Dealing with Idea Theft and Rip Offs

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Angelique Abare | 1 comment

It's one of the most frustrating feelings: you're browsing the inter-webs and suddenly you see a product that is eerily similar to one of your products.  This is infuriating on so many levels; seeing an idea you have spent years prototyping, testing, refining, and polishing, now being offered by someone else, in an inevitably crappier version.  

 

 

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Taking Time Off - How I Find Rest as a Solopreneaur

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Angelique Abare | 0 comments

Finding work & life balance is difficult for all of us - whether you are running your own biz, working at a start-up, or crushing it at a corporate entity; there is always an endless list of things to accomplish, and half as much time to get it all done.

I want to share with you a few of my tricks at finding balance, setting boundaries, and cutting myself some slack.

 Taking Time Off - work life balance for small business owners

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Around the Studio - April

Posted on May 08, 2016 by Angelique Abare | 0 comments

As predicted, April has flown by, where it went, and why it went so quickly, is a mystery to me.
Here's a look around the studio from April-

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