How to Start Your Own Business During a Global Pandemic with Samantha Woolf and Hilla Narov
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
After 20 years in the corporate world, just over a year ago in perhaps the most unlikely time, Samantha Woolf and Hilla Narov took the leap and founded their own marketing & entertainment agency. Not only do they make authentic connections between brands and talent, but they have a unique instinct for what's next and what's newsworthy that allow them to put their clients at the center of pop culture moments.
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| 0:00.0 | Who's ready to rock today Fire Nation? |
| 0:04.9 | JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire brought to you by the HubSpot podcast |
| 0:09.9 | network with great shows like Business Infrastructure. |
| 0:13.6 | Today we'll be breaking down how to start your own business during a global pandemic. |
| 0:18.8 | To drop these value bombs, I brought Samantha Wolf and Hilah Narov into EO Fire Studios |
| 0:23.7 | after 20 years in the corporate world just over a year ago and perhaps the most unlikely |
| 0:28.2 | time Samantha and Hilah took the leap and founded their own marketing and entertainment |
| 0:33.2 | agency. |
| 0:34.4 | Not only do they make authentic connections between brands and talents, but they have |
| 0:38.3 | a unique instinct for what's next and what's newsworthy that allow them to put their |
| 0:42.9 | clients at the center of pop culture moments. |
| 0:46.1 | And we'll talk about official partner today Fire Nation. |
| 0:49.2 | We'll talk about the challenges they face, the priorities when it comes to starting a |
| 0:52.6 | business that we need to be focused on Fire Nation. |
| 0:55.7 | The best strategies for choosing the right talent for our own personal brands, some lessons |
| 1:01.2 | that are learned during your first year in business and so much more when we get back |
| 1:04.8 | from thinking our sponsors. |
| 1:07.6 | According to a survey, over two thirds of Americans are planning to travel in the upcoming |
| 1:11.2 | months. |
| 1:12.2 | This means that airlines, restaurants and more have been ramping up their hiring. |
| 1:15.6 | Who do they turn to? |
| 1:16.6 | Zip Recruiter. |
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