395: Building a Business to Run Without You with Tera Marie Pupa [High Performing Women Series]
The BizChix Podcast: Female Entrepreneurs | Women Small Business | Biz Chix
Natalie Eckdahl
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Could you step away from your business and have it run just as smoothly without you? Tera Marie Pupa experienced this when she was forced to take a break from her business for a year while she battled cancer. Her remarkable team not only kept the business running but actually grew the business. As a result of their hard work and dedication, Tera Marie was able to continue taking her full salary during one of the most trying times of her life.
Tera Marie and her team of professional Transaction Coordinators at “VC|TC, Inc“ do the paperwork for realtors, helping to free up their time so they can focus on listing and selling properties rather than chaining themselves to a stack of papers.
Listen to Tera Marie’s wonderful story and discover how she built a business that could run and grow without her presence. Tera Marie also reveals what it was like for her to return to her business after her year-long leave of absence and how she transitioned back into her CEO mindset.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm curious. How long could you step away from your business and have it keep running? |
| 0:11.7 | What would it take for you to take a sabbatical or a leave of absence? |
| 0:17.9 | My guest was able to step away from her business for a year while she battled cancer |
| 0:24.6 | and her incredible team not only kept running it, but grew the business. And she was able to |
| 0:32.9 | continue to take her full salary. Before we dig into this interview, may I welcome you to the BizChicks podcast. |
| 0:40.7 | I'm your host, Natalie Eckdal. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm a business strategist, guacamole lover, out-of-the-box thinker, author, speaker, mama, MBA, |
| 0:50.7 | and CEO of Bizchicks, Inc. |
| 0:53.8 | Our business is dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs |
| 0:57.1 | grow and scale their businesses while retaining more profit and creating more time for their |
| 1:03.4 | VIPs or very important people. My VIPs are my husband Mark and are three kids ages 5 to 17. I have a very full life running a home, |
| 1:14.7 | family, and this dream business where we coach and mastermind with high performing women |
| 1:19.1 | entrepreneurs from all over from diverse industries, locations, cultures, and various ages. |
| 1:25.1 | In case you're wondering, I don't have a perfect life and I don't claim to |
| 1:29.3 | be superwoman. It all works because I have a team and coffee and guacamole. I have help at home |
| 1:37.2 | and in the business. I always encourage women to get as much help as they can afford and may I |
| 1:43.0 | remind you that just because you can do |
| 1:45.2 | something does not mean that you should. Today, I'm delighted to introduce you to Tara Marie Pupa, |
| 1:51.7 | who helps real estate agents focus on their zone of genius, which is taking care of their clients |
| 1:57.6 | and selling, while Tara Marie's team handles their real estate |
| 2:02.3 | file management and coordination. If you have ever bought or sold a house, you know the immense |
| 2:09.6 | amount of paperwork contracts and coordination that goes into the process. Tara Marie is an expert |
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