Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Lori Ann LaRocco

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You might recognize Lori Ann LaRocco. Why? Because she has been on the blog before!! A few weeks ago, we posted her piece titled, “4 Critical Traits All Successful Leaders Share”. Since that piece was so awesome, I was excited that she agreed to come back, and contribute to our weekly “3 Things” column.

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What’s Up with Glam?

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Yup, this is how excited we are about Glamtrepreneur! Photo credit: Zora Ellis.

Where do I begin?

I am just SO SO excited/nervous/terrified/overwhelmed/happy. It is a pretty incredible feeling when people like your idea, and are willing to work with you to make it happen.

Like I mentioned before, we are doing business plan writing pop ups this summer, and we officially have 12 on

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Career Confidential: Nicole Porter

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Full name?: Nicole Porter

Position / Job title?: Owner/Designer at Nicole Porter

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

I was really sure that I wanted to be Oprah. I don’t think that I understood that there was no application that you could fill out to get that job, but that didn’t stop me from

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Women on Business: Taking the Lead and Making a Difference

The balance oMichelle Picture Headshot MAINf power is tipping toward the feminine with more women taking on the workforce by graduating en masse from higher education well and above their male counterparts as well as starting businesses and taking a leading role in how major companies around the world are run. When it comes to women on business, they are coming out on top,

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Rachel Katz-Galatt

Rachel 1I might have mentioned this before, but a common thread I see from doing this blog is that most business ideas come from a personal experience.

Rachel Katz-Galatt’s, founder of healthy mama, entrepreneurial journey started through tragedy. During her first pregnancy, Rachel experienced several ailments, but when she took a trip to the pharmacy to find a

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Career Confidential: Heather Pierce

designer-heather-pierce-while-living-in-chinaFull name?: Heather Pierce

Position / Job title?: Designer and CEO of Raya Hanon

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

When I was a kid, I wanted more than anything to work for the US Department of Defense or the CIA. I spent about ten years preparing for the application process, which was actually what pushed me to

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Graduating in May? Here are tips to help you enter the career world.

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There is no questions about it: Monica C. Smith is a successful entrepreneur, and that is why you should pay close attention to her advice below.

Monica is the founder and CEO of Marketsmith Inc. (#389 on Inc. 500) and recent start-up, I.Predictus. For three years in a row, her businesses have driven

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Getting Glam with Kourvoisia Townsend & Mackenzie Lowman

I have seriously been SO SO SO excited all week knowing this post was coming up!

In conjuncture with Glamtrepreneur, we are launching a new column on NeonNotebook called, “Getting Glam with…” (GGW). With “3 Things” and Career Confidential, we have all the other generations covered. So, I thought it would only make sense to do a Q&A that features pint-size entrepreneurs.

These ladies might be young, but that isn’t stopping them from starting their own businesses!!

On our first GGW, classmates Kourvoisia Townsend & Mackenzie Lowman talk about opening up their own retail

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Alexandra Buckley Voris and Maggie Jones Patton

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Alexandra Buckley Voris and Maggie Jones Patton are the founders of the NY-based kids’ food company, Bitsy’s Brainfood.

After many years of working in education and non-profit, they got to a point where they realized that they had to solve some of the problems that they kept seeing over and

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Picture Overload from Providence

Like I have mentioned before, I am not very creative when it comes to titling my blog posts. What you see is what you get. As you can imagine from the title, this post contains tons of pictures from my trip to Providence, Rhode Island for The Lady Project Summit.

When I went to school in Boston, I always wanted to visit Providence, but I never made it. I was excited to have a few days before The Summit to explore the city. It is a cute little place with tons of interesting history, delicious food and fun

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