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Riding the Entrepreneurial Coaster: Eyes Open & Exhale

by Marissa on 17 May 2010

I started taking yoga classes in college, and I was immediately impressed by the dramatic effect focused attention on the breath had on my body as a whole. Before the poses themselves came to mean much to me, the breath and awareness of it really hit home. The summer after I began my yoga classes, [...]

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Bippity Boppity Bullshit: Lessons from Cinderella, Midnight & Moxie

by Marissa on 22 March 2010

I used to believe that success in small business was all about the Bippity Boppity Boo. You know, the whimsical little chant that Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother invokes as she magically changes Cinderella’s rags into a beautiful frock, her rodent friends into mighty horses, faithful dog into a horseman, and a pumpkin into a carriage. I [...]

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Tim Ferriss’s missing link and why your business needs a Rosie

by Marissa on 20 July 2009

If you follow Tim Ferriss’s advice about outsourcing — or if you just hire more than one other person to help you with your business — you’re probably losing money, time and clients. And it’s probably happening because things are falling through cracks, slipping into the void left by The Missing Link. There’s a Missing [...]

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