364: Lessons From My First Business

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Natalie Eckdahl

Business, Female, Podcaster, Tank, Twitter, Media, Biz, Social, Management, Mom, Entrepreneurship, Chick, Productivity, Children, Eckdahl, Google, Facebook, Shark, Entrepreneur, Plus, Paradise, Balance, Bizchix

4.8 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Learning how to run a profitable business takes time. Despite what some people might have you believe, we’re not born equipped with all the knowledge and wisdom we need to become a successful entrepreneur. Life teaches us those things.

You might have the fundamentals of running a business down to a tee, but it’s not until you’re in the trenches of your business that you gain a wealth of knowledge and finally understand what it takes to be a business owner.

I’ve learned a lot throughout my career. But, the lessons I learned back in my first business, have arguably been the most impactful on me and my career. In this episode of the podcast, I take you back in time to my very first business and share the seven most valuable lessons I learned that impact how I run BizChix today.

So, what are you waiting for? Take a trip down memory lane with me!

In this episode, I discuss:

Why you should build a sales team
The value of retaining clients
How to create momentum in your business
Why you need to seek impactful work that brings you joy

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R.E.S.E.T. Your Mindset

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0:00.0	This is going to be fun.
0:01.7	I'm sharing seven lessons from my very first business.
0:05.6	I launched it over 20 years ago.
0:08.6	All of these lessons have impacted how I run biz chicks today.
0:14.6	She's busy juggling her own internet business.
0:17.8	A tween?
0:19.0	Whatever.
0:19.9	A toddler.
0:21.0	An infant. A labradoodle. And tween. Whatever. A toddler. An infant.
0:22.2	A labradoodle.
0:24.2	And her husband.
0:25.3	What's for dinner, sweetie?
0:26.6	In her spare time, she talks to successful female entrepreneurs.
0:30.4	And a few cool dudes about their journey and how they make it all work.
0:35.2	Welcome to the Biz Chicks podcast with your host, entrepreneur, MBA,
0:40.4	and mom. Natalie Eggdahl. Hey, Biz Chicks. Today I'm taking you back in time to my very first business.
0:48.7	In high school and college, I had my own business in the summers teaching private swimming lessons. And I did this
0:56.8	at people's homes, at their own homes, people that had their own pools. What may surprise you is that
1:02.6	until I had biz chicks, that business from when I was a teenager was the most fulfilling work
1:10.0	that I did from then until now. I love that I could have an
1:16.4	immediate impact on my clients. Literally, a child would arrive and if they at that time would have
1:23.7	fallen in a pool on their own, they would have drowned.
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