This month's fabulous small business owner interview features Diane N. Quintana, CPO®, CPO-CD®, Master Trainer from DNQ Solutions. Follow along and explore how she became a small business success. Take it away, Diane! Tell our audience about your business and when you started. My business name is: DNQ (my initials) Solutions, LLC. I started in 2005 in Greenwich, Connecticut. I work with people challenged by Chronic Disorganization and the Hoarding Disorder. My clients also usually have ADHD … [Read more...]
Fabulous Small Business Owner interview featuring Hazel Thornton from Organized For Life
This month's fabulous small business owner interview features Hazel Thornton from Organized For Life. She is located in New Mexico and does a variety of professional organizing services to help individuals get organized and help families leave a legacy. Take it away, Hazel! Please tell us about your business and when you started. Without warning, I got laid off from my telecommunications career of 21-1/2 years in December 2004. I was simultaneously insulted (who would want to get rid of … [Read more...]
Fabulous Small Business Owner Interview featuring Nancy Haworth from OnTask Organizing
This month's fabulous small business owner interview series features Nancy Haworth from On Task Organizing. Read more about how she made her business a success. Tell us about your business and when you started. Founded in 2012, On Task Organizing’s professional organizing services help clients to declutter, organize and simplify their lives. Services include hands-on home organizing in the Raleigh, NC area, virtual organizing elsewhere, do-it-yourself organizing consultations, time … [Read more...]
Fabulous Small Business Interview Featuring Andi Willis from Good Life Photo Solutions
This month's small business owner interview is with Andi Willis who owns Good Life Photo Solutions. She lives in Georgia and has several photo services that will help you get your photos under control. Visit her services here. I met her through an organizing bloggers group on Facebook some years ago. She is a fellow NAPO member and a high school band mom just like me! Her story is a perfect example of how a business evolves over time and how business owners acclimate to the demands of … [Read more...]
Fabulous Small Business Interview Featuring Jamie Steele
This month's Fabulous Small Business Interview features Jamie Steele who is based out of Austin Texas and is a time and productivity specialist. Come along and read about Jamie and what she learned while creating her successful business. Take it away, Jamie! 1. Tell us about your business and when you started. I started my business in 2012 and rebranded in March of 2019. I work with busy professionals in person or virtually, anywhere, to find the order in their day. Organizing time … [Read more...]
Fabulous Small Business Interview with Linda Samuels from Oh, So Organized
This month's interview is with Linda Samuels, CPO-CD® from Oh, So Organized. Linda is a Certified Professional Organizer and lives and works 30 miles north of New York City. She has been in the business for 26+ years and is a veteran organizer in several associations, like Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD) and the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals (NAPO), just to name a few. Let's read on to find out what words of wisdom Linda has for you. … [Read more...]
Fabulous Small Business Owners Interview Series Recap
The success of other small business owners shouldn't make us jealous or angry. Their success shows us that we also can succeed in whatever goals we have for our business. A business is never all successes nor is it all failures. It is like a life we have ups and downs and some flat times with no growth. If we allow ourselves to learn from other successful people, we then become open to the possibility that we can do it too. Small business owners are naturally vigilant in the process of growing … [Read more...]
Fabulous Small Business Owner Interview with Christian C Hoyt from PayUSA
This is the final interview for 2018, I hope you enjoyed this series. If you are interested in being interviewed for this series in 2019, please feel free to contact me. I worked with Christian C Hoyt from PayUSA to help a bookkeeping client converting from subcontractors to employees a few years ago and found that he was a wonderful asset to have in my arsenal "go to" people. He walked me and my client through the process of setting up payroll for her business. While I do payroll for up to … [Read more...]
Fabulous Small Business Owner Interview featuring Ilene Applebaum
This month's fabulous small business owner interview is with Ilene Applebaum who owns Positive Paws Pet Services, LLC out of Plymouth Meeting, PA. I have known Ilene since 2012 and have worked with her regularly. She genuinely cares for all the pets like they are her own and loves to help their owners with reliable pet sitting and dog walking services. Let's see what Ilene has to tell us about how she became successful in her business and what tips she has to share with us. Take it away, … [Read more...]
