Author: Jackie Peterson
Short Free Webinar on Encore Entrepreneurship
Hello! On Friday January 13 at 1:00 to 1:30 pm SBDC is offering a half hour FREE short webinar on our coming Encore Business Builders Class. It will be really great information if you are considering an Encore enterprise. It is free, but you do need to register with Eventbrite. Here is the link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/starting-an-encore-business-webinar-tickets-30732949078 Read More …
Your Business Startup
It’s time to make the leap! Traditional employment is fading fast. Now is the time to focus on your business startup For more than two decades, ‘Solopreneurship’ has quietly been on the rise. Also called, independent work, freelancing or sometimes contract work. Check out this recent article in Fast Company Magazine. Studies show that Solos make Read More …

Fear And Anxiety About Pricing Your Work
Fear and anxiety about pricing is one of the major reasons why businesses fail Jackie talks about money issues that cause fear and anxiety about pricing your work, charging what you’re worth and why so many solos avoid discussing money with their clients and she tells you what you can do about it. Start the new year off on the right foot Read More …
A Tip from Jackie: Succeeding in the Brave New World of Work
I’ve talked before about the growth of solopreneurship. But now I have more numbers than ever. I keep quoting these reports so let me share them with you. MBO Partners has been following the phenomenal growth of solo businesses since 2011. Their most recent report tells us that there are now 30 million solos, many Read More …
A Tip from Jackie: Take the Next Step Towards Claiming Your Identity
I have recently updated my logo. My logo, if you do not recall, is an origami crane made from actual currency. It was originally made from a $20 but my new logo is made from a $100 bill. I went to the bank, got a crisp bill, and had my nephew (who is really skilled Read More …
A Tip from Jackie: The Only TRULY Scarce Resource
In our world we often act from a position of fear and scarcity, believing that there is not enough for all of us. We think there isn’t enough money, water, food, education, etc. to meet our needs. And when we act out of a scarcity mindset, we act out of fear…and it shows. We close Read More …
A Tip from Jackie
Money is Just a Tool
There is so much hype and talk and emotion around money in our society that sometimes it is hard to remember that money is a tool. It is energy in a form that can be exchanged for value between disparate items. For example, I can exchange my consulting energy for your sewing energy. Also it Read More …
Is Best Beginnings Right for You?
Check Out a Free Preview of My New, Live, 7-Week Webinar Series
I love this time of year. The “back-to-school” buzz is in the air, and everyone is excited about starting fresh and really buckling to work on their dreams. That’s why I’m so excited about Best Beginnings. Best Beginnings is my new, live, 7-week webinar series. I started thinking about it when I realized that many Read More …
A Tip from Jackie
Keep Making Yourself Better
I like to talk about outsourcing the administrative tasks of your business. Think web work, mailing, research, marketing, bookkeeping, photographing items for your web site, sending newsletters, social media etc. The overall idea is that you devote the majority of your time to the things at which you are the best–your chosen work. Outsourcing gives Read More …
#JustStart
I’m counting down the days until the first day of Best Beginnings, my new, live webinar series. It all begins September 16th, so we’re less than a month out–the countdown is on! But, more importantly, we’re less than week out from my Best Beginnings teaser, a FREE webinar about getting your business off on the right Read More …