The Boss Ladies are women entrepreneurs Lauren Bacon and Emira Mears, owners of the Vancouver web design studio Raised Eyebrow. Each week in BCBusiness, the Boss Ladies take apart small business and entrepreneurship in BC, considering the issues as women do – critically, cogently, and competently.
It's a good time to be an entrepreneurial woman in B.C.
I had the great pleasure of attending the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs 10th Anniversary gala on February 20, 2012. The event celebrated women in business and acknowledged FWE founder Christina Anthony and CEO Jill Earthy for all of the hard work they’ve put in over the past decade.
I started my own entrepreneurial journey just over 12 years ago, at a time when the FWE hadn’t yet emerged and there were far fewer organizations supporting B.C. women in business. In...
Wondering where the day went when the clock strikes 5 p.m.? Time-tracking tools could keep those hours from slipping away and help you manage them more effectively.
Timesheets – tracking your time every day to see where it goes. It’s a simple concept, really. But lately I find myself frequently recommending them as a tool to many overworked business people. Why? Will timesheets magically find those hours you’re missing from your day? No, but they’ll do a great job of helping you assess just where time is going, so you can evaluate if you’re using your time in the most strategic way...
Boss Lady Emira Mears plays up the power of persuasion when applied to small business success.
Arlene Dickinson, lone female on Dragons' Den, has a new book titled Persuasion: A New Approach to Changing Minds, which focuses on how persuasion can create a thriving business.
I found myself trying to put my finger on exactly why this book stood out for me; unlike so many business tomes, which feel like they’re coming as the author rides a first wave of success, this one reads like words of wisdom from someone able to draw on a varied body of experience.
Celebrating success can be an intimidating notion for women in business, but it can also be the gateway to greater achievements.
As an entrepreneur and author, I continually struggle with celebrating success. My business partner and I addressed this challenge in our book, The Boss of You, and it’s an issue that plagues many of our female business colleagues. Celebrating success seems to be viewed as either uncomfortably egotistical, or a waste of time for busy leaders who have already moved on to the next task. I’ve made a concerted effort to acknowledge my career accomplishments as they...
Boss Lady Emira Mears speaks the truth in addressing the working from home with kids myth.
Since becoming a mom, I’ve been hyper-aware of anyone who lauds the virtues of working from home with children in tow. Many parents consider taking on work in addition to childcare, which usually sounds something like, “I’m getting back into the consulting game while I’m home with the kids – I’ve got nothing to do during their nap time, so why not?” Before I sick an army of work-from-home parents on my tail, let me say that I know there are many who make it work and some who even...
Look to online tools to narrow the field of interview candidates and produce higher-quality applications.
With a staff member leaving and another on mat leave, my firm is in the midst of what feels like a hiring blitz. But from this chaos sprang clarity: the quality of applications received suggests we’re doing something right. One marked difference in this round of hiring is our employ of online tools to facilitate the process. Here are four of our indispensable online tactics:
Create an online application form
Creating a form with a third-party service like...
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