Did you miss the beginning of this story and my mistake n. 1? Here you can read about it. Today the story continues…. I had so many business ideas in that period. And what was I doing with them? I was just thinking about them. I still remember how many nights I spent considering all […]
From today and for the next few weeks, I will share with you the most important mistakes I have done since I started looking for a business idea until this very moment (Our Swiss Business is about to turn 3 years old). Why? Because they taught me more than 100 business books. By sharing them […]
The Move Forward Women’s Brainstorming is over. A lot has happened last Saturday inside the minds of the participants. For example, Csilla has decided to start her own blog. To celebrate, I asked her to write a blog post for Our Swiss Business community and describe how she experienced the brainstorming. Here it is… enjoy! […]
This morning, during the “5 minutes with Gretel” live video on my Facebook page, I asked my interviewee, Ariane Leanza Heinz, what to do when you feel stuck and you cannot decide how to move forward. Ariane shared her tips with us and I could not agree more: Get your confusion on paper Write down […]
Over the last couple of centuries, while the western cultures were very busy implementing the concept of capitalism and living in the illusion that money brings happiness, the Japanese culture had already understood that happiness consists of finding your life purpose and living according to it. The Japanese term ikigai is composed of two Japanese […]
Last week, I shared with you an exercise (a four pieces puzzle) to help you find your “calling”. I want to stress once again that this is just the first step in creating a sustainable business. The second step is to create business ideas based on your passion. The third step is to evaluate whether […]
In my last blog post, I introduced the 4 steps that you need to take in order to create a business that you love: Identify your passion or your calling Come up with some business ideas based on your passion or calling Evaluate the business potential of your idea, and eventually choose among different ideas […]
There are thousands of books, videos, TED talks and blogs about why you should follow your passion or life purpose in your profession and how you can actually do it. A couple of excellent examples are Steve Jobs’s talk at Stanford Commencement and Scott Dinsmore’s TED talk “How to find work you love” (Scott Dinsmore […]
Being proud of and enthusiastic about my profession has always been very important to me. I could never imagine doing a job just to earn a salary, unless in emergencies. And I could never imagine a life without a profession. After moving to Switzerland, for the first time I faced a difficult reality: I realized […]
Yes, it has just happened to me, and, I think, this is one of the biggest challenge an entrepreneur can face. After about a year and a half since I decided to pursue what I love, after working hard to implement my initial idea and to adapt it along the way, while I was working […]
When I first thought about doing a beta-test of my new online course “From Your Passion to Your Business”, I wasn’t sure it was the right thing to do. I knew this process would have taken at least a month, I had no idea about the quality of the feedback I could receive from people […]
On Sunday, 29.01.2017 the third Our Swiss Business brainstorming event took place in Zurich. The three participants (2 from Italy, one from the UK) were at the initial stages of business development: either working towards business launch, or trying to get to the “next level” with their business after one or two years. Why did […]
Yesterday, Friday 13.01.2017, was an important day for me. I decided to go through the experience of a “Mastermind Day” for women in business. What is it? Well, it’s very similar to the brainstorming events that I organize. I joined it for two main reasons: I wanted to experience what it means to be in […]
With our recent brainstorming event, Our Swiss Business planted the first seeds in the Zurich area. If you wonder what you missed just read ahead. Following the call to “Create your Dream Job”, eight curious and brave ladies representing the countries of Mongolia, Italy, China, Mexico, Colombia, Finland/Palestine, Switzerland, and Poland/Germany joined us on a Saturday for some […]
We want you to benefit as much as possible from the brainstorming events, we want you to achieve your objectives! This is why we have a whole team supporting you, a team made of professionals in different areas. Here we are: Gretel is the founder of Our Swiss Business and is active as community manager, brainstorming […]
If you would like to start your own business, but you are unsure WHAT exactly to do: REGISTER NOW to the business ideas brainstorming event (Zurich, 29.10.2016) and find – or refine – a cool business idea, which is right for you! If your business is surviving, but you would like it to blossom, REGISTER NOW to the […]
It has been a while since I wrote my last article about “How can brainstorming help your business?” I have been thinking for quite some time about the next business-related topic that could be interesting for you, but today I decided to talk about something different. This is not business-related, it is human-related, although it […]
Dear ladies, here we are with Our Swiss Business third newsletter! What has happened in the last few weeks? Our Swiss Business hosted its first Brainstorming event on 11.06 in Bern and I am proud to say that it was very successful. Seven women originally coming from seven countries distributed in four continents (Australia, Germany, […]
In the last article, we talked about ways to generate ideas for your business and we mentioned brainstorming as one powerful method. This time we would like to better analyse the multiple benefits of brainstorming. We start with a simple question: what is brainstorming? There are multiple definitions, but we particularly like this one: “Brainstorming […]
Dear ladies, You are about to discover what we have been cooking in April, which will be ready to enjoy in the next few weeks. We had a stand at the Women’s Expo on 10th April, which was very well attended by interested (and very interesting!) women. A lot of curiosity about each other, questions […]
What is the “golden rule” for generating good business ideas? Identify a need and a way to fulfill it. Hence, the key question you need to ask yourself is “is there something that some people need (although they might not know it yet) to make their lives easier / happier?” The world is full of […]
Dear Businesswomen-to-be, March has been a positive month for Our Swiss Business, despite a reduced activity due to the longest flu I have ever had in my life… This month’s highlight has been Our Swiss Business first official event, held in Bern on 31.03.2016. The event, called “Become a Smiler:-) Take Action!!” has been attended […]
Many people think, at least once in their life, they could start a business. Very few actually do it. There are many reasons why this happens, but the most important one is FEAR. People fear they cannot come up with a successful idea, or they are afraid of taking risks, or they are unsure about […]
Dear Businesswomen-to-be, Today we celebrate the first month since Our Swiss Business went online (02.02.2016)!! I am happy about what we have achieved thus far and I would like to thank you for contributing to it. The biggest effort in this first phase is spreading the word out there about Our Swiss Business and reaching […]
“BASTA” is the Italian word to say “that’s enough!”, “stop it!”, “I can’t stand this anymore!!” If you have ever said this word (translated in your own language) in relation to your professional situation (unemployed? underemployed? unsatisfied? unhappy?), then come to our casual and funny event. I will tell you how you can change the original meaning […]
We are among the exhibitors at the Women’s Expo Switzerland 2016, which will take place on 10. April in Zürich. Click here for more info on the Women’s Expo. Want to receive these news on your email account? Subscribe!
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