Solo Business Stories: Rob King takes control with his marketing business Lunian Design. Jackie’s straightforward coaching helps.

Laid off because your employer didn’t have enough work for you? That’s what happened to Rob King, owner of Lunian Design. He “took control of his own employment situation.” Jackie B. Peterson’s no nonsense advice got him on the right track. Read More …

Career Counselor Vicki Lind: Solo Business as a Career Option

Career counseling is Vicki Lind’s third career.  Her book, Finding a Job Worth Having, guides clients through their own career transitions in a seven session process to discover their top values, skills, and interests. We talk with her about how she herself became a career counselor  and how her coaching may helps those considering self-employment. Read More …

Solo Business Stories: Think you can’t open a store in ten days and be successful? Read the Growing’s story.

Think you are too old too old and have no experience to open a store and be successful?  At 82 years of age, Lyle and Arlene Growing are proof that it can be done. Name of Business:  The Itinerant Artist.  Located in the Lincoln City, Oregon Outlet Mall. How long in business?  Since November 2016. Read More …

Better, Smarter, Richer Testimony: “Success! “Patricia Bean of Visual Consulting

Visual Impact Consulting owner Patricia Bean declares “Success!” after working with Jackie. “It worked. I have contracted with my first new consulting client. each touch point brought him around and it looks like I did some things right. I build trust, he read my book, asked questions about the results and how I work. Then Read More …

Solo Business Stories: Why David Kavanaugh’s vision is important for musicians

David Kavanaugh saw a need in the music community.  He found an innovative way to do this with the Musicians’ Club of Oregon. Name of Business: Musicians’ Club of Oregon The Path that Led to the Business Formation: Where could musicians go to meet other musicians?  Where could they practice in a dress rehearsal-like setting?  If Read More …

Encore Entrepreneur Stories: Anne Hudson works home remodeling small business magic as the Sourceress

Encore entrepreneur inspiration comes to home interior designer Anne Hudson, age 70, with her home remodeling small business. What the business does:  Anne’s specialty is Sourcing interior materials such as furnishings and fixtures for remodeling projects. Design, beauty, and a keen eye for aesthetics and design have been an integral part of Anne Hudson’s careers.  Read More …

Encore Entrepreneur Inspiration: Independent Financial Professional Luna Jaffe

Financial planning and money coaching as a small business Luna Jaffe, 55, Lunaria Financial, Ltd. Financial planning, investment management, and money coaching is Luna’s business.  As an independent financial professional, Luna is the award-winning author of Wild Money: a Creative Journey to Financial Wisdom, “the world’s first beautiful book about money.”  Luna writes, “my life’s Read More …

Encore Entrepreneurs: Jim Staicoff’s story

Name of business:  Staicoff Design Company and Paper Paint Press, two businesses uniquely intertwined. What the businesses does:  Staicoff Design Company is an interior design firm focused on the guest experience in hotels and restaurants.  Paper Paint Press is an outlet for Jim’s creative bent and offers “distinctive, high-quality,  art-inspired wall products.” All made in Read More …

A Tip from Jackie: Plan Your Cash Flow

“Plan your cash flow.” What do I mean by that? Planning your cash flow means that you have a budget for your personal life and personal expenses, and you have a budget for your business and business expenses. You know how much money you must bring in every month. And you make plans to have Read More …

A Tip from Jackie: Find Your Niche

So how do you choose a deep and narrow niche? Your deep and narrow niche should be one that is very interesting and intriguing to you. It should be in your “sweet spot” where the circles in the Venn diagram—passion, talent, and potential revenue—intersect. If you choose to build your niche where you have interest, Read More …