"Treat your employees like you would want to be treated if you were an employee."

"The bottom line is that no matter what you've experiencedin life, no matter what kind of trauma you've been through,no matter what bad decisions you've made, if you accept therealities of your situation, you can properly address them witha plan and with action."

"If I had a dollar for every time someone asked, 'What do you think about this logo? I'd be rich."

"Even if you delegate that responsibility, ultimately you are the one responsible for howyour brand is portrayed."

"Train your new employee properly. Sounds so obvious, and yet it often doesn't happen."

"Be sure to ask for help, and vent or brag on your progress along the way."

"Creating a company culture is the first operational step in becoming a bold, brave fempreneur. It creates certainty, a road map and stability."

"Your brand is what your customers andpotential customers think about you, your culture is who you say you are and how you do business."

"If you were stranded in the ocean in a small boat with a paddle, I'd tell you to pray to God, but row for the shore!"

"Much to the confusion of small-minded people, confidence does not equate arrogance."

"Because I started investing in wiserrelationships, I am now an absurdly wealthy woman-if blessings,fulfillment & joy are measured as wealth."

"Find another solution. That's how you move toward success."

"Bucketing your time or your tasks keeps you in the zone."

"Don't be bothered with what you think other people expect of you when it comes to your raw talent."

"The thing is, If you try to market to everyone, then you successfully market to no one."

"The time to market yourself is all of the time."

"Understanding who isn't your ideal customer sometimes helps you better clarify who is."

"I pick my technology like I picked my husband. It has to complement, not complicate, my life."

"Remember, you are not aspiring for perfection, Bombshell. You are aspiring for progress, one step at a time."

"Good influences are positive, and they see the good in even bad situations."

"Never take lightly that becoming an employer puts another person's ability to provide for their life in your hands."

"Customer service has everything to do with consistency, systems, training, and the habits you and your team create."

"Service standards create the standard of expectation that you and all team members follow when interacting with customers."

"Plan B is nonsense. Successful people come up with plans A, B, C, D . . . all the way to Z. That's how life works. If you'renot constantly looking for and testing solutions, that's probably why you're on the hamster wheel that you're on right now."

"Make no mistake: if you want to make it as an entrepreneur, you simply can't do it on your own. This is a nonnegotiable!"

"Time management is reactive, whereas time strategy is proactive."

"Your company culture is the internal foundation on which everything in your business builds."

"Time cannot be managed. It's going to pass you by, whether or not you are trying to manage it."

"Your ideal customer should be attracted to the brand that rests on the fabulous culture youcreated, but they don't have to share your personal interests or have the same lifestyle you do."

"If your culture is how you do business internally, your brand is what people believe about you externally."

"Most people like to talk about themselves, so get them going and you'll make new friends quickly!"

"Just do you. The right people and opportunities will be drawn to that."

"All businesses begin and end with their company culture."

"A Bombshell commands attention for her business with a strong culture, consistent branding, and simple, no-to-low cost marketing."

"Values are the measuring stick for howyou make decisions in business: goal setting, employee conduct, recognition, discipline-everything."