Ever experience soul-crushing, heart-breaking, confidence-shattering criticism, failure or rejection? If you're human, of course you have. If you say you never have, you're a Cyborg and I'm terrified of you. Life as an entrepreneur - no, as a human being - is full of ups and downs. So much of what we see out there in books and on the Internet is about extreme success: the … [Read more...]
Your Success is Not a Formula
I’m a big fan of predictive data analytics. While I’m a creative type–marketer, actress, writer–I greatly admire that science and statistics can help us predict many things such as the last amazing solar eclipse, how strong a car seat needs to be to protect a child in a crash, climate change (yes, people, it’s real. Stop it.) But factor in a human element and those predictions can go … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes of Red Slice: Reinvention + Renewal (Part 3)
Previously in Part 2 of the Red Slice origin story… My entrepreneurial journey – and my life- came screeching to a halt when I almost died from a ruptured brain aneurysm. There are just some crises you can’t build into your business plan! But, guess what? The sky didn’t fall. In fact, it opened up to a whole new way of living and doing business that would change me forever – and can … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes of Red Slice: Business Grows…and Crisis Strikes (Part 2)
Previously in Part 1 of the Red Slice origin story… After leaving the security of corporate comfort, I embarked on my consulting business in my new home city of Seattle. Savvy, authentic networking and a rock-solid brand strategy accelerated my early growth, resulting in wonderfully interesting small business clients and a lucrative corporate gig. If you missed Part 1, including my three … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes: How I Started My Business (Part 1)
Starting a business is not easy. Maintaining it for over nine years (gasp!) can be downright unbelievable. People always ask me, “How did you start?" Recently, I cleared out some old folders and came across every yearly plan from 2008 on. As one does when decluttering, I got lost in nostalgia, chuckling to myself about all the things I thought I knew – and how far I’d come. Inspired, I … [Read more...]
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