by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 24, 2015 | This Week In Business
Three years ago, I wrote a book for National Novel Writing Month. It’s been sitting in Google Drive, and I’ve been wondering what I do with it. I’ve kind of edited about half of it but I think I’d have the motivation to finish if I knew what...
by Nicole Ouellette | Jun 26, 2015 | This Week In Business
I listen to a few podcasts related to technology, one of them being “Note To Self” (formerly called New Tech City). The last episode I listened to, it talked about a service called Crystal Knows. When you go to email someone, Crystal analyzes things they...
by Nicole Ouellette | Jun 5, 2015 | This Week In Business
It was natural in web 1.0 to sell goods: snarky t-shirts, craft supplies, a laptop. Providing photos, a description and pricing options to create a shopping area is now something we are all familiar with. If I asked you to draw a picture of an online shopping cart,...
by Nicole Ouellette | May 15, 2015 | This Week In Business
The world has been watching a lot of Amy Schumer lately. I watched a video someone on Facebook shared, of her on the couch at Ellen and Ellen laughing so hard she was practically crying. It was when I read her speech at the Gloria Awards that I was hooked. Here is...
by Nicole Ouellette | Mar 10, 2015 | This Week In Business
In looking at our series the past few weeks, I bet at one point it occurred to you: “Golly, if you didn’t have to get people together for events or ship physical products, it could be a lot easier to make money.” And so we have entered the world of...
by Nicole Ouellette | Feb 27, 2015 | This Week In Business
I was having a conversation the other day with another business person. “You know, I’m trying to get better with systems.” I told her. “Ugh, systems, that’s such a 2015 obsession!” she lamented. And she’s right. We’re...