In a few months, JL&Co will celebrate its third anniversary! Looking back, here are six things I wish I knew before starting a business.

How do you when it's the right time to quit your job? That's the #1 question people ask me when I tell them I quit my job to start JL&Co. Here's how I knew.

I'm juggling many different roles right now: CEO, professor and blogger. Here's what a typical day in day in the life of a business owner looks like.

Hiring a team member has been the single smartest decision I've made as a business owner. Here's how hiring a team member has helped me grow JL&Co.

Now that I possess all the infinite wisdom that comes with being 30 years old (kidding, of course), I’ve been thinking a lot about what life was like in my twenties. Graduating from college, entering the real world, starting a career, discovering new passions, going on bad first dates — it’s all par for the …

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There’s a major project I’ve had on my mind (and my ever-present backburner to-do list) for more than a year. It’s a rebrand and redesign of this very website. I launched JessicaLawlor.com nearly six years ago now. Back then, the site was simply a blog, but over the years, it shifted and eventually turned into the digital …

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