RESOURCES
Grab a cup of coffee and dive in. Our resources page is updated frequently with upcoming event announcements, member profiles, insights, business resources, and more.
Your Time Off is a Product
52% of business owners have not taken vacation in the past year, with 62% reporting working longer hours - is that you?
Member To Meet - Rachel Michael
Welcome to the New Year, and our Member to Meet campaign. Sharing both new and familiar faces this season, with Rachel Michael kicking it off this month. Rachel is the Founder of Rachel Michal Styling and we’re sharing a few fun facts below.
Three Little Words...
So the three words I am thinking of have a lot do with a shared experience and connecting one on one.
These words are pretty powerful. They can help with delivering on great customer service, company performance, building new relationships or repairing old ones. They can help leaders have tough conversations and coach and develop others. In fact - they are great for personal relationships too.
Check, Check, Check...
As often happens, the new year brings resolutions, new goals, trying on new habits and a desire for change. And as we have all been saying - we could use some change from the last two years!
There are so many wonderful resources and tools out there to help you with all of these things.
And then, there is the humble, simple checklist.
Member To Meet - Emmy Ross
In the final week of the 2021 year, we’re closing it out with a final - yet exciting feature of Emmy Ross. Our Member to Meet campaign highlights a BWC Circle member as they take us behind the scenes of their business, successes, and even their losses. Today, we get to know Emmy, the Founder of Revel & Flourish, Posies and Poise, and Alta Events Co.
Turning Off the Always On
“IF YOUR WORK IS YOUR SELF, WHEN YOU CEASE TO WORK, YOU CEASE TO EXIST.”
– ALEX SOOJUNG-KIM PANG
Member To Meet - Keri Bischoff
We’re beyond thankful this week, sharing gratitude for our circle members - in particular, Keri Bischoff with Keri Bischoff Consulting, LLC. Keri began her business in 2015, also when she joined the BWC as a Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths™consultant. A long-time supporter of our organization, we consider ourselves the lucky ones to know Keri and are thrilled to share more with you today.
Member To Meet - Angela Knox
With just a few months of the year left, we’re thrilled to share another Member to Meet, in particular, Angela Knox. the founder of The Divine Group. Now more than ever, Angela understand the importance of brand awareness, hence the recent launch of her brand agency. Today, we’re eager to learn more about The Diving Group and the community Angela finds in her BWC circle.
Member To Meet - Anne Andrus
As we look toward the second half of the year and a Summer season that has flown by, we’re eager to hear from BWC member Anne Andrus, Founder of local Honey and Rye Bakehouse. With a recent reopen to the public, Anne knows resilience, change and survival during unprecedented times. Today, we’re eager to learn more about Honey and Rye and share Anne’s journey.
Member To Meet - Mary Kay Ziniewicz
It’s hard to believe the year is almost half over. With record speed, our members are off and running and we’re thrilled to share our latest Member to Meet, Mary Kay Ziniewicz, founder of Bus Stop Mamas. With just a few short years since the launch of her website, Mary Kay is ready to take off in 2021. Read more below on her journey to launch and how Mary Kay values community.
Member To Meet - Christa Williams
Are you following along yet? We’re sharing our third Member To Meet of the year, with Christa Williams. Christa is the Founder of Caravan Vet, the Twin Cities only full service mobile veterinary practice. Christa came to The BWC through the Women Venture Scale Up program and shares the value of working on the business rather than in the business below.
Member To Meet - Katrina DeWit
Spring is just around the corner, and we’re thrilled to head into a new season with another Member to Meet feature. Meet Katrina DeWit, a Real Estate Advisor at Engel & Volkers Minneapolis. Katrina has been a member for the BWC for two years, we’re excited to take you behind the scenes and share how Katrina started with answering phones and worked her way to owning her own small business and closing out her BUSIEST season yet.
About Returning to Work
Recently, people have been asking about “how to return to work.” In my conversations, one of the things that I realized is that some people are looking for a “template” to follow.
Reality: There is no template.
Member To Meet - Andrea Schrieffer
Can you believe it’s February already? Time fly’s, but we’ve been busy too - capturing our Member To Meet candidates for the New Year. We are so excited to share our first feature with Andrea Schrieffer, a Wealth Management Advisor at Northwestern Mutual. Andrea has been a BWC member since 2018, we are thrilled to take you behind the scenes as Andrea shares with us what community means to her, how she is held accountable, what three things she leaves the house with, lessons from 2020 and more.
Member To Meet - Sydney Wolf
We’re back with our latest Member To Meet introduction. Throughout the year we are taking you behind the scenes of our featured members, sharing their story, how they overcome fear and persevere. Our next feature is with Samantha Grose, Founder of Oak & Arrow Homes. Read on to see how Samantha chooses courage over fear, as she recently took over 100% ownership of her company in 2019.