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May

20

Q&A With Lisa Duncan, Co-Founder of Flipside Workspace

May 20th, 2013 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Collaboration and Partnership

This is my interview with Lisa Duncan, co-founder of Duncan+Coleverria, Inc., which created of Flipside Workspace.

Lisa Duncan

What is Flipside Workspace?
Flipside Workspace is a virtual work environment that mimics the experience of working in a physical office space.

When did it launch?
We moved our office (Duncan+Coleverria, Inc.) into Flipside in 2011 and began using the space ourselves. We quietly opened the doors in 2012 when we got our first paying customers.

Who developed it?
Flipside Workspace™ was created by Duncan+Coleverria, Inc. We hired a 3D development team to realize our vision and collaborated with solopreneurs from around the globe to accomplish what you see today.

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May

14

Go Your Own Way? Musings on Fleetwood Mac, Collaboration, and Solopreneurship

May 14th, 2013 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Collaboration and Partnership

As solo-business owners, we embrace the “solopreneur” lifestyle — we treasure the independence and flexibility that it gives us.

But being a solopreneur doesn’t mean you shouldn’t collaborate with others. Look at the music industry, for example.

Fleetwood Mac at their zenith in the 1970s: Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham

I’ve always thought of musicians as solopreneurs. They learn their crafts individually and often in isolation, but they come together to form groups of varying sizes and longevity.

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Sep

20

I Need Web-Site Pros For My Virtual Corporation

September 20th, 2012 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Collaboration and Partnership

My flagship/main/original business is Straight River Media, which provides marketing communications for small businesses.

From “day one” of my business formation in December of 1993, Straight River Media has operated as a virtual corporation. This means that if a project requires a particular creative skill that’s outside of my expertise, I have trusted resources at the ready.

Right now, I’m looking for Web-site professionals to add to my virtual corporation. I need pros who build sites that are fast-loading, search-friendly, easy-to-update, and easy to manage. We should talk if you:

• Specialize in building simple, low-cost Web sites

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Aug

21

Featured Soloist Kathryn Vercillo: “I Feel Like I’ve Been True to My Heart”

August 21st, 2012 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Collaboration and Partnership, Encouragement, Featured Soloist, Starting Out

This is The Solopreneur Life’s “Featured Soloist,” the purpose of which is to give all of us a glimpse at how other solopreneurs operate their small businesses. Today we meet Kathryn Vercillo. If you would like to be the “Featured Soloist,” please send me an e-mail, Larry@TheSolopreneurLife.com.

Kathryn Vercillo

Name of solopreneur:
Kathryn Vercillo

Name of business and city:
San Francisco-based home business

Web sites:
KathrynVercillo.com
CrochetConcupiscence.com

Type of business:
Freelance writing, professional blogging

When did you officially go into business?
2001

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Apr

19

How To Decide Whether You Will Enjoy Working With a Prospective Client

April 19th, 2011 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Client Relations, Collaboration and Partnership

These Are the Results of The Solopreneur Life’s
Crowdsourced Question #1

The Solopreneur Life Crowdsourced Question (the name just rolls of the tongue!) is a new, occasional feature for The Solopreneur Life. It’s kind of the like the “Person on the Street” feature that newspapers used to publish.

I’m hedging my bets and saying “occasional.” While I think crowdsourced articles are a great idea, I think their use is going to become very popular and possibly over-used, due to the advent of a tool called BlogStampede.com. We’ll see. Plus, I don’t want to detract from the superb Q&A that Dr. Shannon Reece does on a weekly basis. She was doing this pre-BlogStampede.com, and she does a superb job.

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Mar

24

How the DISC Behavioral Model Can Help Solopreneurs

March 24th, 2011 by Larry Keltto | Posted in Client Relations, Coaching, Collaboration and Partnership

DISC is a behavioral model based on the work of Dr. William Moulton Marston (1893–1947) to examine the behavior of individuals in their environment or within a specific situation.

I was introduced to this system recently. I haven’t studied it in great depth yet, but I plan to because I think it gives us as solopreneurs a framework for understanding ourselves, our clients, and our collaborators.

DISC also can help us:

• Identify our weaknesses

• Identify growth areas

• Identify our fears

• Explain our motivations

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