Up in My Business

Did you know that anytime economic crisis hits, there are some companies who see no economic impact simply because of their customer? One of my favorite examples is the fashion icon Prada. Prada's customers is wealthy and values the finer things in life. They typically have a sound financial setup to afford luxuries. This may have been inherited, gifted or built. When markets waiver due to national or global economic hardship, (aside from catastrophe) Prada doesn't typically see much fluctuation in revenue. Why? Prada's customer has build a strong loyalty and is fixated on their products. Their customer has made their product a priority in their expenses and will actually make lifestyle adjustments to continue to afford those products. This can include things like deciding to walk more places versus taking a taxi or skipping the morning coffees to save for what they value more.  If you know me personally, you know that I am not a collector of material things. I am not a sh...

Did you now that Jeff Bezos has his day planned out down to the minute? It truly explains why he has become as successful as he has. In any aspect of life, managing your time is so incredibly important. You will have to find healthy ways to feed your focus and starve your distractions to match the life you envision. This can be very complicated, especially in the interconnected world we live in today.  Here are five tips to manage your time: Limit Social Media Use Have you ever gotten on social media to check one thing and the next thing you know, an hour goes by and all you've done is read about other people's lives. This can be a very dangerous habit to get into. Not only is it a time waste, but it is also a huge reason so many people compare themselves to others and then feel bad about themselves. Stop doing that. You truly don't have time. I get that social media is such an integral part of our lives and this can be hard. To help you easy yourself out of this comparison...

The brain. Such an incredible creation and so very complex . Humans have been studying the brain for centuries to understand how people learn, love and process information. It's incredibly fascinating. We are only scratching the surface of the brain, but congruently are creating technology that resembles the brain known as artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence or AI is intelligence that is demonstrated by machines. How does AI work? First, let's look at how the brain works. Your brain has different regions the process different types of information through messengers called neurons. Neurons are the basic working unit of the brain. Neurons use electrical impulses and chemical signals to transmit information to different areas of the brain and from the brain to the rest of your body's nervous system. A more complex, entangles system of these neurons is called a neuronet. Your neuronet is your first line of defense when processing information from the outside world ...

The amount of time that goes into starting and running a successful business is more of a time commitment than people imagine. You will start to have little time to do the things you love, but it truly is a matter of priorities. After years of trial and error, I have finally found a system that works for me and wanted to share the three biggest obstacles that I had and ways to manage them.  Cleaning Ask for recommendations of local cleaning services that can come and help you manage your home economics so you can focus your time on nurturing your startup in its infancy. This will help you have a fresh space to come home to and help you build a though-out system that will be ready to scale because you have given it the proper attention.  Workouts Running a startup and finding time for workouts is very difficult, but so essential to balance stress and keep your body and mind in equilibrium. My first year and a half of running my company was so hard. I really struggled with findi...

Women in business are still fighting the good fight and making monumental progress for women everywhere. This is especially true for women in industries that are male dominated like construction, science, engineering and technology.  The beauty in these fields is that as they advance, so does the education discipline options. Symbolic Systems has become a new major that was development as the technology field evolved and there was a need for a connection between mind and machine. This study is a hybrid of computer science, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology and statistics.  Marissa Mayer is exactly that. This Stanford Graduate of Symbolic Systems, took the technology industry by storm by being one of the first influential women in tech--starting her career as a developer at Google . After a short time, she identified that there were others that were more efficient in development than she. Mayer switched to User Experience Design and is the creator of the Google ...

It is no secret that balancing a startup and a relationship can be very hard. Mainly because your business and your partner are both competing for spot #1 with limited time and that can be very hard on both parties. Being that it is the season of love, I want to share some tips on ways to balance both.  As business owners, our free time is limited and when we have it, we want to spend it doing something we enjoy and make the most of it! A very efficient way to maximize that time spent with you partner is understanding how you both show and receive affection. Your love languages.  There are five love languages and knowing them can help you in business and your personal life. The five love languages at a glance are words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, gifts and physical touch. I will expand more into each in a bit, but why is this important? Knowing how you and others communicate love is a very adept skill to refine. This will help you maximize your limited time ...

 How to find your genius... I was having a very interesting conversation with one of my business mentees about topics for them to blog about. Their focus is in Health and Fitness . Once we started brainstorming, ideas were thrown out and they politely turned them down by saying, " Everyone already knows all of those things. " Often times people who excel in a specific area have been immersed in that field of study, independent or institutional, that they start to think there isn't much special value to it. There is . And, it's a first sign of an area that could be your genius.  According to the Oxford Dictionary, a genius is defined as a person who is exceptionally intelligent or creative, either generally or in some particular respect.  The truth is that although you may not think much of it.... there are people who don't know how to read a nutritional label, people who don't know how to play a single instrument, women that don't know how to care for chil...