I started it recently and it's connected to Signature Accents, home of "City Scarves". I wanted to start the dialogue of celebrating our local heroes as well as hearing what people have ot say about the cities they live in... or came from.
Check it out at http://cityinspirations.blogspot.com
To your suucess!
Maria Simone
www.mariasimone.com
www.cityscarves.com
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Maria Simone to Serve as an Empowerment Leader at Amazing Woman's Day 2008
Day long annual event attracts feminine leaders from all over the US and Canada to discuss the issues of the day and form new alliances.
Amazing Woman’s Day brings together feminine leaders in a day-long program to support women in their vision of creating a better life for themselves, their communities and the world. Contributing to this day is Maria Simone, who will join additional empowerment experts to host a series of interactive round-table discussions designed to expand a web of collaborative relationships while empowering and celebrating the individual greatness of every woman. Amazing Woman's Day 2008 is sponsored in part by Journey Circle, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to cultivating the leadership of those who seek to create a better world.
Maria Simone is Founder and CEO of Scottsdale-based Signature Accents, Inc., creators of the popular City Scarves products. In addition to her CEO role, Simone is an author and successful business development expert who helps start-ups with business planning and capital acquisition. Simone joins with women who are leaders in their field, in their company, their organizations and their community. The day presents experiential exercises that link and build on each other as women move between tables, exchange ideas, and discover answers to the questions that impact their life, work, health, family and community. Featured speakers include Women in Broadcast Media founder, Marsh Engle; transformational leader and feng shui master in the Best seller and hit movie The Secret, Marie Diamond; Jeannie Fitzsimmons of Awakened Heart, Ardice Farrow of Smart Talking Smart Thinking Women, Subhadra Bowman of Yoga Angels, and more.
Amazing Woman's Day 2008 joins together women who are leading a cultural shift in our communities, our schools, our workplace, and our quality of life. They are community leaders, heads of women’s organizations, life & career coaches, mentors, mothers and more. The voices among women’s communities and organizations will be represented:
National Association of Women Business Owners
National Association of Female Executive
Gather the Women
Women in Technology International
For You Network for Women
WomensRadio and WomensCalendar
DivineCaroline
And, more!
Amazing Woman’s Day 2008 Empowerment Leaders also include:
Joy Chudacoff, Smart Women Smart Solutions
Marcy Cole, Ph.D Psychotherapist and Coordinator, First Tuesday LA Women's group
Iswari Gonnot, Founding Member of Humanity Unites Brilliance
Carole Lieberman, M.D., Media Psychiatrist/Host of "Dr. Carole's Couch"
Pat Lynch, WomensRadio.com and WomensCalendar.org
Robbie Motter, Contacts Unlimited, American Seminar Leaders and NAFE
Sherrie Quander, Founder, Indelible Grace Ministries
Hillary Smith D.C., DHM, CCT Innovative Wellness Institute
Lauren Solomon, LS Image Associates
Marielle Solti, Awareness Studio
Kira Wagner, Global Connections Networking
Dr. Letitia S. Wright, D.C., The Wright Place TV Show
And many others
DATE: February 9, 2008
WHERE: Amazing Woman’s Day 2008 is hosted at the prestigious Skirball Cultural Center, a Los Angeles, California facility that seeks to welcome and inspire people of every ethnic and cultural identity in American life.
HISTORY: The celebration of Amazing Woman’s Day was first conceived nearly a decade ago by creative development coach and author Marsh Engle. As the activities, programs and outreach of the Amazing Woman initiative has expanded over the years, the core mission remained the same: To serve as a unifying symbol of women everywhere who wish to bring a sense of value and purpose to their life, their community and the world. It was in March, 2001 that women throughout the nation first joined to establish the Amazing Woman’s Day movement in ten cities throughout the United States. To mark the first celebration, over 1,000 inspirational speakers, well-being experts, media personalities, and authors volunteered their time to honor women from all walks of life. In 2002 the celebration grew to 50 cities nationwide. A U.S. Congressional Proclamation establishes Amazing Woman’s Day as a nationwide initiative to celebrate the ingenuity and creativity of women everywhere. Since that time, the Amazing Woman's Day movement has served to inspire thousands across the nation.
More information regarding Amazing Woman’s Day 2008 may be found by visiting: www.AmazingWomansDay2008.com.
Information about Maria Simone may be found at www.CityScarves.com and www.mariasimone.com. Contact: 415-305-2544
Amazing Woman’s Day brings together feminine leaders in a day-long program to support women in their vision of creating a better life for themselves, their communities and the world. Contributing to this day is Maria Simone, who will join additional empowerment experts to host a series of interactive round-table discussions designed to expand a web of collaborative relationships while empowering and celebrating the individual greatness of every woman. Amazing Woman's Day 2008 is sponsored in part by Journey Circle, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to cultivating the leadership of those who seek to create a better world.
Maria Simone is Founder and CEO of Scottsdale-based Signature Accents, Inc., creators of the popular City Scarves products. In addition to her CEO role, Simone is an author and successful business development expert who helps start-ups with business planning and capital acquisition. Simone joins with women who are leaders in their field, in their company, their organizations and their community. The day presents experiential exercises that link and build on each other as women move between tables, exchange ideas, and discover answers to the questions that impact their life, work, health, family and community. Featured speakers include Women in Broadcast Media founder, Marsh Engle; transformational leader and feng shui master in the Best seller and hit movie The Secret, Marie Diamond; Jeannie Fitzsimmons of Awakened Heart, Ardice Farrow of Smart Talking Smart Thinking Women, Subhadra Bowman of Yoga Angels, and more.
