As someone who has bootstrapped her firm for the last 14 years with no help from friends, family, or investors, I have a lot riding on my company’s bottom line. If the company goes down, basically I go down. And frankly losing it all after I’ve built up so much just isn’t an option. Scouring [...]
Marissa Levin
I took a mental health day recently. It was unplanned, but the early morning’s events forced my hand, and it was exactly what I needed. I canceled meetings, disconnected, and lost myself…in myself. For about six hours, nothing mattered to me except for me. And I embarked on a journey of purging. (Image I Can [...]
As a small business owner, nothing communicates confidence to prospective customers, employees, and partners more than your title as CEO. In just three letters, the title communicates self-confidence, leadership, vision, strategy, and credibility. And yet, so many small business owners struggle with this title. I can remember feeling uncomfortable with the title of CEO when [...]
When people think of core strengthening, they naturally think of the human physique – their abdominal area and surrounding core muscles. But core strengthening extends far beyond the human body. “Core” is defined as the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything. Synonyms for “core” include essence, heart, and center. And with this definition [...]
Today’s society leaves us little time to indulge in the beautiful pastime of daydreaming…of imagining. We’re connected and online 24/7, our days are overscheduled, and downtime for many people seems non-existent. An endangered species: daydream While productivity has increased in many ways, there have been several casualties of today’s unprecedented pace. One of the endangered [...]
Sometimes things just aren’t meant to be. We’ve all been there… we’ve all met people at times in our life and thought that a relationship was going to work out, only to discover after you’ve peeled back the layers that perhaps it just wasn’t meant to be. Bitter pill to swallow This happens in business [...]
Summer and mirrors on the beach One of my favorite activities on the Ocean City, MD boardwalk when we make our annual summer beach pilgrimage is visiting the collection of mirrors that distorts your image. It is something I have enjoyed for as long as I can remember… staring into the mirror and being greeted [...]
Ladies, I know your time is valuable. I know you have 101 people pulling on you in different directions, all day long. And I know it is so easy to get caught up in the online networking. But the online networking doesn’t replace the physical networking. Ladies, you need – you crave – your high-touch, [...]
Guest contributor Marissa Levin is Founder and CEO of Information Experts. Launching a new Women Grow Business series on sales strategy, Marissa was named a 2008 BRAVO Award winner by SmartCEO Magazine (which honors the region’s 25 most influential women CEOs) and recently was listed in Washington’s 100 Technology Titans by Washingtonian Magazine. Describing her [...]
