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	<description>{tips for the spiritual entrepreneur on living from the core}</description>
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		<title>New SBA Contract Set Aside Program for Women Business Owners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Women Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Mills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long struggle, on February 4, 2011, the federal government Small Business Administration (SBA) opened the doors on a program to allow contracting officers to set aside certain federal contracts for women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) in 83 industries. The government has a goal of 5% of contracts to be awarded to WOSBs and economically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Are there no Women at the Top? Overcoming Limiting Beliefs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched this TED video by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, today and highly recommend you take the 15 minutes to do the same. Sheryl discusses the disturbing issue of why there are few women in top positions in any industry.  It seems that in many ways we as women entrepreneurs and professionals are hindered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I Learned about Business Success from Shoveling Snow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MFCollier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We finally have some above-freezing weather and I figured it was time to tackle shoveling the huge snow drift that had formed on my front walk-way in the big blizzard last week.  I live on Main Street USA, complete with tall shade trees and old victorian houses, and my front walk is traveled a foot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Deepest Fear Is Our Greatest Asset</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marianne Williamson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently a friend commented regarding a young man that had something wonderful happen in his life, &#8220;There&#8217;s no place for him to go from here but downhill&#8221;.  He was referring to the fact that this kid had, from the get-go, achieved something that most people will never achieve. My response was that he had set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivation and Rewards: You May Be Crippling Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MFCollier</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Pink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drive]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team building]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Motivation-we&#8217;ve all heard the pros and cons of the &#8220;carrot&#8221; and &#8220;stick&#8221; methods, but there may be more to the story than what we were taught to believe. If you are an entrepreneur you most likely have some kind of a team, even if it is a virtual team.  One of the key aspects of [...]]]></description>
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