About Jane Pollak

Successful entrepreneur, public speaker and business coach, Jane Pollak launched her business career in the unlikely field of egg decoration while teaching school after getting her Masters from Columbia University Teachers College.

What started as a project for a high school class became a passion for pysanky – the Ukrainian word for “eggs which have been written on.” Jane struggled and persevered the challenges of part-time entrepreneurship while raising a family of three children in suburban Connecticut.

Once her youngest was off to school, Jane focused on developing the business while listening to motivational and business advice from the likes of Roger Dawson, Wayne Dyer and Brian Tracy.

Jane's story is an odyessy that led her from remote crafts fairs and customer rejections to an invitation to the White House and appearances on NBC's Today Show. National publications started featuring Jane’s artwork as early as 1985, when her patchwork quilt eggs appeared in Country Living Magazine. Since then, she has been written up by The New York Times and other prominent publications.

Her lessons along the way led her to share her story and give advice to struggling entrepreneurs, traveling the country (and beyond). Jane joined the the National Speakers Association in 1997, and published her book, Soul Proprietor: 101 Lessons from a Lifestyle Entrepreneur in 2001, which offers practical advice on business, marketing and goal setting.

The Small Business Administration named Jane the 2002 Home-Based Business Advocate for all of New England. In addition to the National Speakers Association, Jane is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers, the Craft and Hobby Association, and the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce.