Take Five: Surviving Divorce, Updating Resume, A New Way To Pay

“Most women are one man away from welfare.”- Gloria Steinem.  It may not be welfare, but the truth is that divorce can create a financial breakdown for many women. Mary Pilon has a great article in the Wall Street Journal about how to minimize the financial burden when a couple divorces. Need to be more [...]

Back From SXSW And Ready For More Conferences

I remember back when I read Keith Ferrazi’s book, Never Eat Alone, that conferences are a good way to build relationships.  The sessions may be good information, but the truth is the friends are made during the coffee breaks, the happy hour and lunch.  This is when people actually talk to each other and make [...]

Win A Free Pass To The Fifth Annual Small Business Summit In New York City

  clipped from smallbiztrends.com It’s that time again! Time for the 5th annual Small Business Summit which will take place on March 16, 2010 in New York City. How would you like to attend this event? Even better yet, how would you like to attend this event for FREE? The good news is that we [...]

How To Deal With Work Post-Conference

I just got back from three days in San Francisco for FoodBuzz Festival, and I am overwhelmed with work, follow-up, deadlines, projects, etc.  Lucky for me, I read Marci Alboher’s post which gives some great tips to ease you back into real life. 1. Try to have a light schedule on your first day back. [...]

How To Work A Conference Before It Starts

I am attending two conferences next month and I want to make the most of them. Marci Alboher gives some great tips on how to “pre-game” for a conference.     clipped from shine.yahoo.com Spend some time online. Visit the conference’s website and start studying the speaker list. If the conference is using a social [...]

Finovate Pre-Conference Cocktail Party

Tonight I mixed and mingled with many of the attendees and presenters of Finovate 2009. Finovate is like TechCrunch 50 for banking and investing and finance-related start-ups. I will be at the conference tomorrow for most of the day except for the hours I will be doing bookkeeping. It was good to see Jon and [...]

Finovate Cocktail Party

Tonight I mixed and migled with many of the attendees and presenters of Finovate 2009. Finovate is like TechCrunch 50 for banking and investing and finance-related start-ups. I will be at the conference tomorrow for most of the day except for the hours I will be doing bookkeeping. It was good to see Jon and [...]

Finovate: September 29

Finovate New York is Tuesday, September 29. Online financial applications including Money Strands, Bill Shrink and Outright will be there. I am also attending and will do plenty of blogging about the conference.

Laid Off Camp This Weekend (May 1-2)

I will out of town this weekend, but if  I were here in NYC, I would attend Laid Off Camp. A Free two-day gathering of individuals in a career transition who are looking to gain perspective, discover new passions, or reinvent their careers. Educate, empower, and connect entry and mid-level digital media, advertising, publishing, technology, [...]

Girls In Tech, Feast and New York Times Small Business Summit

With an eye on keeping expenses to a minimum, it’s good to focus on business-related that can inform, inspire or connect you to the right people. I recommend these events below. Tonight, Girls in Tech hosts pitching expert Laura Allen tonight for a super-fast 15-second pitch session for Women in Start-ups. Fee: $10.99 On October [...]