Episode 20: Why Relationship Building Is Important For Business Growth With Vernetta Freeney

An important part of being an entrepreneur is learning from your peers. “Unstoppable Entrepreneur” profiles entrepreneurs who have taken the leap to follow their passion and create their own work & lifestyle. They share their expertise: tips for success, tools they use and valuable insights they have learned along the way.

This week I had the pleasure of speaking to entrepreneur, Vernetta Freeney of Women Are Game Changers and she shares her story of being a ‘forced’ entrepreneur as well as her advice for building relationships to grow your business.

Watch/Listen to the video below and share your feedback in the comments!

Key Takeaways:

  • Relationships can help take your business from infant to full-grown business
  • Opportunities and relationship building are all around us
  • When networking don’t just talk about yourself, break the ice and use a story to entice curiosity
Click to Tweet: Opportunities for relationship building are all around us: http://bit.ly/12YC6bt @womengamechange via @SandySidhu

 About Vernetta Freeney:

After graduating with a Masters in Education Administration, she decided to step away from the 9-5 after being forced to resign from teaching. She now runs an award winning, popular business blog and own Women Are Gamechangers LLC.  She also hosts a networking tour, speaks and writes to help you strengthen your network.

 

 

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Episode 19: How To Make The Leap From Corporate To Entrepreneur With Luz Garcia-Pennock

An important part of being an entrepreneur is learning from your peers. “Unstoppable Entrepreneur” profiles entrepreneurs who have taken the leap to follow their passion and create their own work & lifestyle. They share their expertise: tips for success, tools they use and valuable insights they have learned along the way.

This week I had the pleasure of speaking to entrepreneur, Luz Garcia-Pennock of LovelyGalPosh/Happily Working and she shared her journey from corporate HR employee to full-time entrepreneur.

Watch/Listen to the video below and share your feedback in the comments!

Key Takeaways

  • You don’t have to leave your job to start learning
  • Grab your kudos from the corporate world while they are still fresh (like LinkedIn references)
  • Adapting to your client’s needs
  • Start building relationships and learn how to ask for work
  • Reaching out for help when you need to learn new skills eg. tools and technology
Click to Tweet: Making the leap from corporate to #entrepreneur with @lovelygalposh http://bit.ly/XGGnbW via @SandySidhu
Click to Tweet: Planning to take the leap from corporate job to #entrepreneur? @lovelygalposh shares her advice http://bit.ly/XGGnbW via @SandySidhu

About Luz

Luz is the founder of Lovely Gal Posh and HappilyWorking. She supports leaders at companies with training and coaching to high performing and engaged…happy teams and people.

Your turn:

  1. In the comments below, share your entrepreneurial story and one key lesson you learned.
  2. Know someone who could benefit from this post? Share it, please 🙂

Episode 18: How To Move From Idea To Action With Entrepreneur Jamila Payne

An important part of being an entrepreneur is learning from your peers. “Unstoppable Entrepreneur” profiles entrepreneurs who have taken the leap to follow their passion and create their own work & lifestyle. They share their expertise: tips for success, tools they use and valuable insights they have learned along the way.

This week I had the pleasure of speaking to entrepreneur, Jamila Payne of Jamila Payne. Jamila shares her entrepreneurial journey, why now is an amazing time to be in business and the importance of building a team from the get-go.

Watch/Listen to the video below and share your feedback in the comments!

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Video:

Key Takeaways

  • Don’t get caught up on a specific idea but focus on a need and identify burning pain points
  • Hire yourself for the $100/hr jobs and hire others for the $10/hr jobs
  • ‘Just in time’ learning and applying and putting into action the things you’ve learned.
  • Even if you are not techy, you should understand it so you can leverage it. Technology is a great equalizer for entrepreneurs today.
Click to tweet: Moving from idea to action with @jamilapayne http://bit.ly/TNpkqL via @sandysidhu
Click to tweet: Hire yourself for the $100/hr jobs and #outsource the $10/hr jobs ~@jamilapaynehttp://bit.ly/TNpkqL via @sandysidhu #entrepreneur

Resources Mentioned

About Jamila

support and networking for women entrepreneursAn entrepreneur since the age of 10, Jamila Payne inspires entrepreneurs to create the business + life they want. You can find her online at JamilaPayne and follow her on Twitter.

 

 

 


Episode 17: How To Find Balance As An Entrepreneur with Angela Horn

An important part of being an entrepreneur is learning from your peers. “Unstoppable Entrepreneur” profiles entrepreneurs who have taken the leap to follow their passion and create their own work & lifestyle. They share their expertise: tips for success, tools they use and valuable insights they have learned along the way.

This week I had the pleasure of speaking to Angela Horn of Balance and Life. Angela shares how she adopted a minimalist lifestyle and how we as entrepreneurs can learn from this lifestyle and apply it our busy lives.

Watch/Listen to the video below and share your feedback below!

Key Takeaways

  • Take a digital sabbatical at least once a week: Take small steps and start with an hour
  • Be mindful of who you friend on Facebook (or follow on Twitter) so you don’t get sucked in to their drama
  • Detach to get creative: it’s too easy to edit yourself on your laptop. Go old school and grab a pen and paper and let the ideas flow!
  • Social media can be a time-suck if you are not mindful. Focus on what you hope to achieve and set limits to how much time you spend

Resources Mentioned

  • Rescue Time: see where you are spending your time and remove any in-efficiences from your day
  • Anti-Social: don’t have the willpower to logout of social media? Anti-social will do it for you.

 

About Angela

Angela Horn is a Cape Town-based freelance writer, lifestyle blogger and public speaker. Feel free to stalk her on Twitter or harass her via email. Alternatively you can just head over to Mostly Mindful and sign up for her bi-monthly minimalist missives..

Episode 16: Differentiating Yourself In Business With Jennifer Donogh Of Young Female Entrepreneurs

An important part of being an entrepreneur is learning from your peers. “Unstoppable Entrepreneur” profiles entrepreneurs who have taken the leap to follow their passion and create their own work & lifestyle. They share their expertise: tips for success, tools they use and valuable insights they have learned along the way.

This week I had the pleasure of speaking to Jennifer Donogh, Director of Young Female Entrepreneurs and Owner of Ovaleye. Jennifer discusses how when she first started working in the family business, Ovaleye, she was often one of the only females at various tech conferences which prompted her to eventually start Young Female Entrepreneurs. She also shares how Ovaleye got started with using video and how it helped them differentiate themselves.

Watch/Listen to the video below and share your feedback!

Key Takeaways

  • You can use video as a differentiator for your business and use it to complement your existing content strategy
  • Getting started with video doesn’t have to be hard! Grab your iphone and get started!
  • Advice to new entrepreneurs: read as much as you can!! There are tons of valuable resources available that won’t cost you a fortune.
  • Finding your ‘Business Bestie’

Your turn:

  1. Have you started using video in your business ? Share a link in the comments below! If not, grab your iphone or your webcam and give it a go! Let me know how it goes!
  2. Do you have  a friend or colleague who could benefit from this post? Email and share it! Thanks 🙂

Resources Mentioned

The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz

The Bootstrap Bookclub

About Jennifer Donogh

Jennifer Donogh is the Director of Young Female Entrepreneurs, whose mission is to help young women on their path to profitable businesses while building a collective reputation that is philanthropic, successful, multi-faceted, and collaborative.

 

 

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