Women Solopreneur Stories Podcast Life Skills That Matter

Rachel Koretsky, founder of upace app, an engagement app for public gyms, shares why to never ignore your gut feelings.


Lot of great nuggets in our conversation including:
1. The value of targeting niche opportunities.
2. How she’s monetizing her app by offering it for free to consumers without selling advertising.
3. How mentors and listening to her gut helped her develop her app.
4. How she landed her first client from an information interview.


Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show153 from Life Skills That Matter


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Leah Nurik, CEO of Gabriel Marketing, shares why taking risks is so important to figure out what makes you truly happy.


Loads of great insights in our conversation including:


How Leah learned how to take risks on someone else’s dime while working at Motorola.

How she evolved her business from freelancing into an agency.

She describes her own unique mix of ingredients that make her happy in her work.

Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show152 from Life Skills That Matter


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Swatee Surve, founder of LiteSprite, a firm gamifying healthcare, shares how she mashed up her skills to discover her business idea.


This is one of those episodes where there are a ton of lessons crammed in, so listen carefully!  Here are a few highlights:


How her natural attraction to innovation open up opportunities for her she couldn’t have imagined.

What makes her unemployable.

How to know when to turn one of your ideas into a business.

And if you are an experienced professional who thinks your time has passed to launch a startup, Swatee has some good news for you!

Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show151 from Life Skills That Matter


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Nita Baum founder of b*free, a freelance consultancy, shares how meditation and self-awareness set the stage for personal liberation.


So many of us feel stuck in our work right now because we aren’t in harmony with ourselves. Nita has loads of great advice in our conversation including:


Why you want to use the word “must” and not “should” when discussing your work. (I completely agree.)

Why we avoid self-reflection, even though it’s a crucial component to our success.

Give yourself permission to define your own version of meditation.

How to tell you are out of alignment with your work.

Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show149 from Life Skills That Matter


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Learn how to run a personal meal prep business from Allison Schaaf.


There are quite a few amazing lessons in this interview including:


The nitty-gritty of how Allison turned her meal preparation system into a passive income opportunity.

Her most important advice on planning is to start small.

How to increase your productivity through”task chunking” and “time chunking”.

Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show136 from Life Skills That Matter


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Amy (Fransz) Rachelle, founder of The Remote Trip, shares why she's starting a business to make it easier to live and work remotely.


There’s a lot of great lessons in our conversation including:


Why travel is an important exercise for learning about yourself and your work options.

Recognizing the feelings and thoughts to know when it’s time to try working for yourself.

How she found her first customers.

A day in the life of someone who works remotely from anywhere in the world.

Full show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show131 from Life Skills That Matter


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