Women Solopreneur Stories Podcast

By Life Skills That Matter

Discover why more and more women are choosing to work for themselves. Listen to inspirational stories from women who have successfully gone out on their own. Learn how they did it, the struggles they ... more

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The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.

Women Solopreneur Stories Podcast episodes:

October 25, 2021Building a Business When Money Isn’t The Priority With Kristen Gagné
Kristen Gagné, founder of Webtawks, shares how she designed her business to prioritize net good over profits.
Some lessons that popped in our conversation include:
How the 80/20 Rule helped her decide to shift her business model from pursuing largely individual clients to focusing on a B2B model to provide better and more efficient coaching.
How she uses money as a tool to be more efficient with her time and energy.
How she developed a pricing strategy for her services and gained confidence in the value she offers her clients.
Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show126 from Life Skills That Matter
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35min
October 18, 2021Reskilling Yourself for the Future of Work With Claire Burge
Claire (Burge) Haidar shares why you need to continually acquire new skills to thrive in the rapidly changing workplace.
Some fantastic lessons in our conversation include:
Claire shares how a large financial institution decided to reskill their entire workforce to shift from routine tasks to creative problem-solving.
Why you shouldn’t dive into your communication streams in the beginning of your day.
Being ruthless about dedicating your “brilliant window” of 1 to 2 hours a day to your most necessary and creative work.
One of the most important lessons she learned from her parents was daily self-reflection by journaling every morning.
Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show123 from Life Skills That Matter
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38min
October 11, 2021Working For Yourself To Reduce Stress With Anna Jhaveri
Anna Jhaveri, owner of SoHo Dragon India, she shares why working for herself enabled her to become more balanced and less stressed.
A few lessons worth noting from our conversation include:
Designing a work schedule to accommodate the needs of your health.
How taking time off between working full-time and freelancing gave Anna time to self-reflect and better understand how she really wanted to work.
How she built her current business partnership incrementally.
Fostering remote relationships through great communication and trust.
Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show109 from Life Skills That Matter
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38min
October 04, 2021Feel Overwhelmed? Pay Less Attention to Your Thinking Says Julie Gray
Julie Gray, a stress and productivity coach, shares how to overcome your negative thinking, so you can thrive.
A few lessons worth noting from our conversation include:
Why starting a meditation practice is such an important method for reducing your stress.
Why the secret to becoming more productive lies within yourself.
Why most of us speed up to deal with our stress when stopping is the better option.
Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show105 from Life Skills That Matter
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35min
September 27, 2021Aligning Your Passion With the Right Business Model With Debra Giunta
Debra Giunta, founder of Design Dance, shares how to practice self-growth by celebrating your wins and embracing your losses.
Some great lessons in our conversation include:
How Debra used side jobs to fund her business for years until it got off the ground.
All the different revenue streams she’s now built to make the funding of her business more enduring.
How entrepreneurship gives you an opportunity to feel all of your strengths and weaknesses on a regular basis and through all the cycles of success and failure.
Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show104 from Life Skills That Matter
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38min
September 20, 2021Learn the 6 Stages of the Winning Mindset From Charlene Norman
Charlene Norman, author of Bulletproof Your Start Up, shares how to overcome any setbacks on your path to gaining your work freedom.
Some very important lessons in our conversation include:
How she focused her mindset to overcome the devastating effects of her stroke.
Why you need to fire some of your clients. She believes don’t hang onto clients that aren’t a good fit, if you’re feeling guilt or if you’re bored with them.
She describes the 6 steps for building a winning mindset.
Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show103 from Life Skills That Matter
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45min
September 13, 2021Building a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) With Amy Kauffman
Amy Kauffman, founder of Givily and Playe's Future, teaches how to create a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) to test your biz idea.
Some important lessons from our conversation include:
How Amy makes time for both of her business and her 2-year old by staying present in all circumstances.
How she manages her work productivity using sprints.
How she recognized her personal need to connect with people and decided to create businesses around that need.
Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show102 from Life Skills That Matter
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40min
September 06, 2021Building an HR Consulting Business With Alyssa Ruff
Alyssa Ruff, founder of HR Octane, shares her best advice for starting a consulting business.

Few important lessons that popped up in our conversation include:
How Alyssa built her network of potential clients when she was looking for a job.
How working for a small start-up and then for a Fortune 100 company, offered her apprenticeship-like experiences that enabled her to go out on her own as a consultant.
How she was able to increase her rates as she acquired more clients and experience.
Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show101 from Life Skills That Matter
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35min
August 30, 2021Uniting Multiple Skills Into One Purpose With Scuba Diver Jennifer Idol
Jennifer Idol, owner of The Under Water Designer, wants to empower you to unite your diverse passions and skills into your ideal work opportunity.

There are lots of great lessons that come out of our conversation including:
Importance of building the right community for developing her dive skills.
Why flying over the fires of the Deep Water Horizon oil spill was a turning point in her life.
How she managed her energy to be able to work full time and work full time on her side business.

Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show098 from Life Skills That Matter
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35min
August 23, 2021Make a Habit of Experimentation With Heidi Massey
Heidi Massey, founder of Community Connective, a diversity and inclusion consultancy, wants to inspire you to embrace experimentation as you figure out your ideal work situation.

A few lessons from our conversation include:
+ How listening to the needs of others turned into business opportunities for Heidi.
If you work for a nonprofit or want to start one, did you know Google Ad Words provides grants up to $10,000/month in ad spending?
We discuss why almost everything is business is both a science and art. Sometimes we focus more heavily on one or the other.
Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show100 from Life Skills That Matter
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36min

FAQs about Women Solopreneur Stories Podcast:

How many episodes does Women Solopreneur Stories Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.