Latest Selfemployment Podcast Episodes
145 - Erin Parkes on Managing a Non-Profit Music Studio
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - April 24, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday we’re talking about all things non-profit management. My guest, Erin Parkes, founder of the Lotus Centre shares so many insights from her experiences working with a board of directors, crafting effective messaging for different stakeholders, managing a budget, and even dealing with burnout...
Episode 282: Flute Fusion - Blending Creativity and Business for Success
Flute 360 - April 16, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsFlute 360 | Episode 282: “Flute Fusion – Blending Creativity and Business for Success” In this invigorating episode of Flute 360, Dr. Heidi Kay Begay dives into the interplay between creativity and business wisdom, essential for today's modern flutists. Dr. Heidi outlines strategies for flutis...
144 - Amy Chaplin on How to Submit Winning Conference Proposals
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - April 10, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWith the MTNA conference in March, I guess you could say I’ve been on a conference kick. We talked about Networking with Stephanie Bonte-Lebair in Episode 141, I shared my takeaways from MTNA in Episode 142, and then last week I did a live Networking Debrief workshop with a group of teachers and...
Episode 281: Flute Forward - Opening Doors, Creating Opportunities
Flute 360 - April 09, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsFlute 360 | Episode 281: "Flute Forward - Opening Doors, Creating Opportunities" Join Dr. Heidi Kay Begay as she explores the theme of creating opportunities in the music world. This episode is dedicated to empowering musicians to navigate challenges and leverage their networking and self-prom...
143 - Jennifer Foxx on Monetizing a Music Teacher Resource Website
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - April 03, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday I’m joined by Jennifer Foxx, a teacher who has been blogging and creating curriculum and resources for music teachers for over a decade. In our conversation, we talk about how she took the simplest route at first and started her business on Teachers Pay Teachers and has since strengthene...
Episode 280: From Flute Frenzy to Time Mastery - Prioritize Your Passion
Flute 360 - April 02, 2024 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsFlute 360 | Episode 280: "From Flute Frenzy to Time Mastery: Prioritize Your Passion" In this episode, Dr. Heidi Begay shares her insights on time management and prioritizing passions for flutists and music entrepreneurs. After taking a three-month break, Heidi returns with strategies and pers...
142 - MTNA Takeaways + Networking Debrief Workshop
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - March 27, 2024 21:18 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsLast week I was at the MTNA National conference in Atlanta. Georgia. It was a whirlwind - as conferences usually are - and I think I’m still absorbing everything. I wanted to go over three things today: first - some personal reflections from MTNA, second - I want to share some of my business t...
141 - Stephanie Bonte-Lebair on Business Networking the Not Obnoxious Way
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - March 13, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIn my original interview with Stephanie, she talked about the role business networking played in the marketing of her business and she talked about it with such intentionality that I knew I wanted to learn more. So today we’re talking about everything, from how to choose events to network at, ...
140 - Stephanie Bonte-Lebair on Rebranding a Voice Studio to Attract a More Profitable Niche [REBROADCAST]
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - March 06, 2024 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday’s conversation with Stephanie Bonte-Lebair is a rebroadcast of an early episode of Music Studio Startup that has always been a fan favorite. Stephanie is a classically-trained opera singer turned voice/presentation/sales coach. This interview blurs the line between an entrepreneurial mus...
139 - Andrea Miller on the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Requirement
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - February 28, 2024 11:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday’s episode is more of a public service announcement for studio owners who have businesses that are registered in the US. On January 1, a new reporting requirement from the US Treasury Department went into effect and it might impact you. I’m talking about the Beneficial Ownership Informati...
How to be Joyful with Karen Arthur
Courage and Spice: the podcast for humans with Self-doubt - February 28, 2024 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsMy brilliant guest today is Karen Arthur, menopause activist, campaigner, and host of the podcast Menopause whilst Black. She is also a teacher, a fashionista, and a grandmother, and does all of this with unrelnting wholehearted joy. Karen joins us to talk about the balance of feeling joy amids...
138 - Andrea Yahr on Tax Prep Tips and FAQs [REBROADCAST]
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - February 21, 2024 11:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWith the turn of the calendar, many of us are closing the fiscal years for our businesses and wrapping up our bookkeeping for the year in anticipation of the tax season ahead. I am a HUGE fan of a low-stress tax season and the way to accomplish that is to get started early and tackle one step ...
137 - Anna Showalter on Launching a New Studio and Winning the MSS Studio Launch Grant
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - February 14, 2024 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsI mentioned before that we will, again, be holding our studio launch grant competition this year! This grant is to help new or new-ish independent teachers launch their studios. It’s one of my favorite things that we do and it’s been so neat to see the impact the grant has on getting these studi...
Welcome to the new world
Courage and Spice: the podcast for humans with Self-doubt - February 14, 2024 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsWelcome to a new season of Courage & Spice, and to the Age of Aquarius! For those less astrologically inclined, this means that 2024 has arrived with a big sense of newness – new ideas, new adventures, new opportunities, it’s all on the way. With just a few weeks before I officially move fr...
136 - 2023 Q4 Recap with Amy Chaplin
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - January 31, 2024 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIt’s time for another quarterly check-in! Today I’m joined by Amy Chaplin, a fellow piano teacher and productivity nerd. Since it’s January, this review takes more of an annual review perspective as we look back on 2023 and look forward to 2024. I was looking forward to this conversation with...
