Entrepreneur on Fire Episode 84

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Okay, let's get started. I am simply elated to introduce my guest today, Pamela O'Hara. Pam,

are you prepared to ignite? Absolutely. All right, Pam is a CEO of Batchbook Social CRM,

which she co-founded in 2006. She is responsible for setting the overall direction and product

strategy for the company. As a businesswoman and a mother, she is committed to running a company

that can adapt to unique needs of both its employees and its customers to foster better organization,

increased productivity in a more balanced life. I've given Fire Nation a little overview, Pam,

but why don't you take from here? Tell us a little bit about you personally. We want to get to

know you and then tell us a little bit about your business. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me.

I'm really excited. My pleasure. So a little about me in my business. As you mentioned, I have three

children and the fourth is my business. They like to rotate around to who takes up the most of my

time, but it's a really fun juggle. I started the business about six years ago. My youngest was

born five years ago, so that can tell you, I really am doing it all at the same time. The impetus

for my starting this business was really taking all of the energy I had around technology,

software development, but being able to craft my own schedule, my own efforts so that I could spend

the time I wanted with my family as well. That's really what started it. Some weeks I'm more

successful at that than others, but I really have been able to spend a lot of time working with

technology people, building something we really believe in, putting a lot of time and being

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