Even though the use of cosmetics has been around for over 7,000 years, the beauty industry is still one of the most profitable industries around. In order to be a top competitor in the field, beauty…
Have you ever watched “American Idol,” or the “X Factor,” or any show where contestants compete to win the big prize? I remember watching American Idol with a friend and she was rooting for her favorite…
by Patricia Nolan-Brown, author of Idea to Invention If you want to know how to invent a product, you can get all the steps to invention you need in my book, Idea to Invention. Meanwhile, here is…
Recently I was a guest on a podcast where we talked about how hard it is to surrender control and get into your flow. We also discussed the need to do things perfectly — or not…
Writing fiction and non-fiction has always been a balancing act for me. My first “real” job was as a catalog copywriter for JC Penney. I wrote about women’s fashions and toys. Imagine having to come…
It can be a challenge to take a right-brained person and drop them into a left-brained endeavor like running a business. Spreadsheets, accounting programs, business plans – just thinking about those things can send a creative person…