Episode 79
From Corporate Job to Business Owner: 10 Tips on How to Make the Transition (Ep 79)
10 tips on transitioning from a corporate job to being a business owner
I don't claim to be a small business consultant. I love career planning and coaching corporate professionals. However, during the coaching process, a client will eventually decide they want out from time to time! When that happens, I share how I transitioned from a corporate employee to a business owner since I have personal experience of starting a business twice. I learned a lot along the way.
This is most definitely a one-off episode. So if you are curious about what I've done to grow my business, how I do it now, how it's going, the tools I use, etc., then listen to this episode because I don't plan to talk about this anymore for a long time!
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Timestamps to guide your listening:
- 05:00 - 1. Let the idea “percolate” for a while!
- 06:14 - 2. Validate your business idea before going to market.
- 08:25 - 3. Have enough savings to support the first 12 months.
- 10:16 - 4. Before you embark on being a business owner, learn how to take care of your personal affairs!
- 12:19 - 5. Get help from the get-go.
- 14:35 - 6. Even with all the preparation above, there are still things you won’t know how to do, and that’s where you should invest in.
- 23:11 - 7. Get ready to get busy.
- 25:26 - 8. Be careful whose advice you follow.
- 28:47 - 9. Be careful how you spend your money, especially with vanity metrics or expenses that are not right for your size of business.
- 30:53 - 10. Be patient and be positive!
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Do you have training material ready for online teaching? Then, learn more about Kajabi, which is the platform I use and check if this is something you should invest in. I LOVE Kajabi and have built my entire website and learning programs using the platform. I have already converted many colleagues and coaches to using it. You can teach anything on Kajabi: music, farming, yoga... It handles everything: mailing this newsletter, CRM, payments, my website, and of course, my online teaching platform.*
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About the host, Renata Bernarde
Hello, I'm Renata Bernarde, the Host of The Job Hunting Podcast. I'm also an executive coach, job-hunting expert, and career strategist. I teach corporate, non-profit, and public professionals the steps and frameworks to help them find great jobs, change, and advance their careers with confidence and less stress.
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