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"If I don't do it myself, no one will": the accidental entrepreneur

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This episode's guest is Nicole Ryan, founder of Alex’s Adventure, a drug education company that focuses on helping young people learn about drugs and substance misuse, while also helping them make better decisions as they grow into adulthood.

Nicole's motivation to start this business as well as her whole entrepreneurial journey are deeply rooted in her personal story, which she shared with us in this episode, alongside with:

  • The process of developing her business with no knowledge on the topic and why she calls herself an "accidental entrepreneur"
  • Her realisation that if she wanted to see change in the drug education system, she had to do it herself
  • The reason why she chose to start a social business instead of a non-profit organization
  • How she overcame her biggest challenge: thinking she wasn't the right person to start this business
  • The importance of coming back to your WHY in order to stay on the right track within your project
  • How she balanced between her two sides, introverted vs extroverted, and learned how to avoid burnout
  • Her key takeaway: the worst thing that can happen is nothing; at least you tried and won’t have any regrets.

    • Find out more about Alex's Adventure:

    • Website: www.alexsadventure.ie
    • Instagram: alexs_adventure_
    • Facebook: alexsadventure18

      • sensecast is produced by Fatou, Silvia and Antonis from makesense Berlin.

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