From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Big News

by Christine on July 31, 2009

in Ramblings

(Wow! This is my 50th post!!! Unbelievable.)
I feel like there is a crazy change-shift happening in the universe. One of my friends is undergoing major life altering things – her elderly mom is very sick and has been bedridden for the past month, which coincidentally happened at the same time that she got promoted and [...]

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5 Questions with Abbey Fatica

by Christine on July 30, 2009

in 5 questions

5 Questions is a new series where online business women are asked 5 questions about being a mom and entrepreneur. To be featured, please contact me.
Abbey Fatica is the founder of  Living My MoMent!, a one stop for free advertising and support for mom businesses and blogs.
1. What or who inspired you to start your [...]

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Cultural Divide

by Christine on July 27, 2009

in Day-to-Day, Site Development

So, the stroller site is not progressing as happily as I would like it to. I’ve been stalled because my project manager in India has been sick. I’ve also been hamstrung by the fact that I did not provide them with a spec as I assumed that they would speak up if they were missing [...]

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As I type this, I am sitting in a wonderful cafe in Toronto’s east end called Dark Horse Espresso Bar. It’s in a dingy part of an up-and-coming neighbourhood that has been undergoing gentrification for the past 12 years. I have lived in this area for about 11 years and am amazed by how it’s [...]

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5 Questions with Candice Broom

by Christine on July 23, 2009

in 5 questions

5 Questions is a series where online business women are asked 5 questions about being a mom and entrepreneur. To be featured, please contact me.
Candice Broom is a world-traveling Mama of two. She shares travel tips, product reviews, and promotional giveaways at www.MomMostTraveled.com.
1. What or who inspired you to start your business?
I have traveled a [...]

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Staying Focused

by Christine on July 22, 2009

in Ramblings

It’s now been three weeks since I was let go from my job.
I can’t believe how extraordinarly busy I have been in this time frame, but when I sum it up, my weeks look like this:
Week 1: Family from Vancouver visiting.
Week 2: Deal with the truth that I have been terminated from my job.
Week 3: [...]

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A few weeks ago, I came across a four-year-old posting on Yaro Starak’s blog Entrepreneurs-Journey: Making Money From Your Website Using Advertising. Before reading his post, I thought that I would be happy with running Google Ads. I quickly realized that unless I would be satisfied with anemic revenues, I should look elsewhere. Yaro completely [...]

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I should always listen to myself.
When embarking on my stroller site, I thought I’d approach the project differently. In my day job (if I had a day job right now), I would be overseeing a team of project managers, coaching them in the ins and outs of deploying huge applications for major web sites. Or [...]

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Re-inspired

by Christine on July 17, 2009

in Day-to-Day

Darren Rowse posted this terrific post on Problogger today 9 First Step Goals For New Bloggers. He posts a lovely picture of his two boys in their pajamas and draws parallels between his 12-month-old learning how to walk and the evolution of a blog. Just how babies need to learn how to stand unassisted or [...]

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5 Questions with Susan Creal

by Christine on July 16, 2009

in 5 questions

5 Questions is a series where online business women are asked 5 questions about being a mom and entrepreneur. To be featured, please contact me.
Susan Creal is founder of Success Driven Woman, LLC, a Life Coaching company for mompreneurs and sales professionals.
1. What or who inspired you to start your business?
My passion for working with [...]

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Straight-Talk Tuesdays

by Christine on July 14, 2009

in Straight Talk Tuesdays

Because of the success of my 5 Questions series, I’ve decided to put together a new series called “Straight-Talk Tuesdays”. In this series, I will be asking just one question and will be featuring the answers of several mommy entrepreneurs.
Who: Any mother who is running her own online business no matter where she is in [...]

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