If you're anything like me, you've seen a thousand posts floating around Facebook asking for recommendations for your favorite small/local businesses which is really what inspired me here. I recently wrote this on my own personal Facebook in an effort to garner suggestions for great gift options:

Something really magical happened this week. I don't know if it was just me that felt it or if the  reach was farther. But it touched me on such a deep level I hope I never forget this feeling.

I attended Cvent's annual conference. Which I've done many times before (I think this might have been my 7th??). For reference, Cvent is a meeting registration software... the software on which I launched my consulting business 3.5 years ago (helping people with said software).

This week started out a little slow and honestly I was quite sleepy from the time I arrived. The first 24 hours I remember saying I wasn't really "feeling it" this year. Something was off.

But this year I had the extreme honor of doing a panel discussion with a few ladies I hand picked to be on the panel with me. The idea came up last year at the conference as a sort of showcase of badass women in tech. A year ago I had no idea what this week would BE or feel like.

Hi you! I'm so proud you're reading this right now. That means you've sought out a resource to help you start a business which I find INCREDIBLY exciting!!
​So let's dive in to a couple of things I picked up as I started my business, shall we?