#700: Why You Shouldn’t Wait Your Turn with Sprinkles Founder Candace Nelson

Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield

Amy Porterfield

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Turning your passion into a household brand that scales, inspires, and seizes opportunity. Jasmine Star and I are back with another collab episode with the incredible Candace Nelson! You might know her as the founder of the iconic Sprinkles Cupcakes and the delicious Pizzana pizza or as a shark on Shark Tank. Told you she was incredible! Today, we talk about: (5:46) How Candace grew her initial Sprinkles brand into more opportunities (9:27) The first 3 things Candace did when she pivoted (12:33) Behind-the-scenes of Candace’s Shark Tank experience (20:49) The elements of a fantastic pitch (27:55) Tips for navigating necessary risks (30:14) Advice for finding the courage to do something different and go against the grain (34:35) 3 things you can do TODAY to overcome imposter syndrome, dream big, and chase those dreams "I love Amy and Online Marketing Made Easy." If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more people -- just like you -- move toward the online life and business that they desire. Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Resource Mentioned In The Episode: How the Cupcake Queen Broke Free of Her Brand Shark Tank Sprinkles Cupcakes Pizzana Sugar Rush Oprah: The Story Behind Sprinkles Cupcakes Gently Soap Thirteen Loon Daniele Uditi Follow Candace Sweet Success newsletter instagram.com/candacenelson linkedin.com/in/candacenelson9 tiktok.com/@candacenelson candace-nelson.com Follow Jasmine The Jasmine Star Show podcast instagram.com/jasminestar jasminestar.com Follow Amy Online Marketing Made Easy podcast instagram.com/amyporterfield amyporterfield.com

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0:00.0	When we hear the term innovation we think about like AI and technology we think about Steve jobs or Steve Altman no
0:06.5	Really boils down to a simple mindset and that's what if thinking looking at the world as it could be, not how it is.
0:13.0	I'm Amy Porterfield, ex-corpate girl turned CEO of a multi seven-figure business.
0:20.0	But it wasn't all that long ago that I lacked the confidence, the budget, and the time to focus on growing my small but mighty business.
0:30.0	Fast forward past many failed attempts and lessons learned,
0:33.9	and you'll see the business I have today,
0:36.1	one that changes lives and gives me more freedom
0:39.5	than I ever thought possible.
0:41.7	One that used to only exist as a daydream.
0:45.0	I created the online marketing made easy podcast to give you simple, actionable
0:50.1	step-by-step strategies to help you do the same.
0:53.4	If you're an ambitious entrepreneur or one in the making
0:57.2	who's looking to create a business that makes an impact
1:00.1	and a life you love, you're in the right place, friend.
1:03.4	Let's get started. Hey there, before we jump into today's episode, I have a question for you.
1:17.0	What's so special about the entrepreneurs we love? Like, why is Gary V's someone people want to listen to? Or what is it
1:26.6	about Sarah Blakely that allowed her to grow spanks from the spare room of her
1:30.4	rental house to a billion dollar empire. Well friend, what if I told you that what makes
1:37.7	people like Gary and Sarah so darn successful are attributes that you might actually share with them.
1:45.0	In fact, it's probably the secret to your future success as well.
1:50.0	So, I created a brand new quiz to help you identify who your multi-millionaire kindred spirit is, from Gary Vee to Sarah Blakely and more.
2:02.0	So this quiz is an extra fun way to chisel out what's so special about you.
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