An important part of being an entrepreneur is learning from your peers. “Unstoppable Entrepreneur” profiles entrepreneurs just like yourselves who have taken the leap to follow their passion and create their own work & lifestyle. They share their expertise: tips for success, tools they use and valuable things they have learned along the way.
This week I had the pleasure of speaking to Shelia Butler of Successful Women Talk. Shelia has successfully grown (and sold) a business from zero to 7 million dollars, has launched a new children’s line called MeGiant and in her free time runs Successful Women Talk. In this interview, Shelia shares the importance of having systems in your business even if you are just one person and the traits of successful women entrepreneurs.
Watch/Listen to the video below and check out the giveaway below!
(Due to a slight tech-fail the video did not get recorded so it is only the audio portion of our interview).
Here are some
Key Takeaways
- The importance of having mentors early on
- While you do need the big picture for your business you also need to be agile, change course & correct. If it’s not working, fix it. Fix it quickly.
- Create processes even if you are just one person in your business whether they are checklists, templates for your posts or short videos to explain things to your clients.
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Giveaway!
I’m giving away a (physical) copy of E-Myth Revisited.
To enter simply leave a comment below sharing an insight you had from the interview.
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I’ll pick a winner on Thursday October 4th, 12pm EST.
About Shelia Butler
Shelia Butler is the founder of SuccessfulWomenTalk where she interviews successful business women and shares their stories to help you level up in your business. She is ridiculously passionate about small business and her goal is to help you get the business, customers and life you deserve. She is also the founder of MeGiant, a children’s clothing line.
Sandy, thank you SO much for having me on your show. It was such a pleasure and I love your mission. Thank you again and keep up the good work. Girl Power! 🙂
My pleasure, Shelia! It was great interviewing you and you had such solid advice to share. Thank you!
Great interview. I think for me the biggest take away is just give it a try. Try and change course as needed. I do get stuck in the has to be perfect and I’m slowly starting to give up some of my perfectionist ways and just let it be.
I always love the screenflow idea for training a VA. I have recently started doing that for my clients and it’s been received with overwhelming success.
Thanks for sharing!
Agree! I think too often we get caught up in the ‘what ifs’ and analysis paralysis takes over. And then nothing happens! Start. Try!
Thanks for the comment!
Congrats, Tennille! You are the winner! Yay!
Hi Tenille, thanks for watching and commenting. The most exciting thing is you realize your a perfectionist and are working on Just Doing It. Great Job. Shelia
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