Want a Dreamy Summer? Start with a Vision Board

While I typically think of Vision Boards in January, I decided to create one with my kids (ages 3, 5, 9) just for SUMMER because Summer usually  slips by before we get to some of our favorite activities or we’re trying to cram them in all at th e end. This year we wanted to create the Most MAGICAL Summer EVER so we created a poster with all of our dreams. I loved how they found photos they liked that represented their ideas and interests (who doesn’t want a rice krispie treat now and then?). I added two photos, the one of the serenity garden to remind me that we needed some meditation and quiet time in nature as well as the fun. Read more

Gratitude: Retreat was “Sparkly”, Startup Princess Tweetworks Group Launched Plus! Links to Attendees’ Posts

I loved reading Design Mom, Gabrielle Blair’s recent Twitter about the Retreat…she said it was “Sparkly” and yes, indeed it was. “Sparkly” that’s exactly how you SHOULD describe Startup Princesses and Fairy Godmothers. You’re all so darn brilliant, beautiful, and light truly radiates from you. And “Sparkly” of course is a great descriptor because of all the magic wands flashing about (and Gwen Bell’s wings (which she wore the entire weekend!), the awesome connections made and the valuable content shared. I’ve been contemplating really, truly, how could I even attempt to sum it up? Hmm…How about “Sparkly Awesome?”

For me, personally and for Startup Princess it was a wish come true to have talented, wonderful women I love and admire from all over the country join together for a retreat all about internet marketing with first rate nationally-known presenters ( Holly Buchanan, Design Mom-Gabrielle Blair, Barbara Jones, Gwen Bell , Janet Meiners Thaeler. The retreat was filled with super cutting edge content and I left rethinking a lot of my online marketing and with many ideas for immediate implementation and above all the thought CREATE MORE RETREATS.

The first “a-ha moment” emerged from Gwen Bell and Gabrielle Blair’s suggestion that we Twitter the event. I really didn’t know how to do this before in an event setting. They taught everyone the first night and we created the #princess group on twitter (you can go back and read 22 pages of content), we started “trending” which is when your group is spotlighted/featured and then as a complete surprise, Kirtsy generously offered to sponsor internet for everyone…thank you Kirtsy! It really changed the dynamics of the event to have everyone online and Twittering and we now have many new Startup Princesses on Twitter connecting, so much that we now have a TweetWorks group. This group will be what we all make it…there’s about 13 or so participating now there so join in when you can and say hello.

If You’re on Twitter (if not, join for free)!

Please Join the conversation – http://tweetworks.com/groups/view/StartupPrincess Read more

Chin Up. Move On. Great Advice, but How?

I admit it, I enjoyed a pity party for a couple of days. Being disappointed that I didn’t win the title of Mrs. Utah (I was 1st Runner Up) was a reality I wasn’t prepared for. Not that I thought I was better Read more

Motherhood & Business: You’re More Prepared than You Might Think!

Staying home and taking care of the kids is a tough job, but for many families it is also tough on the finances. For others who can perhaps afford to stay home, Read more

Welcome to Start Up Princess

Welcome friends and Start Up Princesses to the first ever blog by Kelly King Anderson. It really is rather exciting. I feel so fortunate to discover the useful tool of sharing information through blogging. I have to admit for any skeptics out there that I also was skeptical about blogging. Really, it is a bit arrogant to assume that anything one would write would be useful to another, but, since reading some humble and very powerful, helpful blogs by www.PaulAllen.net and others, I have decided to join the ranks!

Start Up Princess blog theme:
1. Sharing useful tips and hints (that I lovingly call magic wands) for women entrepreneurs, but not exclusively.
2. Recognizing that everything I have, all successes, all contacts, all progress in my journey of life, is because of the blessings I’ve received. Every good idea I have ever had has come from God.

Beyond the blog: This site (www.StartupPrincess.com) will be more than just about “Me” and my adventures in getting “My company” off the ground. I am very committed to helping other women entrepreneurs with big dreams make them happen. I knew when I was inspired to create this site that there was an opportunity for women to learn from each other, help each other and to share ideas so that we can all succeed!

What is Start Up Princess?

Start Up Princess began as an idea for a blog, and then quickly grew into a concept for a women’s entrepreneurial organization. There will be Networking Tea Parties (lunches), Fairy Godmothers (mentors), Start Up Princess profiles for women to search and find other women entrepreneurs and get inspired from each other’s ideas and successes. As the organization grows, this website will serve as a hub for women to post comments and connect with one another from around the world. As I realized that in my very own circle of friends, I had 4 dear friends who were women entrepreneurs and that I knew at least 2 dozen more, I knew that this little idea would grow over night into a major force for good. I’m so thrilled to be involved with the generation of it!

Objectives of www.StartupPrincess.com:
1. Create a site for women entrepreneurs everywhere to network, learn, share, and mentor one another.
2. Offer helpful resources and materials in one central location that will aid women entrepreneurs in starting or continuing their venture
3. Empower women to recognize that they have the power within themselves, as they are a “Princess” of their world, to make their dreams a reality through hard work, networking, and following inspiration.

Today’s Magic Wand:

“Hope” is defined:

1. To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.
2. Archaic. To have confidence; trust.

I included this definition of hope because for several months I have been thinking and studying the root of the word, and developing my perfect brightness of hope. I know that to start any business that we must develop hope that it will come to pass, that through all of the seemingly difficult days of writing that business plan, setting up the LLC (I had that lovely task yesterday), or balancing carpool with a work crisis, that we have to stay focused on the objective and keep at it each day. I am struggling with getting my business funded at the moment, I am trying to see it as an excellent opportunity to get hope more deeply rooted within. I am trying to be persistent because I trust God and expect that it will happen, it is a matter of when, not if.

Kelly King Anderson