• Entrepreneur
• Seattle Times
• AOL/Yahoo
• PSBJ
• Seattle Magazine
• Other

Entrepreneur

• Carol's Blog for the Daily Dose
• Franchise Your Business in 7 Steps
  February 2010 Entrepreneur article on how to tell if your business is cut out to sell franchises.
• Next Big Thing or Next Big Flop: Researching New Franchisors
  January 2010 investigation of the higher risks of signing on with a new franchisor.
• Women\'s Only Networking Grows
  Feb 2010 story on the growth of women\'s business networking groups.
• Feels Like The First Time: How 3 Entrepreneur Got That First VC Round
  Great company stories here! From December 2009.
• Women Drive Organic Food Innovation
  For WomenEntrepreneur.com, December 2009.
• Social Media Gurus Speak Up
  Four of the hottest women in social media tell how they became experts and offer their tips for small businesses.
• 7 Tips to Score VC Cash
  This article from the quarterly newsstand Entrepreneur StartUps magazine featured prominently on Entrepreneur.com as well...a timely topic! From Fall 2009.
• Running the Numbers
  Entrepreneur Magazine July 2009 story on whether multi-unit franchising is for you.
• Stimulus 101: 6 Vital Tax Changes
  Entrepreneur Web story, March 2009, on the important tax changes for business in Obama's stimulus bill.
• Tax Time. No Dough. Don't Sweat.
  Entrepreneur Web story, March 2009, on what to do if you can't pay your taxes.
• What You Can Learn From...
  Entrepreneur cover feature on finding business inspiration in unusual places, from the Feb. 2009 issue.
• How to Research a Franchise
  Jan. 2009 - yet another take on this timeless topic.
• Turn it Up in the Down Turn
  Entrepreneur feature story from Dec. 2008 discusses why buying a franchise can be a good idea in the down economy.
• Silver Lining
  10 real estate businesses primed to thrive in the down market. July 2008.
• Sell Without Selling Out
  June 2008 - Corporate capital doesn't have to mean the end of your company's socially responsible roots.
• Launch for Less
  Start your business on the cheap. May '08 article.
• In Too Deep?
  Top 5 Ways to tell you're overusing your business credit card. May 2008 issue.
• Up and Running
  March 2008 - start your business in 30 days.
• Outlook Good
  Feb. 2008-roundup on the small-business IPO market of 2007
• Super Sleuthing
  My most recent (1/08) Entrepreneur piece on investigating franchise offers.
• 5 Things That Changed E-ship
  Lead feature for Entrepreneur's May 2007 30th anniversary issue.
• 30th anniversary retrospective
  A look back at how entrepreneurship became the force it is today.
• 21st century leader
  Feb. 2007 cover story on leadership trends
• Find your franchise match
  Jan. 2007 feature on how to REALLY research franchise offers. See 'Super Sleuthing' below for even more tips on this topic.

Seattle Times

• Ravenna Kibbutz a magnet for Jewish newcomers
  Seattle Times story on an unusual intentional community in North Seattle.
• Sellers of million-dollar homes test the for-sale-by-owner market
  For sale by owner: Mansion. I report for the Seattle Times on how technology and the down market have created this interesting new trend.
• Homework & Chutzpah
  Feb. 14, 2009 article about how one couple bought a home in Seattle by submitting lowball bids...an interesting look at today's Wild West real estate market, where list prices change fast and sale prices are highly negotiable.
• Financial makeovers 2/08 -- Retire comfortably and save for kids' future
  
• Financial makeovers 2/08 -- Charting income, moving forward with goal
  
• Financial Makeovers 2/28 -- Get out of debt and get a better job
  
• The new landscape of financial aid 11/07
  Getting a loan for college.
• Buying a bank-owned home
  Sept.2009 article about what it takes to buy a bank-owned home in today\'s real-estate market.
• Hot Majors - find your passion
  Seattle Times 2006 College Guide lead story.

AOL/Yahoo

• 7 Lucrative Jobs from Obama's Stimulus Plan
  As seen as the Cover Story on Yahoo!
• 10 Well-Paid Careers with No 4-year Degree
  One of several recent Yahoo! hotjobs career stories I've done.
• Hottest Jobs of Tomorrow
  January 2010 story on new Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational outlook data.
• Recession-Proof Jobs in Infrastructure
  AOL Oct. 2009 story on the stimulus-fueled boom in major construction projects.
• 7 Unusual Work-At-Home Jobs
  
• Green Jobs That Make $30 an Hour
  
• Well-Paid Jobs That Won't Be Outsourced
  

Puget Sound Business Journal

• Amazon at 10
  Amazon at 10: Ten vital questions for the next decade. Published 6/27/05.
• Inside Starbucks store-opening machine
  More interesting than ever, now that Starbucks has said they will slow openings and close some locations.
• Compensation for execs draws scrutiny
  My 2005 Best in Business award-winner from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). A local hospital was sued after its CEO compensation was revealed in the story.
• Bringing Nordstrom Back
  Part of multi-article feature package done on Nordstrom's 100th anniversary
• Playing it Safe - how the Gates Foundation Invests
  This is the story where I learned how the rich get richer -- buying tranches of Kmart debt during their bankruptcy and getting 14% interest.
• Eddie Bauer CEO's leap of faith
  Still one of my favorite personal profiles I've ever gotten to do, which won recognition from PSBJ parent company American City Business Journals.
• Eddie Bauer, Spiegel's decline
  Ah, the fun of reading a 200-page SEC report and boiling it down to a few paragraphs in a mere few hours...this one read like a thriller novel and for once, explained how a major company had gone down the tubes.
• Nonprofits pay trustees well
  Exposed overpaid board members at charities around Puget Sound.
• Amazon v. eBay
  And why eBay will always be better...
• Seattle's underfunded pension plans
  A story about that inconvenient little fact most public companies bury on about page 137 of their 10K...their pension plan is short of cash.

Seattle Magazine

• Tender Mercies
  Seattle Magazine April 2008 profile of the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent, and the challenges of keeping it funded.
• Talking Trash
  December 2007 feature story was an SPJ first-place winner for 2007. I find out how much trash Seattle creates, and where Seattle's trash ends up....mostly, in a big canyon in Oregon.
• Class Dismissed
  June 2007 article on Seattle's High-school dropout problem.
• Is there a road to Justice?
  Feb. 2007 Seattle Magazine article about our state's lax DUI laws.
• No Place Like Home
  2006 Seattle Magazine Article about our state's older foster kids...and why there is no mandate at the state to find them adoptive homes.

Other

• Using Income Statement Ratio Analysis to Stay on Track
  Allbusiness.com: If you're not using ratio analysis on your business, this technique will blow your mind.
• How to Figure Ratios from Your Balance Sheet
  Allbusiness.com: More ratios to help manage your business.
• Reinvent your bar
  Nation's Restaurant News story for the 1/09 issue of the annual NRN50 - this year, it's the 50 top trends.
• Planning for Obama's Tax Changes
  Allbusiness.com article 1/09
• Under the Klieg Light Sun
  September 2006 LA Times Article...The assignment I've wanted for a decade -- about how the quality of light in Seattle differs from the light in L.A.
• D&B: How Much Working Capital Does a Startup Need?
  For Dun & Bradstreet\'s Small Business Solutions Site, 2009.
• Top Small Business Tax Mistakes
  One of many articles written for Dun & Bradstreet Small Business Solutions. Went up fall 2009.
• Need a Financial Chief? Order Out
  My Washington CEO article about the boom in hiring temp CFOs survives on a financial Web site.
• Test TK
  This is a test.