by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 12, 2025 | Business
Once upon a time, there lived an Ant. Ant was hard-working, productive and industrious. All spring and summer, he toiled, hauling food back to his nest. Each day on his route, Ant would pass Grasshopper, who always seemed to be doing something disgustingly joyful. One...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 11, 2025 | Business, Sales
Today I stumbled across an old post left by a frustrated soul-preneur in a Facebook group in 2016 (many moons ago when I used to hang out there) and my response to it. I’ll share because the experience is still common. WARNING: REAL, RAW AND LONG Today I am emotional....
by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 10, 2025 | Business
Last week we hosted the first-ever IMPACT Community Silent Auction. I’m bursting with pride to showcase the creations of our community! Over the past four weeks, these brave creators translated their dreams of helping others into compelling offers to connect with...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 2, 2025 | Business, Marketing
On this day, April 2nd, back in 1902, Thomas Lincoln Tally opened the Electric Theater in Los Angeles. It was LA’s first full-time movie theater. Prior to that, “theaters” were makeshift spaces in the back of stores, showing silent films on coin-operated machines....
by Stephanie Benedetto | Mar 29, 2025 | Business
A few weeks ago, at the end of dance class, my instructor Catarina, lost a tiny screw from her glasses. She was almost at the point of tears. Every woman in the class was on their knees, searching for the tiny, missing screw. And guess what? Within sixty seconds, I...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Mar 27, 2025 | Business
Recently, I heard about an entrepreneur who spent $10,000 on a “proven system” that promised everything they needed for a thriving business. One month in, they knew it wasn’t a fit. But they kept going anyway because they’d already invested so much. They followed the...
