What skills are you sitting on from your current or previous job that could be turned into your own biz?This week's guest is a former primary teacher who was able to combine her favourite parts of her teaching job, with her skills and a need, to create a biz that has allowed her to leave the 9-5 and create the life she wants.Susan Burke from Interactive Lessons Design, runs a subscription based website that is transforming the way teachers teach and students learn! As a teacher myself, and a mad lover of technology to help improve student engagement in the classroom, I am thrilled to have Susan on the podcast and beyond excited for her and the success that she has achieved to date.Creating these interactive whiteboard lessons was of interest for Susan, it was in her skill set and it was also a great way to occupy herself during her hours spent wide awake with insomnia. Any teacher will tell you (me included), how demanding the job is when you literally have to create everything yourself, lessons included, learning new technology included! So, when Susan saw these Interactive Whiteboards going under-utilised in many classrooms, she asked herself, “why”? The answer… teachers are time poor. They don't have time to learn the tech nor the time to make their lessons using the software that the school had purchased for them. Money was being wasted and not every student was being given the equal opportunity to engage in learning, using this type of technology.So there was Susan. She had an idea that had the secret sauce!!! What’s in the sauce? Only three ingredients.Interest, skills and a need. Join me on the podcast to find out HOW Susan took her idea and ran with it. Discover how she hustled to get her biz off the ground. Hear her speak openly about her fears, her failures and her biggest business breakthroughs. Be inspired by a regular Mum, who has been able to make her passion her paycheque!In this episode we explore:How to come up with a business idea.Ways to validate your business idea.The challenges of starting an online business while you still have your regular job.How to leverage relationships.The importance of collaboration and connecting face-to-face.Failures and lessons learned as an online business.Tips for overcoming obstacles as a work at home Mum.Ways to monetise from your online subscription based service.

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