Archive for December, 2009

Interview with @JimBlasingame, Small Business Advocate

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Once a year for the past 3 years I’ve had the privilege of being on the radio show of Jim Blasingame, The Small Business Advocate. Every time I talk to Jim I have a blast and this morning’s show was no different. Jim has no problem keeping up with my ADD, taking our conversations all over the place but always someplace GOOD. I’m honored that he’s asked me to come back as a regular guest, starting with quarterly in early 2010.

His shows contain a lot of great (free!) content so after listening in to our chat via the link below, check out some of his other interviews! You’re bound to learn a lot…

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Be Strategic Not Scattershot to Make Networking Pay Off

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Following is a guest post provided by Anne Barber and Lynne Waymon. I’ve seen Lynne speak and not only is she engaging and fun, but her advice is immediately actionable and valuable!

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Where to find the truth?

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

I just got off a members-only webinar offered by the Women Presidents’ Organization titled “Economic Recovery – what does it mean for your business?” Even though I got an A+ in economics in college (many moons ago), I have to admit that trying to understand how we got into the current state of affairs from an economic perspective leaves me feeling, well, stupid. After tweeting a simple comment I interpreted from our speaker to be simply “things are looking up”, I received a barrage of responses back from people sharing their economic theories. Woah. Now I feel even MORE stupid. The whole experience led me to ponder: Where do we go to find the truth?

So suppose I want to learn about what got us into this economic mess (besides the obvious mortgage/financial fiasco – that’s not the WHOLE story…). Is there a history I could read that isn’t slanted or biased in some way? Surely, it isn’t on Wikipedia. And if it is, I’m not totally confident