Billie Groom is the founder of three successful businesses, the author of an award winning book and the creator of UPWARD Dogology. Billie has been a leader in her industry for three decades, earning her numerous awards and accolades. Her unconventional learning journey and her ability to remain true to her straight-forward approach and business model has made her a success in an unregulated industry with a high failure rate.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Captain Paul Watson Founder, President and Executive Director at Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- Ayn Rand
- Che Guevara
When business started difficulties overcame:
“the difficulty is the nature of the dog world. So emotionally I had to prepare myself to be working in an unregulated industry and I probably didn’t really notice or take note of how that would affect my life and emotions. I think anyone diving into a new industry that they haven’t been employed in… expect to be surprised and even disillusioned. Not everyone is going to support you. And you could have great intentions and you could be making improvements and have new and exciting ideas”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The You Factor: A Handbook for Powerful Living by Leslie Strong
- Click the following link to listen to the Leslie Strong podcast episode on The Entrepreneur Way
Favourite Quote:
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Recommended Online Resources:
- LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
- Podcasts
- Facetime – Connect with family and friends around the world with FaceTime. Make audio and video calls from your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch to other iOS devices or even a Mac.
- Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems Zoom Rooms is the original software based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done Zoom is a private company headquartered in San Jose, CA
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“prepare yourself emotionally and be realistic. So you might have this vision of how people should take what you do and who’s going to gravitate to your product or your whatever it is… your business that your projecting. But you need to be realistic about who’s going to jump on board. And you might be surprised on whose reading your book or buying your product or coming into your store. And you might be surprised on who’s going to support you… You need to know what you really want to do and be realistic about what your strengths are and whether you want to be an entrepreneur or not. And be careful on turning a hobby or a favourite activity into a business”…[Listen for More]
More About Billie Groom:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Your limitation—it’s only your imagination.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Billie Groom:
- “I don’t really believe in shortcuts in the learning curve and the way I learned I couldn’t because I am putting out there a scientifically proven methodology so I had to do both aspects of that”
- “my secret to my success is definitely my methodology, I have the secret sauce, I have what people need. So, if you know that you have something different and special then probably get it out there faster than I did…”
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