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

One thing I always love to tell people, is that you just because you may think you want to be an entrepreneur, doesn't mean you have to have it all figured out right away.  

Joanie Connell has that exact story, where she just started moving on a journey in her career, solely by moving forward with things that interested her.  It all lead to starting her own job to follow a passion and allow her more flexibility with her child.  Years later, she now is a published author with a thriving business.  

I was so excited about this one because you hear from entrepreneur experts all the time about spending a ton of money, and hiring before you're ready, etc.  

However, after promising her husband that she wouldn't go into debt to start her business, Shannon Cherry has kept that promise over 10 years later.  Now she teaches others how to do the same thing.  

In this podcast, Shannon gives some great advice on how you can remain debt free, tips and tricks for getting creative in growing your business, and how she's managed to stay out of debt all these years.

Starving is usually how we hear artists described.  However, Nik Parks has made his mission to debunk that myth.  Although his mind is creative, he has an entrepreneurial spirt, and is on a mission to help other creatives make a living doing what they love.  We talk this inspiration behind his business, how he's making money, and what he's doing to help other artists live their true calling (and make money while doing it.)

Having a coaching business is all the rage right now, and although it can be lucrative, you do have to protect yourself.  

Attorney Karen Taggart stopped by to give some great must have tips when it comes to launching your online coaching business.  Please make sure you're protecting before you find out the hard way that you're not!

I'm taking this week to reflect on the top 5 lessons I've learned in launching my first online business.

Andy Hayes' story is one of taking some time to find his true calling, and taking a tragedy and making something amazing of it.  

Andy knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur, but after doing some consulting, he found himself in the same place where he was in Corporate America, tired, uninspired and taking jobs just to make money.  It was when his mother passed, where he decided to take her zest for life and start a company that inspired people to live the same way.  

I loved Andy's honesty abut his business, and how he made some mistakes but instead of giving up, he learned from them and has made his company a success!

With the popularity of podcasting going through the roof, it's important to learn how to make yours stand out from the rest.  

Jeff Brown, of the Read To Lead Podcast gives us some great insight on how to really pull in your audience, land big names, and run a compelling interview.

Can I just say how much I love an incredible story?!  Nick's did not disappoint, as he talked about what it was like reconnecting with his passion, how losing it all made him come out stronger, and the outside the box thinking that has made him a success.

This is truly an inspirational story of digging out of $250,000 of debt to $1,000,000 in sales!

As podcasts grow in popularity, it's more important than ever that what you do stands out.  

Lara Loest writes show notes for some of the most popular podcasts.  She stopped by to give us the low down of what makes great notes.  We also get into great copy writing, headlines, and how much you should actually put in the notes versus encourage the listener to download.

Diane was always an entrepreneur, but after moving to a new town and becoming a mother, she didn't build her business very large at first.  It wasn't until she found herself a single mom that she knew she had to find everything she had to make this business a success.  Pounding the pavement, she built her clientele and had a thriving business.  When the real estate bubble burst, she found herself needing to find a new direction for her business and a new way to bring on clientele.  

Her story is an incredible one, even after hit after hit, she made it work as a single mom, and her she is now an author of 5 books, with a thriving business.  I loved her story of determination and getting back up to make it all work.