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The Business Sisters blog posts will keep you up to date on what’s happening! Find out the back-story to our events and conferences and more – we will be featuring reflections and more from local rural women entrepreneurs.
6 Years ago TODAY…
The above photo from 2015 shows my dear friend Betty Healey and I at the Rachel's Kids 11th Annual Garden Party at the Ramada in Cornwall. I remember the day so well because that's when I told Betty of my plans to significantly cut...
Sister Showcase
Sister ShowcaseWe'd like to take the time to thank some of the amazing women who have worked hard and been pillars in the rural community.Alyson Graham Cedarwood Services A big virtual shoutout to our neighbour (we live on the same concession) and Business...
Virtual Networking “Spite Fuel” – Wednesday, May 19, 2021
This online networking event aims to bring together women and women-identifying/non-binary business owners, with a special invitation to entrepreneurs from rural areas and small towns in Eastern Ontario. The theme this month is on “spite fuel” that burning...
Virtual Networking “Wearing Different Hats” – Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
This online networking event aims to bring together women and women-identifying/non-binary business owners, with a special invitation to entrepreneurs from rural areas and small towns in Eastern Ontario. Through a structured networking format, we encourage information...
Creating Collaboration – Tuesday, March 23, 2021
This online networking event aims to bring together women and women-identifying/non-binary business owners, with a special invitation to entrepreneurs from rural areas and small towns in Eastern Ontario. This is a structured networking event with a format that...
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM): Stepping Stone to Business?
Photo by Jelleke Vanooteghem on Unsplash From old-fashioned Tupperware parties to online Facebook groups, MLM never seems to fade. Candles, kitchen utensils, cleaning products, dietary supplements, cosmetics, essential oils... I won’t go on. Almost everyone has...
Small-Town Jealousy or Genuine Concern?
Photo by Javier Cañada on Unsplash Sometimes radical career change and entrepreneurship draw concerns and negative feedback from others. Are those comments really concern, or are they “tall poppy syndrome” in disguise? Either way, Business Sisters offers...
Five Strategies for Business Self-Care
Photo by Green Chameleon on Unsplash In an earlier post, we discussed how essential personal self-care is to our entrepreneurial resilience. What about business self-care? Let’s show our businesses some TLC too! As I interview women entrepreneurs during my research on...
Self-Care for Women in Business: It’s Not Selfish—It’s Survival
COVID-19 has introduced scary physical, financial, mental, and emotional realities. Many factors seem out of our control right now. As women in business, we’re used to challenges, but this pandemic is testing our limits. Right now, physical and mental self-care is...