The Boss Profiles is a weekly series featuring women entrepreneurs, artists, and creative business owners who make a statement in Megan Auman Jewelry. This week I’m featuring my friend and fellow creative teacher, Amber Kane.

An art teacher turned entrepreneur, Amber currently runs The Unstandardized Standard, where she shares creativity tips for art educators and teaches online art courses.

Let’s start with a #nothumble brag. What’s great about you and your business?

This one was a hard one for me as I’m working on making transitions in my business and reimaging what I do and offer. The core of what I do and have always done is about empowerment. While I’m taking a break from textile design, when I did make one-of-a-kind handwoven scarves it was about creating pieces that made women feel powerful, giving them the confidence to step forward and fully show up.

In the teaching that I do, as well as the work that I’m transitioning into, it’s still all about empowerment. My business teaches people how to think in creative ways. I’m the most proud when my students transition from coming to me for answers, to finding answers on their own, and taking ownership.

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The Boss Profiles is a weekly series featuring women entrepreneurs, artists, and creative business owners who make a statement in Megan Auman Jewelry. I couldn’t be more excited to kick off the series with Brigitte Lyons, who is not only a kickass business owner, but also a really great friend.

Brigitte is the founder of Podcast Ally, a service that matches guest experts with amazing podcasts. And I can say from experience that she is damn good at her job, as her company has placed me on many, many podcasts! So without further adieu, I’ll turn things over to Brigitte:

Let’s start with a #nothumble brag. What’s great about you and your business?

I had to answer this question last! It’s so funny how difficult it is to brag about ourselves.

My business is great, because it supports my family and allows my husband and I to travel as much as we’d like. This is quite a lot — we’re moving into a travel trailer in the spring to travel around North America!

Beyond this, I’ve been able to create a company ethos that is based on my values around caretaking, excellence and leadership, in an industry (public relations) where that can be difficult.

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