To Succeed in Business – Take the Best Qualities of both Women AND Men

A recent research study by professors at Stanford Graduate School and George Mason University suggests that women who are able to leverage both traditionally male AND traditionally female communication styles are among the most successful businesspeople of all.

Posted on June 28, 2011 Filed Under Success Tips for Jane, Trends Impacting Entrepreneurs, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Jane’s New Mentorship & Mastermind Program Launches!

Beginning June 1, 2011, Jane Out of the Box founder Michele DeKinder-Smith, along with Joy Chudacoff, her venture partner from Smart Women Smart Solutions, will be offering women business owners committed to taking their businesses and their lives to the next level with the chance to collaborate for growth and mastermind with a select group of peers.

Posted on May 24, 2011 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Go Jane Go, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane, Tenacity Jane | Leave a Comment

Miracles Happen When You Go with the Flow

Less than 48 hours before our first live event was scheduled to begin, our event photographer cancelled, without notice. With many final details still requiring attention, I realized I had a choice – I could become angry or feel victimized, or I could just accept it and move forward, planning the best event I could in the absence of a photographer.

Posted on May 19, 2011 Filed Under A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur, Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment

Essential Elements of Brand DNA

by Star Ladin We live in a world saturated with visual overload. In fact, studies have shown that each of us is exposed to an average of 3,000 advertisements daily from the different media we encounter. Yet often business owners who are experts in their respective fields are baffled when creating and implementing a brand. [...]

Posted on April 27, 2011 Filed Under Marketing for Janes, Success Tips for Jane, Trends Impacting Entrepreneurs | Leave a Comment

Meet a Jane: Alma Steger

Meet Alma Steger owner of Alma & Co. – a jewelry company offering affordable boutique fashion jewelry via in-home parties. Alma is a Jane Dough, “I wanted to build a career and still be able to volunteer – I wanted it all! I knew that working a 9-to-5 job wasn’t going to cut it anymore.”

Posted on April 26, 2011 Filed Under A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur, Fun stuff, Jane Dough, Jane Thoughts, Meet a Jane, Success Tips for Jane, Which Jane Are You? | Leave a Comment

Are You Sending the Message you Intend to Send?

Did you know that non-verbal communication comprises 93% of our communication? Only 7% is the words we choose – the rest comes down to the way we look, our body language, and our tone of voice. So, what is the message you’re sending? Is it the one you intend?

Posted on April 21, 2011 Filed Under A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur, Fun stuff, Jane Thoughts, Marketing for Janes, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment

Meet a Jane: Misha Neidorfler

Misha Neidorfler is the owner (along with her husband, Jeff) of Morsels Bite-Sized Bakery + Espresso Bar in Traverse City, Michigan. Morsels is a full service coffee, tea and bite-sized baked goods store. The shop also offers breakfast and lunch items “to go”, catering, and they ship their goodies across the country via online ordering. [...]

Posted on April 19, 2011 Filed Under A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur, Jane Dough, Jane Thoughts, Meet a Jane, Success Tips for Jane, Which Jane Are You? | Leave a Comment

Jane Out of the Box Announces: A Scholarship Opportunity for Women in Business

As you know, my team and I are working very hard on the details for See Jane Succeed: LIVE! which will take place in just over 4 weeks on May 13-14. In the spirit of giving (a theme that is very near and dear to me this year), we will be awarding scholarships for deserving women entrepreneurs in honor of the formation of our new non-profit organization — the Foundation for the Advancement of Female Entrepreneurs. If selected, your scholarship will include a complimentary Business Essentials ticket to See Jane Succeed: LIVE! (www.seejanesucceedlive.com).

Posted on April 14, 2011 Filed Under A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur, Contests for Women Entrepreneurs, Events, Fun stuff, Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane, Trends Impacting Entrepreneurs | Leave a Comment

3 Powerful Relationship Tools All Entrepreneurial Women Must have for Success in Business & in Life

There are some key relationship tools you absolutely must know if you are going to have the fulfilling and balanced life you deserve – one where your profits skyrocket – where what feels like the “always fighting” with your partner stops and your intimacy grows strong and your interpersonal relationships thrive!

Posted on April 13, 2011 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment

How to Simplify Anything

This week’s article comes from another one of Jane’s Experts, Carmen Coker. Carmen will participate at See Jane Succeed: LIVE! on the Create Your Ideal Life Panel, where she will provide advice and answer questions about how to get (and stay!) organized. I met Carmen a few years ago in a mastermind group and was incredibly impressed with her. Carmen understands what it takes to bring organization to our lives and our businesses, all the while providing sound advice that works for real women! She herself stays organized while running three businesses, and she is a powerhouse of productivity. At the same time, however, Carmen advocates that you don’t have to be perfect to be organized – a truly important message for us busy entrepreneurs who already have so much on our plates! Read on for thoughts from Carmen about simplification … breathe in her advice, then take on her simplicity challenge!

Posted on April 8, 2011 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment