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Jacqueline Jase Face & Body Center, LLC, is a reality!  That is the message I received from owner Jacqueline Dube, who completed a 14-week business planning course with me this summer at the Center for Women and Enterprise.  Read how Jacqueline Dube made her business plan a reality.
 
From Business Plan to Reality 
By Jacqueline Dube
 


After the CWE business planning class was over, there were many challenges I still had to overcome - understanding business insurance, learning how to use a real estate broker, and finding an attorney - to name a few. In general, figuring out how to make my business a reality from the plan I had created in class.

My biggest challenge was finding space that met state requirements for Esthetics and Massage Therapy given my financial constraints.  I stopped looking for a couple of months because it was such a challenge. I am currently partnering with a friend on the space.   We each run our own business and share the cost of the space.  My business will be officially licensed by the end of December and I expect to have the grand opening in January 2011.  Jacqueline Jase Face & Body Center, LLC is located at 324 Grove Street in Worcester, MA. (www.jacquelinejase.com.)

Sharing of information is so important when you are starting a business because people do not always understand why you want to follow your dreams.  Especially in my situation, when you have left a position in corporate America. A support network is critical to success!

Jacqueline Dube has been a licensed Esthetician since 2002.  She is a Master Esthetician, Licensed Massage Therapist, and is certified in Eyelash Extensions.