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Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #15b: Announcing Our Judges

Today we announce the Hot Mommas Project judging panel. They are awesome. Here is the press release. How do you figure out how to “announce” something? This is how I did it given that we are going guerrilla and, even if we had more money I wouldn’t spend it because the economy stinks: 1. Modeling – This is a nice word for copying people. I pretty much copied what I… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #15b: Announcing Our Judges

Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #15a: The Press Release Backstory

Pictured here: Didn’t you hear about the new reality show? Toddler Renovation. So here is really what is going on the morning of announcing judges for The Hot Mommas Project. MUSIC: Can’t get M.I.A.’s Paper Planes from Slumdog Millionaire out of my mind, so, that’s the song to which the following events are set. 5.50 am I get up, log on to www.888pressrelease.com (a supposedly free press release service) only… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #15a: The Press Release Backstory

Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #14b: Confessions and Reflections

  This is the second of two posts reflecting on what has worked, and what hasn’t, since conceiving and implementing the Hot Mommas Project case study competition. See first Confessions and Reflections post. It ain’t pretty. Computer + Face Mask = Fake Relaxation Pictured here, I am “relaxing” with my computer open. Quite unsightly on a number of levels. First confession: I may be a part time working mom physically,… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #14b: Confessions and Reflections

Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #14a: Confessions and Reflections

  Helping me fight the fight every day: Starbucks Here is little review of what held true and what didn’t for the Hot Mommas Project journey since March (when this insider’s blog was started). Things that turned out not to be true – that was not by design. I think I was just hopeful. You know, like, “Here’s how we’re going to do this. YEAH!” Then, reality unfolds. Reality comes in many… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #14a: Confessions and Reflections

Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #14: How to Do a Business Model

  The Hot Mommas Project has no business model.  Is that wrong?  Okay, maybe that is not totally true.  We have 5 out of 6 parts of a business model.  The clincher: We’re missing the economics.  So, to rationalize this – I have decided there are two primary ways to look at business models.  This can be summarized as: A. What I teach my students at GW. B. The “Because it would be… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #14: How to Do a Business Model

Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time # 13 : Leadership and Management

  Here is another installment in the Hot Mommas Project path to becoming a million dollar venture/organization…while being led by a mom working part time.Can it be done? We’re here to figure that out.  Our big thing right now is the Hot Mommas Project Case Study competition. Click here to nominate someone.  As you’ll learn below, we need to get 200 women to write their cases by January 31, 2009.  (We are double checking – now –… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time # 13 : Leadership and Management