Tania’s background is in psychology and at the point she was choosing to complete her PhD, she decided to start her own business instead. Tania went on to co found LifeLabs Learning, which helps train managers, executives and teams to create more harmonious workplaces. LifeLabs Learning has since helped over 350,000 people from a whole range of companies including, Slack, Reddit, Tinder and SquareSpace.

Tania is also the author of the best selling and highly acclaimed book, "The Leader Lab", which provides managers with a Swiss Army Knife of skills that help them handle the toughest of situations. She is also a columnist for Psychology Today and is a TED Talk Speaker – so pretty much knows everything there is to know about business and psychology.

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Stacey has a unique story about her experience of starting a business. She had spent over 25 years working in corporate America, and had become senior vice president, before deciding to strike out on her own. 

However, she did something a bit different to other entrepreneurs, and chose to buy a franchise. She successfully ran her franchise for 16 years before selling it, and now dedicates her time helping other prospective franchisees go about choosing which franchise might be best for them. 

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Isabella graduated in 2020, right in the middle of the pandemic, yet despite the huge challenges for those entering the workforce at this time, she still managed to find a great job as the digital editor of a regional publication.

However, even though Isabella had aspired to work in journalism since she was 12, she decided to pivot and start her own business, Isa Media Inc. She now works as a content strategist, using all her experience of digital media and strategy to help clients and business owners increase their own profile on social media. 

Visit: www.isamediainc.comb and Building With Isa Media Inc! https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/OWzEhDhvtub.

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Jamie founded PolyPay in 2013 and will coming up to an incredible 10 years in business. PolyPay works with a wide variety of businesses, offering a smorgasbord of payment services to its customers, who range from traditional brick and mortar, e-commerce, mobile businesses and everything in between. 

Visit: https://polypay.com/.

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Kathryn Smith is the principle consultant at Walton Birch, a consulting firm in America, which helps a wide variety of businesses with their e-commerce platforms, with a particular specialism in supporting smaller businesses and solo entrepreneurs. Kathryn has a wealth of experience regarding some of the challenges and mistakes that can await fledgling businesses, which she is kind enough to share on today's podcast.

Visit: https://waltonbirch.com/.

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Megan Lowdon had over 10 years of experience in the event industry, and was working at the largest convention centre in Canada ,when the pandemic hit, and the entire hospitality sector was shut down. Eventually, Megan decided on a complete change in her career and partnered up with her husband Robert, who already had a well established commercial photography business. Megan was able to utilise the skills she had acquired within the events industry and apply them effectively to the benefit of her and her husband’s company.

Visit: https://www.robertlowdon.com/.

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John Follis is a multi award winning advertising executive and marketing expert. He has worked with numerous high-profile clients, such as the American Stock Exchange, and his campaigns have been covered in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes and TIME magazine.

John cofounded one of the most successful ad agencies in New York, but prior to that was fired 4 times in 8 years. He also flunked his first advertising class in college and was told by the instructor that I'd never succeed in the business. You can hear his amazing story, all in today's episode.

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