Sarah's Note: Hopegiving
/On the morning after Thanksgiving, it’s family protocol in our house (as I’m sure it is in many others’) to gather whatever family members are around for a breakfast round of leftover pumpkin pie, cornbread, and dinner rolls. This year, this meant our family of five and my mother-in-law sat together that Friday morning.
Read MoreSarah's Note: See the forest and the trees
/The past few weeks have been a time of review. Lots of questions about doing—what are we doing, are we doing it well, what could we be doing, what does the future look like with this in mind?
Toward the end of answering some of these questions, we here at Purpl have been conducting a number of evaluations. Sooner or later, we will share a full review of our findings with you all.
Read MoreSarah's Note: On being lost...and asking for help
/On being lost, because it’s such an easy and common sensation to fall into, yet such a crippling one: the feeling of uncertainty of where the next step should land, and the mire one wades through trying to gain clarity about that direction.
On asking for help, because depending solely on oneself is a sure way to get to lost.
Read MoreSarah's Note: For all of us
/I’ve been thinking a lot about loss lately, and how that loss figures into the long haul of this crazy life we lead.
Read MoreSarah's Note: Laziness, inspiration, and working together
/Earlier this week, Seth Godin put up a blog post that really resonated with me, about different kinds of laziness.
Read MoreWhen They Launch....
/In the natural course of their growth and their much deserved success, we celebrate when from time to time a member “graduates” from our incubation and moves on to a bigger space to accommodate bigger business.
Read MoreCelebrate International Coworking Week!
/Did you know the Lower Hudson Valley is home to five coworking spaces?
Read MoreSarah's Note: When it rains, it pours
/Outside my window at this moment, rain is coming down in torrents.
Read MoreSarah's Note: Internal momentum
/Last week I had the privilege of attending the exclusive TEDWomen conference, hosted by the TED organization. This year’s theme was Momentum—the momentum around women, their rights, their work, their thoughts.
Read More