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That said, the book was very beneficial to me, as someone who knows quite literally nothing about running a business the "right" way. I've always just been the one to dive in with enthusiasm and hope the details work themselves out. For someone like me, who is pretty much business-clueless, this is a fantastic, human way to learn. She begins with finding the ideas for your business, researching those ideas and finding a target market.

She discusses networking and bartering, as well as how to budget effectively. As the book progresses, punctuated by meditations and prayers to help center yourself, she moves into the harder stuff -- values and ethics, marketing strategies and learning lessons from failures.

Her books and workshops, including The SEED Handbook, published worldwide in , pioneered a more feminine approach to business, combined with personal empowerment, inspiring thousands of women to join a movement of sustainable economic independence. Born in and in her eighth decade, Lynne believes that she still has much work to do and intends to commit her life to spending one third of her time being paid to do the work she loves, one third of her time in service to a better world and one third of her time enjoying her life with the people and places she loves.

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Local SEED Circles have started up in many areas to provide members with opportunities to network with like-minded business owners in the community, whilst accredited SEED Coaches provide mentoring to new businesswomen starting out.

In , she launched the SEED Community Site, a social networking website to connect women entrepreneurs around the world.