Author Archives: Jean Niehues

For eight weeks, from January to March, approximately 2,000 SUCCESS readers challenged themselves and their small businesses by participating in the 2nd annual Start Small Win Big contest. In April they submitted their results to the judging panel of SUCCESS editors and small-business expert JJ Ramberg, who hosts MSNBC’s Your Business, a weekly show devotedContinue reading “Success Magazine’s ‘Start Small, Win Big’ Names Traklight A Finalist”

Salt Lake City, May 6, 2013 — Grow America and Sage North America announce the winners of the “She Can Pitch” competition for women-led businesses. Participants pitched their businesses in a two-minute video and used their social community to help vote and share. The top 50 were judged by a panel of investors and mentorsContinue reading “AZ’s Traklight Takes 2nd in Grow America℠’ ‘She Can Pitch’ Competition”

Part V was published today on TheNextWomen.com and we hope it helps entrepreneurs as they build their dreams.   Feedback on this articles and recommendations for future articles welcome!

As a marketer I could tell you story after story of the client with the website that has no CRM. You ask them where the data goes and crickets chirp on the other end of the line. What a missed opportunity. I can’t stress it enough- Data is valuable! Collect it, manage it and useContinue reading “Unlocking the Power of Your CRM”

We are honored that data security expert Philip Alexander of Data Privacy Network reviewed Traklight’s products and wrote the following blog. So, you’ve got a great idea for an invention, and it could be the next “yo-yo” or “Frisbee”. An idea that you’re hoping one day, will be a household item, something that would bring you bothContinue reading “Philip Alexander talks about Protecting Your IP- Intellectual Property”

Watch Out Cloud Storage. Traklight’s IP Vault now offers secure multiuser options, Collaborative IP Vault, and user-friendly organization tools.

The Soho Loft and Efactor present a series of webinars by the the Top 100 Crowdfunders. Read more about Traklight’s CEO being featured at Meet the Top 100 Crowdfunders. Tips on business planning for crowdfunding are included in the reprinted blog below. Equity crowdfunding under the JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) is not yet legal but reward, donation,Continue reading “Traklight featured in The Soho Loft Webinar Series”

An exciting 2 day conference is taking place in Culver City, CA this upcoming weekend on March 2nd & 3rd. Tatjana Luethi and Jose Callaber are the co-creator dynamos behind MERGE, a conference for women who want to merge profession and passion. Find out more at: MERGE CONFERENCE. and read below for Tatjana’s inspiring story. Imagine youContinue reading “MERGE: Your True Passion with your Profession”

The following blog post first appeared on Women 2.0 but we reprinted it here because it’s the Traklight story and some decent lessons learned from Traklight’s Founder.