by Beate Chelette | Mar 21, 2011 | Discover
The illness or loss of a parent is one of the true tests of our dignity, our sense of self. On every European trip, my first stop was to see my father. We had always been very close. This time, we spent two days together before I left for Munich to continue with my...
by Beate Chelette | Mar 20, 2011 | Discover
I was on my way to Germany to a conference while the SBA was looking for a bank to issue the loan for me. The building I was working and living in had just been sold — to a man who deserves his karma when it finally catches up with him. This man was running quite the...
by Beate Chelette | Mar 19, 2011 | Discover
Nothing’s ever easy. But you just keep going. That was one lesson I learned from my experiences just after I thought that my troubles were over, after the Small Business Administration decided to help me in my photo syndication business, as I had run into credit...
by Beate Chelette | Mar 18, 2011 | Discover
My syndication photography business plan took form. I was in the thick of it, feeling as if I was making headway. From 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., I was a mother. Then I became a business owner. Then I became a mom again at 5:30 p.m. Then it was back to being a business...
by Beate Chelette | Mar 17, 2011 | Discover
A big question after that devastating lawsuit was: What now? What does a person do when she’s spent so much time focused on something that takes her away from her true calling? I tried halfheartedly to revive my photographer representation business; the...
by Beate Chelette | Mar 16, 2011 | Discover
The day comes when even the best fight comes to an end. My bold attitude and wanting to be right had gotten me very far in life. I’d been embroiled in a long-playing lawsuit with a former employee, Lisa, and a photographer I’d had under contract. The two...
