Count Me In recently hosted their Make Mine a Million Competition in New York City at Barnard College. Over seventy women pitched their businesses. Fifty awardees will now be eligible for the Business Accelerator Program designed and delivered by People Biz Inc.

This powerful program provides the professional coaching, relevant business training, accountability and peer support needed to help participants follow their concrete plan toward revenue growth. The goal of the program is for each participant to achieve measurable transformation for themselves and their business by removing emotional barriers, getting into action on goals and working their business plan.

Count Me In New York Awardees

• Elin Barton – White Knight Productions – Vestal, NY
• Lucinda Beaty – Lucinda’s Hair & Boutique – Cheshire, CT
• Elizabeth Beskin – 5th Avenue Digital – New York, NY
• Alejadra Bigai – Romanicos Chocolate – Miami, FL
• Susan Bruno – DivaCFO, LLC – Stamford, CT
• Dyan Bryson – Inspired Health Strategies, LLC – Newark, NJ
• Angela Burroughs – Excel Clinical Research Group, LLC – Research Triangle Park, NC
• Gloria Cameron-Walton – Urban Behavioral Health Services Inc. – Jersey City, NJ
• Mercedes Cano – Law Office of Mercedes S. Cano – New York, NY
• Kimberly Cornwell – Celadon Road – North Attleboro, MA
• Carol Cunningham – Cunningham Consulting – Chadds Ford, PA
• Marina de la Torre – healthfulQuest Coaching LLC – Naples, FL
• Namita Deo – Next Generation Technology, Inc. – Newark, NJ
• Belinda DiGiambattista – Butter Beans, Inc. – Long Island City, NY
• Gloria Dunbar – HYBRiD Health iT, Inc – Augusta, GA
• Libby Franco – Salon Libby – Orlando, FL
• Dilcia Granville – Dip and See, LLC – Elmont, NY
• Gail Greenbaum – Transforming Education in America – Kew Gardens, NY
• Delora Hall-Tyler – First Media Group, Inc – Southfield, MI
• Debra Harris – Hush Tours – New York, NY
• Carolyn Herfurth – The Biztruth – New York, NY
• Beatrice Johnston – Brand Excitement, Inc. – Jersey City, NJ
• Selina Kedziora – G. Adams Restoration & Management LLC – Philadelphia, PA
• Kelli LaPage – WellTrail, Inc – Baldwinsville, NY
• Victoria Lara – Lara Media Services – Portland, OR
• Ali LaRaia – Marianberry Confections LLC  – New York, NY
• Jan Long – The Mr. Canary Company – Carmel, IN
• Natalie Maniscalco – SALSEEK – New York, NY
• Laurie Marshall – TradeMarks The Spot  – New York, NY
• Donna “Dusty” McCullough – Bungalow BLUE – Larchmont, NY
• Shellie McDowell – Shellie McDowell Hats – Brooklyn, NY
• Kathleen Moren – Healthy Babies, Happy Moms Inc. – East Greenwich, RI
• Khuraira Musa – Khuraira Comestics – Tenafly, NJ
• Ellen Palmer – Ellen Palmer Wellness – Simsbury, CT
• Katherine Ridel – Fiber Notion® – Brooklyn, NY
• Ana Roca-Castro – Premier Transmedia – Albany, NY
• Malaika Rubin – The House of Simone – Palm Springs, FL
• Kathleen Gibbons Schuck – Dream With Passion LLC – Blue Bell, PA
• Marie Schwartz – TeenLife Media, LLC – Brookline, MA
• Laura Sicola – Sicola Consulting Group – Philadelphia, PA
• Breanne Simpson – Brejer, LLC – New York, NY
• Kimberly Slezak – DataScreening – Woodland Park, NJ
• Charmane Sparkman – Natural Elements for Learning Inc. – New York, NY
• Ilene Steinberg – Lice Lifters Treatment Centers – Lafayette Hill, PA
• Karen Tenenbaum – Karen J. Tenenbaum, P.C. – Melville, NY
• Claire Theobald – Beatrix New York – New York, NY
• Angela Vanegas – The Green Maid, Inc. – Skokie, IL
• Michelle Villalobos – Mivista Consulting, Inc. – Miami, FL
• Cecilia Wong – Cecilia Wong – New York, NY
• Alexandra Zagami – Piccolini “Love for the Little Ones” – New York, NY

Congratulations ladies!

