People often tell me to take a break—that the work will still be there tomorrow. And while I understand that advice and appreciate where it comes from, it often comes from those who haven’t stood at the bottom of a startup. When you’re building something from nothing, tomorrow isn’t guaranteed unless today is handled with care, urgency, and intention.

The balancing act and journey of a CEO.

The importance of your personal credit score in the business of start-up - even in nonprofit

The end of our beginning.

Knowing yourself is as important to being a CEO as knowing the mission and vision of the organization

Finding the "wiggle room" in organizational opportunities are essential.

A hidden resource

"Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation." - Coretta Scott King

Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." — Harvey Fierstein

The struggle is real for nonprofits, especially new nonprofits be aware of the signs.

Challenging and understanding where you're supposed to be.

... there will always be people who see where you are with no idea of where you've been and not realize how unglamorous the road has been.

This will be news to some but not others: I'm up at 5:35am during the week, it doesn't matter what time I go to bed. Why, you ask....

Cha-ching!

There are times when music simply make you believe there is someone out there who understands you...

I often made tax-exempt purchases and often forgot to take the appropriate documentation.

We are officially identified as a tax exempt, 501c3, organization.

Welcome to the journey of Meryl's Safe Haven!