During my almost 20 years of working from home, I’ve never hired friends to work for me.  Although now I consider the freelancers I’ve worked with throughout the years including a graphic artist, an editor, web designer and CPA, friends.
Unlike Duff Goldman and the Charm City Cakes team of friends I described in another post, [...]

Working from home is hard work but at the same time it’s scary.  When you first start working from home and you’re spending time growing your business, it’s normal to face a few worries along with fear. Aside from figuring out how you’re going to grow your business, you have to worry about how to [...]

Duff Goldman, star of one of my favorite shows, Ace of Cakes, goes against all of the advice I’ve ever read and given about not hiring friends. After he graduated from pastry school, he started Charm City Cakes and then hired the most talented people he knew: his friends. In Goldman’s case, his [...]

While I was at a party last weekend, the topic of changing careers and well, working naked, came up. Let’s just say that my blog name is a good conversation starter! The folks I talked with wanted to start a business but didn’t know what to do.
In my last “Naked Truth” post, I shared the [...]

Did you know that nearly half of the folks who’ve started businesses had a parent who started a small business first? The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation released a report last summer that shows that “parents provide inspiration, financing and they teach you the ropes.”
A detailed article in USA Today highlights a few family-owned businesses that [...]