“There are two sexes and one does the shopping.” This piece of brilliance comes from my pal Bridget Brennen.

As a business coach, I am dazzled at how many women are befuddled by money. Myself included.

Nicole Dunn and Eli Davidson at a Jet Launch Party

I just finished doing a radio show, Femme Finances ( you can hear it in Seattle on August 6th).  Getting on the horn about women and money has got me

thinking about how different women and men are about money.

I gave the advice to put your cash in envelopes which really, really, really works. ( Maybe I will get back on the envelope bandwagon in my new home.)

What is a way that you “Live Large For Less”?

It is a new day!!! Now that Erik has made this blog so much easier to navigate.

What is a way that you go from Funky to Fabulous?

As a first time author, I was told that I would NEVER be able to get my book into any stores.

Instead, it was carried nationwide in Barnes & Noble and Borders. This is a photo of when they took Deepak Chopra’s book out of the front window and put my book in.

How do you grab the wheel of your day?

What have you done to overcome impossible odds?

Funky to Fabulous in the Barnes & Noble front window

I’ll be speaking here tonight – come say hi!  Here’s the full meetup details.

Make Mine a Million $ Business Los Angeles Meetup

Join us for the second meetup in the Los Angeles area! Thursday, June 24 starting at 5 pm. Isaac Feldman (@theporscheguy) has kindly offered to host our Meetup at McKenna Porsche: 10830 Firestone Boulevard, Norwalk CA 90650

Learn, network and practice your “elevator pitch.” Winners of the Make Mine a $Million business competition will be there to help you create a clear, engaging pitch in two minutes!

GET READY! Your elevator pitch is a quick, powerful exercise that will help you clarify your vision, plans and challenges. When you have a powerful pitch, you can tell the story of your business in a way that will attract customers, employees and partners to your mission! See how it’s done in this fun guide: www.makemineamillion.org/elevatorpitch.

Meet Eli Davidson (@elidavidsonf2f), Heralded as “The Quantum Leap Queen” Eli Davidson has x-ray vision for seeing business opportunities and creativily converting them into bottom line profits. Eli delivers a proven system for turbo charging small business owners into explosive growth.

Using the system she teaches landed Davidson on numerous TV shows including The Today Show, Dr. Phil’s Decision House and as a featured on ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX . Davidson was featured with teachers from The Secret in The Meta Secret. Eli is a featured columnist with The Huffington Post. The consistent results of Davidson’s trademarked business growth system landed cover story for Kiplinger’s Money Magazine as the best way to invest.

Davidson is the undisputed expert of creating quantum leap business growth. Eli started a design firm with $17 and a glue gun and growing it to $1.5 million in sales in four years.

Eli Davidson is the author of Funky to Fabulous which is an international best seller. And winner of three prestigious book awards, including Motivational Book of the Year.

To receive monthly Business Blast Off Tips and Tricks and get and invitation to Eli’s FREE Business Assessment subscribe today atwww.elidavidson.com

Great News! Eli Davidson has contributed 2 prizes for our raffle: 2 lucky winners will receive Eli’s Authentic Success Coaching – see Kiplinger’s Cover story here http://www.elidavidso…

Meet Stacey Soleil (@staceysoleil) who wears many hats (both literally & figuratively). She’s a Mommy, a blogger, a philanthropist, a spokesperson, a social media tastemaker and a self proclaimed “TrekkieTechGirl” (due to her addiction to NextGen reruns). Yet behind the tongue in cheek, whimsical demeanor you will find a solid entrepreneurial backbone.

For the past several years, Stacey has been the proud owner of Soleil Marketing Services whereby she strategizes and implements all of the sponsorship deals, digital placements, online promotions & grass roots marketing campaigns for her broad range of clientele. Stacey garners more than 15 years of sales & marketing experience within the general entertainment, music, and non-profit organization forefront.

In early 2005, Stacey shifted her focus to the web upon recognizing the necessity for new media marketing campaigns that would reach the latest generation of web and mobile savvy users. Stacey has served as the Director of Social Media Strategy for digital marketing agencies such as GMS & Karma Media Labs, and in 2008 she served as the Director of New Media Marketing & Promotions for both Toucan Cove Entertainment & Arthropoda Records. She also participated in sponsorship programs for artists such as Killswitch Engage, Mudvayne and Static-X. Furthermore, Stacey launched grassroots marketing endeavors for various websites such as iLike.com, garageband.com, & handheldcomedy.com.

Stacey’s creative approach to marketing & branding has created partnerships between musicians and major athletic figures as well as co-promotions with big brands for sponsorship. During her stay as Director of New Media Marketing, Stacey helped Toucan Cove Records secure top billing as the #1 independent label during 2008.

Ms. Soleil’s most recent endeavors include the blog “No Sex And The Suburbs”, Co-Hosting a Podcast series with Ricardo Bueno of Ribeezie Media, NextWeb64, Social Media Masterminds OC, as well as community outreach for non-profits such as Invisible People & The Angela Shelton Foundation. Soleil Marketing Services is conveniently based just outside of Los Angeles, allowing Stacey to meet directly with a majority of web, mobile & entertainment headquarters throughout southern California.

5 pm – 5:30 pm sign-in; food & beverages
5:30 pm – 6 pm – Stacey Soleil speaking then Q&A
6 pm – 6:30 pm – Eli Davidson speaking
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Networking
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Elevator pitch – evaluations/feedback

http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-M3-Meetup/calendar/13506730/