It’s job-creating small businesses like this that will continue to support our economy.  Way to go, Eva!

“Eva Franco is a fast-growing Los Angeles based collection. Her travels around the world serve as inspiration, while vintage pieces found at local flea markets help add a whimsical attention to detail. Inspiration comes from what Franco refers to as a “controlled-chaotic-creative space.” “Sometimes pieces of fabric will be laid on a table next to a trim or another print and i’ll be inspired by this random pairing and it will end up being the biggest seller of the season,” says Franco, “I don’t believe in making anything basic – if I’m designing a top it will have to have something special and unexpected, perhaps a leather belt i’ve created with special stitching or appliques.” Eva Franco is one of 275 local Los Angeles designers, artists and merchants being featured at the Spring UNIQUE Los Angeles Independent Design and Gift Sale.” (Watch her full interview!)

Once back in the office of her promotional products company, SayNoMore! Promotions, she exasperatingly asked, “Why can’t people just be good to people?” Given her entrepreneurial spirit and her longing for a friendlier world she researched to see if the phrase was trademarked and if the web address was taken.  Thankfully everything was available and she took that as a “sign”. She knew she had to act, so she secured both the name and the web address and Be Good to People, the brand and the movement, was born. (Read More on their Website)

Everyone here at People Biz, Inc. has a shirt with this simple yet inspirational quote on it (even Baby Riley!), and we live and work by that principle on a daily basis.  Thank you BGTP, for all you do and all you stand for!

The article goes on to explain that Katie’s career shift occurred while she was studying at Princeton and teaching Zumba classes.  “Hughes saw that many of her students were getting sore knees because they weren’t wearing the proper shoes — but couldn’t afford to buy them. So she developed Slip-on Dancers, a stretchy elastic that fits over sneakers to give the wearer more traction and pivoting ability. At $15 a pair, they cost about a fourth as much as a pair of Zumba shoes.”

Click here to read the rest of the article, and make sure you visit Katie’s website to check out her slip-on phenomenons!

From its origins in her Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania basement with a single product—the ever-popular personalized burp cloths—the business has grown into a 2,000-square foot facility in Horsham, Pennsylvania, with five employees, dozens of products, and thousands of customers.

Baby Be Hip operates on a foundation with four cornerstones: (1) their merchandise is high quality, (2) ordering and follow-up is easy, (3) customer satisfaction is their ultimate goal, and (4) they give back to their community. The company has regularly donated products and profits to select organizations through the years, including hospitals (e.g., The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia), schools (e.g., Easter Seals), and various charities (e.g., National MS Society).

The Baby Be Hip personalized burp cloths featured on Good Morning America make a great gift for any new mom.  Check out all of their personalized products on their website!

Here are the 10 tips Weintraub has for resolving workplace conflict:
1. Address the conflict quickly.
2. Keep an open mind.
3. Listen attentively to both sides.
4. Separate the people from the problem.
5. Control the venting.
6. Show empathy.
7. Stay calm and don’t react.
8. Use a problem-solving approach.
9. Change the situation.
10. Follow up to ensure the matter is fully resolved.

Click here for more details on each tip and to read Weintraub’s full article!

Ms. Weintraub is founder of ACCORD, LLC, a company offering dispute resolution services, and Weintraub Legal Services, a firm offering primarily corporate law services. She is an accomplished lawyer, business executive and entrepreneur with over 25 years’ experience negotiating complex commercial transactions.

Austin TMS Clinic for Depression provides patients in Austin and the Texas Hill Country the latest in depression treatments. They have been able to offer Neurostar® TMS Therapy to their patients. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy is one of the most technologically advanced depression treatments available. A cutting edge, non-drug approach to depression, The NeuroStar device, cleared by the FDA in 2008, provides a safe outpatient treatment that doesn’t cause significant side effects — a great alternative to the medications that often leave people feeling emotionally numb and physically uncomfortable.

The results of this therapy have been very impressive. Austin TMS Clinic for Depression encourages anyone seeking an alternative or augmentation to current therapies to call for a consultation (512) 458-1000.

For the full interview, visit Austin TMS Clinic for Depression.

Body Bark was created by Catherine while she was preparing to go to a Halloween party and realized that she needed a fashionable, but invisible layer to wear underneath sweaters. Catherine wanted to offer “the highest-quality workmanship and also support the United States manufacturing industry”. Since the original line of versatile tops was launched the line has expanded to a variety of tops, bottoms and intimates. Body Bark is described as “truly an Everyday, EveryWear brand for today’s discerning woman.”

Catherine is an awardee of the M3 1000 competition and is currently a participant in the Blast! Count Me In Business Accelerator Program designed and led by business coach Alicia Marie Fruin at People Biz, Inc.

We are so proud of your success Catherine!

Patty, a Count Me In M3 Awardee, started Good Karmal in 2002 with the intention of “creating a gift that might sweeten the world.” Each individual caramel is wrapped with words of wisdom and sent out to customers to brighten up their day. Located in Bozeman, Montana, Good Karmal is dedicated to “creating a better and sweeter world, one bite at a time.”

Patty is currently a participant in the Blast! Count Me In Business Accelerator Program designed and led by business coach Alicia Marie Fruin at People Biz, Inc.

We are so excited for you Patty and love your caramel candy!

As a winner, the M3 1000 program “gives more women than ever before access to that the first step in the transformation from just being in business to taking control and charting a course for maximum success. Our ultimate goal is to get 1000 women business owners to the million $ mark.” People Biz is involved by offering the Blast! Count Me In Business Accelerator Program to the winners. We are so honored to work with these inspiring women and help them grow their business!

The Blast! Program is a dynamic group coaching program with light training around mastering the basics of business. The sense of unity and support is such an important aspect in the Blast! Program, which allows the women business owners to gain so much during their journey of taking their business to the million $ mark!  Blast! participants report having a unique growth experience for both themselves and their business.

Eva Franco Spring 2012 Behind the Scenes from Eva Franco on Vimeo.

Eva, of Hungarian heritage, was born and raised in Transylvania, Romania. She came to the United States as a young girl and discovered her “passion for designing clothing helped her express herself as she communicated with her American peers.”

She attended New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, from where she graduated from, and continued her education as a design assistant for Etienne Brunel in Paris. Eva caters to celebrating the female form and describes her designs as “feminine designs with whimsical detailing and luscious fabrics.”

She started her company, Eva Franco, in Los Angeles, California. Her clothing brand can now be found domestically and internationally at over 800 stores. For more information visit her website.