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5 Ways to Be Yourself... at a Networking Event
November 8, 2011
Ever go to a networking event where you really want to meet new people but you wander around looking like you're looking for someone so...
Filed under: Marketing - Tags: business, business relationships, networking, networking events, marketing yourself, being you, conversations, discovering, entrepreneur, empower, growing a business, inspiration, intentionality
MISTAKES: More Money, More Problems
August 5, 2011
by Nan Gibbons, Fitness Expert & Motivational Speaker
I met my husband in college, where I was studying exercise physiology and nutrition and he was majoring...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: entrepreneur, relationships, building relationships, ask for help, growing a business, business, business owner, discovering
Standing Behind Your Staff
April 22, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina
Every entrepreneur dreams of the growth their business will take. You work alone in your bedroom for awhile, then start hiring people,...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, business goals, business owner, business success, businesses grow, business tips, company values, communications, customer relationships, customers, employee satisfaction, empower, entrepreneur, future leaders, growing a business, guidance, being a boss, being a good boss, inspiration, intention, intentional, intentionality, organization, personality, professionals, reflection, supportive environments
Work Hard & Stay Healthy: Series Recap
March 31, 2011
As a sponsor and co-organizer of DC Fit Week, Sisarina sponsored March as fitness month. We asked our blog readers and twitter followers to submit...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: balance, physical fitness, entrepreneur, growing a business, businesses grow, business tips, empower,
My Time... Away From Everything
March 22, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina
Have you had days (or weeks) where you are working so much that you forget to eat? That you get much less...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, business goals, business owner, intentionality, company values, curiosity, discovering, entrepreneur, future leaders, getting ahead, goals, goal setting, intentional, growing a business, inspiration, intention, keeping it simple, networking, motivation, personal goals, overachievers, perspective, reflection, sisarina, starting a business, women business owners
Taking Care of Yourself Brings Balance
March 3, 2011
by Rob Ruscher (@robruscher)
Wake up, rush through breakfast, sit in an office, come home, work on freelance-related projects, eat dinner (usually a quickly-made one), continue...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: balance, physical fitness, entrepreneur, growing a business, businesses grow, business tips, empower,
Building an Awesome Non-Profit Culture, Part 2: Value, Welcome, Define, and Celebrate
February 25, 2011
by Kate Hays of Small Act (@SmallAct)
My last post for the Sisarina blog was about how to build an awesome culture through hiring. But once...
Building an Awesome Non-Profit Culture, Part 1: Hiring
February 11, 2011
by Kate Hays of Small Act (@SmallAct)
Last week, Small Act had an event, and several people commented on our team. I heard a lot of...
Filed under: Non-Profit - Tags: benefits, non-profits, company values, employee relationships, growing a business, guidance, inspiration, intention, socialize, successful business, supportive environments, hiring, hiring practices
Profitable Non-Profits
February 8, 2011
by Jenny Trucano of Small Act (@SmallAct)
Last week, I wrote about what businesses can learn from nonprofits, namely, how companies can evaluate company health and...
Patagonia: Product, Planet & People
February 2, 2011
by Jenny Trucano of Small Act (@SmallAct)
Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, led the way for businesses to measure organizational success not just by profits,...
Filed under: Non-Profit - Tags: business, non-profit, businesses grow, business goals, company values, community building, conversations, creativity, customer development, customer feedback, curious, curiosity, generosity, creative genius, discovering, entrepreneur, environmentall-friendly, future leaders, getting ahead, giving, goal setting, growing a business, guidance, inspiration, marketing, mindfulness, positive attitude, reflection, resource, sincerity, starting a business, strategy, success, successful business, Small Act
A Focus on Goals: January Series Recap
January 31, 2011
The goal: be intentional. The intentional series: goals.
For the month of January Matt Brock (@matthewbbrock) of Divergent Planning & Sisarina's Melanie Spring focused on...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: business, business goals, intentionality, goals, entrepreneur, growing a business, inspiration, mindfulness, personal goals, reflection
Business Plan Simplified
January 17, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina (@Sisarina)
True or False: All businesses without a business plan fail. FALSE.
10 years ago today I started Sisarina. (Yep, now I...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: business, starting a business, growing a business, businesses grow, business goals, checklists, client, company values, customers, discovering, guidance, goal setting, goals, identity development, influence, intention, intentionality, marketing campaigns, marketing, mindfulness, motivation, personal goals, resource, reflection, ROI, searching, self-promotion, sincere, sincerity, solopreneur, entrepreneur, strategy, success, technology, transparency
The Goal of Graciousness
January 11, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina (@Sisarina)
In the online age of social media and blogging, we have become an openly snarky generation of people. When we don't...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: goals, transparency, grace, graciousness, positive attitude, socialize, small business, sincerity, reflection, mindfulness, listening, inspiration, guidance, growing a business, entrepreneur, empower, friendships, giving, goal setting, goodwill, discovering, customer relationships, conversations, company values, community building, business, business owner, business goals
Go Beyond Goal Setting
January 6, 2011
by Matt Brock, Divergent Planning (@matthewbbrock)
Most people set goals in life but far fewer are able to live their life intentionally toward achieving those goals....
Filed under: Goals - Tags: goals, goal setting, business, businesses grow, business owner, company values, entrepreneur, growing a business, guidance, inspiration, intentional, intentionality, knowledge vs information, personal goals, business goals, reflection, starting a business, strategy, transparency
Goals: January Series
January 4, 2011
This is the year of intentionality & clarity.
