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How to be a girl and a CEO, the 100-word version

For our post "How a girly girl made serious bank on her startup," Patricia Handschiegel — who did just that with her own startup, StyleDiary — told us that sometimes one has to let the girl's-girl image go. More often, though, a girl just has to make the most of the time she has. Handschiegel posted 573 words on "ways to cheat the system for when I'm too busy to get a manicure or to the spa." Here's a version of you can read on your BlackBerry Pearl:

How to be a girl and a CEO

Invest in a magnifying mirror, with a light, for touching up your eyebrows if you can't get them done, and putting on eye makeup easier.

Take hair vitamins.

Get good facial and body scrubs.

Buy a good nail polish and top coat — stretch the life of your manicure/pedicure.

Find the easy, never fail thing for your hair when you're running late but want to look good.

Have a default makeup look you can do quickly or on the go.

Create pre-canned, ready to go outfits. Ask anybody about my black cashmere sweater dress. It has gotten me through a ton of events.

Moisturize head to toe; include your cuticles.

Buy hair glaze when needed before big meetings.

Carry the essentials with you, always.

8:20 AM on Wed May 14 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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Rachel Marsden at 04:29 PM on 05/14/08
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This chick rocks
AColeslaw at 05:49 PM on 05/14/08
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Wow, who knew hair glaze before a big meeting is the true key to being a successful CEO with a vagina.
dingdongditch at 07:05 PM on 05/14/08
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@AColeslaw: I know a few guys with vaginas but aren't sucessful CEOs, I'll have to pass on the hair glaze tip.
dingdongditch at 07:10 PM on 05/14/08
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Is that Julia Allison's twin sister?
BobDope at 09:11 PM on 05/14/08
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news you can use. this and the hand washing changed my life.
raincoaster at 10:10 PM on 05/14/08
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Somebody give this woman Glamour magazine; it hasn't been the same since Fuller Fullerized it.
bigsexyhair at 11:48 PM on 05/14/08
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*cringe*
giania at 07:28 AM on 05/15/08
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I was all ready to be huffy and offended, then I actually looked at the article and all it actually says is "Survival Tips for Busy Girls". Not the swift dismissal of girls in business that the wagged title of "how to be a girl and a ceo" lead me to think it might be.

Her article is great if you are in fact a girly-girl, or are deeply invested in Keeping Up Appearances. Not really that inspiring when you weigh the fact that she is a CEO and could share more with everyone on what that's actually like other than "chaos".

I don't find things like manicures and hair glaze all that impressive from a business perspective, though I understand that being aware of these things is a large part of how she got to where she is in the first place. Still, it'd be nice to find out what it's actually like to BE a woman on top in a business, instead of what it's like to put on makeup like a woman on top in business. ...unless that's all there is?