NASE Member has trouble expanding her marketing plan
NASE Member Madeline Vadkerty thinks gift baskets are a great way to connect
with someone you care about. That’s part of the reason she purchased
Complimenti – now Elite Occasions – in May of this year.
The full-service gift basket company serves
the nation’s capital with local deliveries and provides worldwide shipping
to its over 3,000 customers.
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NASE Member has trouble expanding her business
Annette Palacios knew she eventually wanted to make her part-time Taekwondo
school into a full-time business, but the “opportunity” came a
bit earlier than expected. She has some expansion questions for our experts.
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NASE Member with successful sporting camp worries about retirement planning.
After several years as a staff accountant, sitting in her cubicle day after day,
NASE member Loraine Morse knew she needed a change.
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NASE Member Trina Hoefling faces big challenges combining her businesses.
As a business consultant herself, Denver-based NASE member Trina Hoefling knows the steps
she needs to take to make her latest business venture work. Following her own
advice, though, is another thing.
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NASE Member Michelle Manning wonders when is the right time to hire employees?
The Manning’s are considering hiring one or both of their independent contractors full-time,
but do not know how to decide the right point to do that.
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Mary Guinane Smith: The Write Answer
After NASE Member Mary Guinane Smith’s youngest daughter started
kindergarten in the fall of 2001, Mary started seriously considering her dream of
opening a home based business. Laughing as she says it, Mary said
she picked up a copy of “Cool Careers for Dummies” and came across the
idea of freelance writing.
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Deb Nile (Niles & Associates, Inc)
The real story of Deb Nile’s
success is her interest in finding a fundraising product to present to schools
and non-profit organizations that had significant value and that could be used
wider than the geographic region of one school district.
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Coming soon ...
YOUR Real Life Business Story ?
Have you had an experience that others can benefit from? Are you still going
through a challenge or growth opportunity, and want the advice of an NASE
consultant? Email WomensResourceCenter@NASE.org
with a brief description of your business challenge, and you could be featured
in “Real Life Self-Employed.”
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