About

 

Let us introduce ourselves: We’re the Sassy Ladies and we’re here to help you make your dream of owning your own business come true. Now, we know there are hoards of resources you can go to, and maybe already have, that promise the same thing. So we thank you for trusting us to guide you on this new adventure of yours. Because that’s what it is: an exciting quest! Ah, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves (we get like that when we’re excited).

You can find more about what we do and how we can help you on our main website: www.TheSassyLadies.com.  But first, our background:

Miriam Perry has more than 13 years’ experience developing effective business and marketing communications for companies in the corporate and non-profit sectors in a wide range of industries. Whether developing and implementing a full-scale strategic communication plan for a new employee program, evaluating materials to ensure they meet their objective, or writing a monthly customer newsletter, Miriam provides solutions that ensure the right message is not only produced, but received by its intended audience. 

 

Wendy Hanson is a business coach and consultant. She co-founded Corley Hanson Associates in 1998, a coaching and leadership organization working with corporations around the country, including Google. Wendy has extensive experience coaching women in business.

She owned a retail store, Wendy’s Country Things and Herb Garden in Groton, Massachusetts, for three years. In her formal role as a special education administrator, she developed many businesses that provide training opportunities for people with disabilities. One of those businesses, Petalworks, produced potpourri from donated funeral flowers. The potpourri became part of a line of products for a national stationery and gift basket company. In 2004, Wendy was awarded the Women in Business Champion of the Year Award from the Small Business Administration in Rhode Island. Wendy has a master’s degree in organization and management from Antioch New England and is a certified professional co-active coach from the Coaches Training Institute.

 

Michelle Girasole is an online marketing services expert. She has helped her clients, which range from female-owned start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, market their products and services online, using tools such as permission-based e-mail, podcasting, blogging, social media and search engine sites. Michelle regularly teaches workshops and seminars to entrepreneurs, businesspeople, and business school students. She helped launch a peer-to-peer business advisory board program for the Entrepreneurship Forum of New England. She received her master’s in business administration and marketing degrees from the University of Rhode Island. She is the mother of two young children and three old cats, and the wife of one handsome husband