Best of the Janes: Handling Cash Flow Challenges

When your business isn’t bringing in the money you need, there are three possible reasons:

The business isn’t creating enough sales (revenue)
The business isn’t profitable enough (either you’re not charging enough or your expenses are too high)
The timing is wrong (you have ample revenue and profitability, but you pay everyone before you get paid – [...]

Posted on December 3, 2009 Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Fire that Client!: How the Five Janes Handle it When Things Just Don’t Work Out Part 2

Every relationship experiences its ups and downs, and for some, the downs may result in a breaking point. Business owners may handle such breaking points in different ways, but one thing is clear: while firing a client may be difficult, it’s important to be willing to cut the ties – and to know how to [...]

Posted on September 17, 2009 Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

How Do The Five Janes Handle Bookkeeping Challenges?

When the numbers don’t add up in a business, it can wreak havoc on a day-to-day basis and additional headaches at tax-time. But while no one enjoys having an accounting crisis on their hands, the five different Janes are likely to respond to that crisis in different ways.
Let’s look at how 2 of those Janes [...]

Posted on June 18, 2009 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Which Jane Are You? | 1 Comment

Meet Jane: MaryPat Kavanagh

MaryPat Kavanagh has a strong and varied background in entrepreneurism, having owned retail businesses, restaurants, and consulting practices before starting Strategic Results Marketing LLC Queen of Marketing in 1999.
As President and Chief Marketing Strategist, MaryPat has helped numerous entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses. Her particular talent lies in facilitating profitable and long-lasting strategic partnerships and joint [...]

Posted on June 9, 2009 Filed Under A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur, Which Jane Are You? | 1 Comment

Become the Jane you Were Born to Be!

If you’ve been following our Which Jane Are You? research, you know there are 5 distinct types of women entrepreneurs. Each type has her own needs and challenges. The wonderful thing about the assessment, though, isn’t just understanding where you are today. It’s also about figuring out who you really want to [...]

Posted on June 4, 2009 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane, Which Jane Are You? | Leave a Comment

Groundbreaking Research Profiles Women Business Owners

Here is a reprint of our latest press release. This research is so exciting, we want to be able to share it with all women entrepreneurs and everyone who does business with these women.
New study shows female entrepreneurs fall primarily into one of five categories Tampa, FL (August 28, 2008) – A two year study, [...]

Posted on September 21, 2008 Filed Under Which Jane Are You? | 1 Comment

Welcome!

Welcome to the Jane Out of the Box blog! 
Over the course of the past year, I’ve had an opportunity to meet many wonderful women business owners.  The purpose of this blog is to share some of their stories, to discuss findings from the research we’re doing to help women business owners, and to share news, [...]

Posted on February 26, 2008 Filed Under Jane Thoughts | 2 Comments