The most important things to become a millionaire

When working with a variety of clients in Los Angeles, you have the chance to meet people who are extremely successful in what they do and some are even millionaires. I had the chance to speak with and write down some tips given to me by one of my most successful clients, Susanna, who is a celebrity fashion designer. I would like to share with you some of the tips she has given me, hopefully they will help inspire you, as they have for me:

The most important things to become a millionaire

1.       You must love what you’re doing and be passionate about it! It must excite you and make you feel like you own the whole world!

2.       You must be willing to work 120 hours a week. If you have a dream, you will never get tired.

3.       You have to love people and know how to make good friends and build a good relationship. You must be honest and never make any enemies.

4.       You have to create your own language. You create this language and introduce it to the world one at a time. For example, creating a new design or a new business is like creating a new language. You make the rules and teach it to your customers.

5.       You have to be generous and be very good to people. If you do that, it will all come back to you.

6.       Don’t work for money, work for your talent. When you work for your talent, money comes for you gradually, bigger than life.

7.       The boss leaves last, all the employees leave early. They are hands on with everything. They put in the most time. All millionaires are workaholics.

Woman-run Business Profile: Angrygirl Wear

Angrygirl Wear is a clothing company created by Michelle Hundt. They specialize in novelty t-shirts and accessories that are guaranteed to have people doing double-takes. Angrygirl t-shirts are heavy duty by design and feature professional silk screening that's made to last. 

Angrygirl Wear insists on quality and all of their products are made of 100% cotton. They ARE the silk-screener - for the past 11 years Angrygirl has been professionally silk-screening tee shirts for 1,000's of wonderful customers and by request they are putting their own designs up for grabs. They keep their customers coming back for more with their low prices and excellent customer service. They go to great lengths to make sure you are satisfied with your order and they stand behind their products.

Screen printing is the process of pushing ink directly into the t-shirt or apparel with a silk screen, plastisol ink, and a rubber squeegee. Unlike some other screen printers out there, they are sure to keep up on the most recent cutting edge screen printing technology. Other In-House products offer include buttons, bottle Opener/key chains, magnets, 1 color vinyl stickers, and printed patches. 

Screen printing is the process of pushing ink directly into the t-shirt or apparel with a silk screen, plastisol ink, and a rubber squeegee. Unlike some other screen printers out there, they are sure to keep up on the most recent cutting edge screen printing technology. Other In-House products offer include buttons, bottle Opener/key chains, magnets, 1 color vinyl stickers, and printed patches. 

When asked why she started her business, Michelle said " Because I temporarily lost my mind and thought it would be easy... HA - this is not the case!" She had worked in Corporate American for 14 years - 10 years with the same company in clothing manufacturing. Michelle admits that it isn't easy starting a business but she can still keep her cool: "For 14 years I worked for some pretty great - but crazy people - Sometimes it wasn't the best experience - I really thought I could start a company and treat people the way I wanted to be treated - now I see why they were crazy - it's tough to keep your cool when things go wrong - however - I still hold fast to treating people right.  Screaming a yelling doesn't solve the problem."

And they don't just design great shirts for Angrygirlwear, they are also a professional screen printing company and they ONLY use the industry's best equipment, inks, and drying methods to ensure that your design will not wash off, fade, peel or crack.

Angrygirl is unique because when Michelle first started the business in 2000, the screen printing industry was very male dominant and had extremely poor customer service. Michelle knew that is she could start a screen printing business with excellent customer service, it would stand out for sure, and it did! The name helps too, Michelle says, because most people don't forget it. 

Michelle started the company on a shoe-string budget of $70,000 and even took a second mortgage out on her home!  She says, "I know some might think that's a fair bit of money to start - but it wasn't nearly enough, the equipment, supplies, advertising - and the costly mistakes - all small businesses make them - especially in the first 2 years - I suppose that is why so many small business fail within that time.  The main thing to remember is that it's hard work - if you aren't prepared to sacrifice everything - then it may not be the right thing for you - and being crazy helps too!"

Her background includes 6 years in the print advertising industry - working as a Graphic Artist, 10 years working for a Clothing Manufacturer (1 year - administration, 5 years - Designer,  4 years - Sales) 

When asked what advice she would give other women who want to start their own business, Michelle said, "First and foremost, BE PASSIONATE - you really have to love what you are doing, be willing to make sacrifices, and accept that mistakes will be made. Sit down and write a business plan - there are programs you can purchase that will help you - it's not fun, it's not creative, it's not pretty - but without one you are limiting your chances for success." It also helped to have her friends, family and customers who inspire her everyday! 

