Women Business Owners – Stand Up and Be Recognized!
It's about time women are recognized for their contribution to businesses big and small. Check out what I think about amazing women business owners! Read story
BASEMENT TO BOARDROOM 
Janine Popick
8 Places To Find Advocates for Your Business
Your business has customers who love you and who love to talk about you. Now it's time to locate those people who love to shout from the mountain tops about ... Read story
My Company Has Been an Inc. 500|5000 Winner 5 Years in a Row!
How winning and marketing awards can help your business grow. Read story
CEOs Have More Clients Than Anyone
Trying to make everyone happy - from employees to customers - is a tough job, but someone's gotta do it. This article takes a look at all the different types... Read story
Managing Your Inbox
So your inbox runneth over with emails. How do you manage to get through it all? For busy CEOs and executives it all comes down to sorting and prioritizing ... Read story
The Importance of Goal Setting
Your employees would love to know what they can do to not only be successful themselves, but to help the company succeed. The top goals are usually around re... Read story
9 Things I Learned In 9 Years as a CEO – Part 2
This post is about the final four lessons I learned throughout 9 years leading VerticalResponse. Areas covered include core values, training and loving what ... Read story
9 Things I Learned In 9 Years as a CEO – Part 1
This two-part post is about the 9 things I've learned leading a growing business for the past 9 years. These lessons might help you ease over your own bumps,... Read story
Angry Customers: Kill 'Em With Kindness
We’ve learned something over the course of 9 years at VerticalResponse: killing people with kindness will get you everywhere. Here are 3 examples that have... Read story
How Respecting Competition Wins Business
What should you say when a prospective customer asks, "How are you different from your competition?" Read story
A Woman in Tech Speaks Out
I run a high tech company in a fiercely male-dominated industry. And even though I accept it, it can be pretty lonely. So I wondered, is it just my imagin... Read story
How to Deal with Bitchy Co-Workers
There, I said it. I've even used the B-word on my own occasionally. And I'm not talking about using it when it comes to ambitious, driven women, I'm talki... Read story
GrowCo.: How to Finance Anything
All good ideas for how to fund a company. Read story
More from GrowCo.: How to Pitch Your Business to Investors
I was sitting in the "How to Finance Anything" session last week at GrowCo listening to Andy Craig, author of Read story
GrowCo.: 5 Sales Myths of Fast Growth Organizations
I'm listening intently at this GrowCo. session to Tom Searcy, founder of Hunt Big Sales , and co-aut... Read story
GrowCo.: Growth by Involvement at Amy's Ice Creams
I'm at the Inc. GrowCo. conference here in Orlando. What an exciting group of small businesses and what an amazing ... Read story
George Foreman Kicks Off Inc. GrowCo. Conference
I'm here at Inc.'s GrowCo. Conference where over 400 small business owners have convened to network with other business owners, listen to some great speak... Read story
Winter Olympics, Incorporated
I am intently watching the Olympics this year and it occurred to me, these brave and strong young people represent a business, the business of the Olympic... Read story
The Power of Saying "I Don't Know"
Imagine six business colleagues in a meeting and the leader of the meeting says: "Did everyone get the TPS report?" Everyone in the room nods. If you have... Read story
Miss Universe on Women in the Workplace
I spend a lot of time thinking about running my business, VerticalResponse as a CEO, but not a ton of time ... Read story
Small Businesses Speak Out on Healthcare
There's been a lot of talk in the news about how important the small business community is to the economy as they are the source of 65 percent of all new ... Read story
The Best and Worst of Female Bosses
I don't know what kind of boss I am at VerticalResponse—you'd have to ask my staff about that. I think they'd say I'm fair, fun, I like to cut to th... Read story
How Training Employees Can Boost Sales
When I started VerticalResponse we had just four employees. With such a tight knit group there wasn't really a need for company or product training. We a... Read story
Inc. 500 Conference: Stay Small or Go Big?
Last week I was at the Inc. 500 Conference listening to Doug Tatum, CEO of Tatum LLC, an executive services consulting firm. He's also the author of ... Read story
Inc. 500 Conference: How to Get Your Message Right
Last week I was at the Inc. 500 Conference and caught a session with Michael Sheehan, CEO of Sheehan Associate... Read story
Inc. 500 Conference: Small Beginnings, Big Dreams
Last week, I heard Jill Blashack Strahan, CEO of Tastefully Simple, speak on the main stage at the Inc. 500 Conference. Today Tastefully Simple is a $140 ... Read story
Being Strategic: Live from the Inc. 500
I'm at the Inc. 500 Conference, America's leading conference for entrepreneurs. I'm at a seminar listening to speaker Erika Andersen who is the CEO of Pro... Read story
The Business Chef: Gordon Ramsay
I'll admit it, I love watching any TV show with Gordon Ramsay in it, but "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" is my current favorite. He's the antithesis of the ... Read story
I'm an Inc. 500|5000 CEO!
I'm really proud that for the 4th year in a row, VerticalResponse has made... Read story
Breaking Up…With Customers
Here at VerticalResponse , because of the nature of our low-cost, Read story
Leadership Tactics: Brute Force vs. Consensus
I was watching one of my favorite movies, The Bourne Ultimatum starring Matt Damon. I think I probably have seen this movie about 10 times and no... Read story
When Business Gets Emotional
I have been in countless business situations and discussions where emotions tend to take over and we end up harboring some sort of resentment towards the ... Read story
Dealing with Office Gender Dynamics
It doesn't matter if you're in fashion or you're in law, working in an environment where there are a lot of women can be either really fun, or an incredib... Read story
It’s OK to Run a Company Without an MBA
I've met many women who are truly amazing leaders. I've followed many women who are top-notch and have amazing degrees. One of my best friends has a Maste... Read story
It’s OK to Run a Company Without an MBA
I've met many women who are truly amazing leaders. I've followed many women who are top-notch and have amazing degrees. One of my best friends has a Maste... Read story
The Power of the Apology
I've worked for a bunch of companies spanning from New York to the Bay Area, both large and small. I have noticed in all of these companies that women apo... Read story
A Mother's Day Tribute to Women in Business
Earlier this year, my company VerticalResponse signed on as the lead sponsor for StartupNation's "Read story
Use Your Words: Is it OK to Swear at Work?
Economy got you pulling your hair out, or feeling like you want to scream expletives at work? Well, why not bring on a little swearing at the office? It m... Read story
Business Development – Is it A Boy’s Club?
I have to admit, sometimes it's hard writing about situations that speak to women in business because I don't always think "like a woman." I think "like a... Read story
Smart Spending Tips
Since we've seen the markets go crazy for weeks, it's due time to take a closer look at how we can shave to save. Every little bit helps, especially in a ... Read story
