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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

177: How Shannon Willoughby Turned Her Passion Into a $30K/Month Business (Start & Scale Student Spotlight – Part 2)

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8662 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to part two of our three-part podcast series that's shining the spotlight on successful entrepreneurs who hail right from our very own Foundr community! These passionate people are in the trenches daily doing what it takes to make their startup dreams a reality. If you haven't listened to part one, featuring Gamal Codner, you can check it out right here. Today, we talk with Shannon Willoughby, a courageous entrepreneur who started from zero and scaled her ecommerce business to $30,000+ per month and growing. Using the principles she learned in our Start & Scale ecommerce course, Shannon was able to surpass $250,000 in sales since starting her aromatherapy business just four months ago. This episode is packed with advice on how anyone can scale a profitable ecommerce business, but it's also an inspiring story. Not only did Shannon build a business from zero, she's also recovered from two strokes and won the New Zealand rugby National Championship. Her “never die” attitude will have you dreaming bigger than ever. Learn the strategies that led to Shannon’s success and how to follow in her footsteps. We are extremely proud to share her story with you! Key Takeaways The one avoidable mistake Shannon made that slowed her progress and how she turned it around How passion and personal experience plays into business success The most important factor that fueled Shannon’s early success (it’s super easy to replicate) The pre-business step all ecommerce shop owners should take to ensure people will buy their product

Transcript

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This is episode number 177 with Shannon Willoughby of The Founder Podcast.

0:07.6

What you need is thirst.

0:09.3

You need to be a thirsty human.

0:11.3

Who is intent on learning.

0:13.3

It's a really fascinating exploration of human potential.

0:16.9

Now.

0:19.6

The Founder Podcast. Even the greatest entrepreneurs had help. Now. Now. Now. The founder podcast.

0:21.6

Even the greatest entrepreneurs had help.

0:24.6

If you want to learn from the most successful founders on the planet, you are in the right

0:29.6

place.

0:30.6

Branson, Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, Arianna Huffington, and Steve Case, Gary V, Sophia

0:35.6

Amorosa, Barbara Corcoran, Damon John.

0:42.2

Learn from the greatest minds in business today with interviews hosted by Nathan Chan.

0:45.4

This is not your average entrepreneur podcast.

0:47.7

The Founder Podcast.

0:59.3

Hey guys, thank you so much for tuning in. Before we start today's episode, I just want to let you know that our goal at founder is to help entrepreneurs succeed however we can by giving

1:04.9

away high quality content in the form of interviews, blog posts, podcasts, YouTube videos,

1:13.1

you name it. We put out so much content to help you. And another interesting project that we're working on right now is partnering

1:17.9

with world-class founders like Damon John, Alexa von Tobel, Greta Van Riel, and so many more to

1:24.3

teach crucial skills like negotiation, finance, e-commerce, and so much more.

1:31.3

So if you'd like to get access to these free trainings with founders like this, which is 100% free,

1:38.3

just go to founder.com forward slash free.

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