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Work From Home? Don’t Have A Life? My Guide To Achieving Your Work-Life Balance That Every Entrepreneur Needs To Read
Full disclosure: I am a workaholic. There’s really nothing I love more than working or making money, and no, my family doesn’t count here because people aren’t things. When I started working for myself, and from home, I quickly developed a complete and utter lack of a life (except on weekends). All of a sudden […]
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4 Ways To Tell If You’re Ready To Start Hiring A Team For Your Business
Every entrepreneur works hard to grow their business and see it succeed. You learn pretty quickly though that you simply can’t do it all on your own. There’s simply no way to scale as a one-woman band. If you do already have a few employees, chances are good they perform multiple jobs and wear a […]
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4 Major Ways To Stay Highly Productive So You Can Drive Your Success Forward
There are only so many hours in the day, and I’m sure you wish there were more! Staying productive in a given day has been something I’ve really struggled to hit my stride on over the years, but I think I’ve finally figured it out. Some days you just get more done and some days […]
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The Dos & Don’ts Of Writing The Perfect Email Pitch For Successfully Securing Press Coverage That Every Entrepreneur Needs To Know
As an entrepreneur, pitching your product or service for press coverage can be a truly daunting task. I’ve been on both sides of the playing field as an entrepreneur who launched an accessories line, and as someone who runs a website that reaches two million female millennials a month. From the Chip Chick side, I […]
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The Worst Business Advice That Will Never Help You Get Ahead As An Entrepreneur
I’m a huge proponent of not doing things by way of conventional wisdom. Just sit there and think of someone you know who’s successful because they fit in and go with everyone else. I’ll wait. If conventional wisdom erred on the side of being true, then everyone would be successful, no? This is the most […]
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Pearls Of Wisdom From My Mom That Will Serve You Best In Business
My mom (we all affectionately call her Chickie) is one amazing woman. She raised me and my two younger sisters all on her own, taught honors child psychology college courses, counseled countless young adults on how to get their lives back on track, and was an entrepreneur on top of all of this! So, she […]
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Why You Absolutely Need To Hire A Knockout Lawyer Before You Launch Your Brand New Business
As much as you might like to think you can do it all on your own, you can’t babe. I don’t understand why so many entrepreneurs are mistrustful of hiring a lawyer, but you need to get over that. Don’t give anyone the benefit of the doubt; you’re completely a target the moment anyone perceives […]
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Chicks We Love: An Interview With Taelor Salmon Of Cadence Candle Co. & Her Advice For Female Entrepreneurs
Welcome to Chicks We Love! Here at Chip Chick, we love inspiring women to follow their business dreams while giving them the tools they need to make it happen. Chicks We Love is our new series showcasing, well, chicks we can’t help but just love! Get ready to meet some of our favorite exciting female […]
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The 5 Things I Wish I Knew My First Year In Business (Here’s To You Avoiding The Same Mistakes I Made)
I won’t say it is easy to be one, but I will say it is worth it. That’s exactly how I sum up being an entrepreneur to people that ask me what I think about being counted among those crazy enough to leave their consistent corporate careers for the wild west of working for yourself. […]
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When You Start Building Companies, You Start Losing Friends & You Know What? That’s Ok
As a child, I had a LOT of friends. I befriended everyone, and I specifically remember my Mom sitting me down and telling me that it’s ok. I actually don’t have to be friends with everyone and I should start being measurably nice instead of just nice to a fault. She also told me I […]
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Online Business Coaches Are The Biggest Scam Out There & If You’re A Successful Woman You Should Be Dishing Out Advice For Freaking Free
I’m pretty active online in a multitude of female entrepreneur circles. Increasingly, and alarmingly, I’m seeing women posting a ton of things about online business coaches and how they ripped them off. I can’t say I’m surprised, because online business coaches are the biggest scam out there as far as I’m concerned. Unfortunately, people can […]
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If You’re Waiting On A Great Idea To Start Your Business, We Need To Talk & You Need To Stop
If you’re the type of woman who’s just waiting on a great idea, or even the perfect one, in order to start your business, we need to talk. You need to stop. Waiting for that idea to come is completely and utterly the wrong approach and here’s why. Every day you wait is another day […]
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5 Things You Need To Do To Be The Successful Woman That Has It All, Because It’s No Accident
I’m kind of sick of other women taking a look at me and thinking I tripped and fell into appearing like I have it all. Success doesn’t happen overnight, and success sure doesn’t come easy. It’s no accident being the successful woman that has it all. The good news is it’s not hard if you’re […]
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The Single Most Important Thing Every Woman Needs To Ask Herself Before Becoming An Entrepreneur
Starting your own business is exciting, rewarding, challenging, exhausting: and it’s purely the best way for every woman to start getting ahead. I highly recommend building a business because it affords you the opportunity to be your own boss, have a flexible schedule, make your own money, learn new skills, and not be beholden to […]
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Write A Stronger Business Plan: Here’s How & Why You Should Be Writing One Even If You’re Not Looking For Investors Just Yet
A lot of entrepreneurs skip a business plan entirely until they do need outside help, and that’s just doing yourself a disservice. Oh, I’m just too busy right now to make one. What I bring to the table is enough to make my business succeed. Stop with the excuses, sit down, and make the time […]
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Bre Breaks It Down: How To Realistically Estimate Your Startup Costs
So, what’s it going to cost you to start you business? Surprisingly, a lot of almost entrepreneurs I meet can’t break this down. I know you can’t predict your costs to 100% accuracy, but you can get pretty close, and you should put the work in to get there. I’m going to break down how […]
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We Need To Be Teaching Girls That They Can Grow Up To Be Entrepreneurs & Here’s How You Can Do That, Even If You’re Not A Mom
I’ve spent a lot of time this year talking to women my age who want to know how they too, can be an entrepreneur, and it’s something I really love to talk about. Surprisingly, I’ve also met quite a few younger girls this year who asked me about how I got to where I am […]
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Sometimes Things Get Weird, Sometimes Things Get Wonderful: 10 Things Nobody Is Going To Tell You About Being Your Own Boss (Except Me)
When I started out on my own, with my own company, working for myself while designing scarves, I had a lot of preconceived notions. I of course thought things would be all rainbows and unicorns. Well, it is, but it also isn’t. By a long shot. Sometimes things get weird, sometimes things get wonderful, and […]
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Quick Tips For Making Your Side Hustle Evolve Into Something Successful
Having a side hustle is an amazing way to make money (if you do it right) and it can even lead to a full blown business that helps you leave your day job behind! If you dream of being your own boss, making more money, starting a business; the side hustle is for you. Here […]
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As An Entrepreneur, There’s A LOT You Can Learn From Kylie Jenner & No You Don’t Need To Be A Celeb Or Beauty Guru Too To Find Value In This
I don’t really care if you like Kylie Jenner or if you hate her with a passion, as an entrepreneur there’s actually a LOT you can learn from her, and no you don’t need to be a celeb or beauty guru too to find value in this. Speed & Adaptability Are Everything Past successes, brand […]
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Here’s How You Can Make Money Publishing Your Very Own eBooks
There are so many things you can do to make more money for yourself, and publishing your very own eBooks is one of them! No, you don’t need to be a novel writer to publish your own eBook, and you don’t need to be the next New York Times bestselling author either. Don’t be scared […]
