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Ready, Set, Launch—Gulp!

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As an entrepreneur, you know the feeling! Whether you're a solopreneur, mompreneur, intrapreneur (an entrepreneur within a company), a multi-million dollar entrepreneur—whatever level—that moment when the project is finished and you launch it to the world is daunting. You…

My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time, party all the ti-i-i-ime

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So here I am looking around my massacre of an office at more than 20K pieces of make-up. (Did she say TWENTY THOUSAND?) Yep. T-w-e-n-t-y t-h-o-u-s-a-n-d bits and pieces that include lip gloss, eyebrow pencils, a rainbow of eye shadow and more mascara than you can shake a wand at.

What’s Your Dream? 5 Tips for Uncovering Your Hidden Talents

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The first step of turning a dream into reality is getting clear on what you want to accomplish. Even if you're not sure what you want to do or you've got a bunch of competing ideas to choose from, it all starts with the creative process.

Ladies Who Launch: The Ironman approach to life

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A few weeks ago, my husband, Josh, went to Lake Placid and completed the Ironman -- a race that involves a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and essentially a marathon, a 26.2 mile run. Regardless of the unbelievable fact that he came in 5th in his age group and did it in under 10 hours (yeah, it's hot, no question), I found an interesting lesson in watching him get the idea to do it, train for it, complete it, and recover (currently.) Within Ladies Who Launch, I see women launch great ideas and businesses every day. They have brilliant minds, backgrounds, product or service ideas, philanthropic hopes and dreams - all of it. As an organization our job is to provide the tools, community and resources for them to meet their goals and be as successful as they want to be. But, you know what we can't do? We can't focus them. It's each of our jobs to focus our own distracted, ambitious (and lazy) selves...and not only innovate with ideas but actually do something about them. I watched my guy train for up to six hours a day, chart his progress, follow a rigorous sleep and eating schedule and cancel or amend plans in order to prioritize his goal; qualify for Ironman World Championships in Hawaii in October. Nothing, literally, nothing, not even the car that hit him 2 months ago and sent him to the ER or the recurring knee spasms or subsequent thumb surgery would get in his way.

Here's what I learned about goal-getting from my uber-focused bedmate:

Ladies Who Launch: The Truth about Elevators

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I was at a party last night for the west coast editor of Glamour with lot's of sexy people with sexy jobs and sexy shoes. In the usual forum of cocktail party chat, I noticed that so many people don't know how to describe what they do in a way that makes sense to the world beyond their own....

This Little Piggy Went To Market And This Smart One Stayed Home

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More fun reads from Ladies Who Launch! By: Stacie Krajchir, The Bungalow PR All you sexy, smart, savvy moms are pretty much my heroes, hands down; I worship your selflessness and kick-ass-ness. I think because you are so overworked, sleep deprived and the queen of all things, you kind of forget some...

Moms: be aware! Is it "BEAUTY" or "CANCER" that is in our bathrooms?

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As a pregnant lady myself, this blog submission turned my radar on high alert. I've known that your basic store-bought white lotion has chemicals that get absorbed by your skin. I've heard that shampoo's with sulfates aren't so good for you. I intuitively know that make up, with all...