I was driving through Los Angeles yesterday in a part of town I don’t often visit and when I do its usually only on the main thoroughfares. I was visiting an entrepreneur whose business I love (he’ll be featured in the Lemonade Maker series later this week) and as I turned off the beaten path [...]
I’m happy to share with you the Escape Hatcher newsletter for January 2010 featuring none other than the brilliant Jodi Womack (If You Build it They Will Come…and Keep Coming) of The Ojai Women’s Business Social and The Womack Company. Jodi is an inspiration and I hope you’ll stop by the newsletter or the Escape [...]
I was meeting with The Nohopreneurs Sunday afternoon and Lelah Baker-Rabe gave a short presentation on organizing (since she just happens to be an organizing expert extraordinaire and owner of Lelah with an “h”) and she reminded me of something that I work with clients on all the time, but haven’t been doing enough of [...]
Listen in as Erick Brownstein takes us on an entrepreneurial odyssey from announcing at the ripe old age of 8 that he would like to be a “rich CEO” to graduating with an economics degree from Duke, going on to work with Mother Theresa, leading international human rights campaigns, and finding his way to becoming [...]
This is an exercise that I like to use to get creativity flowing in terms of business ideas. Try it. Stop what you are doing (as soon as you read the instructions and grab a pen/piece of paper) sit down (close your eyes and take a deep breath) and stare…around the room in front of [...]
I opened up my e-mail this morning and began the daily gargantuan task of reading, responding, etc. trying desperately to stick to my “power hour” (learned from the Entreprenette Sarah Shaw, she talks about it on the Escape PODcast), but failing miserably, then I came upon Chris Guillebeau’s The Art of Non-Conformity newsletter which I [...]
Sometimes I work with clients who have absolutely no idea what business they would like to start and sometimes I work with clients who come to me with oodles of interests and a plethora of passions. The process then becomes about deciding and making choices which can often be painful and difficult. I explain to [...]
I just got back from my Monday Mastermind with Alaia Williams’ The Entrepreneur Connection – which is always a great event. I learned a lot, gathered a few new resources and tips and got to commiserate about things that could use some help in our businesses and celebrate those things that are going great. Lizzy [...]
A great time had at the Ojai Women’s Business Social – many unique businesses discovered!
Happy New Year! Well its January 5th and even if you’ve managed to stretch out your holiday as long as possible, you’re probably somewhere near (if not already firmly planted in) waking up in reality land. Yes, its usually a place many of us resist, but as they say “that which we resist persists”. The [...]
Susan M. Baker - aka The Escape Hatcher is a Creative Career Consultant who helps people figure out what they really want to be doing, how to make money doing it and then how to get started... she's helping her clients change their lives one dream at a time.