I received this email from a friend gone missing from her desk. With her permish, I am sharing. Enjoy!
 
Dear Lennie, 
 
My computer was hacked this month, but I’m not worried, because the experts have predicted:
 
“Two years from now, spam will be solved.” – Bill Gates, 2004 
“The problem of viruses is temporary and will be solved in two years.” John McAfee, 1988 [...]

I couldn’t get the word Ooga out of my head. It sounded so Google, so Yahoo, but with a honk.  Instead of foolishly following my instinct, I conducted market research and asked professional women, business women’s groups, businessmen, entrepreneurs, friends and everyone I knew what they thought of the name Big Ooga. Here were my findings.  
90% of people had a strong reaction to the [...]

I asked Dave Mischler, President of Inner Circle, an expert in peer to peer business advisory groups, to share with us his top three reasons why we need each other in business. Enjoy his wisdom.
 

Top Three Reasons Why People in Business Need Each Other

1. Nobody can know it all – It is a complex world we live in today and [...]

It was an ordinary day at Ooga.  Jean Pickering sized the Big Ooga Logo on Facebook because she wanted to. My daughter sent a picture of me that landed in the Met. Melinda sent a thank you and link to a hilarious video. Ray sent a brilliant economic video that supports our work. Marcy sent an article relevant to the Revolution, Joanne sent a slew of [...]

Welcome to the Great Big Ooga Services Sale
 
We can personally endorse these wonderful companies – even blush about them. Our group mantra is Do it Right or Do it Over! So you can shop with confidence! Please feel free to connect directly with these vendors and tell them Lennie sent you!
 
 
 
Website Services
 
Professionally Designed Custom 5-page [...]

In her You Tube video interview after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Jody Williams said the secret to making a difference in the world is to get off your a#$ and do something. Betty Williams, another winner started out as a secretary.
Laureates have come from the finest schools and the most impoverished streets. They have [...]

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.  ~Don Marquis
 
Here are Three Top Tips from Fran Piekarski, President of Remedease to help you overcome procrastination.
1. Forget about being perfect and 100% sure.        
The paralyzed perfectionist waits until he/she gathers enough information to be sure they can accomplish a task perfectly. Since we can never be 100% sure or 100% perfect: preprare, proceed and adjust [...]

Susan Fignar, President of Pur*sue Inc. gives us 4 top tips in becoming new. 
 
To change you must be OPEN to change. Here are her thought provoking questions.
 

Optimistic - Do you truly believe that new people and opportunities will come your way? Do you expect positive outcomes?
 
Prepared - What action steps have you taken to reinvent, re-brand, and re-market YOU? (e.g., update [...]

Press releases are a great way to get your story told. 
 
 
Here are 3 tips for writing better news releases for entrepreneurs and small business people:
 
 
1)  Write short, to-the-point news releases and put the important information up front.  Editors are busy. They typically have 7 to 12 seconds to read your news release so make the first [...]

I’ve watched in amazement as my youngest keeps growing into achievement. One of her secrets is weightlessness. She’s a newlywed, they have a dog and an apartment in Manhattan. In the fall she will enter a Masters program at Penn. He will stay in their apartment and possibly get a roommate. She will rent a little space, [...]