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Topic: women in business

March 28, 2007
» Are Your Ready For Your TV Interview?

The Intrepid Group regularly conducts media training sessions for clients. We focus on teaching, training and preparing them to present key messages effectively and professionally to the media. There’s usually a large focus on crisis in our training, where we assist them in dealing with the media in high-stress, demanding and often the most critical [...]

March 14, 2007
» March Madness: Work Hard, Play Hard

Right now it’s March and that means my mind is wandering to the important questions of life: Does Florida have the talent to repeat? Can Villanova really go to the Sweet 16? Who will this year’s George Mason be? And since I have been invited to be a part of six different brackets, I’m obviously [...]

March 8, 2007
» Where are the adults?

I absolutely hated middle school. I was surrounded by beautiful blond girls named Staci and Tiffani and other 80s “i” names. But I was too skinny, wore huge plastic framed glasses, had braces, and didn’t really ever learn how to do make up or hair. I was ugly. And the girls at Herndon Middle School [...]

February 22, 2007
» Women Owned Businesses: Fastest Growing Segment of the Market

There are 10.6 million women-owned businesses in the US today These firms employ 19.1 million people and generate nearly $2.5 trillion in sales. Between 1997 and 2004, the number of 50% or more women-owned firms increased at nearly [...]

January 31, 2007
» It’s the Most Wonderful Day of the Year

This Sunday, this blessed Sunday, is my favorite day of the year. This blog entry might be atypical for a woman, but I was raised on the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Orioles as much as I was politics and history (I’m a DC native). Sports are in my blood. I served as the sports editor [...]

January 23, 2007
» Top Metros for Women Business Owners

Every woman business owner in Utah and even those who are thinking of starting a business, you need to read this study! Amazingly, Utah has five cities in the top ten. Peter Horan at All Business talks about why: “Our study was unique because, we let our audience decide what criteria are most important in terms [...]

January 15, 2007
» Startup Princess Conference

I attended the first ever Startup Princess Conference on Sat. and was pleasantly surprised at what it turned out to be. I was also impressed with the quality of women that were there. So many already successful with their businesses and also women who are in the process of developing an idea for [...]

January 8, 2007
» Networking Events

Last Friday I attended the networking event Utah First Fridays for the first time. After I was through signing in, I stood there in amazement and felt as if I was in an episode of the Office when Dwight stares at the camera and you can’t help but get the strange feeling of awkwardness. “Ugh!!!” [...]