How a Late Bloomer Crafted a Successful Quilting Company
Late Blooming Entrepreneurs
by Lynne Strang
1y ago
Jenny Doan, Missouri Star Quilt Company Who would think you could reinvent your whole life at age 50? It’s a question Jenny Doan still ponders, even though she did just that. Jenny is a co-founder of the Missouri Star Quilt Company, which offers over 30,000 bolts of fabric along with hundreds of its own quilting patterns, quilt kits, a quilting magazine (called BLOCK), and a huge selection of precut quilting fabrics. She’s also the star of the company’s free YouTube tutorials about quilting that have been viewed millions of times (more on this intriguing accomplishment in just a bit). The Do ..read more
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How to Test Your Business Idea
Late Blooming Entrepreneurs
by Lynne Strang
2y ago
Photo by Diego PH on Unsplash For entrepreneurs, there’s nothing like the excitement that comes with creating a new company, a new service or a new product. Or maybe a new process that’s better than an existing one. But here’s the problem: People fall in love with their ideas. Eager to get started, they rush forward with the idea without taking the time to vet its viability. In many business circles, this vetting process is known as “proof of concept.” Although definitions vary, I especially like this one from TechTarget: “A proof of concept (POC) is an exercise in which work is focused on d ..read more
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Where to Find Your Next Business Mentor
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by Lynne Strang
2y ago
Photo by Amy Hirschi on Unsplash A few weeks ago, I was a guest speaker at a meeting held by the Dallas Chapter of Women of Visionary Influence (WoVi), whose mission is “to empower women to lead and mentor.” Each member has access to a mentor to help her achieve, succeed and prosper in her chosen path in life. My participation in the WoVi meeting was a powerful reminder of the importance of mentoring for achieving goals. That’s especially the case when it comes to starting a business or launching new products and services. Last year, fellow freelance writer Kristen Edens and I co-authored th ..read more
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A Late Bloomer Overcomes a Big Challenge to Open a Candle Business
Late Blooming Entrepreneurs
by Lynne Strang
2y ago
A proud moment for Ivy Vaughn and her family at the official opening of Sleepy Jean’s Candle Co. When Ivy Vaughn held her August 3 ribbon-cutting ceremony for Sleepy Jean’s Candle Co., she wasn’t just celebrating the opening of her new candle business. She also paid tribute to her mother, Barbara Jean, who passed away in 2020. As explained in this TimesNews article, Barbara Jean loved The Monkeys’ 1968 recording of “Daydream Believer” and the song’s catchy refrain (“Cheer up sleepy Jean/Oh what can it mean/to a daydream believer and a homecoming queen”). Said Vaughn about her new shop: “This ..read more
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How to Find Your Why
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by Lynne Strang
3y ago
Photo by Monty Allen on Unsplash Mark Twain once said: “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” For some lucky people, “the day you find out why” arrives at an early age. But for many of us, finding our passion takes longer. Vera Wang was 40 when she launched her beautiful line of bridal wear. Pat Brown was almost 60 when he decided to find a way to produce delicious, affordable meat and dairy products directly from plants. Soon after, he founded Impossible Foods. And then there’s Grandma Moses. She didn’t start painting until she wa ..read more
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6 Late-Blooming Businesses Begun During the Pandemic
Late Blooming Entrepreneurs
by Lynne Strang
3y ago
Photo by Kadir Celep on Unsplash For business owners, COVID-19 brought many, many challenges. Yet the last year or so was also a time when some aspiring 40-and-older entrepreneurs decided to act. In some cases, these entrepreneurs moved forward on business ideas they’ve thought about for years. In others, they pursued new causes that presented themselves as a direct result of the pandemic. Here’s a sampling of these businesses:   Shakadi Arts – A paint-and-sip concept streamed via Zoom by Diana Daniels, a 66-year-old retired grandmother who lives in West Brighton, New York. As reported ..read more
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8 Ways to Become More Resilient
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by Lynne Strang
3y ago
Photo by theverticalstory on Unsplash For entrepreneurs, a key trait for success is resilience. While that’s always been the case, an ability to weather tough times matters more than ever as the pandemic continues to upend the world. To boost your resilience, consider these suggestions: 1) Think long-term. As seen from such disrupting events as 9/11, the 2008 mortgage meltdown – and now COVID-19 — a crisis changes the way we live and operate. This disruption, in turn, creates new needs – and new opportunities for innovative people who seek to make things better. 2) Take care of yourself. The ..read more
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How One Woman Found Her Calling in an “80-Year-Old Startup”
Late Blooming Entrepreneurs
by Lynne Strang
3y ago
By Lynne Beverly Strang, Late Blooming Entrepreneurs As Stuckey’s CEO, Stephanie Stuckey aims to continue the legacy started by her grandparents. For almost three decades, Ethel “Stephanie” Stuckey had a successful career in environmental law, sustainability and politics. Now she’s gone in a totally different direction for her next chapter. In 2019, Stephanie became a first-time business owner at age 53 when she bought Stuckey’s, the roadside pecan stores begun in Eastman, Georgia by her grandparents, W.S. Stuckey Sr. and his wife Ethel, during the 1930s. The purchase of all of Stuckey’s sha ..read more
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Late-Blooming Entrepreneurs Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Late Blooming Entrepreneurs
by Lynne Strang
3y ago
On December 26, 2010, I launched this blog. My first story — a one-sentence post titled “Hello World!”– wasn’t exactly a barn burner. Yet it was gratifying to click on the “publish” button and watch the post go live. My kids thought it was pretty funny. “Look,” one of them shouted gleefully. “Mom is starting a BLOG!” I can’t blame them for having some good-natured fun at my expense. Having never written a blog before, I didn’t know what I was doing. But I did have a vision: to create a place where I could share the inspirational stories and interesting research I unearthed as I wrote my book a ..read more
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5 Business Books to Read Over and Over
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by Lynne Strang
3y ago
Photo by Dakota Corbin on Unsplash Each year, somewhere between 600,000 and one million books get published in the U.S. alone. With so many new titles to choose from, why would you want to re-read books that are already on your shelves? Repetition makes things stick. Sometimes you need to read a book two or three times (or more) for its key ideas to sink in and take hold.   You catch things you missed earlier. A standard business book is around 50,000-60,000 words, according to this blog post by ghostwriter Ginny Carter. With that many words, some details might not get noticed the first t ..read more
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