Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Emily Stinchcomb

EmilyStinchcombFullEmily Stinchcomb is the founder of The Simplified Bedding concept.

Her goal was to introduce a convenient bedding solution to the retail marketplace that eliminates tangles and streamlines the bedding make-up and laundering process. The patented system keeps the top sheet securely in place via a seamlessly zippered-in flat sheet attached directly to the underside of the duvet cover.

Now that she has surpassed her goal on Kickstarter, she tells us

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Career Confidential: Jen Appel

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Position / Job title?: CEO & Publicity Director of The Catalyst Publicity Group

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

When I was a kid I wanted to be an Interior Designer just like my mom. I had a passion for art from a very early age. Watching my mom pick out color samples to new furniture it really made me want to do

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Ashley Tyrner

image004From living the dream in Malibu to being a single mother on food stamps to starting her own company in Manhattan, Ashley Tyrner is the true definition of a comeback story.

At age 27, with a newborn baby girl, Ashley became a food stamp recipient after a nasty divorce. She moved to New York City in 2011 for a new beginning and worked as a business manager in the fashion industry.

As a busy, working mother, Ashley had little time

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Career Confidential: Shayna Leigh

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Full name?: Shayna Leigh

Position / Job title?: Singer-songwriter

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I always wanted to be an entertainer. At a point I thought I would be an actor. There was a minute where I thought I might be a scientist. And I minute I thought about becoming a lawyer. But those minutes never lasted too

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Tips for hiring the right people

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When you are a freelancer, trying to hire new people can be scary. For the longest time I thought I could tackle everything myself, only to realize that meant working almost 24/7 to complete all my tasks. In the end I turned to outsourcing work I didn’t love or wasn’t great at, so I could keep my business running and focus on what I do best.

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Stacey Horowitz

Headshot2Stacey Horowitz is the Founder & CEO of Shopping for a Change (SFAC), a marketplace for fair trade products by artisans, artisan co-ops, and companies that employ artisans from economically disadvantaged areas.

Stacey’s story began in 2009 when she visited Peru with her family. She witnessed the ugly face of hunger and poverty in sharp contrast with the innate beauty of these regions first hand. Noticing the wealth of artistic talent passed down through generations, she

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Career Confidential: Neha Gajwani

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Full name?: Neha Gajwani

Position / Job title?: CEO, SmackTom

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Early on, I found out that when you scribble a bit with a pen that’s not working, that it begins to write again. I imagined only I had this unique and magical gift, so I figured I had to use it in some way. I thought for certain I would grow up to be a pen doctor, and people would bring

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Bouncing back from mistakes

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Mistakes are inevitable. No matter how hard you try to avoid them, no matter how well you keep tabs on projects; mistakes will happen and things will fall through the cracks. How you deal with a problem once it arises can make all the difference in how people ultimately feel about both you and the issue that arose.

Don’t let simple mistakes ruin your

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Elizabeth Ghaffari

Elizabeth GhaffariElizabeth Ghaffari has an eclectic career spanning economics, technology, governance, and leadership studies. She is the author of three books on the topics of “how women do succeed – as corporate directors, as leaders in a wide variety of business activities, and how women view mentorship and their roles as mentors or mentees.

In her latest book, TAPPING THE WISDOM THAT SURROUNDS YOU: Mentorship and Women (Praeger, September 30th), readers will learn how to recognize invaluable mentorship

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How to keep busy as a freelancer

One of the most important parts of staying afloat as a freelancer is to always keep looking for work, even when you feel like you’re plate is already full. While uncertainty is part of the game- with both slow months and all too busy months making up the players, there are things you can do to keep the workflow steady.

For some, freelancing can seem like a shaky way to earn a living but for those of us who have been around the block a few times, we understand how to keep our work-life out of limbo. When I first

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