Starting a new business venture is thrilling, terrifying, and, at times, full of doubt and uncertainty. It just comes with the territory. Being an entrepreneur requires being adaptive and moving through high highs and some low lows. So how can we ride the waves of being an entrepreneur and not only keep our sanity, but thrive? Being an entrepreneur is not just about what you … [Read more...]
5 Proven Strategies to Ensure Your Startup is Successful
Starting a company is extremely challenging. From tweaking product features to estimating demand, predicting where your company will be even two years from now seems almost impossible. After months of researching, experimenting, and talking to successful entrepreneurs, I have finally come up with the five most successful strategies when starting your company. These tips not … [Read more...]
Beating the Co-Founder Blues
The simple truth behind successful co-founder relationships. Being a co-founder can be absolutely fantastic. By having a partner, you avoid many of the pitfalls that founders often face. You have a sounding board for ideas, a source of support who understands everything you’re going through, and a capable set of hands to help you take on the incredible amount of work it … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Women Entrepreneurs
Throughout my years in business, I’ve made plenty of “mistakes” — although I firmly believe there are no mistakes, only learning experiences. I’ve also picked up a few tips along the way. They’ve helped me to succeed both in founding and running several successful businesses, and also in my pursuit of a meaningful life. 1. Get out of the Waiting Place Building something … [Read more...]
Starting a Business While Overcoming Depression During the Pandemic
Like many women this past year, I had to walk away from my career during the Covid-19 lockdowns to be home with my children when schools and childcare centers closed. When Covid-19 hit, I was a partner in my family’s accounting firm, and it was tax season here in Canada. Now, not only was I dealing with the crazy tax season hours, I was transitioning my team to … [Read more...]
Financial Stability and Entrepreneurship: “How Do You Pay Your Rent?”
If you ask any woman who has a “million-dollar business idea” why they haven’t started said business, the answer most likely has something to do with the financial risk. The worry is not necessarily that the business won’t be successful but more so the fear of leaving a steady-income job to become the entrepreneur she dreams of being. It can be terrifying to not have that … [Read more...]
Top Considerations for Launching Your First Business
A silver lining of lockdown in the UK has certainly been the increase in people, especially women, taking the courageous step of launching their own online businesses. Despite the unprecedented times, alongside a struggling economy due to ‘Brexit’ and the impact of the pandemic, many people are using the extra time at home to launch businesses they perhaps haven’t had time … [Read more...]
The Benefit of Having an Accountability Partner as a Solopreneur
As a health coach, I understand the power coaching can have on an individual to tackle a goal and follow it through to completion. That’s why I joined a local running coaching group this year to finally learn how to run. Before making this commitment, I had spent hundreds of dollars on a gym membership that I didn’t use even though I promised my husband that I would … [Read more...]
3 Most Important Things to Do When You Leave Corporate to Start Your Business
In January of 2020, I made the decision to leave a lucrative job in a technology company to start my own business. The problem was, I didn’t know exactly what kind of business I wanted to start. I had not built a side hustle or prepared for a seamless transition. All I knew is that I had a dream to create, express, and share in a way that I couldn’t when I was aligned to one … [Read more...]
3 Mental Health Challenges Solopreneurs Face
When I was pregnant with my first child, I was in a stressful corporate job working as Business Development Executive driving across town. I was so tired that I was petrified I was going to fall asleep on the wheel, and the sheer amount of work made me want to hide in the bathroom and cry, albeit, it could have also been the hormones. Regardless, I knew the stress and … [Read more...]