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Career Confidential: Liz Anne Hill

November 12, 2014 by Rebekah in Career

Full Name?: Liz Anne Hill

Position / Job title?: Starling Glow‘s singer

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A pop star veterinarian. I wanted to tour the country healing animals in my mobile vet-clinic aka tour bus, while selling out arenas at night. Then I took a biology class

Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Mary Kaiser

November 11, 2014 by Rebekah in 3 Things

Good morning from a very chilly Austin, TX. I am pretty excited that it finally feels like Fall!

We are starting off the morning with “3 Things” by Mary Kaiser, founder of Start with Strengths.

She has over 25 years of consulting and coaching expertise working with entrepreneurs, business leaders and individuals to help identify their strengths

Dealing with stressful moments

November 6, 2014 by Rebekah in ETC.

image courtesy of flickr user, Miguel Angel

There can be a lot of stressful moments when you’re working for yourself. A bad e-mail from a client, not getting the new client you thought was a shoo-in, a client contract ending early or things just generally not going your way. And what makes it more of a challenge is not being able to

Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Candace Dannenbaum

November 4, 2014 by Contributor in 3 Things

This is an interesting topic and one my friends and I (all in our early 30’s) talk about often because if we had known what we know now, would we be the same people we are today? In other words, would we have made the same mistakes and missed out on the chance to learn and grow from those

Finding Your Confidence for Interviews

October 31, 2014 by Rebekah in ETC.

courtesy of Flickr user, Son of Groucho

I am a big believer of the phrase, “fake it until you make it,” especially when it comes to interview for a job or meeting a potential new client. Chances are, the interviewer will notice if you are full of self-doubt and begin to doubt you as well. When you’re trying to sell yourself to

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

October 30, 2014 by Rebekah in 3 Things

Emily 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

Career Confidential: Jen Appel

October 28, 2014 by Rebekah in Career Confidential

Full name?: Jen Appel

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

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

October 27, 2014 by Rebekah in 3 Things

From 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

Career Confidential: Shayna Leigh

October 17, 2014 by Rebekah in Career Confidential

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

Tips for hiring the right people

October 16, 2014 by Rebekah in ETC.

photo courtesy of flikr user, bpsusf

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