Skinned Knees and All
Wait for the Better
Several months ago, I was invited to some friends' house to make pizza in their pizza oven. (Note: In the interest of full honesty, please know that anytime I tell a story involving me and cooking, you can assume that my role in the actual cooking is...
Skinned Knees and All: My First Year as an Entrepreneur (Epsde. 5)
Monthly Stats- Number of Times Today I Got Online to Do Research: 4 Number of Times Today I Went to RueLaLa Instead: 3.... Fine- 4! Number of Items Added to my "To Do" List After I Already Did Them: 6 I remember as a child every time my mom would tell me to make up...
Skinned Knees and All: My First Year as an Entrepreneur (Epsde. 4)
Presents I Have Left to Buy: Many Number of Pieces of Candy I Have Hijacked from Stockings: REDACTED Pairs of Jeans I Can Comfortably Fit Into: Very Few Since I was 18 years old, I have gone to my mother’s house for every Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter...
Skinned Knees and All: My First Year as an Entrepreneur (Epsde. 3)
Monthly Stats- Number of Times I Have Gone to Bed Before Midnight: < 10 Number of Networking Lunches: > 10 Number of Times I Have Frantically Asked “Where’s my phone?” while holding it: > 20 I don’t know about you, but I have been tired lately. Not “I...
Unicorns, Dreams and Claire’s: Ten Lessons from 7- and 9-Year-Old Entrepreneurs
Last night was a night of many firsts. The Live Loud Collective, a community of fearless and fiery Charlotte, North Carolina based female entrepreneurs, held its first Unstoppable Women's Dinner Club to a sold-out group. It was also the awarding of our first Fish Tank...
Skinned Knees and All: My First Year as an Entrepreneur (Epsde. 2)
Monthly Stats: Times I Have Felt Like an Imposter- At least once a Day Number of Things I Find To Do To Avoid Doing The Things I Need to Do- Countless Days I Have Survived- Every Single One So Far (Woo Hoo!) I am An Entrepeneur. Damn It! “Entrepreneur.” I can’t spell...
Tag- You’re IT!
I have been fortunate to get to be a small part of Live Loud founder Cassandra Bradley’s launching of one of her dreams through the Live Loud Collective. She is all she seems to be- fiery, brave, funny, stubborn and fiercely loyal to the people she loves and the...
Skinned Knees and All: My First Year as an Entrepreneur (Epsde. 1)
Days Since I Cursed/Cried/Yelled: 0 Last Time I Washed My Hair: Does dry shampoo count? Confidence Level: 6.5-7 I am 44 years old, and I don’t know how to ride a bike. I quit trying to learn once I realized I wasn’t good at it, and that it hurt when I fell. At...
The 50¢ Business Development Lesson That Changed My Life
The most valuable lesson I’ve learned about client relationships in my nearly twenty years of practicing law came from my good friend and nail technician, Michael Tran. At the grand opening for Michael’s salon, I was blown away by the gorgeous wooden floors, the lush...
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