Episodes
Published 01/22/24
Daniella runs a small business that curates products that express you and your pet’s personalities. Since starting in 2020, she has sewn over 10,000 pet bandanas and has handmade many other products for humans as well. She has primarily grown ThirtyThree Butterflies Co. from attending many pop up events and has loved creating a community full of pet lovers and most of all, fur babies.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: The time that goes into a hand sewn product shopHow to avoid burnout (or...
Published 01/22/24
Episode 3 of 4 inside this mini series about selling my food photography side hustle. In this episode we are talking about the 6-week process of selling my business after the deal was done and we walked away from the closing table.  Plus, I am sharing my 5 tips for either growing a business or pivoting your business to become a sellable asset one day.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: The 6-week off-boarding process post-saleWalking away from my business with healthy boundaries5 tips for...
Published 01/15/24
Lily Schuette of Lil Petunia designs and handmakes polymer clay earrings that are always backed by popular demand (to say the least!). Lily is sharing with us today all about what it really looks like to hand make all of your inventory, set expectations with clients, and still deliver top tier service. All while being a full time stay at home mom! In This Episode You’ll Hear About: Balancing motherhood with businessPrioritizing quality over quantity Using your local community to growWholesale...
Published 01/08/24
Ready to learn from my past mistakes? Understanding what truly impacts your bottom lines inside your business and prioritizing those tools isn’t always easy. It sometimes requires sacrifice and swallowing a little bit of pride. However when we can identify our needle movers, we can create an insurance policy for our business decisions and make the patch to more income… a little easier.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: What a needle mover really is inside your businessDetermining your...
Published 01/01/24
Working for yourself full time can be terrific. However, it should never be your number one goal when building or operating your business. Inside the world of creative entrepreneurship being “full-time” can feel like THE stamp of success. When in reality, there are so many other ways to run a profitable, successful business before it’s “full-time”.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: Let’s challenge what it means to be a successful entrepreneur. Spoiler alert; it has nothing to do with the...
Published 12/25/23
Rick Weber Grossed $106k Hanging Christmas Lights In His First 3 Months
Published 12/18/23
Did you know that 92% of people looking to start a business, never actually do. In today’s episode we are diving into how you can add yourself to the 8%’er club, by focusing on my 3 pillars for success.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: Why momentum is so important Roadblocks to avoid while creating your businessCreating your offerPlacing that offer onlineFinding an audience for your offer Links & Resources: EPISODE WEBSITE >> Free Legal No-Nonsense Checklist For Starting Your...
Published 12/11/23
With their mission being “treat every home as if it’s ours”, Mari and Josh of Ecokleen have created not just a profitable exterior cleaning business, but a reliable asset. On the podcast Mari and Josh are sharing how they began their journey with pressure washing and exterior cleaning and the tools they have used to scale their business over time. In This Episode You’ll Hear About: Humble days of passing out flyers The tools they have used to scale their businessHow they can earn $50-70k per...
Published 12/04/23
Are you looking to pinch some pennies and save money where you can inside your business? Tune into this episode to learn how I reduced my monthly business overhead and annual spending by consolidating to Canva Pro.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: Cutting my business overhead by $60 / monthHow I eliminated $125 of annual spendingHow I use Canva in my businessFree Canva account vs. Canva Pro Links & Resources: EPISODE WEBSITE >> >> Free Download: 500 Side Hustle...
Published 11/27/23
You don’t need a full-time schedule in order to start or grow your small business. In fact, having less time during the week to work on your business can grow you into an efficient entrepreneur. Here are my best tips for finding time to work on your small business and how to prioritize your schedule. In This Episode You’ll Hear About: Making more progress in less timeFocusing only on your needle moversCategorizing your to-do listPockets of time that may serve YOUMy favorite time management...
Published 11/20/23
As a business owner, chances are you likely love what you do. However, that doesn’t mean that entrepreneurship shouldn’t come with a paycheck. Or that the beginning of building a business should put you in debt. Here are 4 ways you can begin funding your new small business.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: Monthly overhead + expensesPersonal funding versus business fundingSponsorships versus affiliate marketingCrowdfunding and how to get started Links & Resources: EPISODE WEBSITE...
Published 11/13/23
When starting a business, it’s easy to blur the lines between what you need when you’re just starting out and what you want to incorporate into your business as it grows. We often start out business with grand visions, seeing our businesses as they grow successful. However, when we use this vision as a starting point, we run the risk of never truly reaching success. In This Episode You’ll Hear About: The 6 items you don’t need to start a businessWhat starting a business should look likeHow...
