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Mayra Jimenez always believed real change could be made with small steps. In 2007 she and her husband founded The Orchid Boutique, specializing in designer swimwear made in their native Colombia. Today Orchid Boutique is a multi-million dollar company with both online and brick-and-mortar stores, and Colombia is gradually becoming known for exports other than coffee and cocaine. The Orchid Boutique has been featured in InStyle, PeopleStyleWatch, Lucky, Fitness, Women’s Health, Southern Living, Miami Herald, and more.


A Little Crazy, a Little Fun: Building the Right Company Culture

You can't position your company as cutting-edge if your employees think it's run-of-the-mill. How we're giving our company culture a boost.  Read story

How to Win When You're the Underdog

Yes, size matters. But it's not the only thing. An ecommerce entrepreneur shows how to compete when you're outmanned and out-spent.  Read story

How Not To Get Duped by a Consultant

We learned the hard way how not to hire a digital marketing agency. What you can gain from our mistakes.  Read story

Choose a Great Name for Your Company: 3 Tips

We thought we had a great name and logo for our company. But we made three simple--and costly--mistakes.  Read story

Give Your Business A Great Story

A business idea is only as good as its story. Make your story great, and you'll be on the fast-track to success.  Read story

Can Women Entrepreneurs Have It All?

OnOne female entrepreneur decides that babies and start-ups are incompatible, at least at the same time. Now she'd like to hear your views.  Read story

Why It's Lonely at the Top--and What To Do About It

Even success comes with its share of challenges. How to prepare for, and face them.  Read story

3 Ways to Deal With Disaster

Here's how a veteran entrepreneur keeps from going bonkers when absolutely everything seems to go wrong.  Read story

4 Signs of a True Entrepreneur

If you don't have these four traits, maybe you weren't born to change the world after all.  Read story

Stop Overworking & Start Leading

Are you hurting your company by being an overwhelmed leader? Here are the benefits to trusting your employees with more.  Read story

Til Death (or the Company) Do Us Part: Working with Your Spouse

Yes, you can work with your spouse -- and survive it.  Read story

Staying Sane Amidst Insanity: 5 Tips

As our business grows, I just seem to get busier and busier. Here's how I keep it together.  Read story

5 Secrets to Hiring Employees Who Last

You have to approach hiring as carefully and unemotionally as you would any other long-term investment. Here's how I do it.  Read story

5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Moving Your Company

We moved our online retailer to Miami to be closer to our customer base. It seemed fairly easy. Little did we know.  Read story

Are You Asking Too Much of Your Best Employees?

They work like demons and never complain, and that's exactly the problem. Here's how to push your best people ahead without pushing them out the door.  Read story

A Gen-Xer's Rant: What's Wrong with My Millennial Employees?

Doesn't anyone under 30 want to work? One Gen-X business owner laments an all-too-common workplace generation gap.  Read story