Meet a Jane: Diane Cunningham

Diane Cunningham is the owner of a coaching business offering one-on-one consulting, a mastermind group, and on-line retail resources. She recently founded the National Association of Christian Women Entrepreneurs. Although she started her business to make a difference and to help other women, it was also a necessity. “I had looked for a job in [...]

Posted on June 29, 2010 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Meet a Jane, Success Tips for Jane | 1 Comment

Getting Away: How the Five Janes Plan for Vacation – Part 2

No matter how much a female entrepreneur loves her business, taking time away from it is essential to finding a balance that provides security for the company as well as her personal satisfaction. Because each business owner has an individual style for running her business, she must make individual considerations when it comes to vacationing.
A [...]

Posted on April 29, 2010 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Jane Thoughts, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment

Jane Out of the Box Store!

Here’s a fun new way to interact with Jane: check out our new Jane coffee mugs and shopping bags! For our mugs, you can choose the Jane you are, if you’re happy with your type …. Or you can choose the Jane you most WANT to be and have coffee with her every day to [...]

Posted on April 24, 2010 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Fun stuff, Go Jane Go, Jane Dough, Meet a Jane, Merry Jane, Tenacity Jane | Leave a Comment

Design the Future: Planning Steps for Female Entrepreneurs – Part 2

Sometimes creating a plan for a company’s future is as simple as creating the vision. While some entrepreneurs started their businesses with crystal clear ideas of what they wanted their companies to do within the next 5 or even 10 years, others hit the ground running and didn’t slow down enough to strategize. This article [...]

Posted on April 8, 2010 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane, Tenacity Jane | Leave a Comment

Tracking Business Performance for Future Success – Part 2

To know where a business is going, an entrepreneur must know where it’s been. In setting and achieving effective goals for her company, then, a business owner should study its past performance and the performance of its many systems.
A recent study from Jane Out of the Box, an authority on female entrepreneurs, reveals there are [...]

Posted on March 18, 2010 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Jane Thoughts, Marketing for Janes, Success Tips for Jane, Tenacity Jane | Leave a Comment

Time Management: Tips for Three Types of Female Entrepreneurs – Part 1

Whether a business owner has myriad responsibilities in addition to running her business or she simply has an overwhelming volume of business-related tasks to complete, she undoubtedly will benefit from improving her time management skills. Increasing efficiency and productivity will benefit the business as well as the entrepreneur’s overall work-life satisfaction.
A recent study from Jane [...]

Posted on February 18, 2010 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Jane Thoughts, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane, Tenacity Jane | Leave a Comment

Business Accounting: How Two Types of Female Entrepreneurs Deal with Bookkeeping Issues

Nothing is more frustrating than when the numbers don’t add up in a business. It can create havoc on a day-to-day basis and additional headaches at tax-time. But while almost no one enjoys having an accounting crisis on their hands, diverse entrepreneurs are likely to respond to that crisis in different ways – and all [...]

Posted on December 17, 2009 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Jane Dough, Success Tips for Jane, Which Jane Are You? | Leave a Comment

How the Five Janes Respond to Trouble with Cash Flow, Part 1

It happens at some point in the life of every business: cash has been coming in, things are going well, and then all of a sudden, things take a turn for the worse. Whether it’s a bad time of year for the business’ particular product, or a rough patch in the economy, weathering slow cash [...]

Posted on November 19, 2009 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Go Jane Go, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment

When Opportunity Comes Knocking, Part 2

Every female entrepreneur dreams of the day her preparation meets opportunity and her own good luck is born. In her dreams, she knows exactly what she’ll do when presented with an opportunity, and exactly how the cards will fall when she takes it. But in real life, opportunity often seems to come out of nowhere [...]

Posted on October 21, 2009 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Go Jane Go, Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment

How Will YOU Respond When a Customer Threatens to Leave? – Part 1

Maybe it will be due to a gap in communication. Maybe it will happen due to increased pricing competition, a poor fit, a service problem, or a new product your competitor creates. Regardless of the cause, every entrepreneur faces the risk of losing customers at some point. But what we know from our research is [...]

Posted on July 2, 2009 Filed Under Success Tips for Jane, Which Jane Are You? | 2 Comments