Laura Wright is the owner and founder of PAWright Pet Services. She started this business in 2012 with her husband, Erik, after she was laid off from an insurance company. Neither of them wanted to start over in the corporate world. Since they both had extensive experience with animals, they decided to begin a pet-related company. After Erik passed away, Laura struggled with finding the inspiration and motivation to keep going. Today, Laura describes how she was able to persevere and explode her business after such a tumultuous time.

Biggest Takeaways You Don't Want To Miss

How did you make your first leap from going solo to hiring empl0yees? [3:00]

What was your first experience like hiring a bookkeeper and a CPA? [7:00]

How did you deal with the death of your spouse in terms of deciding to continue on the business? [11:15]

The transition from doing the job of one to doing the job of two [14:15]

What kind of advice would you give to business owners that experience trauma? [16:30]

 

Show Highlights

If you're just considering the idea of starting a business, seek out what resources are in your local town. Google "small business" and call up the Chamber of Commerce! There are tons of free and low-cost resources that can provide you with priceless knowledge

While someone will never experience the exact same experiences as you, there will always be people that go through very similar events. Lean on those people and let them empathize with you. There will always be someone that can understand what you're feeling and help you cope. Don't isolate yourself or beat yourself up about things that you can't change.

 

Links

Laura's Website: pawrightpetservices.com

The Jump Mastermind: http://jumpconsulting.net/jump-mastermind

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Transcript:

This is episode 102 of Bella In Your Business. The next series is going to be a bunch of interviews with amazing pet sitters that I know will also motivate and inspire you and your business. From time to time, I interview incredible pet sitters who have been through or faced some really amazing challenges that have inspired me, and therefore I know will inspire you. If you know of anyone who has an amazing story to share, who is a pet sitting or dog walking business owner, I'd love to hear from you. Just go ahead and email me at [email protected]. Until then, enjoy this next episode.

Welcome to Bella in Your Business, where Bella will discuss anything and everything about your pet sitting business to help you land on target. So get ready—Bella’s got your chute.

Welcome to Bella in Your Business. My name is Bella Vasta with Jump Consulting, and today I have a longtime client of mine, Laura Wright with Paw Right Pet Services. Laura, I just adore you. I cannot wait for you to come to Jump Into Paradise here in Arizona in the summer where I can actually just hug you because I just adore you. Right before we started recording, she had some music on in the background, and I was like, “Hey, Laura, can you turn that off?” And she said, “Alexa, be quiet.” And Alexa turns off. I think that’s the best thing ever because I don’t have one. It’s amazing.

Laura, welcome to the show.

Laura: Thank you for having me.

Bella: I love that sweet-as-pie accent. Why don’t you tell everyone where you’re from, when you started your company, and give us a little bit of understanding of who you are and what your background is.

Laura: My husband and I started our company six years ago. Before getting into the real job world, I worked with wildlife rehab and primarily with birds of prey.