Going Solo

Going Solo

By Smashing the PlateauBusinessEntrepreneurshipEducationSelf-ImprovementCareers
Download on the App Store

Going Solo episodes

  • Fulfill Your Purpose Featuring Cole Baker Bagwell
    Cole left corporate America after a lucrative career spanning more than two decades. She leapt into the unknown without any certain revenue. Cole discusses the emotional fallout from Going Solo and provides great practical strategies to use your life purpose to get a new consulting business off the ground, even a period of great disruption.
    26 min
  • New Consultants Can Build Profitable Relationships Featuring Dov Gordon
    If you are a starting your own consulting or coaching business following a long corporate career, you have relationships that you can turn into revenue right away. Dov shares how he struggled with marketing and sales until he realized that the way he was already building relationships was the key to untapped recurring revenue and at the same time provided prospects for his consulting and coaching work.
    The story behind this brilliant insight will change the way you think about relationship marketing.
    27 min
  • How to Communicate Your Transition Featuring Joan Rodman Smoller
    Formerly an NYU Associate Professor and Director of an NYU Writing Program and a program for adults developing careers, Joan has made the transition into her own business. She uses her results-driven writing and editorial skills to help others communicate effectively to their audience. Joan’s techniques are especially important if you are trying to write about your new business in a noisy marketplace.
    24 min
  • Courage Leading to Professional and Personal Transformation Featuring Ann Louden

    Ann Louden is founder and CEO of the Ann Louden Company following three decades in Texas as a senior administrator in higher education. 

    We discuss:

    • A job offer that switches gears [1:48]
    • An empowering awareness for going into the unknown without a preparation [7:36]
    • Why you should take the opportunity to leave [9:20]
    • A sounding board for moving forward [15:08]
    • A tiny speck in a giant array of diversity [17:34]
    • Overlaying patterns of existence in a new place [19:38]
    • The highest level of playing field for non-profit organizations [22:30]

    Leading efforts to raise more than $150 million, Ann's expertise in non-profit philanthropy enabled her recent move to New York City. A consultant and speaker, Ann is the author of the upcoming book “Connection as a Superpower: How Social Courage Gives You the Edge in Life and Love.”

    Learn more about Ann at www.annlouden.com.

    Brief Description of Gift

    A free download of the Ten Attributes of a Connector

    URL for free gift

    www.annlouden.com

    27 min
  • Creating Viral Stories Featuring Justin Breen
    Justin’s compensation as a journalist was cut in half. He took what he saw as a journalist – how PR agents pitched thought provoking stories – and combined that with his own knowledge of how journalists were receptive to certain kinds of stories – and launched his own business to create viral stories that the media craves. It’s a great example of turning a deteriorating situation to your own advantage.
    23 min
  • Menopause Education Featuring Teresa Isabel Dias
    In December 2019, Teresa Isabel’s job as a pharmacist ended. She saw her job loss as an opportunity to focus all her energy on what had been a side activity – a women’s health practice specializing in menopause.
    Teresa Isabel also took several key steps in how she used her time to insure the likelihood of business success.
    24 min

About Going Solo

From the publisher's feed

Going Solo shares stories, strategies and ideas to help consultants, coaches and small business owners build success as entrepreneurs following a late-career job loss.