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EP 22: Chelsy Cardin — Why You Don’t Always Have To Choose Between Corporate & Entrepreneur Life
Chelsy Cardin is the first person in her family with a college degree and the first person who wanted to take the corporate path.
Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, she hadn’t watched anyone work a 9-to-5 schedule growing up. But she did have a lot of energy and ambition, and she needed to direct it somewhere. By 19, she’d already graduated from college, returning to school the following year for her MBA in marketing. At 23, she was running a marketing department and making a six-figure salary.
“Looking back over what I’ve accomplished this far, I feel like every place I’ve gotten both in my personal life and my professional life has just been because I’ve taken massive action,” she says. “When I make a decision, I go all-in because I know undoubtedly that that’s the right move for me.”
Even still, there have been some unexpected turns in her path — including when the entrepreneurial bug did eventually bite her. In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Chelsy talk about how she went from corporate life to entrepreneur life to ultimately a mix of the two.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why Chelsy quit her cushy, six-figure job at 23, and what she did after
- When people ask her whether an MBA is “worth it,” what her response always is
- How she, in her current industry, made as much on her first commission as her entire starting salary
- And much more!
Favorite Quote:
“You can't be everything to everybody, right? So at least to start with, you have to have a niche. You have to know who you're trying to focus on. That's always the first thing. I feel like a lot of times, especially new businesses, try to market too broadly. They try to appeal to everybody, and in turn, they appeal to nobody… you have to focus on that smaller group, and take the people that are your ideal audience and make them passionate.”
— Chelsy Cardin
How to Get Involved:
Connect with Chelsy:
Connect with Patrick:
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Chelsy Cardin is the first person in her family with a college degree and the first person who wanted to take the corporate path.
Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, she hadn’t watched anyone work a 9-to-5 schedule growing up. But she did have a lot of energy and ambition, and she needed to direct it somewhere. By 19, she’d already graduated from college, returning to school the following year for her MBA in marketing. At 23, she was running a marketing department and making a six-figure salary.
“Looking back over what I’ve accomplished this far, I feel like every place I’ve gotten both in my personal life and my professional life has just been because I’ve taken massive action,” she says. “When I make a decision, I go all-in because I know undoubtedly that that’s the right move for me.”
Even still, there have been some unexpected turns in her path — including when the entrepreneurial bug did eventually bite her. In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Chelsy talk about how she went from corporate life to entrepreneur life to ultimately a mix of the two.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why Chelsy quit her cushy, six-figure job at 23, and what she did after
- When people ask her whether an MBA is “worth it,” what her response always is
- How she, in her current industry, made as much on her first commission as her entire starting salary
- And much more!
Favorite Quote:
“You can't be everything to everybody, right? So at least to start with, you have to have a niche. You have to know who you're trying to focus on. That's always the first thing. I feel like a lot of times, especially new businesses, try to market too broadly. They try to appeal to everybody, and in turn, they appeal to nobody… you have to focus on that smaller group, and take the people that are your ideal audience and make them passionate.”
— Chelsy Cardin
How to Get Involved:
Connect with Chelsy:
Connect with Patrick: