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By donna on May 13, 2011
But the very first time Donna stepped on a surfboard at the age of 31 her life changed forever.
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By donna on April 1, 2011
I just wrote to Senator Feinstein and Congressman Gallegly to implore them to help revive the GSP program, the removal of it is causing me to have to raise my prices once again to stay in business. This, after a tremendous hike in the price of silver and a weaker dollar forced me to do [...]
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By donna on February 24, 2011
“It’s good because rightsizing allows you to be profitable and live as a human.” Today’s Daily Dose of Seth once again just nails it. This is one of many reasons I don’t send my designs free to celebrities and don’t want to sell my brand to Macy’s or Urban Outfitters. I keep BB small and [...]
Posted in All, Environmental, Meaningful career, connectedness, conscious consumerism, fashion, gratitude, marketing, small business, transparency and ethics | Tagged Betty Belts, David Pu'u, ethics, gratitude, National Retail Federation, scale, seth godin, small business, The big show, xo7 |
By donna on February 2, 2011
I’ve spent the past two months working on a really cool project with Hobie, one of the oldest iconic surf brands, today a multifaceted conglomerate of fun things us ocean lovers do in the water, sailing, kayaking, surfing and much more. Together we created a Betty Belts private label product, a hand painted bangle to [...]
Posted in All, Products, connectedness, conscious consumerism, fashion, marketing, small business, transparency and ethics | Tagged appreciation, Bali, balinese artisan, Balinese culture, betty b designs, Betty Belts, bikini model, bikini photo shoot, bikinis & bangles, custom brand design, donna von hoesslin designs, gift with purchase, green fashion, Hailey Partridge, hobie, Hobie Girl, Hobie Swim, inspirational jewelry, Manhattan Beachwear, private label, Sierra Partridge, surfing twins, team betty |
By donna on February 18, 2010
Wow, I’m blown away! I’m a “Cover Girl” today! Check out this inspiring article below from this week’s VC Reporter… Commerce, Compassion and Community by Claudia Pardo McFayden The sweet scent of African freesia wafting through the store and onto the street entices visitors into the carefully decorated eclectic space that is Betty Belts. Cradled [...]
Posted in Environmental, Meaningful career, Products, conscious consumerism, fashion, ocean, philantrophy, photography, small business, surfing, transparency and ethics, women, women's surfing | Tagged Bali, balinese artisan, Balinese culture, betty b designs, Betty Belts, David Pu'u, Hailey Partridge, inspirational jewelry, inspiring small business, Jeanette Ortiz, love what you do, love your work, Mary Osborne, Meaningful career, motivational small business reading, ocean inspired, Sierra Partridge, small biz success, sustainability movement, ventura creative, ventura find, win-win, women's surfing |
By donna on February 2, 2010
Don’t miss Seth Godin’s Blog today Modern Procrastination. I’ve fallen victim to this… But usually I challenge the Status Quo. In fact I now no longer acknowledge the existence of it… Food for thought. Short read. Seth is always brilliant. Read his new book “Linchpin” if you want to really make a difference or of [...]
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By donna on September 19, 2009
… Perfectly explained by Seth Godin in his Blog today. I’m a big fan of Seth’s Blog and always recommend it and his books to people I mentor. If you can only subscribe to ONE blog, make it Seth’s.
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By donna on June 8, 2009
Relieved that the Intuit contest is over. I didn’t win the finals, but I DID win in many ways: stoke, inspiration, love, generosity & GRACE. No bad at all! Smiles, Donna PS Read a great article about it all here in the Ventura County Star
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By donna on June 3, 2009
The judges are judging, the votes are being tallied. Tomorrow I will find out if my video submission won my company a small business grant from Intuit. You can’t vote on it any more, but please come watch my video and be inspired! Fingers crossed, my friends! SMiles and Aloha, Donna
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By donna on May 18, 2009
Read Readers of The Betty Blog, As you may know, I’m a finalist in the Intuit Small Business United Contest. I submitted my story, it won among over 1900 entries as one of 50 finalists with the help of many of you who read my story and rated it as Inspiring Funny and Useful. So [...]
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