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Nearly every entrepreneur shares the same dream, to have their 15-minutes of fame when the media comes calling for their expert advice, while the world hangs on their every word. The question is whether that dream leaves you with the warm and fuzzies or drenched in a cold sweat. The thought of being contacted by the media is at the very least intimidating. My version of a nightmare is having a Cindy Brady moment with me "stuck on stupid" on national television or the fodder of a You Tube clip... Read Full Story

Being self-employed doesn't always mean working alone. Sometime the entree into entrepreneurship comes in the form of a partnership. There are some legendary partnerships: Lewis and Clark, Abbot and Costello, Lucy and Ethel, peanut butter and jelly or ham and swiss . Then there are the partnerships that never make the light of day. But when things go bad, we are reminded that divorce is NOT just for marriages. And break-ups are no less painful when they are with your business partner instead... Read Full Story

I have always disagreed with the saying "it's like riding a bike...". That is what people say when they want to illustrate that something is a impossible to forget once you learn or acquire it. Not so, my friends. Have you ever gotten back on a bike once you haven't ridden in a long, long time? The learning curve to reacquaint my over 40 butt to those seats is enough to make me literally hang up riding and return my bike to its place of honor (covered with dust on the hooks in my garage... Read Full Story

I am a huge fan of the Wizard of Oz. It showed me that there is a huge benefit to making yourself out to be the "great and powerful Oz". The problem usually starts when the yappy little dog pulls back the curtain. When I started, there were fewer option to give that big office feel to my spare bedroom. Thankfully, things have changed. My biggest hurdle has always been finding the right telecom solution for my needs. I knew there were a few absolutes... Transparency - I needed something that... Read Full Story

In case you hadn't heard, the economy is swirling the bowl. To combat that, entrepreneurs are recognizing that you have to be flexible to make things work. For me, the writing has been on the wall for a long time. My epiphany came in the form of a health insurance plan. It was not fun to write a big fat check every month to pay for our family's health insurance. As a self employed person I was paying through the nose for a policy that made sense for our family, but that policy was far from... Read Full Story

I would kill for a sick day. Sure, I know people say all my days are sick days if I want them to be. Not so. When I am sick I get up and trudge over to the computer and make it happen. When you work from home you have to eat what you kill. No Work = No Pay . There is no boss to complain about or a union to fight for me, I am it ... So I certainly have to admit there is a tinge of admiration (ok, let's call it what it is, jealousy) for the folks that get a day off when they are sick. Let's be... Read Full Story

When I launched NetMommies in 1999 it was for purely selfish reasons. I had always prided myself on being "foot loose and fancy free" because I worked from home. It was nirvana! No clocks, no office politics, no "who stole my lunch" from the community fridge. But then the unthinkable...I got pregnant! It wasn't unplanned. Nope, not at all. My husband and I wanted to start a family. We admired our friends with their children and walked around with a constant cartoon thought bubble above our... Read Full Story