176: The Truth About Mental Health and Entrepreneurship with Jen Gotch

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Jenna Kutcher | Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy & Marketing

Business, Marketing

4.8 • 12.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

I have been waiting to have this guest on for what feels like FOREVER. Jen Gotch is the epitome of a girl boss as she founded ban.do with a friend in 2008 and with no prior business experience, was able to transform it from a small, vintage, one-of-a-kind hair accessories company into a multimillion-dollar brand within years. after a long (and winding) road of jobs that led her to where she is today, she’s now the chief creative officer and fearless leader of the ban.do team. On top of that, she is a fierce mental health advocate and I am so excited to hear her inspiring messages surrounding both business and life. In this episode, you will learn how Jen got her amazing start to ban.do, but also why her current mission is spreading awareness about mental health. Find out how why Jen thinks entrepreneurs are specifically challenged by mental health concerns, tangible way that we can be there for one another, how to actually TALK about such an “uncomfortable topic”, create change, and create community. Goal Diggers, this episode is about to remind you that everything you are feeling today is OKAY. You are not alone and we are all in this together. GOAL DIGGER FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/goaldiggerpodcast/ GOAL DIGGER INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/goaldiggerpodcast/ GOAL DIGGER SHOWNOTES: jennakutcherblog.com/jen

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Goldigar podcast episode number 176.
0:05.8	I have been waiting to have this guest on for what feels like forever.
0:10.8	Jen Gatch is the epitome of a girl boss as she founded Bando with a friend in 2008 with
0:16.4	no prior business experience and she was able to transform it from a small vintage one-of-a-kind
0:21.4	hair accessories company into a multi-million dollar brand within years.
0:27.2	After a long and winding road of jobs that let her to where she is today, she is now the
0:31.3	chief creative officer and fearless leader of the Bando team.
0:35.3	On top of that, Jen is a fierce mental health advocate and I am so excited to hear her
0:40.7	inspiring messages surrounding both business and in life and her honesty.
0:45.1	In this episode, you're going to learn how Jen got her amazing start to Bando, but also
0:49.4	why her current mission is changing a little bit about spreading awareness on mental health.
0:54.9	And things that entrepreneurs are specifically challenged by mental health concerns and she
0:59.4	wants to share tangible ways that we can be there for one another and how we can talk about
1:04.2	something that has a stigma around it when it shouldn't.
1:07.2	I love this conversation with Jen.
1:09.6	She is such a trooper and just really showing up and I know that as somebody who has thankfully
1:16.6	not struggled with mental illness, it is something that so many entrepreneurs are facing and
1:22.4	feeling alone in and so I truly think that she is changing the world with the way that
1:26.9	she is leading this conversation.
1:29.4	Before we dive on in to Jen's interview, I want to share the review of the week which
1:33.6	comes from BZEN TV.
1:35.9	It's titled Amazing Biz Resource.
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