Career Advice
A blog by Marie Deveaux
When Racism Went Viral
Let's talk about that time structural and systemic racism went viral. There's a lot of viruses rearing their heads in 2020. The crazy part about this? We thought the shelter-in was about dealing with one virus, and the gift is that it has us dealing with an even...
How to Separate Business and Personal Expenses
One of the common money mistakes I see a lot of new business owners make is not separating their business and personal expenses. To some, tackling money may feel very challenging and there might even be resistance around getting started. Using some simple strategies...
She Runs It Panel 2: Debt Free business funding
This is our second episode of the She Runs It Panel Discussions, and we talked about Debt Free Funding for your business, and what it means to fund your enterprise. Our panelists have expertise in the areas of crowdfunding, small business grants, venture capitalism,...
Free Money (Small Business Grants) WOC Entrepreneurs Have Yet to Find
Today we're talking about free money in the form of venture capital and small business grants for women of color business owners. Growing up as a smart black girl in the Silicon Valley, I was always put on the accelerated track as far as education. I was in the...
Motherhood: The Strain of Leaving Legacy
My mother was/is a hard working immigrant. She's an old school Boomer who believes in the value of hard work and she came from a place where Black people run stuff (big up, Jamaica). On the outset she was a great role model. And yet, the way my mother relates to money...
How to host a family meeting
Now that everyone's getting to be in touch with family on a whole new level it seems like a great opportunity to revisit the practice of the family meeting. I never really understood the idea of a family meeting growing up. My parents, both Caribbean born and raised,...
Breathing your way to Health
Everyone knows I'm a huge fan of activating our B-MES (bee-mes) in order to keep yourself grounded. Not just as business owners and entrepreneurs, but as human beings with natural needs in the world. And in an earlier post this year I talked about the need to breathe,...
Spotlight on all service professionals this Admin Professionals Day
Admin Professionals Day was a holiday that I think was originally developed in order to recognize secretaries and people who help businesses stay afloat. As someone who worked for years in Operations I know that no one recognizes the admin until things go wrong. The...
Business as Un-usual: Innovative Solutions
It's time to rethink the way we were doing things and start coming up with innovative solutions. I've heard the expression that desperate times call for desperate measures. But what if unusual times call for unusual measures? It's interesting that in light of all the...
Communicating Like a Boss in the Era of COVID-19
Communicating like a boss, even though I've been working solo at home for the last four years takes some adjustment. I thoroughly enjoyed what I've been able to create in terms of my work space. I have a dedicated desk where my laptop sits on an elevated platform to...
The demanding situation of your dreams: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
A couple of weeks. And already how quickly the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread across the globe. It's interesting to see how different people are responding. As with everything else, there only truly two ways to respond. Either with love or with fear. I'm sure if...
4 Hallmarks of a Great Entrepreneurial Leader
Why am I talking about qualities of a great entrepreneurial leader? Because I spent a lot of time working in management, and I have seen a lot of managers. At first when I went for my Master's I thought I really wanted to study Human Resources. The thought behind it...