Be careful what you wish for. Often when we set our sights on a goal, we are ill-prepared for what the achievement will mean for us. In business, we often set aggressive revenue targets. We chase a certain dollar amount ($1 million, $5 million, $10 million) or we chase a percentage increase. (25% revenue growth, [...]
Marissa Levin
“That’s it Patrick!! We have to become Entrepreneurs!!” “SpongeBob, is that gonna hurt??” Entrepreneurship is as American as apple pie, baseball, and SpongeBob Squarepants. The essence behind entrepreneurship is the freedom to live a professional life that has the most meaning to you – to not be defined by someone else’s value system, personal vision [...]
Business owners know that connecting with other executives, mentors, and industry experts must be a key component of a growth strategy. They also know that there aren’t enough hours in the work-week to attend every networking function that they would like to attend – especially in the DC region where there could be 8-10 high-profile, [...]
“Marissa, you need to slow down. People need a chance to catch their breath and catch up with you.” Those were the words that hit me hard in a conversation with one of my VPs recently. I can’t remember the day because at the rate I have been running, all of the days, meetings, and [...]
Why is it that we are so skilled at helping others through their problems? When those we love turn to us in need, most of us become pillars of strength. We reach deep inside ourselves to find just the right words of comfort, we take action, we provide a voice and vision of clarity when [...]
Editor’s Note: This is adapted and republished, with permission, from Marissa Levin’s DC Women’s Entrepreneurship Examiner column, which originally ran February 9, 2010. If you were in the DC area earlier this month, you had three feet of snow outside your door, the kids hadn’t been to school in almost a week, and the government [...]
Recently I was blessed with the opportunity to hear Don Yaeger speak. Don is a four-time New York Times best-selling author and Editor of Sports Illustrated. His professional and life experience really made an impression on me – in regard to personal and professional leadership. His insight relates to how we can impact our companies, [...]
Being warm and safe With the fall season in full swing, nearing winter – many of us think of the wonderful gifts that the season brings us: the beautiful changing foliage, the opportunity to wear our favorite sweaters & jackets, evenings with friends & family as we share warm meals and blazing fires. But for [...]
Ladies, I’m back. -with more of the top 10 women’s networking groups in the DC area. I hope you found the first five of this list useful. And the added suggestions from Women Grow Business readers to that list were fantastic (so if you have any more to add, please do in the comments for [...]