You can buy Angrygirl wear products only online on their website http://www.angrygirlwear.com and some of their more popular items are sold on ebay. 

For the custom orders - you can just go direct to them at their facility at 18434 Oxnard St., Building i, Tarzana, CA 91356), via phone 818-342-0521 or email: michelle (at) angrygirl.org 

   

Be sure to find Angrygirl Wear online at:

http://www.angrygirlwear.com 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Angrygirl-Wear/165252296880037

http://twitter.com/angrygirl68

Women in Business- Thoughts on the Kardashians

I think when speaking about women entrepreneurs, it makes sense to bring up one of the most famous teams of women entrepreneurs on TV and all over the media today, the Kardashians. Love them or hate them, they have created an empire with their name. They are said to be "famous for being famous" just like other reality type stars such as Paris Hilton. But the truth is that they are very brilliant when it comes to business. You really can't say that you dislike them for what they have accomplished out of the fame of their name and their TV show. They have made their family store "Dash" into a huge success from the show, they have negotiated to be the face and name behind various products and brands, and they managed to include their entire family in the success of their name. A good friend of mine works for "E Entertainment" and she has interviewed them and said that they are very nice people.

Even with the recent drama of Kim's marriage going sour, the truth is that it only makes them more famous just by the fact that the media has something to talk about. It's like the old saying "even bad publicity is good publicity" In my personal opinion, I see that they have done a lot to stay in the spotlight of the media, but when it comes to Kim's wedding, I believe that she was really just foolish to rush into it, not that she was doing it just for the money and fame. I can assume that she was pushed by the media to go forward with it, but I'm sure it wasn't all because of money. I've known plenty of regular women who have rushed into marriage and kids without really knowing the person and not having anything to do with money or fame.

The truth is, once you look at them from a stand point of an education in marketing, you can see that they have marketed themselves just like an other product or brand is marketed. You aren't going to hate Apple for successfully marketing the iPod or iPad. (Well, unless you don't have one maybe) But truth be told, the Kardashians are a name, a brand, a product. Anyone can be a brand, it just takes good marketing and sometimes a little sacrifice. These women have sacrificed their normal lives to be judged harshly, examined and used just to make a name for themselves. Not to say that this is wrong at all, it happens all the time with celebrities, it's just the way marketing works. I personally don't envy their lifestyle on camera, but I do admire their marking skills.

So before you judge them either way for their fame, it is good to step back and look at them as a brand instead of a celebrity family, because that's really what they have created and I do wish them luck in their endeavours.

Woman- Run Business Profile: "Supper Sack"

I have met a lot of women that have started their own businesses. I love to hear their inspirational stories and share them with others to inspire as many women as I can. I would like to share this story with you about Monica Kristiansen, a woman who started up a really unique service in Los Angeles.

Here is her story:

"What's your passion? Well I found mine...food! Delicious, natural food. Supper Sack is a combined meal planning and grocery delivery service.

Supper Sack plans your meals a week at a time, gathering the best ingredients from hand-selected providers and delivering them with recipes to your door. Our focus is on delivering organic, local and traceable products.

This brilliant new concept of merging the meal planning and grocery delivery service has become a huge success in Sweden (my home country). It started with 1 company in 2007 and now there are close to 30 companies in Sweden that help the Swedish people cook well-balanced, tasty, and fun weeknight meals. 

How it all started...

My husband, Erik, and I lived in Stockholm, Sweden between 2007-2009. During that time the first meal planning/grocery delivery service had started with this new concept. I had heard about it and had a few co-workers at a previous job that did try it and really liked it. I loved the idea, but didn't think much more about it. One day back in LA while on Facebook, I saw an old friend who wrote:

"I'm so excited, our first bag is coming on Monday!" 

"The bag" consists of ingredients for weeknight dinners with accompanied recipes. 

That's when it hit me... LA... 

I guess my interest in food started early as I did attend a culinary arts program in college. After college my career took of in many different directions, little to do with food. I have always been called a "foodie" and want every meal to be important. With today's rapid, handheld scheduling, it seems like dinner is one of the few times families have together. So let's all enjoy some family time and have dinner...er I mean supper! 

Supper Sack is a meal planning and grocery delivery service that provides everything you need to cook fresh, totally tasty meals in your home. We take care of the meal planning, shopping, and deliver to you the recipe and ingredients necessary to pull off supper for five nutritious meals.

We know you want to feed yourself and your family well, but time crunches often lead to take-out or nuking salty, unnecessary fatty foods. We put supper back in your reach by saving you the planning and shopping involved in pulling off (up to) five well- rounded meals a week.

