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Cute!
Excellente'! It's inspired me to take a leap. Life's too short!
Good Luck!
Love the video!!
I can completely relate to the amount of passion and crazy every things that get in the way of running a small business (while still working a regular job).
This video really captured the amount of passion you have for your business. Best of luck!! ^_^
Excellent! :)
Well done video. I laughed, I cried, I.... danced! You move pretty fast ;) Good luck Boss!
AWESOME!!!!
It looks like you have found your passion. It is hard to work full-time to pay the bills and then find time to work on the job you really enjoy. Keep going though and soon it will pay off. Great video. At least you have a sense of humor, which makes it all a little easier.
great video!
Great video! Love the tie-in with the original story. As a customer of Blue Dot Paper Shop, I can tell you that just like this video and story, everything is done full-force and with complete attention to detail and a great concern for both keeping the business going and providing fabulous service. GO BLUE DOT!
I always knew you worked hard, but had no idea how much you have truly done to build this business, amazing!!!
You go girl follow your dreams! I am so proud of you I have so much faith in you cause you can do anything!!! I know your gonna win!! Because your whole life you have been a winner, as well as successful. I am so happy you are going to dedicate your life to doing what makes you happy-having your own business, and letting go of you full time job to dedicate all of your time to your business, and having that baby that you so deserve! I Love you and best of luck sweetheart! Love you! Aunt Carol
I loved the video. Very entertaining!
exhausting just watching it, Yes, I'm feeling my age, time to cheer on the next generation as they create their dreams. Reach for the stars, what you believe, you achieve. DZ
Perfectly done and oh-so tru
Nice work! Good luck!
Great clip...made me laugh. Best of luck.
Beautifully done vidoe, excellent! I will nominate you to be my Secretary of Commerce (when I become the Pressident!). You seem to have more common sense and deep passion about your small buisness than anyone in the current administration... Best of luck, Leslie!
I hope you win Leslie!
so proud!!!
so awesome les!! good luck!
so awesome les! this turned out great! hope you win!
Great job! I wish you all the best.
Great Job!! Love the video....wishing you the best!
Total AWESOMENESS Leslie!
Good Luck!
I loved every minute of it! Good luck!!!
Good job. Looks like you had fun making the video!!
Brilliance, shear brilliance. You made your Plan B work - you are an inspiration! Murray!
Awesome! It shows your dedication to your business. I hope you win!!!!
Well done. You ARE an art director!
Great video ... good luck about leaving the old work IN box!
Amazed that you can get that all done in a day! Wish you the best of luck!
Look at you go! All this and excellent "real job" work on top of it all -- you're a better woman than I!
Love it - it is SO true to form. and so is Leslie as an inspiring business owner and wizard of creative. can't wait to do more work with you!!
That was great! I loved how it told the story of juggling life to create the work you want. This is a dig deep kind of time and bluedot shows the hard work & persistance that it takes to create a small business! And she has a groovy product too. I love your web site!
Great job Leslie! Love the visual to the narative below. Good luck!
Awesome video! That certainly shows the hectic day most of us live from sun up to sun down.
Awesome video! That certainly shows the hectic day most of us live from sun up to sun down. Your hard work will serve you will with your future endevours.
Great Video. I hope you win!
LMAO at Romantic Dinner!!! This was a great video!
LMAO @ Romantic Dinner!!! XD Great video! Best of luck!
Watching how much work goes into your day.....makes me tired!
Good Luck
Very Good Job!
Just watching it made me tired. Nice job.
Great video. Best of Luck!
You go girl!!! Right to the point in a funny way. Good luck!
Love it!! So well done. It makes me want to go buy paper! Best of luck, though you're already well on your way to ruling the paper world!
Great job!
That was crazy good.
No wonder I never see you SITTING on that front porch!
Best of luck, we'd like to see you more! Greta
Go Blue Dot!
your energy is contagious!!! Go for the gold.
Awesome - I love your philosophy and hope that you win! Good luck!
Great job!
This was a really entertaining video. I laughed I cried
It goes to show you what hard work is. Hope you do well
great job.
Great written story, enjoyable video. Nice touch of The Office in your mug - where's the Dwight bobblehead? Best of luck with the grant. (CA LinkedIn community brought me here.)
Basically your life in a nutshell with out words, absolutely wonderful :]
Great video and essay. Good Luck!
Kelly
( I work with your MOM)
She is so proud of you!!!
Hi all! I just want to thank everyone for their love and support! I didn't even think I had 150 friends! Anyway, thank you so much! And to my buddies: Suzanne, Nick, Sean, Scott, Chris, and of course my hubby, who helped me put my video together; you're the best! Thanks, and keep your fingers crossed!! Love, Leslie
Cute vid, this is how the self employed roll! Great track Sean. Good luck in your endeavors =)
Nice video - and take care of the stock boy.
Very creative and well put together!
Very creative and well put together!
HI Loved your story and authenticity from a sister finalist good luck
Great job Uncle Les! We are so proud of you and hope you win!
Finalist story from bluedot:
7:00 am
My days running bluedotpapershop.com are a blur. De-ice car despite yesterday’s record 30-degree heat wave. Dodge schoolkids as the radio tells me why the industry I work for should collapse. Suck down XXL coffee and nutrient-rich donut and head to “real” job. Did I mention I’m a full-time art director at an ad agency in Detroit for one of the Big Three? Enough said.
8:00 am
I’m the first one in the office. I steal a few moments of silence in my corner office (two-walled cube.) Before my “real” work begins, I return bluedot e-mails, answer customer questions and field “inspirational” call from Mom: “When are you going to give this business up and stop killing yourself? Are you pregnant yet?”
9:00 am
Time for “real” work (at least until noon). Lunch: fuel up on a combination of soda, bacon and chocolate (not necessarily in that order). Return bluedot voicemails and read week’s worth of mail. Lovely! Credit card
company has raised interest rate to 38%! No reason – just helping small businesses! Prepare Powerpoint
presentation for engineer husband explaining why interest rate has tripled and detail plan to rectify financial crisis. Return call from Accountant (Sister): “Yes, I have that receipt.” (Still looking.)
5:30 pm
Done with “real” job. Only three stops to make tonight. Pick up inventory, drop off overnight package, and make U-turn at Golden Arches where they know me by name (Order #10). Arrive home. Loading dock (porch) is full, stock boy (husband) is concerned, office (living room) is a disaster. Make mental note of botched order. I own a paper store, but have nothing to write on. (The irony.)
7:30 pm
I’m just getting started. Head to warehouse (basement). See Inventory Manager (me). Pull orders. Pass off to Shipping Department (me). Ship orders. Head to Financing (me). Pay bills. Fight bills. Cry over bills. Meet with board to discuss future of business (me and me). Kiss stock boy good night.
11:00 pm
Bedtime (right). Instead, I lie awake wondering how my idea of turning my background in design and passion for paper into an online business once seemed so simple. I never imagined it would turn me into the poster girl for chaos. Nonetheless, as I close my eyes I see bluedotpapershop.com (my baby) and all it can be. Money would be nice, but I’d settle for just one full day to devote to my store. Scratch that. I won’t settle. Running bluedotpapershop.com full-time is my dream, and I’ll get there. But not tonight. I’ve got a big day tomorrow.
If you don’t love it, don’t do it. If you’re doing it for the money, don’t do it. No matter what obstacles you face, with passion and a love of what you do, you’ll make it. (Or die trying.)
Very Entertaining video! Definitley depicts the story below very well. Best of luck!