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

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

Meet A Jane Kacey Teel

Kacey Teel is the owner of Southeast Grind, a coffee house in Portland, OR. When asked why she decided to own a coffee house she said: “I have always dreamed of owning a cafe. I remember being a little girl and playing ‘coffee house’. My friends and I would create a menu, set up the kitchen like a cafe, cook a meal and also provide entertainment like a skit or musical performance. Our parents were usually the lucky ‘customers’. Coffee House days are still some of my fondest memories as a kid. When I moved to Portland, OR six years ago I started to realize that my dream could be a reality. The creative and entrepreneurial spirit is flourishing here. I was working as an insurance agent setting up group benefits for small businesses and would spend a lot of time in coffee shops networking and working on my computer. I realized that although there are an abundance of cafes we were missing one that really tied in both quality and customer service. After about a year of planning and spending time at the SBA I was at the right place at the right time and stumbled across a cafe that was closing its doors in a neighborhood that I loved. Within a month the keys were in my hands and I was running Portland’s Only 24 Hour Coffee House!”

Posted on March 8, 2011 Filed Under Jane Dough, Meet a Jane | Leave a Comment

Three Marketing Methods for Three Types of Businesswomen – Part 1

Traditionally, business owners may think of marketing as printing glossy brochures, placing advertising in print media, filming television commercials or recording radio ads. With the advent of the Internet and its continued ascent as a popular way to communicate, marketing has entered a whole new atmosphere. Whether a female business owner craves fast growth or [...]

Posted on January 28, 2010 Filed Under Accidental Jane, Jane Dough, Merry Jane, Success Tips for Jane | Leave a Comment

Meet a Jane: Susan Filesi

Susan Filesi is a real estate investor, Mary Kay Consultant, and an independent contractor with ArdyssInternational. Before Susan owned her own businesses, she was employed in the financial services and weight loss industries for companies such as Citigroup, Bank of America, OrigenFinancial, NutriSystem and Jenny Craig. Giving credit to these companies for her success, she [...]

Posted on August 19, 2009 Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

3 Important Lessons from Merry Jane – part 3

This article focuses on a type of business owner known as Merry Jane, an entrepreneur who has created a business she enjoys and that meets her needs for time freedom. Consequently, she tends to be able to take time off on a regular basis-whether it’s to enjoy friends and family, her career/employment, or other passions [...]

Posted on April 29, 2009 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane | 1 Comment

3 Important Lessons from Merry Jane – part 1

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

Posted on April 27, 2009 Filed Under Jane Thoughts, Success Tips for Jane | 2 Comments