Jennifer Brogee 1/16/23 Jennifer Brogee 1/16/23

The Coffee House Diaries 01.22.2002

Kevin (my husband) and Jim (my brother) serving coffee and sandwiches at a tasting event before we were ready to open. 4/16/2003

Jennifer Brogee 1/8/23 Jennifer Brogee 1/8/23

My Word of the Year: SURRENDER

My word of the year: Surrender. What will happen if I say Yes to what life brings me?

Jennifer Brogee 11/2/22 Jennifer Brogee 11/2/22

5 Things Entrepreneurs Should Do Now to Prepare for a Recession

After going through The Great Recession as an entrepreneur, I learned what works and what doesn’t. Here are five things entrepreneurs can do now to prepare for a recession.

Jennifer Brogee 1/22/22 Jennifer Brogee 1/22/22

Delegate and Increase Your Impact

As I mentor leaders, I find a direct correlation with their ability to delegate and their success as a leader. Leaders are often hesitant to delegate because they fear losing some power or authority over their domain if someone else can do what they do.

When you delegate wisely, taking time to invest into the person to whom you have assigned a task, you will increase your power and influence.

Zidane Boudraa 6/1/21 Zidane Boudraa 6/1/21

The Scourge of Africa’s Brain Drain

The phenomenon of brain drain is often discussed from the developed country’s point of view. However, I believe looking at it from the African perspective and leaving our Eurocentric lens could lead us to think in a very different way. While we often discuss why people leave their countries, we tend to forget what they are leaving behind.

Jennifer Brogee 5/13/21 Jennifer Brogee 5/13/21

Should all entrepreneurs be social entrepreneurs?

If a business stops serving society, is it still a business?

Jennifer Brogee 4/21/21 Jennifer Brogee 4/21/21

Pull yourself up by your bootstraps or love your neighbor because I don’t know if we can do both

In America, try hard enough and you shall succeed. However, this story line becomes dangerous when it tangles with a greater story - the one in which you are asked to love your neighbor as yourself.