by Nicole Ouellette | Sep 5, 2011 | This Week In Business
I’m taking the hiring of my first full time employee very seriously. As my friend Ogy put it, this is an important decision because I am essentially doubling my company. I can’t help but think more about this on Labor Day. Jennifer Hooper has done some...
by Nicole Ouellette | May 25, 2011 | This Week In Business
Before I became a business owner, I always marveled at the sheer number of microbusinesses in Maine, specifically those with one employee (the owner). “They could grow if they could hire help” I thought, kind of naively. This month, I hired my first...
by Nicole Ouellette | Mar 17, 2011 | This Week In Business
So the good news is, while I used to write this business update every week, I now seem to be writing it every month. I’ve been doing this because I’ve actually had a lot of work to do. (I know, *gasp!) But it really does help to have some kind of check in...
by Nicole Ouellette | Oct 21, 2010 | This Week In Business
These past three weeks, my Mac, my PC, and me have all crashed. Let me explain. Many people think if you happen to be good at internet stuff you are also good at computers. Not so. I am truly terrible at physical computer issues. And in the past three weeks, both of...
by Nicole Ouellette | Sep 24, 2010 | This Week In Business
I always know I’m going on a big trip when I am drinking terrible gas station coffee. I kind of look forward to it actually! This week, I headed to Social Media FTW in Portland to present about business blogging. Nothing like standing up in front of 150ish...
by Nicole Ouellette | Sep 17, 2010 | This Week In Business
It has been one of those weeks where everything is turning up in unexpected places (ever find a book in your fridge?) Yeah, it’s been that kind of week. My worst idea happened Monday night when I decided to not go to bed until I fixed something. At 2 am, I...
