PRE-ORDER NOW: The new Starter Cards deck called BUILD YOUR BRAND WITH SOCIAL MEDIA gives you all the basics, all in one place. These 52 cards walk you through the process –from joining social networks to writing your own blog – by breaking it down into manageable steps that even an aging Boomer can handle. Before you know it, you’ll be tweeting and friending and blogging like a pro. To reserve your deck, send an email to info@startercards.com with SOCIAL in the subject line. (The price will be $24.95.) We’ll shoot an email back to you when the decks are in, which should be sometime in August.
Ready to be an entrepreneur? You might want to have the START YOUR OWN COMPANY deck of Starter Cards, which walk you through the process, one step at a time. The cards are divided into the three phases of building and running a company: VISION, LAUNCH and FOLLOW THROUGH, marked by significant MILESTONE cards along the way.
“Starter Cards are based on the 3″x5″ index cards I used to start my first company, but without my bad handwriting. They can make getting your company off the ground both easier and quicker. Sort of like walking on one of those moving sidewalks at the airport.” — Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin

$24.95: Get the Start Your Own Company deck from StarterCards for help launching or running a business. The deck takes the huge undertaking of building a small business and breaks the process down into 52 manageable steps, one step per card.
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HELL YES! TWO LITTLE WORDS FOR A SIMPLER, HAPPIER LIFE by Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin
Are you overcommitted and overwhelmed? Before you put one more thing on your calendar, before you agree to take on another project, even before you eat something, ask yourself one simple question: Is it a Hell Yes? If not, then let your answer be Hell No. Get the book on Amazon.
HOW TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS LIKE A GIRL by Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin
A woman’s management style tends to be different from a man’s. Not better, not worse; just different. Get an insider’s view of women-owned companies all over the country and in all sorts of industries. This is not the stuff you learn in Business 101, but the kind of things these women would tell you about their companies over a long lunch. With wine. Available on Amazon.
BEACH WISDOM: LIFE LESSONS FROM THE OCEAN
The beach has the power to restore us to ourselves. A day spent watching the waves or a long walk along the water’s edge can bring us back to our center and remind us of the wisdom that resides within us all the time. Available on Amazon.
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