Amazing Woman's Day 2008 joins together women who are leading a cultural shift in our communities, our schools, our workplace, and our quality of life. They are community leaders, heads of women’s organizations, life & career coaches, mentors, mothers and more. The voices among women’s communities and organizations will be represented:
National Association of Women Business Owners
National Association of Female Executive
Gather the Women
Women in Technology International
For You Network for Women
WomensRadio and WomensCalendar
DivineCaroline
And, more!
Amazing Woman’s Day 2008 Empowerment Leaders also include:
Joy Chudacoff, Smart Women Smart Solutions
Marcy Cole, Ph.D Psychotherapist and Coordinator, First Tuesday LA Women's group
Iswari Gonnot, Founding Member of Humanity Unites Brilliance
Carole Lieberman, M.D., Media Psychiatrist/Host of "Dr. Carole's Couch"
Pat Lynch, WomensRadio.com and WomensCalendar.org
Robbie Motter, Contacts Unlimited, American Seminar Leaders and NAFE
Sherrie Quander, Founder, Indelible Grace Ministries
Hillary Smith D.C., DHM, CCT Innovative Wellness Institute
Lauren Solomon, LS Image Associates
Marielle Solti, Awareness Studio
Kira Wagner, Global Connections Networking
Dr. Letitia S. Wright, D.C., The Wright Place TV Show
And many others
DATE: February 9, 2008
WHERE: Amazing Woman’s Day 2008 is hosted at the prestigious Skirball Cultural Center, a Los Angeles, California facility that seeks to welcome and inspire people of every ethnic and cultural identity in American life.
HISTORY: The celebration of Amazing Woman’s Day was first conceived nearly a decade ago by creative development coach and author Marsh Engle. As the activities, programs and outreach of the Amazing Woman initiative has expanded over the years, the core mission remained the same: To serve as a unifying symbol of women everywhere who wish to bring a sense of value and purpose to their life, their community and the world. It was in March, 2001 that women throughout the nation first joined to establish the Amazing Woman’s Day movement in ten cities throughout the United States. To mark the first celebration, over 1,000 inspirational speakers, well-being experts, media personalities, and authors volunteered their time to honor women from all walks of life. In 2002 the celebration grew to 50 cities nationwide. A U.S. Congressional Proclamation establishes Amazing Woman’s Day as a nationwide initiative to celebrate the ingenuity and creativity of women everywhere. Since that time, the Amazing Woman's Day movement has served to inspire thousands across the nation.
More information regarding Amazing Woman’s Day 2008 may be found by visiting: www.AmazingWomansDay2008.com.
Information about Maria Simone may be found at www.CityScarves.com and www.mariasimone.com. Contact: 415-305-2544
Friday, January 4, 2008
Who To Approach During Early Stage Funding
I work with many people who are in various stages of preparing, capitalizing and launching their businesses. With regard to raising capital, I have found that spending some extra time on developing the proper foundation helps one attract the money like a magnet. Lack of preparation can make the entire capital raising process a struggle. One of the areas to focus on is to develop an active database of prospective investors. Here are some simple guidelines I recommend during this process.
1. Define who would have the most benefit from your success? This group of early investors could be family, friends or colleagues who know you and want to support your efforts from the beginning without requiring a lot of information about the business initially. Also, these people could ultimately become manufacturers or service providers to your new business so investing in you early on would assure them a place in line down the road.
2. Who could be a potential Strategic or Joint Venture Partner to your new business? Their investing early on would be likened to pre-selling your product or service. Could be a potential licensing partner as well.
3. Define who would be your ultimate customer or end-user of your product or service, and who would be emotionally connected to what you were doing? This is the next group I would focus on. For my fashion Company (www.cityscarves.com) it was typically women between the ages of 40-80 years old who loved beautiful things. For my first business, a chain of dry cleaners, people who were hotel or franchise owners that required dry cleaning services in their businesses were my early investors.
4. Look at ways to fund part of your start-up creatively through pre-selling of products and services, bartering of services, licensing deals, purchasing order financing, small regional sales tests, etc.
As you move out from your “warm market” you will be required to prove out more of your business concept but this will be easier to do with the momentum you will be building with early investors.
To Your Success!
Maria Simone
www.manifestsuccessguru.com
1. Define who would have the most benefit from your success? This group of early investors could be family, friends or colleagues who know you and want to support your efforts from the beginning without requiring a lot of information about the business initially. Also, these people could ultimately become manufacturers or service providers to your new business so investing in you early on would assure them a place in line down the road.
2. Who could be a potential Strategic or Joint Venture Partner to your new business? Their investing early on would be likened to pre-selling your product or service. Could be a potential licensing partner as well.
3. Define who would be your ultimate customer or end-user of your product or service, and who would be emotionally connected to what you were doing? This is the next group I would focus on. For my fashion Company (www.cityscarves.com) it was typically women between the ages of 40-80 years old who loved beautiful things. For my first business, a chain of dry cleaners, people who were hotel or franchise owners that required dry cleaning services in their businesses were my early investors.
4. Look at ways to fund part of your start-up creatively through pre-selling of products and services, bartering of services, licensing deals, purchasing order financing, small regional sales tests, etc.
As you move out from your “warm market” you will be required to prove out more of your business concept but this will be easier to do with the momentum you will be building with early investors.
To Your Success!
Maria Simone
www.manifestsuccessguru.com
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