Supper Sack is revival of home cooking, and that’s not all. We like to have a personal connection to the locally made ingredients, independent agriculture and specialty purveyors we work with, just like back in the “supper days.” We absolutely insist on knowing where the food that we offer you comes from.

It's that easy! Supper is back!

Ingredients.

We personally work with providers to get you quality local produce, organic meats, best quality dairy and specialty items. Our relationships enable us to get better prices and added services for you, and enable you to say “I know where my food comes from!”

We constantly keep ourselves educated on the latest in food safety, sustainability issues, culinary trends, and emerging local businesses that deserve our support.

Recipes.

Supper Sack recipes require no more than 30-40 minutes preparation time and are easy enough for those with basic cooking skills. Wholesome dinners include produce, grains or carbs, and a rotating cast of proteins including fish, poultry, pork and beef. We strive for a well-balanced meal with focus on working those greens in to an everyday habit.

Delivered.

Supper Sack delivers ingredients and recipes once a week. Simply place orders no later than Wednesday for the following week, and on Sunday you will receive your groceries and recipes. Service plans range from three to five weeknight dinners, and serve up to four people."

Visit www.suppersack.com for more information

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Woman-run Business Profile: "Brain Freeze" Clothing

Brain Freeze designs unique, creative, and sometimes humorous clothing for infants. Some of the designs are so popular that they are also available for adults. Other products that will be coming soon are dog clothing, infant jewelry, and notecards. The company is currently in the process of switching over from the name "Little Smarty Pantz" to Brain Freeze.


The woman behind Brain Freeze is Joy Tiernan who is originally from Detroit, MI. She is a graphic designer who became bored with the pastel colors of most childrens clothing and started designing humorous and unique t-shirts for her nephews. After getting a lot of positive feedback about her designs, she decided to create an entire clothing line based on these original humorous designs. Each piece is quality hand made. You can buy her designs on her website http://www.littlesmartypantz.com or on her etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleSmartyPantz. 


Be sure to become a fan on facebook to receive information about t-shirt giveaways, new designs and more at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brain-Freeze-unique-clothing/245137688849569


Your kids will love the cute designs and you may even want to get a humorous shirt for yourself! For more information, visit the links below:


http://www.littlesmartypantz.com
http://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleSmartyPantz
http://littlesmartypantz.blogspot.com/

Eastern Michigan University recognizes "My Accessory Business"

Eastern Michigan University recognized alum Megan Andrus the creator of My Accessory Business in their summer 2011 magazine.

Quote reads: "Megan Andrus (BFA03) has created "My Accessory Business," an innovative fashion jewelry selling kit for women's personal business growth."

Successful Woman-run Buisnesses: Dr. Taji Huang Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Taji Huang is a licensed psychologist in Los Angeles, CA. She has been in the mental health field of over 12 years. She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology in August 2004 at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. She specializes in treating depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, OCD, phobias, and a variety of other mental illnesses. She has worked closely with children, adolescents and adults in individual, couples, family and group settings.

In 2009, she started her own psychology practice at an office space in West Los Angeles and also has a home office where she meets with her psychology clients. She started her business with a website www.drtaji.com and she promoted her practice online on sites like google, facebook, youtube, yahoo, yelp, a variety of other online psychologist networks and through the use of search engine optimization.

Her video blog http://drtaji.blogspot.com/ introduces patients to her practice and is a good reference tool for anyone looking for information on several mental health disorders she has vlogged about. She is a great role model for any professional woman who has dreamed of starting their own business practicing their profession on their own terms.

For more information about Dr. Taji Huang, check out her website at www.DrTaji.com and her vlog at http://drtaji.blogspot.com/

Successful Woman-run Businesses: Susanna Beverly Hills

For over 30 years Susanna Chung Forest has been designing custom made-to-measure clothing for the most powerful women around the world. Her client list includes woman CEOs, woman presidents, celebrity entertainers, judges, royal families, politicians, wives of Ceos of Fortune 500 companies, and many more. Some of the famous names she has designed for include Hillary Clinton, Barbra Streisand, Judge Judy, Cybill Shepherd and many more... just check out her celebrity gallery at www.Susannabh.com and you will see. Her designs have been seen in television shows, movies, at red carpe

t events, at high profile political gatherings, and even in the pages of Bazaar, Vogue, Time and a variety of other national magazines and publications.

But the story of Susanna starts with a young girl from Korea who had a dream. She moved to the United States and worked to pay for her schooling. At the age of 21, she was broke and evicted from her apartment. She made a plan to start her own clothing design business and make it a success. She borrowed a small amount of money from a family member and opened up a shop. At first, business was very slow, but then one day a woman came in a bought several outfits. Later, that woman came back and brought some friends... and from then on her business grew rapidly fast until not long after, she was making millions.

