Sunny Bonnell and Ashleigh Hansberger are the co-founders of Motto, a branding agency for disruptors, game-changers and rare breeds. For over a decade, the dynamic pair have taught leaders how to stand out, think different, and lead bold brands.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Ashleigh’s Gradfather
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I did not have the experience like a lot of people do… My experience was one of starting a business for no good reason. There was nothing that really said wow this is going to be really successful. We had no money, we had no experience, we had never worked for another agency before, we weren’t even really good designers at that time, we were still learning the ropes. And so no one thought it was a good idea”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite by Paul ArdenFavourite Quote:
“What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire” Charles Bukowski
Recommended Online Resources:
- Basecamp – Trusted by millions, Basecamp puts everything you need to get work done in one place. It’s the calm, organized way to manage projects, work with clients
- Brandfolder – Store, share, and showcase your assets in one place with Brandfolder, the world s most powerfully simple digital asset management software
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“stop comparing your success to other people’s success. I think that’s one of the hardest things to do as entrepreneurs is wanting to be further along than where we are and kind of having the impatience or the frustration of kind of watching other people succeed and not being happy for them. I think it’s really important to support other people’s success but I also think that we need to stop comparing where we are with where somebody else is. Everyone gets shown the sizzle reel and being an entrepreneur is not glamorous, it really isn’t. It’s the physical, mental, emotional courage that it takes is a lot. So I think the best advice is just you are good, you will get through it, keep going, don’t put so much pressure on you”…[Listen for More]
More About Ashleigh Hansberger:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
Sheila M. Burke “Sometimes answers come to you in ways that only you can understand. That is why it is so important to have a clear mind to receive and understand the message.”
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ashleigh Hansberger:
- “the more that you grow … The work becomes easier in a way but I think it was because we were able to develop our systems and our processes and our ways that made the work more scalable or more teachable or more trainable. So, I think instilling some of that stuff earlier into the business would have helped us maybe get to where we wanted to be a little bit faster”
- “a lot of the secret to success at least in my point of view and from my own experiences as been to not listen to the whispers, to not play into the things that everybody else says that you need to be changing about yourself in order to fit in or to get the job or to get the client or to get the promotion or whatever it is that you have in your heart and in your mind that you want to achieve. Rarely does that ever happen unless you own you are, you become fully invested in who you are. And you can start to use who you are in your own differences as your advantage in order to help you succeed”
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