We all want to earn our living by doing something we love don’t we? So that’s what this Twitter chat is going to be about!
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Questions we discussed
Q1 This chat was inspired by Margie Analise career story
Margie Analise is Canadian based entrepreneur @margieanalise
Margie is the author of heart-centered entrepreneurship course called Take The Leap Academy
Q2 What is heart-centered entrepreneurship?
A2 As I understand the term, heart-centered entrepreneurship means earning your living by doing what you love, +working for yourself #vcbuzz
— Ann Smarty (@seosmarty) August 2, 2016
IMHO Heart centered entrepreneurship means building your business as if it was one of your children. I can totally relate to this. #vcbuzz
— Janette Speyer (@websuccess) August 2, 2016
heart-centred entreprneurship = caring about the people you help rather than just wanting their $$ #vcbuzz
— Phil Turner (@The5Currencies) August 2, 2016
My father told me, “It’s not what you WANT to do, but what you HAVE to do that counts.” That can be understood in 2 ways. #vcbuzz
— Don Sturgill (@DonSturgill) August 2, 2016
A2: For me that means only interacting with people you like. Fire bad clients, etc #vcbuzz
— Craig Fifield (@CraigFifield) August 2, 2016
There is ZERO reason to work with a client you don’t like 100% these days imo #vcbuzz
— Craig Fifield (@CraigFifield) August 2, 2016
A1: I have had to do this many times with unappreciative bosses, abuse and then some. BUT, all are good learning experiences #vcbuzz
— Janette Speyer (@websuccess) August 2, 2016
Q3 What’s your favorite tip you give to new entrepreneurs?
A3: Be prepared to freak out. You’re trading 40 hrs for 80+ and “security” for the unknown. #vcbuzz
— Don Sturgill (@DonSturgill) August 2, 2016
There’s never better time than now! RT @CraigFifield: Q3: Stop reading, start doing. #vcbuzz
— Jessy Troy (@jessytroy) August 2, 2016
A3 – Talk to people – U can’t do it all alone #vcbuzz
— Phil Turner (@The5Currencies) August 2, 2016
Q3: Start building your network before you need it. Mine is 20yrs old and for 10 of those yrs I didn’t have a use for it! #vcbuzz
— Craig Fifield (@CraigFifield) August 2, 2016
@CraigFifield wow! That’s impressive. I have had to rebuild networks over and over. Some leave, some change course #vcbuzz
— Janette Speyer (@websuccess) August 2, 2016
Connections are 90% of business success RT @CraigFifield: Q3: Start building your network before you need it #vcbuzz
— Jessy Troy (@jessytroy) August 2, 2016
A3: @CraigFifield I love those networking groups, some virtual ones are very good #vcbuzz
— Janette Speyer (@websuccess) August 2, 2016
It changes but the rich gets richer! easier to build on than build afresh RT@websuccess:@CraigFifield Some leave, some change course #vcbuzz
— Ann Smarty (@seosmarty) August 2, 2016
A3 – Join a local entrepreneur MeetUp group #vcbuzz
— Phil Turner (@The5Currencies) August 2, 2016
Q4 How exactly to “take the leap” in your understanding? Where to get confidence and inspiration?
A4 talking to people, reading, realising your dream can be more than that, that ppl need you #vcbuzz
— Phil Turner (@The5Currencies) August 2, 2016
A4: Confidence you get as you progress and believe it or not from some of the blow. Recovering gives you confidence #vcbuzz
— Janette Speyer (@websuccess) August 2, 2016
A5: Step out of the Matrix daily (thank you, Perry Marshall) and touch reality. Unplug. Reboot. Do The DEEP. #vcbuzz
— Don Sturgill (@DonSturgill) August 2, 2016
A4 “take the leap” = start acting, I guess, not necessarily quitting what you were doing before that #vcbuzz
— Ann Smarty (@seosmarty) August 2, 2016
A4: I took the leap several years ago when I wanted children and the advertising agency environment was not conducive for mums #vcbuzz
— Janette Speyer (@websuccess) August 2, 2016
Yup, failure build success too RT @CraigFifield: Q4: Just try and fail, build experience & confidence & that’ll leave you inspired #vcbuzz
— Ann Smarty (@seosmarty) August 2, 2016
Correction: don’t try to fail, try to win ? #vcbuzz
— Craig Fifield (@CraigFifield) August 2, 2016
Q4: I only built ONE web site before I started my web design biz, within a year I was at Microsoft. Leap early and often. #vcbuzz
— Craig Fifield (@CraigFifield) August 2, 2016
@CraigFifield I had no idea you worked for Microsoft ? #vcbuzz
— Ann Smarty (@seosmarty) August 2, 2016
@seosmarty I did for 10yrs, we designed some of the first ever web marketing tools #vcbuzz
— Craig Fifield (@CraigFifield) August 2, 2016
Q5 What are your favorite tools that make the life of an online entrepreneur easier?
A5: @Flipboard, @snapchat, @instagram for storytelling and social selling #vcbuzz
— Janette Speyer (@websuccess) August 2, 2016
A5 tool #1 – Excel tool #2 – Scapple #vcbuzz
— Phil Turner (@The5Currencies) August 2, 2016
A5: I use everything I can for different objectives. @Twitter, @linkedin @Facebook for connecting. #vcbuzz
— Janette Speyer (@websuccess) August 2, 2016
any tools to improve time management? #VCbuzz
— Jason Chow (@JasonCPF) August 2, 2016
Tool for time management: Get your face out of Facebook and your ass into action. #vcbuzz
— Don Sturgill (@DonSturgill) August 2, 2016
Q5: Whatever tools will get me in closer contact with my potential customers. It varies #vcbuzz
— Craig Fifield (@CraigFifield) August 2, 2016
A5 Google Docs, Trello / Zoho, @Cyfe, Hootsuite / Mavsocial + Tweetdeck, GetResponse… #vcbuzz
— Ann Smarty (@seosmarty) August 2, 2016
@JasonCPF Excel – I have columns for long & short term jobs + more for self jobs – colour them in when complete #vcbuzz
— Phil Turner (@The5Currencies) August 2, 2016
@Mention, @zoomph, @sproutsocial, @Slack. I only have 140 #vcbuzz
— Janette Speyer (@websuccess) August 2, 2016
A5: the best tool is really an employee or VA that can do all the annoying crap for you #vcbuzz
— Craig Fifield (@CraigFifield) August 2, 2016
@websuccess Vivaldi has ALL kinds of customisation options – It looks great – really fast too #vcbuzz
— Phil Turner (@The5Currencies) August 2, 2016
@CraigFifield why FF again? #vcbuzz
— Jessy Troy (@jessytroy) August 2, 2016
@jessytroy It’s just a simple way to keep accounts separate. Not recommending it, seems to be a hog on my system for some reason #vcbuzz
— Craig Fifield (@CraigFifield) August 2, 2016
Our previous entrepreneurship chats:
- Online Entrepreneurship Twitter Chat with Brandon Schaefer @90DayPro #VCBuzz
- Build Up a Blogging Business with @AndyNathan #VCBuzz
- Starting Your Own Ecommerce Business Twitter Chat with @DarrenDeMatas #VCBuzz
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