Thirty years later, Susanna is still designing for these powerful women and is well known around the world for her exquisite design and custom tailoring of women's suits and evening wear.

Susanna is a great example of someone who used her determination to follow her dreams and reach her goals. A lot of people dream of realizing their goals of success, it's very inspiring to know that it can be done and it has been done by others. I hope this story will help you in your quest to follow your dreams to business success!

If you would like more information on Susanna Chung Forest and Susanna Beverly Hills, visit www.Susannabh.com

Stories of Success!

I would like to share with you two stories of success I have heard from women who have bought "My Accessory Business" Kits.

• One woman started out with a $99 kit. Her intention was to have a party and sell the jewelry to make money for her wedding. After selling enough to make her money back and then some, she then purchased another $199 kit in order to have enough inventory to sell at her next party. At the Michigan Womens expo, she came to the booth and picked out even more jewelry to sell at her next party. This is a great example of how you can start with a smaller amount of cash and keep building your profits with each order, maybe cash flow along the way.

• Another woman also bought a $99 kit. She then came to our expo booth on Friday and bought another $99 kit. That night, she went out to local bars and clubs and sold almost every piece of jewelry she had. On Saturday of the show, she came back and bought another $99 kit with the money she had made the night before. This time with the intention of going to local businesses including smoke shops, gas stations, hair salons, convenience stores, and clubs to get them to
buy the jewelry to place in their stores to sell. By Sunday, she came back again and had so many orders from local businesses that she used some of the profit she had made to buy another $199 kit in order to fulfill all of the orders made by the businesses she had gone to.

You too can be successful in making extra cash. You can start buy purchasing a $49, $99 or $199 kit from our website
www.MyAccessoryBusiness.com

We will also be sending out order forms in the mail this week. If you
would be interested in receiving an order form from us, email us your
mailing address at myaccessorybusiness@gmail.com

Remember: There are NO CATALOGS, NO COMMITMENTS, keep ALL the money
you make!

Visit www.MyAccessoryBusiness.com

Come visit us at the Michigan International Women's Show on Thursday April 28th- May 1st, 2011!

Come visit "My Accessory Business" at the Michigan International Women's Show on Thursday April 28th- May 1st, 2011!

Come to our booth #736
We will have special promotions including:
- Pick a ball, WIN a Prize! Where everyone wins something!
- Celebrity Red Carpet backdrop. Try on fun clothes and accessories and get your picture taken like a celebrity at our photobooth!
- Pick your own accessories & displays and take them home that day* while supplies last
- Order a kit in the mail at the expo and get FREE shipping.

PRINT OUT AND BRING THIS PAGE TO THE EXPO FOR $5 OFF ANYTHING AT OUR BOOTH! *can not be combined with any other offer.

Can't make it to the expo? Try out an accessory sales mini kit for only $49. You will get everything you need to start selling hot fashion accessories at work, to friends, at garage sales, online, or anywhere. Order online at www.MyAccessoryBusiness.com

Have suggestions for a women's expo near you that you would like to see My Accessory Business at? Email us at info@myaccessorybusiness.com and let us know!

Jewelry Business Success Story

My success with www.MyAccessoryBusiness.com started in August of 2010. I had heard from my friend Genny that I could start my own jewelry business in 3 easy steps. I told her I didn’t have a ton of money or time to invest. She said not to worry; it wasn’t like the other jewelry businesses out there. I didn’t have to pay $300.00 - $500.00 to get started. All the money I made would go to me; I wouldn’t get percentages of the cost or discounts on more jewelry. Best of all there was no commitment! I decided I had to check it out.

I went to the My Accessory Business website and couldn’t believe what I read! It was just like Genny had said. All I had to do was the 3 east steps and I would be on my way to having my own jewelry business. So your probably wondering what the steps are… It is really simple.

1. Buy your jewelry kit
2. Read the sales booklet that comes with your kit
3. Start making money!

The jewelry on the website is amazing! It is all picked out by a Hollywood fashion stylist and comes directly from Hollywood. All the pieces are the same type of jewelry the celebrities wear! Who wouldn’t want to have that?

I decided to start with the Small Start-up kit. It was only $99.00 and came with 35 pieces of jewelry, the sales idea booklet, jewelry displays, business cards, labels, and access to expert advice. That seemed like a great deal to me!

