38 min

Ep 29 Lessons from my events CEO life while raising a young family with Nicole Santer Upon Arrival | Events & Incentives with Adelaine Ng

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Running your own company while managing a young family can teach habits that will serve you well into the future. Structure, discipline, flexibility and kindness to self all play a harmonious role for a successful life that might seem otherwise impossible.

Nicole Santer is the founder of event agency Extraordinary Events and the creator of EventBuzz360, a digital platform connecting buyers and suppliers, with another platform being hatched. She has organised large-scale events such as LinkedIn, Harvey Norman and Amazon. Nicole shares tips for young entrepreneurs, her observations of changing trends in the industry, and how she's successfully juggled the roles of CEO and being a mum to two young kids.

Quotes From Episode

"Sometimes you have to take that kind of leap of faith in yourself and go, you know, I think I'm going to be good at this... I think that's the thing for entrepreneurs and especially female entrepreneurs. They never believe that they can do it."

"iIf you go back 20 years ago, what we did as entrepreneurs is to create our businesses and then go and find the customers. Now it's go find the customers, then build it. It's a whole different game."

-Nicole Santer

Don't miss:
-Nicole's success at scoring large-scale event business
-How business is won today (it's not just networking)
-A new platform connecting buyers and suppliers in events
-The juggle is real - life between trips to the airport and the pediatrician.
-Why WFH (Work From Home) needs the same kind of schedule you would give a baby.


Recommendations:
Catch of the Decade: How to Launch, Build and Sell a Digital Business
by Gabby Leibovich & Hezi Leibovich

How to Build an Online Business: Australia's Top Digital Disruptors Reveal Their Secrets for Launching and Growing an Online Business
by Bernadette Schwerdt

Connect with Nicole Santer:
LinkedIn
EventBuzz360

Connect with Upon Arrival:
Email: uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com

Running your own company while managing a young family can teach habits that will serve you well into the future. Structure, discipline, flexibility and kindness to self all play a harmonious role for a successful life that might seem otherwise impossible.

Nicole Santer is the founder of event agency Extraordinary Events and the creator of EventBuzz360, a digital platform connecting buyers and suppliers, with another platform being hatched. She has organised large-scale events such as LinkedIn, Harvey Norman and Amazon. Nicole shares tips for young entrepreneurs, her observations of changing trends in the industry, and how she's successfully juggled the roles of CEO and being a mum to two young kids.

Quotes From Episode

"Sometimes you have to take that kind of leap of faith in yourself and go, you know, I think I'm going to be good at this... I think that's the thing for entrepreneurs and especially female entrepreneurs. They never believe that they can do it."

"iIf you go back 20 years ago, what we did as entrepreneurs is to create our businesses and then go and find the customers. Now it's go find the customers, then build it. It's a whole different game."

-Nicole Santer

Don't miss:
-Nicole's success at scoring large-scale event business
-How business is won today (it's not just networking)
-A new platform connecting buyers and suppliers in events
-The juggle is real - life between trips to the airport and the pediatrician.
-Why WFH (Work From Home) needs the same kind of schedule you would give a baby.


Recommendations:
Catch of the Decade: How to Launch, Build and Sell a Digital Business
by Gabby Leibovich & Hezi Leibovich

How to Build an Online Business: Australia's Top Digital Disruptors Reveal Their Secrets for Launching and Growing an Online Business
by Bernadette Schwerdt

Connect with Nicole Santer:
LinkedIn
EventBuzz360

Connect with Upon Arrival:
Email: uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com

38 min