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

Want To Step Into Your Brilliance? Unstuck Yourself!

by: Olalah Njenga, The Unstuck Expert For Entrepreneurs When I first started researching the concept of being stuck, I was lead by one burning question, “Why do people get stuck?” The more I fed my curiosity, the more a bigger, more pronounced question seemed both obvious and intriguing. As I studied the dynamics of behavior [...]

Posted on May 4, 2011 Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Meet A Jane Nicki Donley

Nicki Donley is the creator of the award winning MOC-Move Over Cards (Hellomoc.com). In a practical sense, her life philosophy, “Be Good to the Earth,” means helping reduce paper waste by not creating more. Her line of gift tag sets and other products do not require “throw away” envelopes and they are made from 100% [...]

Posted on July 20, 2010 Filed Under Meet a Jane, Merry Jane, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Best of the Janes: Women Entrepreneurs Getting Back on Track, Part 1: Assessing the Cause

Life is a continuum – so change is inevitable. In the life of a female entrepreneur, then, this inevitability affects her not only personally, but also professionally. While some change results in higher profits and greater personal and professional satisfaction, other change may result in a situation that drains a business owner’s resources and leaves [...]

Posted on July 7, 2010 Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Meet a Jane: Cathy Alford

Cathy Alford, MA, ACC, is an ICF Life & Leadership Coach (www.lifeworksresourcegroup.com). After 21 years of a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, Cathy began to dream of how her life experiences, gifts and talents might culminate to help others walk intentionally in purposeful living. “I’m not sure I ever thought of starting my own [...]

Posted on July 6, 2010 Filed Under Meet a Jane, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Be part of our Jane out of the Box Relationship Research!

In our research, we have heard many times that owning a business can create challenges in your relationship with your spouse or life partner. Therefore, Jane Out of the Box is embarking on a new research study designed to help women business owners have strong, positive relationships with their life partners, while also running their [...]

Posted on May 21, 2010 Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Meet a Jane: Ciara Daykin

Ciara Daykin is the owner and CEO of Firefly Occasions Inc., a wedding and event planning company based in Calgary, Alberta (Canada). Ciara is an expert in online marketing, having coached one-on-one for the past two years with Internet marketing guru and founder of Ali Magazine, Alexandria Brown. Ciara grew her business to six figures [...]

Posted on April 28, 2010 Filed Under Jane Dough, Meet a Jane, Success Tips for Jane, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

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 [...]

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

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 your story [...]

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