Career Confidential: Leeana Provan

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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 my

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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.

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“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 as well

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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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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”

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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

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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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