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I'm resolving to make lots of mistakes this year

I'm resolving to make lots of mistakes this year

and to take pleasure in doing some things very badly. One of the most important life lessons came late for me. Perhaps it was actually unlucky, in a way, that I was always good at school, because that meant it was natural for me to gravitate towards doing only those things that came easily to [...]

Babs' introductory post

Well I have to admit that I’m not quite sure of my place amongst the “Birds”. Whether as a business bod that’s been at it for a while, or as someone working from home, or as a working mum doing the whole juggling bit (striving to build a business that will enable retirement before she [...]

Networking…

Networking…

Its all just Networking – so lets help each other out! I’m putting together a twitter workshop at the moment, and one of the tasks I’ve set myself is to find out how other people use twitter. Of course, the way I did this is to write a set of questions and ask my friends [...]

A day in the life of a disabled businesswoman – in pictures

A day in the life of a disabled businesswoman – in pictures

This is an introductory blog,  just to set a bit of context for subsequent blogs. Having promoted the benefits of employing disabled people for years in my professional role, I ironically became much more severely disabled myself following failed radical spinal surgery last year. Now was the time to prove to the world (but firstly [...]

In Her Shoes

In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell

In her shoes is a series  of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]

Socialising