I ordered my kit and received it in only a few days. I couldn’t wait to start making money. When I opened the box I couldn’t believe my eyes! There were so many different types of jewelry! There was something for everyone. I was really excited! I sat down and read the sales idea booklet and decided how I wanted to sell the jewelry. It was really fun going through and pricing everything the way I wanted to. I even decided to name my jewelry business “Hollywood Jewels”. I couldn’t wait to start making extra money!

The first way I chose to sell the jewelry was to my mommy group members. There are only three moms beside myself in the group, but it was a start! When we had our meeting I told the ladies about my new jewelry business. I set up my kit in our family room and brought them all in there. They loved the jewelry just as much as I did and between the three of them bought $75.00 worth of jewelry! One mom even asked to use my computer to logon to the website and buy her own kit! I couldn’t believe it!!! I had made almost half the money I spent! I couldn’t wait to see how much more I could sell.

The next way I decided to sell the jewelry was at my office. I told my boss about my jewelry business and asked him if I could bring in the jewelry to show my co-workers during their lunch breaks. He said it was not a problem since it wasn’t disrupting our work day. I brought the jewelry to my work on a Friday (that’s pay day of course!), I set it up in our break room. I then sent an email letting everyone know it was in there for them to view on their lunches. The response I got from my co-workers was unbelievable! I sold $225.00 worth of jewelry! Almost everyone bought something. Earrings for themselves, bracelets for their wives, necklace sets for their teenage daughters. There really was something for everyone! Two of my co-workers asked me for the website address so they could look into starting their own jewelry business too.

I went home that day still in shock. I had made $300.00 and barely did any work! The money I spent on the kit was already paid back to me and I had $141.00 left just for me! I still had about 20 jewelry items left. I decided to keep a few pieces for myself that I really liked. I picked out pieces for my family and friends that would be their birthday presents that year.

Since I made $300.00 by not doing any hard work, and I had presents set for all my friends and family’s birthdays that year I decided to buy another kit, but the larger one this time. It was only $199.00. I figure if already made triple my money back on my first kit then why not triple that money with a larger kit.

I purchased the kit and it arrived just like the last one. Couldn’t wait to open it! When I did, I was amazed again. There was a ton of jewelry and it was all different jewelry from the last kit I got, “even better!” I thought. “I could sell to the same people I already had, since all the jewelry was different!” I planned my next strategy. I would still show the mommy group and my coworkers of course. I then decided that I would get a booth at our local flea market. The cost for the booth was really affordable and I decided I could mark up the pricing on the jewelry to cover the cost of it anyways.

I got the booth for one day, a Saturday. I arranged all the pieces nicely along with my celebrity pictures. I even got free business cards made online to pass out. By then end of the day I had sold almost all of the pieces in the jewelry kit! I priced the jewelry $2.00 more an item than I had for my friends and coworkers. All I had to do was stand at the booth and collect money! The jewelry sold itself!!

I couldn’t be happier with my decision to purchase the My Accessory Business jewelry kit! I feel like the sky is the limit with the amount of money I can make. The items are good quality and the kit has everything you need. If you are looking to make extra money fast then I suggest you order your kit as soon as you can!

Best of Luck!
Laurie Palazzolo
Owner, Hollywood Jewels Jewelry

Why we need female mentors

Let's face it, women and men are different when it comes to business. There are more men in business than there are women in business, and that's just the first big difference. The people you're around influence you whether you believe it or not. The best why to figure out who is your mentor, or who you would like to be your mentor is to figure out who has a career that you would most like to have. You don't necessacraily have to live life exactly the same way as this person, but the work they have done and the things they have accomplished should be inspiring to you. The more you can surround yourself with theese types of women that inspire you, the better off you will be in reaching your goals. These women can be family, friends, co-workers, bosses, or clients. Preferrably someone you actually know in person instead of a celebrity figure. Some women tend to use celebrities as mentors, but I really don't recommend this. Not all celebrities took the high road when it came to their initial fame. There are many successful women that we never hear about because the media is so overcrowded with celerities that cause drama, rather than do something worthwile.

The reason I say FEMALE mentors, not MALE mentors, is simple. Not all men are going to want to help you succeed. Not that there aren't some that will, but in general, men and women are too different. Men are more likely to help out other men and mentor them to success. Men are sometimes too competitive with women when it comes to business. I can't even count the times I talked to a man about working together on a business, and the only call I got afterwards was asking me to a party or on a date. Like I said, this is not ALL men though. Besides, women tend to have similar interests in business and it's more likely that your find a mentor that matches your goals.

Having a mentor will help you better figure out the path you're headed and also it means that you will have someone to go to and ask the questions you have along the way.