I want to let everyone know that I have been a bit out of pocket for the past month. My sister passed away and it has kept me a little off track. We were not as close as some, but it was still a bid deal to me. I just wanted to let you all know that I will be more engaged going forward and to apologize for my consistent absence for the last few weeks. Thanks for your patience. Steady on ahead. Julie

Yay - you made it! Please introduce yourself- we’re just getting started and I’m hoping this new community proves to be helpful for building new connections and peer learning / sharing. Thanks for joining. We will be adding content daily to provide real-world tools and strategies to help you get started with a new business or to scale and manage an existing business. NOTE that you can choose topics in the top line with buttons, so you don't have to look at ALL messages :) I encourage you to participate, share you own ideas and insights. This is a community, and varied voices and perspectives are extremely important. I will do my best to keep this group active and worth your time. I hope you enjoy this experience!