Law Chat with Girija

From being passionate about computer science to helping developing countries' medical care systems around the world, our guest today is here to share her tipping point.

Episode Introduction:

In this episode of Law Chat With Girija, we are accompanied by a true hero, someone who has dedicated her life to helping uplift the medical conditions in developing countries around the world. Dr. Natasha Kathuria (MD), who's an active member and the Global Outreach Doctors shares her journey of what led her to become a doctor when she was considering pursuing computer science.

Episode Summary:

Dr. Kathuria shares her story about her frequent visits to India and describes in detail the one visit during her freshman year that became the tipping point in her professional career. She talks about everything from what motivated her to pursue medicine, her journey as a doctor, and how she's working to make an impact rather than achieving short-term success. Dr. Kathuria is also an active contributor in the field of medical journalism and her passion for writing drives her to explore more of that field too.

Main Takeaways:

• It's very easy to turn a blind eye to the problems of a country when you're there as a tourist but when you stay in a country and actually understand what's going on, you'll be able to understand how the most basic of necessities are absent.
• As a responsible citizen, we should always do our parts in helping the doctors who are currently fighting on the frontline. This can be done by:

1. Verifying facts and stopping the spread of fake news.
2. Following basic health tips prescribed for the pandemic.
3. Help educate others about doing the same.

• You can either complain about or make excuses that how much a difficult situation is affecting you or you can leverage what's working to your advantage and make the most out of it.

Fun Facts About Dr. Natasha Kathuria:

• Dr. Kathuria's favorite book is The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
• Her favorite Instagram account is @kindness.news

Find Dr. Kathuria:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natashakathuriamd

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https://youtu.be/oRDPgWvTYBY

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Have you ever seen a small meetup in your local coffee shop turn into a community of more than seventy thousand entrepreneurs globally? Our guest today has.

Episode Introduction:

In this episode of Law Chat With Girija, we are accompanied by someone who truly believes and is pretty much one of the founding members of the essence of "Community Over Competition". Natalie Franke, founder of the Rising Tide society comes on the law chat mic today to share what inspired her to build a community that's all about lifting each other up.

Episode Summary:

Natalie shares her story beginning right from her early years in the business where she was told she can't do certain things, she opens up about being the only creative business owner in a family full of people from science background, her health problems and how she built Rising Tide into the massive movement that it has become today with more than seventy thousand members and four hundred chapter across the globe.

Main Takeaways:

• People will always tell you that you can't do certain things and more often than not, they are coming from a place where they are worried about what the failure will do to you -- you need to overcome that.

• When people are advising you against something you're passionate about, mute their voices and continue to do your thing.

• Being a part of a community is not only morally uplifting but networking also helps your business.

• You need to build resilience in order to understand your goals better and achieve them.

• You don't need perfection to succeed, you need integrity.

• The mistakes that we think are uncommon and have been made before, we need to be able to come in front of a community and tell them and more often than not, help is present for us.

Fun Facts About Natalie Franke:

• Natalie's favourite book is Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek.

• Her favorite business tools are Honeybook, Flodesk, Teachable and Planoly.

Resources Mentioned:

• Build Your Resilience (APA): https://www.apa.org/topics/resilience

• Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance: https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111116

Find Natalie Franke:

Website: https://nataliefranke.com/

Honeybook: https://www.honeybook.com/

Rising Tide: https://www.honeybook.com/risingtide/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliefranke

Get the visual experience, watch the videocast for the episode here: https://youtu.be/IN2i49nwr3M

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Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

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From flowers to travel to hotels, our guest today is super passionate about various different careers and manages to slay each of them.

Episode Introduction:

In this episode of Law Chat With Girija, we are accompanied by a true business coach, with years of business experience under her belt, she now helps women go from corporate to self-employed in 90 days with her coaching program.

Episode Summary:

Franceska walks us through her entrepreneurial journey starting right from how she stumbled into being self-employed as well as every other hustle she's ever taken up. She tells us the top lessons that she has learned by working as her own boss for years and how she now helps several other women do the same with her supporting them every step of the way.

Main Takeaways:

• If you're genuinely interested in what you do, you will perform so much better than when you do it only because it's trendy.
• Not investing in the legal aspect of your business is like buying a house but not using locks.
• To build the lifestyle you love, you must be clear on how you want your day to start and end - then you bring your business vision into the equation.
• You must know what is you 'Why?' in the business because that is going to be your ultimate goal to help sustain and scale your business.

