by Nicole Baute | Jul 25, 2014 | Entrepreneurship
I feel awkward telling my non-business friends about my email list. I shouldn’t. I start off really enthusiastic, and then as I explain what it is and why it matters, my palms start to sweat. These are friends and family members who work in a range of...
by Nicole Baute | Jul 10, 2014 | Entrepreneurship
This isn’t supposed to be a self-help website. I never intended to write about my feelings and relationships and those messy/beautiful realizations that make us human. But after moving apartments again—the fifth time in 15 months—I’m feeling sentimental about...
by Nicole Baute | Jun 25, 2014 | Entrepreneurship
I was a bit of a dork in elementary school. Or a “browner” as the other kids put it. A browner, and a perfectionist. I was locked in ongoing competition with a guy in my class. We both ran for student council president (he won, dammit). Whenever the...
by Nicole Baute | Jun 12, 2014 | Writing
Last weekend, my partner and I packed up the car and headed due south. Straight out of British Columbia and across Washington state to Portland, Oregon. We found a ton of whimsical innovation packed into a small geographic area. Utopia. Restaurants tumbling out onto...
by Nicole Baute | May 22, 2014 | Writing
There’s something about change that throws life into sharp relief. Endings and beginnings, in particular. Packing and moving. New ventures and big life milestones. I’ve always been a little existential, but because the past 13 or so months have been...