135 - Tony Parlapiano on popMATICS and a New Format for Online Teaching (Part 2)
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - January 24, 2024 11:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday I’m sharing part two of a two-part episode with my guest, Tony Parlapiano. Teaching piano has taken many forms over the years for Tony. From being a travel piano teacher and teaching students homes, to teaching online during the pandemic and then sticking with it afterward, to the studio...
134 - Tony Parlapiano on popMATICS and a New Format for Online Teaching
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - January 17, 2024 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday I’m sharing part one of a two-part episode with a guest you’ve heard from before. Teaching piano has taken many forms over the years for today’s guest, Tony Parlapiano. From being a travel piano teacher and teaching students homes, to teaching online during the pandemic and then sticking...
133 - Crystal Boyack on Self-Publishing and Selling 1,000 Books
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - January 10, 2024 11:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe first quarter of the MSS Hub Mastermind program starts in just a few weeks. So if you’ve been curious about joining, now is a great time to get plugged in and start your year off strong! Today I’m talking with my guest about her journey from book idea to selling the first 1000 copies. We t...
January 2024 Kickoff Event
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - January 03, 2024 11:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsHappy new year! Today I've got a quick announcement about a live event we're holding TOMORROW morning (Thursday, January 4) as a kickoff to 2024. A bunch of you have already responded to the email about this event and registered, so I know it’s going to be a fantastic group. In tomorrow's kick...
Episode 279: Chamber Music and Touring with Michael Avitabile
Flute 360 - December 26, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsFlute 360 | Episode 279: “Chamber Music and Touring with Michael Avitabile” Do you love playing in a chamber group? Have you seen yourself as a performer, but not necessarily as a solo flutist? What if chamber music was calling your name as you were carving out your unique flutepreneur path? ...
132 - Christopher Maloney on Launching an Online Practice Program for Adults
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - December 20, 2023 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsMost teachers agree that one of the greatest indicators of whether or not a student will progress in music is not their innate talent. It all comes down to practicing. Today's musician entrepreneur, Christopher Maloney, realized that there was a gap in where his adults were and where they want...
Episode 278: A Sneak Peek Into Flute 360's 5-Day Challenge, Part 5
Flute 360 - December 19, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsFlute 360 | Episode 278: “A Sneak Peek Into Flute 360’s 5-Day Challenge, Part 5” Are you at your wits end when it comes to your 360 transformations? What I mean by that is, are you craving to be courageous, confident, and self-assured on and off your musical stage? Are you wanting to build n...
Episode 277: A Sneak Peek Into Flute 360's 5-Day Challenge, Part 4
Flute 360 - December 14, 2023 09:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsFlute 360 | Episode 277: “A Sneak Peek Into Flute 360’s 5-Day Challenge, Part 4” Are you at your wits end when it comes to your 360 transformations? What I mean by that is, are you craving to be courageous, confident, and self-assured on and off your musical stage? Are you wanting to build n...
131 - Thomas Grayston on Listening to Feedback
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - December 13, 2023 17:10 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday I have a return guest on the podcast! I did a two-part interview with Thomas Grayston, the developer behind the NoteRush note-reading app in episodes 021 and 022. In those episodes, we talked about how he turned NoteRush from a side project to a full-time gig and then we talked about the f...
Episode 276: Sneak Peek Into Flute 360's 5-Day Challenge, Part 3
Flute 360 - December 12, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsFlute 360 | Episode 276: “A Sneak Peek Into Flute 360’s 5-Day Challenge, Part 3” Are you at your wits end when it comes to your 360 transformations? What I mean by that is, are you craving to be courageous, confident, and self-assured on and off your musical stage? Are you wanting to build n...
Episode 275: A Sneak Peek Into Flute 360's 5-Day Challenge, Part 2
Flute 360 - December 07, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsFlute 360 | Episode 275: “A Sneak Peek Into Flute 360’s 5-Day Challenge, Part 2” Are you at your wits end when it comes to your 360 transformations? What I mean by that is, are you craving to be courageous, confident, and self-assured on and off your musical stage? Are you wanting to build n...
130 - Andrea Miller on Calming Chaos
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs - December 06, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday, I’m deviating from our usual interview format to discuss a challenge that I’m sure all of us have experienced at one point or another and is especially common this time of year—managing life when it becomes overwhelmingly full. In this episode I break down the process and strategies I f...
How to let go of the risk of failure (part 2)
Courage and Spice: the podcast for humans with Self-doubt - December 06, 2023 06:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsThis week, we’re taking a closer look at how to approach the fear of failure so that you can let go of it for good. The threat of failure brings up a lot of very real worries and feelings, which are completely valid. Failure is so wrapped up in our sense of self, what we’re capable of, and our...
Episode 274: A Sneak Peek Into Flute 360's 5-Day Challenge, Part 1
Flute 360 - December 05, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsFlute 360 | Episode 274: “A Sneak Peek Into Flute 360’s 5-Day Challenge, Part 1” Are you at your wits end when it comes to your 360 transformations? What I mean by that is, are you craving to be courageous, confident, and self-assured on and off your musical stage? Are you wanting to build n...
Episode 273: A True 360 Convo with Dr. Timothy Hagen!
Flute 360 - November 28, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsFlute 360 | Episode 273: “A True 360 Convo with Dr. Timothy Hagen!” Do you have trouble saying, “No”? When was the last time you efficiently managed your time and energy? Are you still questioning whether or not you deserve rest? I guarantee that after listening to this episode, you wil...
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