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

Meet a Jane: Yvette Parker

Yvette Parker is the owner of Empowerment Mineral Designs, which launched in 2003 as a Fair Trade and Conflict-Free Diamond jewelry company. The stones Yvette uses are hand-selected and designs are one-of-a-kind and limited production. Empowerment Mineral Designs became a fine jewelry company in 2005 and in 2009 after introducing their Men’s Couture Cuff Link [...]

Posted on March 23, 2010 Filed Under Meet a Jane, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane | 1 Comment

Tracking Business Performance for Future Success – Part 1

To know where a business is going, an entrepreneur must know where it’s been. Similarly, to know which steps to take next, an entrepreneur must know which steps have led to the company’s current situation. Tracking a business’ performance metrics is essential in creating success, or in continuing success. How a business owner tracks those [...]

Posted on March 11, 2010 Filed Under Go Jane Go, Jane Dough, Marketing for Janes, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane | 1 Comment

Meet a Jane: Marie Gibson

Marie Gibson is the award-winning business instructor, university lecturer in Managerial Accounting, Advanced QuickBooks Pro Advisor and owner of Marie Gibson LLC. She is a member of Intuit’s Trainer and Writer Network and is a NxLevel Instructor for the Nevada Small Business Development Center. Her firm has worked with hundreds of businesses and it specializes [...]

Posted on March 9, 2010 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Meet a Jane, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane, Which Jane Are You? | 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

Meet a Jane: Sonia Di Maulo

Sonia Di Maulo is the owner of Ready to Feedback. As a Feedback Enthusiast, Professional Speaker and Performance Improvement Consultant, Sonia’s mission is to help people to offer and ask for powerful inspiring Feedback. Utilizing her fifteen years in Communications, Media, and Adult Education, Sonia affirms that inspiring feedback increases confidence, trust, and performance. Her [...]

Posted on February 16, 2010 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Meet a Jane, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment

Women Entrepreneurs: Three Important Lessons from “Merry Jane”

It stands to reason that not all female entrepreneurs have the same goals, nor are they experiencing the same challenges from day to day. A new study from Jane Out of the Box, an authority on female business owners, has revealed that there are actually five distinct types of women in business, each with their [...]

Posted on December 31, 2009 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane | 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

Meet a Jane: Lily Iatridis

Lily Iatridis is the owner of Boomerang, a consulting company which helps clients gain clarity in their seminars, workshops and presentations. A self-described “whiz” with developing substantive content and presenting it, Lily caters to clients who want to deliver a compelling message. Lily considers her key target markets to be coaches, consultants, speakers, and independent [...]

Posted on September 23, 2009 Filed Under Meet a Jane, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane, Which Jane Are You? | 1 Comment