29 min

{CEO Diaries} 42: The Young + Co Origin Story and 4 Mistakes I Made Along the Way Profit + Prosper

    • Entrepreneurship

I started my side hustle in 2018 and in 4 short years, I’ve learned a lot, but also made a lot of mistakes along the way. If you’re an entrepreneur, I bet you can relate! No path to business success is ever straightforward or easy, and mine is no exception. Wherever you are in your entrepreneurial journey, learn from my lessons or if you’ve made the same mistakes, come laugh with me. Tune in as I share the origin story of Young + Co to hear how I turned a $100/yr side hustle into a multi-six figure business.

What’s the next big financial move in your business? Take our free quiz to get three actionable steps in your wealth building journey!

Do you have a question or topic you’d like me to cover on the show? Click here to send us your submission!

Links mentioned:


Episode 03: How I Used My Profit Strategy to Blast Way Past $10K Months 

In this episode, you’ll learn:


0:00 Introduction
05:19 What led me to start a side hustle
08:44 Mistake #1 Offering everything
11:14 Mistake #2 Devaluing my worth
17:30 Mistake #3 Trying to run payroll in the hospital with my newborn
23:10 Mistake #4 Burnout
24:10 The shift that brought me to 25k months

I’m Sarah Young - a CPA, Virtual CFO, and the Owner of Young + Co! I have over a decade of experience in helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses and build wealth at the 6- and 7-figure levels, and I started the Profit + Prosper podcast to help you do the same. Profit + Prosper is a business finance podcast created to help entrepreneurs build their wealth in a way that’s fun and empowering. This is NOT a boring numbers podcast - I will share tactical tips to increase your profit so you can truly prosper in your business and in life. I hope you’ll subscribe so we can Profit + Prosper together!

Connect with Sarah:


Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/itssarahyoung/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/youngcocfo
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO4wwwPKmuvCFh5NvVuwvnQ
Website - https://www.trustyoungco.com/

I started my side hustle in 2018 and in 4 short years, I’ve learned a lot, but also made a lot of mistakes along the way. If you’re an entrepreneur, I bet you can relate! No path to business success is ever straightforward or easy, and mine is no exception. Wherever you are in your entrepreneurial journey, learn from my lessons or if you’ve made the same mistakes, come laugh with me. Tune in as I share the origin story of Young + Co to hear how I turned a $100/yr side hustle into a multi-six figure business.

What’s the next big financial move in your business? Take our free quiz to get three actionable steps in your wealth building journey!

Do you have a question or topic you’d like me to cover on the show? Click here to send us your submission!

Links mentioned:


Episode 03: How I Used My Profit Strategy to Blast Way Past $10K Months 

In this episode, you’ll learn:


0:00 Introduction
05:19 What led me to start a side hustle
08:44 Mistake #1 Offering everything
11:14 Mistake #2 Devaluing my worth
17:30 Mistake #3 Trying to run payroll in the hospital with my newborn
23:10 Mistake #4 Burnout
24:10 The shift that brought me to 25k months

I’m Sarah Young - a CPA, Virtual CFO, and the Owner of Young + Co! I have over a decade of experience in helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses and build wealth at the 6- and 7-figure levels, and I started the Profit + Prosper podcast to help you do the same. Profit + Prosper is a business finance podcast created to help entrepreneurs build their wealth in a way that’s fun and empowering. This is NOT a boring numbers podcast - I will share tactical tips to increase your profit so you can truly prosper in your business and in life. I hope you’ll subscribe so we can Profit + Prosper together!

Connect with Sarah:


Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/itssarahyoung/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/youngcocfo
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO4wwwPKmuvCFh5NvVuwvnQ
Website - https://www.trustyoungco.com/

29 min