The founder of Melissa Forziat Events, Melissa is an event manager and marketing consultant. An artistic gymnast for 18 years, she started with event planning roles at the 2006 and 2010 Olympic Winter Games, 2011 Rugby World Cup, and US Olympic Committee. Now, Melissa works with non-profits and small business owners worldwide to develop impactful event and marketing plans.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Everyday People like me – Clients and friends
When business started difficulties overcame:
…So my business started unintentionally which is not the road that most people got down. But what was so good about where I was at was that I was prepared to focus fully full time on my business and a lot of people are not necessarily in that position because they might have a kind of a safety net job that is helping to bring in an income and they are like looking at what that transition will be. I didn’t have that. I was fully plunging myself forward into whatever was about to happen with this new endeavour…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
A book is not necessarily Melissa’s favourite way of consuming information.
Michele Scism Decisive Minds
Favourite Quote:
‘Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’ Mary Anne Radmacher
Recommended Online Resources:
Michele Scism Decisive Minds
Small Business Marketing on a Budget Ebook by Melissa Forziat
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
We touched upon this a little earlier but I cant say enough about having people…human resources around you that can guide you when you have questions. But also people who are totally unbiased in your process who…And when I say unbiased you know obviously they are going to be in your corner and be supporting you but they are not their lives, their livelihood, their daily existence is not contingent upon you making a certain amount of money or having stability. Those are the people who can give you business advice that will really mean something…[Listen for More]
More About Melissa Forziat:
FREE ‘Small Business Marketing on a Budget’ eBook
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“My talent isn’t so much in traditional research as in finding really smart people and badgering them with questions.” Maria Semple
Other Quotes From the Chat with Melissa Forziat:
“Business in general tends to be an evolution”
“my life is change”
Leave a Reply