Keep Your Business Afloat For Free by guest blogger Jake French

The dream of creating value for clients based on your unique talents and expertise is at risk of failing if you don’t prepare yourself. Arguably the single most valuable tool for a solopreneur to possess is a highly focused “can do” mentality. Lucky for you there is a special on attitudes this week at www.JakeFrenchInspires.com, Read More …

Upcoming events!

Happy Friday everyone! We hope you’re all set to enjoy your weekend—but if you’re already looking forward to next week, we wanted to let you know about two exciting events. Free Symposium at the PCC CLIMB Center On Tuesday April 9th, Jackie will be presenting a FREE Better Smarter Richer symposium at the Portland Community Read More …

Four Reasons for Baby Boomers to Consider Solopreneurship

This is an exciting week for Better, Smarter, Richer!  We’re thrilled to announce that Jackie B. Peterson is about to head to Chicago to attend this year’s Aging in America Conference, where she’ll share her wisdom for Encore Entrepreneurs. Every year, the annual conference of the American Society on Aging brings together exciting content, new Read More …

What do you REALLY want to DO? by guest blogger Fay Putnam

Fay Putnam teaches her students how to communicate with authenticity, becoming more confident, inspired and inspiring. A video I saw online this morning gave me pause. The narrator was asking the question, “what would you really want to do, if $ were no object?” As this question comes up concerning our career choices, how many Read More …

Jackie highlighted on BoomerPDX.com

“Call her a change agent, a fan of success. Call her a professor, a guide through dark waters.  Or call her the author of Better, Smarter, Richer and you’ll be fine.” Who comes to mind when you read this? That’s right: Jackie B. Peterson. BoomerPDX blogger David Gillaspie sang Jackie’s praises on a recent post.  “Think Read More …

Brand new Better, Smarter, Richer online course!

As a solo, encore, or creative entrepreneur – writer, photographer, web designer, financial planner, artist, or massage therapist – YOU are the business. That’s why traditional business advice won’t work for you. Jackie B. Peterson, a creative thinker and solopreneur herself, saw the need for a new kind of business advice, so she wrote a Read More …

7 Reasons to Join the Better, Smarter, Richer Study Group for Solopreneurs

Our Better, Smarter, Richer Study Group could be defined as:  A highly intelligent group which plans and directs a complex or difficult project.  This Better, Smarter, Richer study group is a focused group of solopreneurs and creative entrepreneurs that are serious about taking their business to the next level: professionally, financially and globally.  Here are Read More …

Top 10 Things You Can Do To Claim Your Mastery

Becoming an expert in a focused area of your “deep and narrow niche” is a critical element in achieving your success as a solo. So how can you become an expert?  Here are 10 things you can do: Commit to your area of expertise. Begin to read about that particular area. Join chat groups and Read More …

Richard Pelletier of “Five Cool Things” writes for Better, Smarter, Richer

  Richard Pelletier, writer/photographer extraordinaire, contributes a moving guest blog.  (Warning…. you may need a tissue.)  Thank you Richard, what a beautiful tribute to CREATIVES!!…………. Some years ago, I had the very great honor to meet Kim Phuc, who is widely known as the “Girl in the Picture.” Kim is the little girl who was photographed Read More …