The Worst Personal Decision I’ve Made In a Long Time
Some people might call me a little competitive. I think there could be a little truth to that. I just finished up a two month no-carb challenge with my Entrepreneur Organization forum mates. I am always up to a challenge and this is the one time where I think I probably should have walked away […]
StudentRND holding CodeDay in thinkspace Mobile Innovation Hub
StudentRND is holding CodeDay this weekend in the thinkspace Mobile Innovation Hub! Are you ready? CodeDay is this weekend! Get ready to pitch ideas, form teams, and build amazing things over the course of a weekend! And it’s only $10 to attend! Register today, and let your friends know about the event! Schedule & Format: […]
What You Want and How You Get There
It’s pretty hard for me to give up a Saturday. My husband and I both work awfully hard during the week so that we can enjoy the weekends side-by-side. Whether we are cleaning the house, adventuring into a new part of the Pacific Northwest or just enjoying time with our friends and family, Saturdays and […]
Gilt: Co-Founders Who Built Their Billion Dollar Company on Respect and Implicit Trust
Today I got to attend the CRAVE Seattle event which featured entrepreneur Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, co-founder of Gilt Groupe. The event was packed with 150 (mostly) women entrepreneurs. CRAVE founder Melody Biringer puts on amazing events and I’m thankful that she extended the invite out to me. Gilt Groupe – launched by Alexis, Alexandra, and […]
Sari Crevin: Leap From Corporate Cog to Successful Entrepreneur
Sari Crevin, CEO of Booginhead, shares her entrepreneurial journey of how she built up a successful $1M+ company at night and on weekends while working by day as an HR Manager in the XBOX division at Microsoft. Sari’s company, BooginHead, creates award winning, parent invented products for the Baby/Toddler industry. Sari was ranked #14 out […]
Cultivating Women Leaders in Seattle
I met Shandel Slaten, CEO of True Life Coaching, six years ago through the Entrepreneur Organization Seattle. Since then I have hired Shandel to help coach me with building my company and team. Shandel has been critical in helping me identify my own strengths, understand my communication style (or lack thereof in some cases, as […]
Great Things Are Created By People Who Didn’t Do It For Money
I was reading a blog post by Seth Godin “The story of money is not a straight line“. Read the article, as with all Godin blog posts, they are short and easy to digest. “Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn’t do it for money.” […]
Lunch at Thinkspace.. Now Includes Molly's
While visiting with our coworking friends over at Office Nomads (a great little coworking space in Seattle), I found out about Molly’s and fell in love instantly. Their sparkling clean fridge, simple 1-2-3 process and pay-by-text feature had me intrigued. Once I took a bite of a sandwich, I was a complete goner and I […]
Mobile Credit Card Terminals: Innerfence vs. Square
You carry your phone in your pocket – why not your credit card terminal? With advances in portability and user friendliness, businesses both large and small are losing the wires that tie them down and making the switch to mobile credit card terminals. San Francisco giant Square took on Redmond-based Innerfence. I own both the Square […]
Yarn Bombing – The Rage You’re Seeing Everywhere!
Wine Wednesday with Entrepreneur & Artist Suzanne Tidwell! Come meet and listen to Suzanne Tidwell who will be sharing her entrepreneurial journey. Suzanne first started “yarn bombing” trees in Sammamish back in December 2010 and since then her work has been on in display in Seattle Occidental Park, City of Redmond, Anderson Park, and even […]