The Starters Club Podcast - Learn From Entrepreneurs - Get Your Business Started - Grow Your Current Business

Sunny Nunan was working a corporate job where she was undervalued and saw a need that wasn't getting fulfilled.  She had the opportunity to either push the idea with her company and hope they put her in charge of it.  Or she could jump on her own and run with it, even though she had no experience as an entrepreneur.  

In a quick decision, she did the later, and five years later, hasn't looked back.  Her business Core 24 is thriving, and ready to expand throughout Texas, and eventually the nation.  Sunny stopped by to share some her story and some of her secrets of success.

Colleen Darby was hitting a huge milestone in her life, and decided it was time to follow a dream.  Her passion was art, and her heart led her to want to paint landscape images for children's Oncology patients.  

With no funds to start this project, Colleen turned to Kickstarter and began putting together her campaign.  She didn't just hit her number, she doubled it, and stopped by to give us the tips that made her campaign so successful.

If you know anything about Fast Pitch Softball, then you definitely know the name Gary Leland.  He found hard to find equipment when his daughter's played competitively, so he started his own company.

However, it's grown to so much more than just selling equipment.  Gary has made sure his name is attached to all things softball.  The way he built this business completely amazed me, and I wanted to bring him on to share his story.  

Gary is also a pioneer in the podcasting world.  If he gets an idea for a business, he runs with it, no questions asked.  I can't say many people can honestly say they do that every time.

Back of the Room Productions was the brain child of Alicia White when she saw that a multimillion dollar speaker was not getting the most out of his marketing. Alicia now provides speakers with speaker sheets, business cards, social media images, website graphics all geared to their speaker branding.

She came by to really teach us where to begin if you want to launch a speaking career, and what it can do to really help take your business to the next level.   

Robin Kramer is half of Flourish and Thrive Academy which is there to help guide them in these processes and to provide a community.

After taking several different jewelry companies from start-up to success she branched out on her own.  She was then approached by Tracey to launch Flourish and Thrive Academy, and they've been going strong ever since.

Tina White stops by to break down the items we need to consider and look at when determining how to set our prices.  She breaks it down in 8 easy steps, and can help anyone figuring out how to price their services or products so their business will thrive. (And P.S., it's not about being the cheapest!)

Jessica Rector’s story is the ultimate making lemonade out of lemons.  After she found herself with an unexpected pregnancy, she not only decided to take on motherhood, but she also made it her mission to help other single moms.   Her mission is to help the moms out there who want to start making a life that they love versus just trying to get through the day. 

Sue B. Zimmerman is a world renowned Instagram Expert.  After seeing her twin daughters using it, she thought it would be a great tool for her business on Cape Cod.  Since then, she's taken the Instagram world by storm teaching others what this amazing tool can do for their businesses.

Michelle always wanted to have her own business but she, like many others, didn’t know exactly how to go about that. After going to business school and learning how to get a job, not how to start a business, she worked in banking for about 4 years.

Michelle knew this was not how she wanted to spend her life and just became really burnt out. At the age of 30 she just couldn’t do it anymore and took a sabbatical to Europe really seeking what she wanted in life. She came back to the states and quit her job. She began working at a dot com and really enjoyed the entrepreneur environment and then moved to Microsoft. With her first coach and the idea of figuring out her purpose and how she wanted to make a difference in the world her 180 began.

I'm not sure if you're anything like me, but I have always found Trademarks to be a giant mystery.  I was never sure if you should do it when immediately starting your business, or if you should wait when it hit a certain threshold.  I also once tried to do the Trademarking process on my own, and well, overwhelmed, is a complete understatement.  Tamsen Horton of Vuja De Law came to for a visit again to break down trademarks, and she gave us some great information.