We’d like to congratulate our clients who walked away with awards:

Wendy Phillips with Big Buzz Brands
Robin Bond with Robin Bond Interiors
Lindsey Tyner with Alt-Creative
Diane Dean with Epiphany Counseling and Wellness Center

Way to go, ladies!

Mauri Elbel’s article discusses local entrepreneurs who have “found fields that grow in any economic climate.”  Lisa reveals that she enjoys visiting consignment stores to pass time while traveling, and couldn’t help but notice that Austin was lacking an upscale consignment shop.   Having been in business for almost six years, she recently opened the doors to her new 10,000 square-foot showroom at Steck Town Center, which is filled wall-to-wall with upscale consignment pieces.   Click here to read the full article.

Congratulations, Lisa!  We’re very proud to have you as a client.

Our recent economy has been built on entrepreneurialism; it’s rooted in the unwavering entrepreneurial spirit of creativity, ingenuity, determination and drive.  Entrepreneurs live in a perpetual state of opportunity and they produce a powerful ripple effect of abundance for all of us.  Why is that?

I’ve had the pleasure of working with entrepreneurs and business owners for more than a decade.  It’s been my personal experience that entrepreneurs are particularly generous people.  I was reminded of this when I read a recent study that reported that 89% percent of entrepreneurs donate money (both personally and through their companies) to support charitable causes, while 70% also donate their time.  The majority of those surveyed believe that being an entrepreneur makes them more inclined to give to charity.

Entrepreneurs value individual effort and know that greatness starts with a commitment to personal excellence.  When you strive for excellence in everything you do, it’s then reflected throughout your company.  Because you live it, your staff embraces it. They, too, enjoy seeing their best come through in the work they do.

We see this spirit in our clients all the time here at People Biz, Inc.

• Every Valentine’s Day, Shelley Capretto with Village Maternity in Seattle gives 10% of their sales to charity.  They have been involved with “Shop to Make a Difference” for 6 years, and along with other Univeristy Village shops, they raised $51,000 for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in 2010.
• Diane Dean of Epiphany! Counseling & Wellness Center in Pittsburgh mentors counseling students au gratis.  Using these students, Epiphany! provides free counseling services to those without insurance, or those receiving medical assistance and unable to find a counselor.
• Dr. Martha Pyron, MD of Medicine in Motion in Austin provides medical care for the Hill Country Ride for AIDS each year, organizing 30 or more volunteers.  The ride generated 600,000 funds for AIDS services in Austin last year.
• Doreen Zayer, owner of Relax on Cloud 9 in Staten Island, opens her doors the Monday after Mothers’ Day for an exclusive spa experience for mothers and their special needs daughters.  Staff volunteers their time to give the girls special spa treatments such as facials, massages, and foot scrubs.   
• Pam O’Bryant’s Keller Williams Realty office in Arlington, VA donated over $40,000 to the Arlington Food Assistance Center in November from their gala and silent auction. They also donated over $8000 last year to the Keller Williams national charity, KW Cares, which helps KW agents in need.
• Each year at Christmas, Ed and Charlene Hoey with Meyer and Associates Marketing & Communications in New York lets staff members pick several charities to which the company will donate, such as Unicef, World Hunger Year, and Habitat for Humanity.  They also sponsor NYU students in conjunction with the monthly HSMAI luncheons.
• Representatives of Bluebonnet Electric in Bastrop, TX were honored at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin and Central Texas’ 25th Anniversary on October 25th.   The company is listed on the Wishing Wall, a permanent display at the Ronald McDonald House, which was built in appreciation of loyal supporters and was dedicated at the anniversary event.

And the list goes on.

We want to take a moment now, as the new year begins, to honor you and wish you the very best in the year to come.  At People Biz, Inc., we are very proud of who you are and what you do for your community!

Alicia Marie will discuss different ways to take “mental” advantage of the new year, how and why everyone should set measurable goals, how to get a fresh start in 2011, and much more! 

Have a few questions in mind on this topic?  Call into the show and have Alicia answer them on the air!  Just call 347-637-1318 anytime during the show.

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/14/business/fi-smallbiz14/3

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