Bad Girl, Good Business

Out of the Kitchen and Into the Bank: The Women of the Food Industry

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt all started with Mildred Pierce… I love that 1945 film. It’s about a woman who needs to make money and turns her ability to bake pies into a major chain restaurant business. (Her daughter is an evil spoiled brat, but let’s focus on the entrepreneurial part of the story for the purposes of this post.) […]

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Loving Cups (How to Win Awards)

Reading Time: 3 minutes“You like me…you really like me!” That’s what Sally Fields said when she accepted her 1984 Oscar for Places in the Heart. (See below for some  facts about the science of positive feedback.) I won two awards this year, and it made me feel pretty damned proud (although I didn’t have an opportunity to deliver […]

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