Seven Tips for Business Startups
A small business often begins with a brilliant idea and then begins to grow. The benefits of owning your own business include a greater sense of independence and the opportunity to achieve financial success. It can also provide flexibility and the chance to do something rewarding — to be your own boss. Owning a business can be a huge endeavor, bringing with...
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Books to Get You Back in Business
According to the TV shows that I watched growing-up, finding work was easy. Your options were limited only by your spunkiness and the imagination of your writers. If you could fling your hat just-so into the air, you’d be a fine local news producer. You could be a compassionate (and passionate) nurse in Korea. You could be a private eye. Heck, if you could...
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Events SEPTEMBER 4 — Capital City Dragon Boat Races, Lansing. Races held behind the City Market. With a limit of 24 teams, each team must have a minimum of 20 people on board during a race, but 20-25 team members are permitted. Nine pairs paddle, as well as a drummer and a flag catcher. Teams can be corporate, collegiate or competitive. Each team will race...
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Recipe of the Month: Healthy Rhubarb Coffee Cake
From the kitchen of Noelle Kelly Rhubarb compote 1 1/2 cups fresh rhubarb, diced 3/4 cup raw sugar 1/2 cup water 1 tablespoon orange zest 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon In a medium pot, combine ingredients over medium heat and cook for 30 minutes, or until rhubarb is mushy and cooked through. Filling 3/4 cup rhubarb compote 1/2 cup peacans, chopped 1/4 cup raw...
Continue ReadingSecrets to Business Success
As the old commercial saying goes, “you’ve come a long way, baby.” Women as a whole have come a long way in the world we live in. There are more females in college than our male counterparts, and we have certainly made a dent in the business world with females totaling 46.3 percent of the U.S. labor force. I have no trouble coming up with several names...
Continue ReadingDiapers & Deadlines: The Woes and Pros of a Work-at-Home Mum
In the last few decades, the world has changed so much that it has made my job as a writer and editor very mobile. I can write from my bed or from a car on a road trip … heck, I can even write on a plane and still meet deadlines! For more than a year and a half, I’ve had the unique pleasure of doing so — working mostly from home. As a mother, this has...
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City Spotlight: Twilight Gathering
Monday, Aug. 15 was one of those picture perfect “Pure Michigan” evenings. The weather was warm and the breeze was light — an ideal setting to support Women’s Caring Programs. This year’s Twilight Gathering was held at the home of Kelly Rossman-McKinney; she and 17 friends and business women in the Lansing area served as co-hostesses. I was running...
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Local Women: Jennifer Zumbrink
When Jennifer Zumbrink took charge of her health to eat right and feel better, she decided to make it her career and help others do the same. Food First by Jennifer is Zumbrink’s business where she educates individuals or other businesses on what to eat to better their health. Q: HOW DID YOU GET STARTED WITH FOOD FIRST? A: I got started back when I graduated...
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Local Women: Rebecca Nechuta
Rebecca Nechuta started her business Maid Brigade in 2003, and it gave her the tools and knowledge to open another business — one that allowed her to express her love of art. KidzArt in Okemos teaches elementary-aged students the fundamentals of color and drawing and gets them making their very own pieces of artwork. Q: TELL ME WHAT KIDZART IS ALL ABOUT.? A:...
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Local Women: Tresse Roby
Along with working closely on projects with the Lansing Art Gallery, Tresse Roby has turned her passion for vintage clothing and antiques into her own online shop. Through the site Etsy, Roby hosts her vintage clothing store called Six Cats Vintage. With every $15 purchase on her site, a $1 donation is made to the Mid-Michigan Cat Rescue. Q: HOW DID YOU GET...
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Local Women: Wendy Shaft
Wendy Shaft is returning to her roots in geology, her line of work before she was a print artist with Limner Press. She finds connection between geology and art and is revisiting the link between the two. Outside of her artwork, Wendy also cares for her mother and is learning to play classical guitar. Q: TELL ME ABOUT LIMNER PRESS? A: It was started in 1984...
Continue ReadingMy Community: Diabetes Walk
The 7th Annual Walk to Cure Diabetes took place this year on Saturday, Aug. 6 on the campus of Michigan State University. Teams and solo walkers took to either a 1 or 3-mile course, getting exercise and raising money for diabetes research. [Show as slideshow] ...
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