http://blog.hatchnetwork.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 13 May 2010 19:39:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/seven-and-under/7-marketing-related-decisions-you-can-make-in-under-an-hour http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/seven-and-under/7-marketing-related-decisions-you-can-make-in-under-an-hour#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 19:39:01 +0000 Alison Covarrubias http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/?p=246 Marketing steps are easy. What is hard is making the decision to take one in any particular direction. Here are 7 quick decisions you can make that will help you move your marketing plans forward.

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]]> http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/seven-and-under/you-know-youre-an-entrepreneur-if/feed 6 http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/seven-and-under/yosemite-transformation-and-what-to-do-when-you-lose-your-laptop-on-a-train http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/seven-and-under/yosemite-transformation-and-what-to-do-when-you-lose-your-laptop-on-a-train#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:33:59 +0000 Alison Covarrubias http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/?p=152 On Friday, March 26th, 15 women entrepreneurs and creative professionals embarked on a journey to Yosemite National Park to get some fresh air, be inspired, and to have whatever was "meant" to happen so that they might go forward in business and in life with a renewed energy and focused direction. I'm [...]

]]> http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/seven-and-under/yosemite-transformation-and-what-to-do-when-you-lose-your-laptop-on-a-train/feed 6 http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/hatch-network-favorite/overcoming-fear-an-interview-with-espree-devora-passionate-entrepreneur http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/hatch-network-favorite/overcoming-fear-an-interview-with-espree-devora-passionate-entrepreneur#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:20:38 +0000 Claire Fontana http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/?p=85 I have been chatting with my friend, Astia classmate, and fellow entrepreneur Espree Devora, founder of ZexSports.com and Women In Action Sports, about this new year and what's in store for us. Espree is a badass, plain and simple. She's happy as long as she gets to do what she loves every day. I aspire [...]

]]> http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/hatch-network-favorite/overcoming-fear-an-interview-with-espree-devora-passionate-entrepreneur/feed 5 http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/seven-and-under/how-i-was-able-to-write-a-business-plan-without-crying http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/seven-and-under/how-i-was-able-to-write-a-business-plan-without-crying#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:02:31 +0000 Claire Fontana http://blog.hatchnetwork.com/?p=76 What is it about writing a business plan that is so frightening? How I was able to change my frame of mind, and write a business plan that just might get me funded. So, I've been writing a business plan for Hatch Network for the past week. We've been talking about writing a new one, since [...]

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