Ep 19: Why I Gave Up My Mercedes Benz Lifestyle with Stefanie Jewett
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English - February 17, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 54.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsCareers Business Education entrepreneurship atlantabusiness bosswoman careerchangers careers careerwoman financialplanning money personalfinance smallbusiness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
“What’s more important to you now? Driving a Benz now to look a certain way or pursue the thing you love most at all costs?” -- Stefanie Jewett
Starting your own business is difficult by design; that’s why it’s not meant for everyone. But this notion that starting your own business is difficult doesn’t deter our guest this week, Stefanie Jewett, Founder of Activvely, a social app that helps individuals find workout partners.
She went from collecting a comfortable salary at CNN, driving around town in a fancy Benz - to leaving her job to follow her passion and build her tech startup from the ground up. No Investors. No Partners. All #Grit and #WomanPower.
Hear her candid story of bootstrapping her tech startup and what it takes mentally, and socially, to make it.
What we tackle in this episode:
What you have to sacrifice to start a business How to be exposed and vulnerable when starting a business Why it’s important to be true to yourself and confident in who you are an how it plays into success The importance of community building and leaning into your strengths for success Why owning a business is difficult by design----
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