4 Years Down as an Entrepreneur, and I’m Still Up
I am more clear on my vision for my business and exactly how I want it to run and what I want to do.
Entries by Summer Owens
20 Years Later. 4 Lessons Learned as a Teen Mom High School Graduate.
May 23, 1997 marked the end of my high school career and the beginning of my adult life. I was armed with a high school diploma…and a two-year old son. I had no idea that what had been the hardest part of my life up to that point would define me as a woman, establish […]
The Hardest Job I Never Applied For
When I was 15, I got a new job. The summer before I had worked at a summer camp cleaning bathrooms and kitchenettes on a college campus for a summer program. I think the kids participating were my age. I wasn’t really old enough to work, but they hired us at 14 to do something […]
5 Lessons Learned from Losing Two Friends Under 40
At this moment, I am 19 days from my 38th birthday and a little more than two years from my 40th birthday. I pray that I will be blessed to see it on May 22nd because two of my friends did not. Last weekend I had the sad occasion of attending the funeral of my […]
Collaborating. Not Competing. Women Celebrating Women.
I am a woman, hear me roar. Women are strong when we want to be weak. We laugh when we want to cry. Sometimes we cry (or even laugh) when we want to run away. We are mothers, wives, sisters, and friends. Also, we are caregivers to our children, our parents, and our spouses. And […]
My Crazy Journey to Entrepreneurship
I call myself the Accidental Entrepreneur.
She’s 95 and Fine! Celebrating My Grandma
If I’m blessed to see 95, I want to be exactly like her.
5 Simple Ways to Support an Entrepreneur You Love (or at least Like)
But I like to assume the best and that generally, people want to support us crazy entrepreneurs but don’t always know how.
You Can’t Unthrow the Pebble
Too often, we don’t truly assess the situation, ask people closer to the situation their perspective or insight, and we toss our pebble not considering the waves that will be created. Too often we toss a pebble of insult or lack of support and don’t realize or perhaps don’t even care that ten ripples out, we’ve created a disaster.
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