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

MPP Head ShotMary Page grew up in a small town in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky, where opportunities were few.

She had to figure out how to create the life she wanted. After receiving her MBA from Cambridge University in England, she worked in the corporate world at companies, such as, Fujitsu (in London, England) and The Coca-Cola Company (in

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Career Confidential: Tasha Robinson

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Position / Job title?: Founder of Imperfect Concepts and ICB Consults

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

Don’t laugh but I wanted to be corporate merger lawyer in a powersuit living in New York City by Central Park on the upper east side.

2. Fast-forward several years/decades. How did you land (or

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Tips for Starting a Business from Scratch

Now more than ever, women are seeing the benefits of building their own businesses and are doing just that. In a world full of complicated and contradicting start up information, consider my eight simple tips for launching a successful business as a woman. It does after all help to get advice from someone who’s been there.

Don’t quit your day job, at least not at first. While it may be tempting to jump feet first into building your business, it is wise to map out your financial needs and obligations before giving your two weeks notice. Consider working part-time as

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Tiffany Beverlin

f8082951-0735-4aea-b260-9d512c3112a7I am not going to do a long intro for Tiffany Beverlin, founder of Dreams Recycled, because she shares her story below. In her “3 Things”, she talks about being a stay at home mom, getting divorced, and how she founded her business.

After being unemployed for 10 years, she had a hard time finding a job, so she

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Career Confidential: Vivian Nunez

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Position / Job title?: Freelance Writer + Founder of Too Damn Young

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

A physical therapist…long shot away from that now. I grew up shadowing my mom at a physical therapy office and translated so much for the therapists that I was pretty sure I was going to

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Lorraine Dahlinger

imageI think most of y’all are going to be intrigued by Lorraine Dahlinger’s company, From the Lab. It is the only place where you can access high-end beauty products before anyone else, at an affordable price. Really, who wants to pay $300 for a little tube of cream?! Well, you don’t have to anymore.

So how does it work? You request

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What’s Up with Glam?

This is going to be a short, random post. If you want me to be completely honest, I am not in the mood to write, and I really want to spend my Sunday afternoon sitting on the couch watching Orange is the New Black! I haven’t had a chance to watch any of the new season!

However, I felt the need to do a brief recap of the past few days. We completed our first two BizGlam workshops for SA Youth!!!! As I am writing this, I still can’t believe it.

The anticipation leading up to the workshops

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Career Confidential: Diane Carleton

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Full name?: Diane Carleton

Position / Job title?: Creative Director for FIGI JEANS

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

When I was 9 years old, I wanted to be an architect.

2) Fast forward several years/decades. How did you land (create) your current position?

Along with having years of experience designing

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Getting Glam with Skara & Co.

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Tomorrow, Skara & Co., an all-woman, high school team will pitch their concussion testing app, TimeOut, to a group of investors at Boston TechJam.

The ladies, student-athletes themselves, got the idea for the app in Feb. 2014 at the start of spring sports season when the school was announcing the concussion testing schedule. They realized there wasn’t an efficient way to test

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Catalina Girald

image001-12Catalina Girald is the founder of NAJA, a lingerie brand that is changing the industry.

While climbing her way up the ranks of Skadden, Arps, one of the most prestigious law firms in the country, Catalina realized that being a lawyer wasn’t exactly what she wanted to do. So, she started attending the New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology–literally

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