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Ex-WeWork Employee Turned Cosmetics Entrepreneur: Family Business, Immigrant Pressure, Stepping Into Your Power [Flavia Zhamo]
11/16/23 • 42 min
Former WeWork employee took the COVID-19 crisis and her dramatic exit head-on by reshaping her life and becoming an entrepreneur.
Flavia (Albanian immigrant to Canada) reveals the intricate process of starting a cosmetics business from scratch with her mother along with the personal growth that comes along with entrepreneurship.
Key Takeaways:
- the struggles of wanting to be hands-on in every aspect of your business
- pressures of being an immigrant to Canada and wanting to succeed here
- balancing evolving relationships when you start a business with family
- how to find your next big business idea
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About the show:
Sam Laliberte - entrepreneur, digital nomad and freedom seeker, hosts the Freedom Lifestyle Podcast to expose people to the many ways you can design your dream life and unlock your own version of the freedom lifestyle. Her guests have empowered themselves through flexible work as a way to “have it all” - financial, location AND schedule freedom.
Former WeWork employee took the COVID-19 crisis and her dramatic exit head-on by reshaping her life and becoming an entrepreneur.
Flavia (Albanian immigrant to Canada) reveals the intricate process of starting a cosmetics business from scratch with her mother along with the personal growth that comes along with entrepreneurship.
Key Takeaways:
- the struggles of wanting to be hands-on in every aspect of your business
- pressures of being an immigrant to Canada and wanting to succeed here
- balancing evolving relationships when you start a business with family
- how to find your next big business idea
Support the show:
☕️buymeacoffee.com/whatsyourfree
About the show:
Sam Laliberte - entrepreneur, digital nomad and freedom seeker, hosts the Freedom Lifestyle Podcast to expose people to the many ways you can design your dream life and unlock your own version of the freedom lifestyle. Her guests have empowered themselves through flexible work as a way to “have it all” - financial, location AND schedule freedom.
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Freedom Lifestyle - Ex-WeWork Employee Turned Cosmetics Entrepreneur: Family Business, Immigrant Pressure, Stepping Into Your Power [Flavia Zhamo]
Transcript
The reward for good work is more work , so the more successful you become , the more things you have to do . However , you have the freedom to do what you want to do and , to me , building and my vision and going towards my goals that's what is freedom .
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