How She Overcame a Layoff and Launched Into Full Time Entrepreneurship

08/03/23 • 11 min

Today’s guest, Danielle Adams, is someone who has been a long term coaching client of mine. Over the years I have had the pleasure of watching her go from managing a full time job, a budding business, and a family to now supporting her inside of my program The Agency Thrivemind as she grows her thriving agency! She shares how she used a layoff from her employment as her “swim or swim” moment and realized that generating an income doesn’t have to come at the expense of your time or your sanity.

I think Danielle’s story resonates with so many of us who have had traditional employment while growing our businesses; being away from home and accountable to an employer for so many hours of the day and then coming home and having to fit the rest of your life into those remaining hours can be tough!

Now Danielle encourages other entrepreneurs to achieve their business goals, increase their revenue, and create time to do things that bring them joy without sacrificing time with the people they love most. And I love how she has found a way to ask for - and receive - help with that mission in her business and her home.

In this episode we talk about:

Her decision to start her own business after being laid off
Her first 90 days as an entrepreneur
Finding work life balance

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In this episode we talk about:

Her decision to start her own business after being laid off
Her first 90 days as an entrepreneur
Finding work life balance

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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How She Honors Her Daughter's Memory: Persevering Through The Unthinkable

Our guest today, Nakia Whittaker-Woody, is joining us on the podcast for the second time. Nakia has been able to work remotely with female social entrepreneurs, coaches, and small business owners over the past five years by partnering with them to expand their businesses. She aims to bring the Women of Color community together to create stronger impact and outcomes, leveraging our collective abilities and resources to address common goals. Nakia is committed to helping foster a whole entrepreneur (mentally, physically, legally, and financially). Today Nakia is brave enough to share about the tragic and unexpected loss of her daughter in 2021 and how she has allowed herself the grace to move through her grief in her own way while still serving her clients and acting as a mentor to over 700 Women of Color Aspiring Entrepreneurs.

We talk about:

Coping with the aftermath of a traumatic loss
What dealing with grief looks like for her
How she navigated her business at the time

Listen to Nakia’s previous episode here.

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How She Overcame a Toxic Business Culture and Built A Business That Made Her Proud

Today’s guest is Danni White. Danni has a story that so many of us coming out of corporate and moving into building something of our own can relate to. She is the CEO of DW Creative Consulting Agency, a digital marketing agency that focuses on helping small-to-midsize businesses gain visibility and increase their revenue through branding and web development. Additionally, she is the owner of DW Creative Publishers, a book publishing company designed to help individuals tell their stories through written and spoken word. AND she also hosts the #Hashtags and Habits Podcast, where she focuses on simplifying digital marketing and offering business tips and strategies for small to midsize business owners.

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