00:49 – Introducing today’s guest, Amber Swenor

01:25 – Amber’s entrepreneurial journey

03:40 – Overcoming fears to open your own business

08:45 – How Amber curated her business prior to launch

10:06 – Launching her business, Strategic Partners Marketing

11:33 – Transitioning to helping a larger audience on different platforms

13:25 – Amber speaks to the most challenging aspects of growing her business

16:44 – The importance of honesty and transparency

19:15 – Learning to become a project manager

25:06 – The value of learning from past mistakes

26:13 – Amber discusses the efforts she put into Impact Academy

29:02 – Revisiting short-term, mid-term and long-term goals of her companies

35:18 – What Zen Money means to Amber

36:22 – Where listeners can follow Amber

Sound Bites:

“One of my mentors says, ‘Iterate as you go,’ and I live by that.” (07:18)

“We strive to work with people that are passionate about being their best. And I didn’t want us to be bound and limited by only working with those mission-driven entrepreneurs that were within our region.” (11:59)

“If you care about your team, it’s your responsibility to have ongoing conversations so that they have the opportunity to step into their growth and not be blindsided if they’re not performing.” (22:02)

“We’re about helping to find the best solution.” (32:36)

“I think of Zen Money as being rooted in your authenticity and flow. Zen Money is alignment.” (36:08)

About Amber:

Amber Swenor is a business and life strategist that helps people to make their dreams a reality. She is the founder of Strategic Partners, a brand strategy agency and marketing firm that provides business strategy and marketing services for passionate people and companies.

She’s also the founder of Impact Academy, where she provides coaching, speaking, programs and retreats on personal development and business strategy. She helps people to live their most authentic badass lives by getting clarity for their dreams and creating strategies to go for them. She helps heart-centered service providers, healers and creatives to build businesses that are authentic to them, and are both impactful and profitable.

She’s a 2019 Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Graduate, 2018 Vital Voices International VVGrow Fellow, 2018 Madison Magnet Super Connector finalist, 2017 Brava Magazine Woman to Watch, 2017 Young Athena Award Finalist, 2017 In Business Magazine 40 under 40.

She’s current authoring her first book titled, Unleashed, to be released March 2020.

When she’s not strategizing to help you live your most badass life, you’ll find her rocking the stage with her band, Morningstar.

Links Mentioned:

Amber’s Instagram – @amberdellarock

Amber’s Facebook

Amber’s LinkedIn

Amber’s Website

Amber’s Bite-Sized Transformations Weekly Email

Zen Money Financial Quiz

Zen Money Website