootstrap to bo .... Read More
Women-Owned Businesses Lack Access to Capital
According to the 2012 Census report, women own 36% of all privately held businesses. They account for an economic impact of $3 trillion due to jobs they create and maintain. That's 16 percent of all U.S. jobs! Yet, one of the biggest issues for women-owned businesses is lack of access to capital. .... Read More
Entrepreneurs Lean In to the Suck
In her 2016 commencement speech to the graduates at the University of California at Berkley, Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook , spoke in public for the first time about the loss of her husband since his death just over a year prior to that day. She spoke of what she learned about death an .... Read More
