by Lauren | 10 Jun 2016 | Business, Community, Technology
Four years ago, I made the transition from running a company with employees to going it solo. I spent some time considering company names for my new business, but in the end I decided that the simplest option was the best, so I registered laurenbacon.com and started...
by Lauren | 6 Jan 2015 | Business, Community, Curiosity, Self-awareness, Values
A few weeks back, I posted about Chela Davison’s Be Cause, a 12-week group coaching program for seekers, leaders and changemakers that kicks off mid-January. Chela is an amazing coach and human being, and I know this program is going to light some serious fires....
by Lauren | 9 Dec 2014 | Community, Technology
Girls & women are underrepresented in technology – in part because we don’t recognize & encourage their coding potential. Here are some signs to watch for. A few months ago, I asked our kid’s fourteen year-old babysitter about her favourite...
by Lauren | 1 Dec 2014 | Business, Community, Curiosity
There’s a woman I want you to know about. Her name is Chela Davison. She and I have a few things in common. We’re both entrepreneurs. She started her first business, a hair salon, in 2000. I started my first business, a web design studio, the same year....
by Lauren | 30 Oct 2014 | Business, Community
Apple CEO Tim Cook went public with a piece of his private life today, by publishing an op-ed in Blomberg Businessweek stating that he’s gay, and proud of it. (It’s worth a read.) There’s some lively and entirely valid debate on Twitter about whether...
by Lauren | 9 Jul 2014 | Community, Technology
When was the last time you felt a deep sense of connection with someone else online? Maybe it was today – reading a blog post that articulated something you’ve been trying to express for ages, or seeing a friend’s face light up over Skype, or witnessing...
