“When you buy a product, you don’t just buy the product: you buy everything that company stands for.
Sisters, are your things rooted in peace?”
Source: Dear Sisters: Your Nature is to Bloom
“The only way to prove you are a women-owned, small business is to get certified. Otherwise, you are just like every small business out there.”
“Up until the last 200 years basically everyone was a freelancer, entrepreneur or indentured. Of course entrepreneurship is a learnable skill.”
“While “Yes madam,” or “At your service, sir,” might boost your ego, obsequiousness can also distract you from your project’s needs—and remember, flattery is not an indicator of professional service.”
Source: Outsourcing Tips and Tricks: Getting the Best Bang for Your Buck
“Don’t blindly trust Specialty Providers, because not all Providers in this category are equal—always consult your own circle of advisors when evaluating a Specialty Provider’s work. Just like a high-end Chinese-made car will never be equal to a high-end German-made car.”
Source: Outsourcing Tips and Tricks: Getting the Best Bang for Your Buck
“A Provider is not a magician. He cannot wave a magic wand and produce a perfect product—solutions take time and effort to produce... However, he will have an expertise in his field and he will use this expertise in his work. If you have chosen your Provider wisely, begin by trusting his expertise. Allow your Provider the freedom to do his work.”
Source: Outsourcing Tips and Tricks: Getting the Best Bang for Your Buck
“A networking event is a farmer event, not a hunter event. You’re there to plant seeds and cultivate your garden, not bag prey.”
Source: I'm at a Networking Event--Now What: A Guide to Getting the Most Out of Any Networking Event
“With progress comes a race for innovation, and it is up to you as a business owner to be on the front lines. That's why it's imperative to ask yourself whether you're in business to serve your customer, or if you’re around to serve your industry.”
Source: The Entrepreneur's Framework: How Businesses Are Adapting in the New Economy
“I hate when a small business owned by a man claims to be women-owned. Certification ensures women are more than just a name on paper. The woman is the owner/operator.”
Source: The Minority and Woman-Owned Small Business Guide to Government Contracts: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
“That one God who shines within everything, Who is formless like the cloudless sky, Is the pure, stainless, Self of all. Without any doubt, that is who I am.
Lord Dattatreya. The Avadhoota Gita”
Source: Avadhuta Gita