What does it take to build an honest brand? Even though I’m currently in the fashion field (you can see my Mimu Maxi line here), I do have a background in marketing, and I even love marketing more than fashion (but don’t tell anyone!). That’s because marketing has to do with people, and people has…
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How She Does It: Between Carpools Chats with Mica Soffer, Publisher of COLLive.com
Q: First, can you tell us a little bit about your “work life” and your “home life.” At work, I’m the publisher and editor of COLlive.com, a Jewish media outlet which provides news of the Chabad community worldwide, as well as news of interest to the Orthodox Jewish community. More than a news source, it…
How One Working Mom Gets It Done
Peak into one day in the life of Nurse Practitioner, Mom of Two, and Food Blogger Shushy Turin to learn how she squeezes that sourdough into her busy day. The question I get asked most frequently is, “How do you find time to do what you do?” I get asked this question more than, “What…
17 Instagram Tips for Your Business
How to gain followers and marketing your product or service effectively on Instagram We grew our instagram organically. Slow and steady. And over the year people have asked us. How did you do it? How are you gaining about 1k followers a month? Post your own content, quality content, and if you repost tag…
Go Get ‘Em: Between Carpools Chats with Rivka Ravitz, the Chief of Staff to the Israeli President Reuven Rivlin
Go Get ‘Em is A Series of Conversations with Inspiring Entrepreneurial Jewish Women. And while Rivka Ravitz isn’t a business owner, she’s a highly accomplished woman with an incredible amount of energy who has managed to balance a political career with raising a large family. Q: First, can you tell us a little bit about…
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We’re going to keep you posted on that latest little details. Chat with us, even submit your own questions below! Which book is currently on your night table? Renee: The Beck Diet Solution (Chanukah just ended. So yeah. Life) and Sweet by Ottolenghi. So I can dream of cake while I diet. Leah: I…
It’s Been One Year: How Between Carpools Affected Our Lives
We didn’t imagine we’d learn so much from our friends (and guests!). Since Between Carpools launched one year ago, we’ve all learned so many tips and tricks from both each other and from you. Fellow BCPers have recommended products which we’ve found to be so useful, and we’ve been awed by the expertise of so…
Is accounting a good profession for a jewish woman?
Q and A with D.B., an APS alumnus from 2015 Q: Is a Masters in Accounting a good choice for women? Accounting offers flexible hours with varying options within the field. Accountants are needed in companies everywhere so it is easy to find a job near home. Additionally, accounting firms allow their employees…
How She Does It: Between Carpools Chats with The Anelis Group’s Elisheva Perlman
Q: First, can you tell us a little bit about your “work life” and your “home life.” Ah. I wish the AND actually existed. Currently the two are very much interwoven where I try to be a mommy first and an entrepreneur second. But I can’t say the two don’t cross over into one…
A Look Behind the Scenes at the Between Carpools (Literally!) Team
So, do you think we chose the right name? So how do we do it? Like everything else, Between Carpools. We really needed to discuss a couple of pressing issues regarding upcoming posts. What time would everyone be available? We’d need to fit in a conference call somewhere between 12 and…