Meet a Jane: Sharon Petty

Sharon Petty, R.N. is owner of Just Ask a Nurse and 4HealthyLiving, Inc. Sharon can be reached at JustAskANurse@yahoo.com. Both companies are dedicated to being the premier educators of wellness. Sharon’s goal is to take difficult medical information and provide education that is easy to understand. She develops plans for her clients to achieve measureable [...]

Posted on November 24, 2009 Filed Under Meet a Jane, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment

Handling a Bad Hire, Part 1

Even when both the business owner and her new team member have the best intentions, sometimes a match just isn’t meant to be. A poor business owner-team member pairing can impact a business in many ways, from loss of morale, to frustration, to wasted time and money. So what should a female entrepreneur do when [...]

Posted on November 5, 2009 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Go Jane Go, Jane Thoughts, Merry Jane | Leave a Comment

Meet a Jane: Sherry Lynn Simoes

Sherry Lynn Simoes co-founded Women of Today, a professional group for women in business that focuses on supporting their members to grow their businesses. The group offers marketing support, co-op advertising, educational workshops and tools and resources to help the members succeed in their marketing efforts, including a customized Vision Board. She also started Women [...]

Posted on October 21, 2009 Filed Under Meet a Jane, Tenacity Jane | Leave a Comment

When Opportunity Comes Knocking, Part 1

In every female entrepreneur’s life, opportunity will knock. Successful women must determine how they’ll answer. Will they fling the door open and shout, “Welcome!” with no more trepidation than they’d use when hosting their best friend? Or will they hook up the security chain and open the door just a crack, asking, “What do you [...]

Posted on October 15, 2009 Filed Under Jane Dough, Jane Thoughts, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane, Tenacity Jane | Leave a Comment

Meet a Jane: Angela J. Mattson

Angela J. Mattson has owned and operated Mattson Business Services, Inc. since 2003. She currently serves as the company’s Chief Efficiency Officer, using her twelve years of administrative experience in a variety of industries to help small to mid-sized businesses get a better return on investment on their administrative functions, including productivity and performance. The [...]

Posted on September 30, 2009 Filed Under Jane Dough, Jane Thoughts, Meet a 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

Fire that Client!: How the Five Janes Handle it When Things Just Don’t Work Out Part 1

No matter how a female entrepreneur runs her business, it’s possible that at some point, the relationship between her and a client will come to an end. Although most successful women will agree that they want to end things amicably, severing the working relationship may be tougher for some than for others.
A new study from [...]

Posted on September 10, 2009 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane | 1 Comment

What freedom means to me

In last week’s newsletter, I challenged our readers to think about the freedoms they enjoy as a result of their decision to start their own business. Cheryl Smeed of SmallBusinessCreation.com wrote such an eloquent reply, I had to share it with you all in it’s entirety. Cheryl, thank you so much for sharing [...]

Posted on August 31, 2009 Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Meet a Jane: Sue Urda

Sue Urda is the Co-Founder & CEO of Powerful You! Women’s Network, a two-time honoree on the Inc. Magazine list of the 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies, and Co-Creator of the inspirational movie, Stepping Stones.  Her newly released book, Powerful Intentions ~ Everyday Gratitude: 100 Transformational Days To Create a Life of Joy, Grace and Ease, [...]

Posted on August 26, 2009 Filed Under Jane Dough, Meet a 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