A personal loss As some of you may have heard on my personal Facebook feed or on my personal blog, my family and I recently lost a beloved family member: my just-turned 16-year old nephew who passed suddenly and quite tragically in a terrible car accident on July 9, 2010. The entire week of July [...]
Mayra Ruiz
Is “entrepreneurialism” in your DNA? I have long wondered what makes an entrepreneur an entrepreneur. Beyond the sense of adventure, the desire to break out on one’s own and build something meaningful and prosperous, I’ve wondered if entrepreneurialism is something you are born with or you actually become over time. Sometimes, I think it’s both. [...]
On any given day, no matter what you think, perceive or know about me, one thing I’m sure you don’t know – at least until now – is that I’m afraid. Yes, Big News Flash: Mayra is scared! Image: ~Erebos‘ Flickrstream, Creative Commons Of what, exactly? Well, it’s many things, really. I actually don’t know [...]
Since 2007, life as a marketing practitioner has been all about me, myself and I. No we’re not talking conceit — we’re talking running a business as a one (wo)man army. This “solopreneur” structure actually worked quite well in the beginning. Back then, my very small business began with just one tiny client. Soon there [...]
The last time I contributed to this blog was several months ago. Sorry about that … it wasn’t a purposeful act; simply that the time between then and now has been full of not just work but unexpected opportunities and unbridled growth. As a result, yours truly has been in perpetual sweat equity mode, sleeping [...]
Guest post from Mayra Ruiz-McPherson, regular guest contributor to Women Grow Business. Mayra works as an independent marketing strategist and social media enthusiast. With over 14 years of marketing and communications experience, Mayra helps businesses and non-profits with all aspects of their brand identity, outreach communications, and competitive positioning. She produces the blog Marketing Misfit [...]
