We have room for a very few more in our new Femmentrepreneur Roundtable

contact Deborah Kruger at 413 210 8014 or bayside53@yahoo.com

or Ira Bryck at 413 545 1537 or bryck@contined.umass.edu

What is a Femmentrepreneur? If you are reading this, it may describe you. You are a woman who owns or manages a small business. You get more done in a day than most people accomplish in a week. Somehow, on top of that, many of you also have families and other important relationships. Most of your friends think you are amazing, but you just think you are an ordinary gal with a lot of energy.

This group is for you if:

• You own or manage a small business with 5 or so employees
• You are challenged by juggling business, family and personal life
• You are curious about how other women handle a similar lifestyle
• Your partner or friends don’t ‘get it’
• You really need a place to brainstorm and vent
• You secretly wonder if you have enough education or smarts to succeed
• You want a place to discuss business issues, goals, decision making and time management
• You want to learn more about improving business and personal relationships
• Your communication skills could use a tune-up
• You need support from other like-minded business women

Please join me (Deborah) and your colleagues in this confidential, safe and friendly Roundtable. The missing ingredient for many Femmentrepreneurs is support. Support means having access to the wisdom, compassion and help of other women who deeply understand the unique challenges you face.

If you are thinking, “this sounds great but I just don’t have time,” join the crowd. Everyone in the existing group felt that way. But now they see the group as central to their sanity and a valuable oasis that sustains their energy, focus and passion for surviving and succeeding in business.

This group will be limited to the first ten women who register with Ira Bryck, Director of the Family Business Center. He is available at (413) 545-1537 or bryck@contined.umass.edu

How to Join: Participation in this group entails joining the UMass Family Business Center on the Femmentrepreneur Level.  You can then come to your choice of ONE FBC DINNER FORUM over the course of your membership term, and bring one employee if you so choose. The Roundtable will meet 9 times per year, and will be limited to ten women. The cost for the Femmentrepreneur Level of membership is $1000.

If you have additional questions you want to discuss, just call Deborah on her cell: 413-210-8014. She is really looking forward to meeting you, learning more about your business and welcoming you into our New Femmentrepreneurs Roundtable.

Yours Truly,

Deborah Kruger and Ira Bryck

PS - Feel free to forward this web page to anyone you know who may be interested! We’d love to spread the word.

About the Facilitator:

Deborah Kruger has been the founder and CEO of PsychBilling, Inc, a full-service mental health billing agency since 1981. Deborah is an award winning fiber artist whose work is exhibited around the country. She has been facilitating the FBC Executive Women’s Roundtable for the last 4 years and also leads many weekend workshops and support groups throughout the U.S. for artists and femmentrepreneurs. Somehow she also had time to raise 4 children.

Here are a couple of testimonials from women in Deborah's first UMass Family Business Center Women's Roundtable :

“The FBC Women’s Roundtable has become my lifeline in times of turbulence - both business and personal. This group allows me to explore the sometimes complex intermingling of emotions that family + business can bring for women. The mixture of generations offers wisdom I have never seen anywhere else. This group is the quintessential place to be for women in business with their families. We explore deeply personal reflections of how this impacts our gender roles, our spirit and our drive for the almighty ‘Balance.’ The atmosphere is confidential, safe and without judgments. Our group represents many different demographics - which only provides better insight and much wisdom. Many of the women I have met in this group have become unexpected lifetime friends and our relationships extend beyond the boundaries of the conference room. Most importantly, our facilitator, Deborah Kruger teaches us how to be better communicators with those around us and how to ask ourselves the deeper questions behind our emotions & intentions. Priceless." — Amy Scott, Principal of Wild Apple Design Group LLC

“At first I was absolutely not enticed with the idea of participating in a ‘women's’ group.  As a woman in business, my experience with other women at Chamber of Commerce and sales functions has been less than desirable.  I feel no connection, or bonding and in many cases, no respect. Deborah assured me that her group was different.  She empathized with what I was expressing and assured me that she kept a tight rein on the conversation if it started to head into irrelevant or inappropriate areas. I gave it a try.  I consider this roundtable to be one of the best resources I have ever added to my life ‘toolbox.’ I believe this is now my third year in the roundtable.  Over the months and years I have found the roundtable to be most helpful for venting (both personal and business), gathering wisdom and advice, and helping me to gain focus on the specifics of issues that I was dancing around. I consider some of these women to be my closest friends and would not hesitate to call on any of them if I needed help or support. Deborah as a moderator is amazing.  She doesn't reign with a visible iron hand, but she steers and brings focus in such a subtle way that it is not noticeable, offensive or intrusive.  Her insight is also right on and she brings a positive outlook to even the bleakest of situations.  Our group not only discusses thoughts and ideas, but we come out with an action plan, if needed, that helps us back on the path that we need to be on. I look forward to our monthly meetings.  My schedule is arranged around them and I would not even consider missing one.  I get so much out of each meeting and am so thankful to be a part of this wonderful group of women. I would be pleased to speak with anyone who would like to talk to a participant of the group.”  —  Kathy Nekitopoulos, A-C Motor Express LLC