What’s Up with Glam?

You know how some people thrive under pressure? I am not that person…I completely fall apart.

Even though my first “BizGlam Pop Up Workshop” with SA Youth isn’t until June 12th, I made a deadline for myself to have everything packed and ready to go by this weekend. Why? Because this gives me almost two weeks to check and re-check that I have everything. I know, it probably seems a bit anal, but there are so many small pieces that I am afraid will fall through the cracks.

The workshops are broken into three main sections: branding, production/design,

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Stephanie Bellanova

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Growing up, Stephanie Bellanova saw first hand what it was like to run a business. More than 25 years ago, her mother, Ann Davis, bought an ERA Real Estate franchise. At the time, she was really a trailblazer because real estate was a male dominated industry.

Stephanie now also works as a broker at ERA Central. Her goal is

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Career Confidential: Mallory Morris

MMorris headshotFull name?:

Mallory Jeanne Morris

Position / Job title?:

Technical Sales Consultant (for a company involved in the research, development and manufacture of separation sciences products – with a focus on chromatography)

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

I wanted to go to Medical School and be a Pediatrician. This was my dream and plan until I

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Three Reasons Why Gen Y Employees Should Focus on Personal Branding at Work

PicMonkey CollageMany Millennials (aka: Gen Y) are currently finding themselves in a very challenging situation at work. The good news for Millennials is that, due to major generational shifts, they are being moved into management and leadership roles faster and sooner than generations before them were. The challenging news is that 50% of Millennials surveyed believe their organizations could

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Bonnie Dana Buchner

IMG_2383-editedAfter working in the fashion industry for over 10 years, Bonnie Dana Buchner decided to set out on her own to create an American-made collection of luxury handbags and accessories. She always loved accessories because of their ability to instantaneously transform an outfit. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York and being of Chinese and Austrian decent, Bonnie has incorporated her engineering roots into her

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Help Little Lanae and her Family

I haven’t been writing much lately, which also means I haven’t announced to the blogosphere that I’m pregnant. 21 weeks and it’s a boy! It’s fantastic, we’re thrilled! This new stage in my life, however, has given me new mama bear instincts and an appreciation and empathy for all the momma’s in my life.

Which is why I wanted to solicit some help from you all today. Another fellow milspouse, Nikki, shared an unfortunate trial that some friends are going through. Their 2-year-old daughter, Lanae, is battling brain cancer.

Lanae was perfectly healthy up until a couple of months ago.

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Career Confidential: Leeana Provan

LeeanaFull name?: Leeana Provan

Position / Job title?: Owner of LoveLeeSoaps

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

I have been crafting ever since I can remember and I come from a family of creative entrepreneurs. Growing up I always knew I wanted to do something with art and follow in my parents footsteps to create a business of

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8 Tips for Positive Self-Talk to Spur Success

Each of us has about 50,000 thoughts each day. Most are judgments. Many are negative. All are stories. Most of them are fiction.

We find ourselves saying:Grace Killelea LO

“I’m never going to get that promotion.”

“Money is not my strong suit.”

“I’m so disorganized!”

If we hear these “lies” enough, they can end up becoming truths.

Self-talk is one of the easiest ways to sabotage your business career

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Victoria Livshitz

At the age of 18, I was a carefree freshman at the University in Vilnius, Lithuania, like millions of others – studying, partying and playing chess, my sport of choice. 2 years later, at the age of 20, I was married, with 3-months old baby and $500 bucks in a pocket, landing in the city of Cleveland, USA on a one-way ticket from Moscow, in search of more opportunities and better live.

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Career Confidential: Sharon Bui

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Sharon Bui & Kate Steadman founders of Frill

Full name?: Sharon Bui

Position/Job title?: Co-Owner of Frill and Head of Marketing

1. Did you have to take on internships to get there? How important in general, do you think, are internships?

Yes, my first internship, which I had as a freshman in college, with a local fashion brand established where I wanted to be in the fashion

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