I didn't have to know 100 people.

I only needed to know maybe 20 who could all invite five of their friends.

And it was at that moment that I realized I was doing it the hard way because I was trying to do it all by myself.

Welcome to Powerhouse Women, the podcast for women who know they are ready for

more. I'm Lindsay Schwartz, your host and the founder of Powerhouse Women, and together we'll

unlock the confidence and clarity you are looking for to help you get out of your own way and

into action around your next big idea.

We are back with our next installment in our Path to Six Figures series.

And last week, if you caught that episode,

we talked about the fundamentals of figuring out the right business for you and then growing

that big idea to your first $1,000 in sales. It's really all about proving your concept,

proving that you have a viable business that people are excited

to buy from, really, right? Because if you don't have customers, if people aren't buying from you,

then it's not a business. But today, we are going to take it one step further. We're going to talk

about how do you add that additional zero onto the end? So how do you go from $1,000 in sales to your first $10,000?

And really, I think growing from four to five figures in business makes it feel like things are

getting real.

I remember so vividly when I created my first five figures in business, I was like,

oh my goodness, people actually want what I have to offer. It felt exciting. It felt like,

oh, I've really got something now. I'm starting to gain traction. But on the other hand,

I also feel like scaling from five and then growing it closer to six figures

for me personally felt like it took such a long time. It was kind of this messy middle

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