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What My 6-Year-Old Son Taught Me About Building a Business (And Why Every Entrepreneur Needs to Hear It)

In This Article Why the biggest thing holding most entrepreneurs back is something a 6-year-old has already figured out What it means to be a “figureoutable” and why it changes everything 4 lessons from…

June 2026
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Blog, Inspiration

May 2012

Back Yourself To Win

Q: What is the main thing that stops us from going for our dreams, from striding out from the crowd? A: Our mindset, our perceptions about…
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10+ years, 60s, 60s, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Canada, Case Studies, Coach/NLP, Consulting, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Industry, Search stories by age, Search stories by country

May 2012

“I dreamed of having my own business”

[quote author=”” image=”https://feastg.femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Trudy-Van-Buskirk.jpg” w=”” h=”” image_align=””]This story is about… Female Entrepreneur: Trudy Van Buskirk Company: BoomerBizBuilder What she does: she helps women to start and run businesses…
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20s, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Consulting, Creating jobs for others, Duration of Business, Industry, Less than a year, Search stories by country, USA

May 2012

“I maintain my full-time job and run my consulting business on the side and I love it”

[quote author=”” image=”https://feastg.femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/Snapshot-8.jpg” w=”200″ h=”300″ image_align=””]This story is about… Female Entrepreneur: Cate costa Company: Venture Catalyst Consulting What she does: Consulting Location: USA Age range: 20s[/quote] What…
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30s, 5-10 years, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Coach/NLP, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Industry, Moving Abroad To Start A Business, mum entrepreneur, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Quit Their Job to Start a Business, Search stories by country, UK, Working and Running a Business

May 2012

After Lea’s Mum Died She Decided To Quit Her Job And Start A Business

[quote author=”” image=”https://feastg.femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/PROFILE-LeaWoodward-200-Square.png” w=”200″ h=”300″ image_align=””]This story is about… Female Entrepreneur: Lea Woodward Location: UK Company: Inspiring Ventures What she does: empowers people Why she started:…
Read more: After Lea’s Mum Died She Decided To Quit Her Job And Start A Business
Blog, Launching a creative business

May 2012

Adventures in Working From Home

What happens when you’ve worked for other people for years, but you’ve started a business where you now work from home? I have a full-time job…
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Blog, Diary of a Female Entrepreneur, Inspiration

May 2012

Try Something New For 30 Days

Have you ever felt like life is passing you by and you’re not really doing the things you want to do? Days, weeks and months go…
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40s, All Stories, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Industry, Just started, Non-profit, Search stories by country, USA

May 2012

“This is the dream I’ve had since a young teen”

[quote author=”” image=”https://feastg.femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/Grand-Blanc-20120131-00042.jpg” w=”250″ h=”200″ image_align=””]This story is about… Female entrepreneur: Carrie Miller Location: USA Company: Our Home Transitional Sector: Not for profit organisation She started…
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1-3 years, 50s, All Stories, Coach/NLP, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Industry, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Search stories by country, USA

May 2012

“We can live in the past as a victim, or we can live the life we want now and in the future”

[quote author=”” image=”https://feastg.femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/IMG_3194_edited-2_5.jpg” w=250″” h=”200″ image_align=””]This story is about… Female Entrepreneur: Jeanmarie Bills Location: USA Company: Live a Life Without Limits Industry: Coaching She started her…
Read more: “We can live in the past as a victim, or we can live the life we want now and in the future”
1-3 years, 30s, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Female Entrepreneur of the Week, Industry, Most Inspirational, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Search stories by country, UK

May 2012

“Being blind was a wake-up call and made me put a lot of things in perspective”

[quote author=”Read Gennese’s story” image=”https://feastg.femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/miss-gee-head-shot-1.jpg” w=”200″ h=”300″ image_align=””]Female Entrepreneur of the Weel 4th June 2012 This story is about… Female Entrepreneur: Gennese Williams Location: UK Company: MGW…
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