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Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #9: How to Market_Networking Our Brains Out

Esther and I are in San Francisco for the BlogHer 2008 conference. Okay, to be totally honest, we came out here for a party being hosted by Guy Kawasaki’s venture http://www.alltop.com/ and BlogHer. We decided to do this just last week. (Side Note: If you want to see why we like Guy Kawasaki, click here or here. Here is the link to the Alltop page where we’re listed http://moms.alltop.com/). This… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #9: How to Market_Networking Our Brains Out

Role Model Series: How to Do it All – Featuring Julie Lenzer Kirk

In preparation for our 2008-2009 Hot Mommas Project Case Study Competition, we are focusing on ROLE MODELS. Do you or someone you know have a story to tell or lessons to share with others? Then get ready to write your own case. Our goal is to build the worlds largest women’s case study database for use in classrooms and women around the world. The top three winners will be published… Read More »Role Model Series: How to Do it All – Featuring Julie Lenzer Kirk

New study: Work Life Balance One of the Big 3 Challenges Globally

Holy moly! It's about time. Look at this study: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=843186 'The days of company-loyalty-at-all-costs are over,' says Andrew Dyer of BCG. 'Employees…often make caree decisions based on factors such as flexible work hours and emotional gratification.' Here is the bottom line: 1. Work life balance a major challenge in every region of the world except Pacific! 2. Due to this, and other reasons, getting and keeping talent may become harder… Read More »New study: Work Life Balance One of the Big 3 Challenges Globally

Type AAA Solution to De-Stress

I’ve always sucked at meditation. But after reading Eat Pray Love and this recent article in www.Lime.com, I feel sort of guilty for not trying harder. The article quotes meditation expert Dawn Groves, author of Meditation for Busy People “Learning to meditate is like developing any new skill like playing the piano or learning how to skate. There’s a clumsy, awkward growth stage when you have to be patient with… Read More »Type AAA Solution to De-Stress

How to Never Work 9-5 Again

Our February book club selection is The Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss. We love this because it turns the 9-5 (or, for some of us 7-9), work model on its head. Book club link here. My husband I and always talked about taking off 6 months or a year to travel the world. We had the money set aside to do it. We never pulled the trigger. Now,… Read More »How to Never Work 9-5 Again

Running…Women on the Go and How they Do It and the F-Word

Blogging from my phone, at the gym. Multitasking is a big way Hot Mommas get things done. You all know the routine. However, our research – to be released along with follow up 'how to' toolkits this year – tells us that focus and prioritization is one of the top three ways Hot Mommas ('Doing it all. Doing it well') are successful. What does that mean? Three top tips are:1.… Read More »Running…Women on the Go and How they Do It and the F-Word

It’s Official: Women Entrepreneurs Have Less Time

An article in Inc. Online today reveals differences between male and female entrepreneurs. And, women have less time to spend on their ventures vs. male counterparts. This has to do with domestic demands on their time. This is not a new concept, and it has been demonstrated in other studies by Catalyst, but…the point is not going away. Women have to DO MORE WITH LESS. Very excited for the results… Read More »It’s Official: Women Entrepreneurs Have Less Time

Kids: They get it

From friend of Hot Mommas Project and successful entrepreneur Julie Lenzer Kirk: “Entrepreneurship isn't just for adults! A recent survey in the UK found that kids, ages 13-17, are already thinking about work/life balance. 81% of the kids surveyed are, at least. And 11% stated that they'll look for jobs elsewhere if their boss asks them to put work before family. Perhaps the other 89% will just start their own… Read More »Kids: They get it