Fun Facts About Franceska McCaughan:

• Franceska's favorite book is 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest.
• Her favorite magazine is Condé Nast.
• Her favorite business tools are Lightroom, Zoom, and Instagram.

Find Franceska McCaughan:

Website: https://www.franceskamccaughan.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/franceska.mccaughan/

Connect With Girija:

Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/

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Have you ever been so unconfident about your cooking skills that you decided to apply for MasterChef? Our guest today certainly has.

Episode Introduction:

In this episode of Law Chat With Girija, we are accompanied by a desi entrepreneur, Hetal Vasavada who prides herself based on her curation of the unique Indian-American food palette. She's a MasterChef participant and has been featured on several platforms including New York Times, Washington Post, and a lot more!

Episode Summary:

Hetal walks us through her journey of becoming a chef who creates recipes that are not just mouth-wateringly delicious but also one hundred percent accurate in terms of the ingredients. Hetal talks about her childhood which was the subtle beginning of her career as a chef, her discovery of her love for baking, shares some of her biggest wins, tells us how she's continuing to grow as an entrepreneur every single day, her amazing hacks to deal with money by making her daughter a paid employee and of course, how she dealt with the law side of her business and continues to do so.

Main Takeaways:

• You need to be smart with your business and always make sure that whatever you do, you're protected legally.
• Investing in the legalities of your business is always the safer thing to do in order to avoid facing bigger losses in the longer run.
• 'Community Over Competition' is something that will help every single entrepreneur in the longer run.
• Instead of targeting inorganic follower growth, one should be building genuine connections on social media.

Fun Facts About Hetal:

• Some of Hetals's favorite books are Ella Enchanted and Pride and Prejudice.
• Some of her favorite bloggers are The Familiar Kitchen, The Chutney Life, and Chocolate & Cheese Please!
• Hetal's favorite business tools are Asana and Sortd for Gmail.

Find Hetal Vasavada:

Website: https://milkandcardamom.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milkandcardamom/

Pre Order Hetal's Recipes: https://milkandcardamomsweets.com/

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Welcome to Law Chat with Girija!

This is a platform where I want to share, highlight, and celebrate diverse narratives and perspectives of entrepreneurship which inevitably provides motivation, encouragement, and inspiration to our community.

We have the most amazing guests lined up and we cannot wait for you to binge on their stories, learn from their mistakes, celebrate their victories, and be inspired by their pivotal moments.

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Have you ever thought about pivoting into a field that you have no first-hand experience with? Have you ever dreamed of owning multiple businesses and crushing it like a boss? Oh ya...have you ever broke into a clients house? Join Kat Schmoyer with us on Law Chat With Girija and find out how she did all of the above.

Episode Introduction:

In this episode of Law Chat With Girija, we are accompanied by a true entrepreneur at heart. Kat Schmoyer started her entrepreneurial journey with her wedding planning business, "Dear Sweetheart Events" and eventually started arranging full-fledged, value-packed conferences with educators from several different fields with the hottest coveted seats in town at the "Creative At Heart" Conference and has been hosting them successfully since the last 5 years.

Episode Summary:

Kat tells us all about her journey right from her initial "Aha" moment to where she stands today in her entrepreneurial journey. She talks about her wins, her losses, her oops moments but most of all, she shares with our listeners the joy her business gives her. The episode is also filled with a ton of valuable and real advice. Kat talks about the mistakes she made and the lessons she learned out of them, she also tells us what makes her business the authentic and fun brand that it is today.

Main Takeaways:

• Your brand is a representation of you. Unless you are genuine with the vibe you give out on your brand, your brand is not going to look authentic either.
• As a business owner, you need to be very mindful of the boundaries you draw with your clients.
• Every entrepreneur should make it a point to be proactive when it comes to being cautious about the law aspect of their business.
• You should make it a practice to always show up gracefully in front of your clients as long as your business allows it.
• It is extremely crucial to have business contacts so that in case of a dispute, you stay protected.
• Even though the rules are stated in the contract, you should try to communicate the most significant detail via email so that your client doesn't miss them.

Fun Facts About Kat:

• Some of Kat's favourite books are Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less and Write The Word Bible Journal
• Some of her favourite bloggers are Graham Cochrane and Brittany Sjogren from Loverly Grey.
• Kat's favourite business tools are Trello, Planoly and Kajabi

Find Kat Schmoyer:

Website: https://katschmoyer.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katschmoyer/

Creative At The Heart Conference: https://katschmoyer.com/creative-at-heart-conference/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creativeatheart/

Dear Sweetheart Event: http://dearsweetheartevents.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dearsweetheartevents/

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