A Totally True Spooky Startup Legend
Submitted for your consideration during this Halloween season. A true spooky startup legend. A teenage boy and his…
StartupStella
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StartupStella - is she fiction or is she entrepreneurial fact?! Welcome to the wry world of Stella, a home-based hoot who graces the pages of StartupNation with her rants, observations and twisted advice, reflecting the realities of what life is really like as a home-based entrepreneur.
Here are some fun snapshots of my life.
The Evils of Multi-Slacking
Home entrepreneurs are highly efficient people. They have to be; if they miss that mortgage payment, they lose the “home”…
October 22, 2008
Stella’s Startup Cycle
I have found that inventing, starting a business up, and other entrepreneurially thingies follow the same emotional pattern as your…
October 15, 2008
An Entrepreneur’s Day Out or Why I Shop Alone
Entrepreneurs are different, that’s a common theme on Startup Nation. We work differently. We think differently. And, by…
October 13, 2008
Now I’m the Expert
Have you got those calls yet? You know, the calls or the in-the-grocery-store chats from your old co-workers,…
October 7, 2008
What Part of Work From Home Don’t You Understand
I have a slight problem with the whole home-entrepreneur gig. Apparently, to you, me, and the rest of…
September 30, 2008
Everyone Assume Financial Crash Position
Ever watch Airplane? Or did I just reveal my status as dinosaur. (If I didn’t, my kids will…
September 26, 2008
Why We Had Kids… For Social Networking Help
I guess my husband and I always had in the back of our heads that we would have…
September 16, 2008
It’s His Tailgate Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To
My husband is hosting a tailgate party tomorrow for a group of his co-workers, or co-drinkers as the case…
September 12, 2008
Top Ten “First Things My Evil Assistant Would Do”
Rich has asked what would the first thing my assistant would do. Unfortunately, the first things my assistants…
September 8, 2008
Startup Attention Deficit Disorder
Scientists are now studying Startup Attention Deficit Disorder – a condition that causes entrepreneurs to start up new…
September 2, 2008
Did I Just Get an Eye Roll?
Labor Day weekend is coming, which means the in-laws are coming–or as I like to call them the…
August 25, 2008
Singing The End of Summer Blues.
I hate to see summer go. Why? The hot days? Nah. The ample sunshine? Uh-huh. The carefree days?…
August 19, 2008
Anyone Else Have That Synching Feeling?
I have a rule: the number of things you have to do will increase in an exponential proportion…
August 14, 2008
I’m a Square Who’s Behind the Curve
I’m not a techno-phobe; I don’t fear technology. I hate it. Or it hates me. Either, or. Yesterday…
August 13, 2008
My Social Networks Don’t Work At All
Don’t get me wrong. I love to network. I love to go do the face-to-face with clients and…
August 11, 2008
Why Business and Chips Don’t Mix
Does anyone else have mornings like this? You see, the problem with home-based business is that the kitchen…
August 7, 2008
Where’s the Flair? Could Coworking Be Office Space II
Have you heard about Coworking, or have I been held captive to the whims of my underfed and long-suffering family…
August 5, 2008
What I Learned About Entrepreneurship From My Dog
It’s amazing where–and from whom–you pick up lessons about running your own business. I found one today just…
August 1, 2008
Did Bill Gates Start His Day This Way?
I woke up this morning–and “woke” is a very relative term–to find a nice present from our dog…
July 29, 2008