Lynn K. Thompson - Author - Creative Consultant

I love Macy's commercial which introduces Usher and the enterprising Martha Stewart. Usher notes that it took him 2 months just to find the right bottle for his new fragrance. As they walk and talk the last screen shot reveals all the of the products developed which proudly wear the Martha Steward brand signature. Usher exclaims "When do you sleep?"

Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting with two women who are starting a new publishing company. Excited about the meeting with them for weeks, and I had no idea just how much sitting and meeting with them would enrich my life.

In conversation, they shared the evolved circumstance of how they became partners in business. Longtime friends, brought together initially by their children, Pattie had lost a job and struggled to find something she could do without a long commute into the city. Jackie’s husband discovered the business concept through a happen chance meeting. Jackie brought the idea to a group of friends, they contemplated, they prayed. Out of the group two people responded, Jackie, and Pattie, a new company was born.