In 2011, Sisarina is working toward a goal of being intentional. Not the fluffy kind of intentional, the...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: intention, intentionality, influence, growing a business, businesses grow, inspiration, partnering, business, business owner
Entrepreneur Talk: Learn From Your Mistakes
December 14, 2010
I started my first business when I was 13 years old, washing cars on the weekends. As business picked up, I hired my friends and...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, business owner, businesses grow, growing a business, reflection
Newsletters That Work
November 26, 2010
You have a company newsletter (if you don’t, you should!). You check your stats every time you send it out but are you seeing the...
Filed under: Marketing - Tags: newsletters, newsletter, client, company values, copywriting, creative, creativity, customer development, customer feedback, customer relationships, entrepreneur, growing a business, guidance, marketing campaigns, marketing, success, email marketing, email newsletter, web content
National Entrepreneur's Day 2010
November 19, 2010
So it's Entrepreneurs Day, but no entrepreneur is aware of it because they are too busy! I always kind of laugh when people call me...
Entrepreneur Talk: Recommended Reading via Twitter
November 16, 2010
I heart books. I'm drawn to bookstores, new and used. I've used antique books to decorate my office. My living room at home has a...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: busienss, brand identity, reading, business owner, Business Branding, company values, conversations, customer development, discovering, growing a business, inspiration, knowledge vs information, reflection, resource, books, starting a business, small business, social media, marketing, entrepreneur, work life balance
Entrepreneur Talk: The Art of Reinvention
November 1, 2010
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly
but rarely admit the changes it has gone through
to achieve that beauty.“ - Maya Angelou
A few...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, branding, company values, creativity, discovering, green, environmentally-friendly, growing a business, human knowledge, identity development, inspiration, mindfulness, self-promotion, small business, solopreneur, strategy, supportive environments, women business owners
Entrepreneur Talk: Spin Your Web
October 13, 2010
Changing careers is tough no matter what, but establishing your own business is particularly challenging. I am an aspiring screenwriter with a day job, so...
START A BIZ: 5 Lessons Learned
September 15, 2010
by Roslyn Ashford of ra redoes rooms
So… you're thinking of starting a business?! Congrats! After six years of running my service business, I can easily...
START A BIZ: Create a Safety Net
September 14, 2010
by Elizabeth Buie of Luminanze
My decision to go solo pounced on me and took immediate hold.
One evening in the spring of 2007, just after dark,...
START A BIZ: Making the Ask
September 13, 2010
by Casey Golden of Small Act
Every business needs at least some money to get started. Depending on your business, you might need to seek investors...
START A BIZ: Public Speech 2.0
September 10, 2010
by Jill Foster of Live Your Talk
As a new business owner, I keep re-visiting these questions:
Where are my most ideal customers?
Am I accessible to them?
And...
START A BIZ: The Uber Simple Start-Up Guide
September 9, 2010
by Kathy Korman Frey (aka Chief Hot Momma) of Hot Momma's Project
A good friend of mine is a riding the entrepreneurial break, BIG TIME. She...
START A BIZ: The Importance of Partnerships
September 8, 2010
by Greg Kihlström of Carousel30 Interactive
Starting a business takes a lot of work. A lot. So, being the type of person that works long hours,...
START A BIZ: Real Talk
September 3, 2010
by Evelyn Bandoh, RFC of EAB Creative Planning Services
For over 8 years, I have been either teaching about, growing my own or helping to grow...
START A BIZ: Never Look Back, Always Look Up
September 2, 2010
by Erin Pfiffner of The Epiffany Effect
I'd like to think I'm one of the lucky few who have had opportunities fall into my lap and...
START A BIZ: The Alternative Entrepreneur
September 1, 2010
by Nicole Skuba of Online Marketing Branch
I own a business and I don’t work nonstop or sacrifice time with my family. It is not the...
START A BIZ: Know the Little Guys
August 31, 2010
by Veronica O. Davis, P.E. of Nspiregreen
There is the old business adage that says, “it's all about who you know.” It's nice to know the...
START A BIZ: Starting a Biz is Like Raising a Child
August 30, 2010
by Beth Schillaci of VillageWorks Communications, Inc.
Reflecting on my 11+ years in business for myself, I thought about when I made the leap to...
START A BIZ: Know the Law
August 27, 2010
by Nellie Akalp of CorpNet
Starting a Business? ...Get your legal ducks in a row!
Yes, I know. Most of you did not start a business because...
START A BIZ: It Takes Faith
August 26, 2010
by Amy Phillips of Social Pollen
Remember that part in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade when Indy was finally going through the last tests to...
START A BIZ: Partnering
August 25, 2010
by Matthew Brock of Divergent Planning
“If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail”
Winston Churchill
Not every business owner desires or...
START A BIZ: Ask For Help
August 24, 2010
by Keri Kae Almstead
For some, new enterprises are born out of job dissatisfaction or financial need. After my position was eliminated, I spent the better...
START A BIZ: A Life of Its Own
August 23, 2010
by Dan Morrison of Citizen Effect
I never planned on starting an entrepreneurial nonprofit. It was a complete accident, but a happy one. I was running...
START A BIZ: Taking the First Step
August 20, 2010
by Jesse Bouman of Demeter Interactive
My Dive Into Entrepreneurism
Starting my own company is the most exciting and terrifying thing I’ve ever attempted. Nearly six weeks...
START A BIZ: Lessons Learned
August 19, 2010
by Gabe Hilado of Zenpo Software Innovations
Ten years ago, at the peak of the dot-com boom a group of friends and I decided to start...
START A BIZ: The Sign
August 18, 2010
by Mary Kate of Mary Kate McKenna Photography
Note to self: be prepared for big answers when you ask for them.
In 2007, On my way back...
START A BIZ: Vision
August 17, 2010
by Joe Natoli of Mind Over Machines
Some men see things the way they are and ask, "Why?"
I dream things that never were, and ask "Why...
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