Author Archives: Rachel

I love my business. Until I hate it.

There’s a quote from Dale Carnegie I have taped to my desk: If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. The business owners I know  generally have a pretty good handle on worry. By their very nature,…

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Adding a Virtual Assistant to your Team

This article was originally submitted for publication in a local B2B online publication a few years ago, and was recently discovered in our content archives. This information is still relevant today! By their very nature, sole proprietors, small-business owners and independent service professionals do it all — from soup to nuts. Not only do they…

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Freak Week

A few years ago I took one of the biggest leaps of my life. I closed my eyes, hoped for the best, and dove in head first. I knew as much as I was going to know, and I knew it wasn’t enough … but I did it anyway. I started a business. OK, so…

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Learning the VA field

At Madison College, we are proposing a new certificate to train future Virtual Assistants. It will be an “Advanced Technical Certificate” which means each student has to have a degree first, or have 2 years of work in a related field before beginning this certificate. We would concentrate on teaching students how to run a VA business, and prepare them to be successful. I am working with Rescue Desk for the rest of May to learn everything I can about Virtual Assistants!

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What can YOU do in minute?

I’m an avid reader of business books, magazines, blogs and anything else that provides insight to some corner of the entrepreneurship world that I have yet to explore. One of my favorite publications is Success magazine, but what I look forward to most isn’t the cover story or any one of the entertaining columns by some leader.

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