Published 11/06/23
When it comes to business, the hardest part can sometimes be just starting. This episode is for you to discover any times you’ve stood in your own way and how to healthily take a step back, and start that business! We are covering 5 areas that hold small business entrepreneurs back them most and how to tackle each one. In This Episode You’ll Hear About: Perfectionism, procrastination, fear of failing, over creation, and over complicatingThe limited beliefs we may unknowingly have about...
Published 10/30/23
Feeling overwhelmed at the thought of starting a business? Here’s what the guru’s won’t tell you… it doesn’t need to be fancy at the beginning. In fact, the more simple, the better!  There are really just 3 areas you need to focus on when getting your business off the ground. This episode will walk you through those areas and how to get started. Say goodbye to feeling overwhelmed, start simple, get fancy later! In This Episode You’ll Hear About: 3 pillars of success for starting any...
Published 10/23/23
Episode 4 of 4 inside this mini series about selling my food photography side hustle. My sweet husband, Tyler, is making his debut and sharing his experience witnessing entrepreneurship from the sidelines.  We are talking all about what the sale of my business looked and felt like for our household as well as walking down memory lane through it all.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: Tyler’s experience as the supporter of entrepreneurshipHaving doubts versus being supportive Best and worst...
Published 10/16/23
Episode 3 of 4 inside this mini series about selling my food photography side hustle. In this episode we are talking about the 6-week process of selling my business after the deal was done and we walked away from the closing table.  Plus, I am sharing my 5 tips for either growing a business or pivoting your business to become a sellable asset one day.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: The 6-week off-boarding process post-saleWalking away from my business with healthy boundaries5 tips for...
Published 10/09/23
Episode 2 of 4 inside this mini series about selling my food photography side hustle. In this episode I am diving into how I came to accept an offer, what the process looked like as I physically prepared my business to be sold, and legally firing myself on paper.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: Removing emotions in a very emotional processThe closing table and signing over my companyAnswering Q&A’s from last week! Links & Resources: EPISODE WEBSITE >> Get Your Business Off...
Published 10/02/23
Cats out of the bag… I listed my food photography business for sale. And for the sake of this episode… I have a MAJOR spoiler alert… IT SOLD! That’s right, in the last few months I have been working on a project of a lifetime listing my business for sale, accepting an offer, and onboarding an entirely new owner to take the baton from me and do things better than I ever could have.  There are so many details to share and I am bringing you along for the ride. This is episode 1 of 4 of my mini...
Published 09/25/23
Goal setting is more than just a healthy journal prompt. Instead, it is the gateway to strategy planning and seeing results. When we set goals inside our business we are able to capitalize on our business excitement and directly turn that momentum into an action plan. When SMART goals initiate your action plan, you are able to see progress by focusing on daily tasks instead of eating the entire elephant.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: What SMART goals are and how to set themWhat SMART...
Published 09/18/23
When it comes to your offers, are you thinking big enough? Do you have a built-in client journey that invites buyers or clients back after they invest with you? How do you naturally continue this investment invitation? It all starts with your value ladder.  Your value ladder is how you can continue building revenue inside your business while continuing to serve your audience. It’s how you can scale your offers, give results, and move buyers to the next level inside your business. Tune into...
Published 09/11/23
Discover the world of furniture flipping inside this episode with Claire McCann. What started as a means to downside has resulted in a lean money making machine in the heart of San Francisco.  Claire runs a furniture flipping business, finding amazing (and amazingly priced) finds on online marketplaces and flips them for profit. In fact she started her business with only $65 and flipped that investment into $25,000 in profit in just 1 year.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: What furniture...
Published 09/04/23
A common mistake entrepreneurs make is looking over creating a business plan. Instead some of us go straight from idea to action and completely skip over strategic planning.  Creating a business plan can set you up for success, build better offers, create sustainability, and give you the confidence you deserve to move forward. This episode is going to walk you through everything you need to know about creating your business plan.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: A business plan versus a...
Published 08/28/23
Are you swimming in unused clothes? Or is shopping a hobby that you love and want to finally earn money from doing it? Reselling clothing items on Poshmark can turn into a pretty lucrative side hustle quick than you think! Molly McIndoe of Molly’s Closet Collection started her Poshmark journey in 2019 and has since transformed it into a money making machine. So much so that Molly has been able to eliminate $75,000 of debt from reselling clothing alone! In This Episode You’ll Hear About: How...
Published 08/21/23
Ready to learn from my past mistakes? Understanding what truly impacts your bottom lines inside your business and prioritizing those tools isn’t always easy. It sometimes requires sacrifice and swallowing a little bit of pride. However when we can identify our needle movers, we can create an insurance policy for our business decisions and make the patch to more income… a little easier.  In This Episode You’ll Hear About: What a needle mover really is inside your businessDetermining your...
Published 08/14/23