Business Lessons from the Half-Marathon, Part 3

A  continuation of business and life lessons learned from my half-marathon race on Sunday:
Lesson #3:     You’re going to stumble sometimes – the key thing is to keep going after you do.
 
Four times during that run a tree root jumped up, grabbed my ankle, and yelled “fall!”  Four times, I stumbled.  I never actually fell to [...]

Posted on November 26, 2008 Filed Under Jane Thoughts | Leave a Comment

Business Lessons from the Half-Marathon, Part 2

A continuation of business and life lessons learned from my half-marathon race on Sunday:
Lesson 2:  No matter how prepared you are, you’re going to encounter things you didn’t expect. 
 
Generally speaking, I’m a person who likes to have a plan.  I like to be prepared for every eventuality.  I don’t like surprises.  But there are times [...]

Posted on November 25, 2008 Filed Under Jane Thoughts | 1 Comment

Business Lessons from the Half-Marathon, Part 1

Yesterday, for the first time ever, I ran a half-marathon.  This race was different, not just because it’s farther than I’ve ever run before (13.1 miles), but because I’m normally a treadmill runner and this was a cross-country race.  The course was a trail run through the Alafia River State Park – and it’s nothing [...]

Posted on November 24, 2008 Filed Under Jane Thoughts | Leave a Comment

Meet Jane Dough

As you may have read, Jane Dough is one of 5 types of Janes–women entrepreneurs looking to build a successful business.
Jane Dough enjoys running her business and is comfortable and determined in marketing and selling. She may be working longer hours, but she doesn’t mind because she enjoys the enterprise so much. Her focus on growth is [...]

Posted on November 17, 2008 Filed Under Which Jane Are You? | 1 Comment

Women will turn the American Economy Around

I came across this great article today based on the premise that WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS around going to be key in turning our economy around!
What are YOUR thoughts? A Million Woman TurnAround… Hmmmm….
Here is an excerpt from this article by Nell Merlino with the Huffington Post:
From my recent experience helping US women grow their businesses, I [...]

Posted on November 17, 2008 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Trends Impacting Entrepreneurs | 1 Comment

Partner to Create Faster Business Success

Here is a great article by marketing and business coach, Katrina Sawa. I met Katrina this weekend at Alexandria Brown’s Online Success Blueprint Workshop in Los Angeles, CA. She has great energy! And coincidently, this article appeared in my search this morning for women entrepreneurs and I decided to share with you.
Partnering is a great [...]

Posted on November 17, 2008 Filed Under Success Tips for Jane | 1 Comment

Women spend less time networking?

Here is an article that claims that women are paid less than men for the same jobs because they spend less time networking. In fact, many successful women state that their success can be credited to their deep relationships. Perhaps women can spend less time networking but they are better?
What do YOU think about this? [...]

Posted on November 10, 2008 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment