Veronica Woodruff is sharing her passion with the world. As a parent herself, she knows how stressful planning family vacations and traveling with children can be. Millions of other parents face the same challenges. This realization created a need for Travelsist, the official travel support company that uses proprietary technology in the travel marketplace to assist families en route to their destination with age-appropriate baby travel gear.
Travelsist is shaping the future of travel in relieving packing stress while focusing on who in the family matters most. The Travelsist value proposition is to treat your family like our own. Easy access to travelers at the world’s busiest airport – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – as the starting point has boosted brand awareness. Travelsist is committed to providing hand-selected safety-first, eco-friendly travel products with core values of expectation and trust upon which the company was founded. Customer satisfaction is paramount to help facilitate travel experiences for families and develop new use cases to further global business growth.
Veronica is considered alumnae in the ecosystem of Atlanta’s business accelerators, including Launchpad 2X, Invest Atlanta’s Women Entrepreneurship Initiative, Microsoft for Startups, Switchyards Club and a recipient of the Growth Grant from the Start:ME Program of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. As an experienced traveler and subject matter expert, Veronica envisions giving insight on traveling trends and habits, pivoting where necessary in demonstrating endurance to generate revenue and help the company thrive.
With a marketing and technology background, Veronica is the strategic leader of the business poised to demonstrate and deliver a return on investment providing baby and toddler essentials with Travelsist.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“One of the biggest things I had to overcome was when my life was changing… When you decide to start a business your life changes. When you start to build a multi-million dollar enterprise your life changes. You no longer have freedom of time, you can no longer invest time in circles that don’t create value. You literally have to change your environment. I had to walk away from different circles in my life. And when I mean circles me even my family”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth Book by T. Harv EkerFavourite Quote:
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen” Michael Jordan
Recommended Online Resources:
LinkedIn Learning Courses – LinkedIn Learning is an American website offering video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills. It is a subsidiary of LinkedIn. It was founded in 1995 by Lynda Weinman as Lynda.com before being acquired by LinkedIn in 2015. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn in December 2016.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Definitely keep going. You know entrepreneurship is hard, it’s not easy, it’s definitely a rollercoaster and you have to fill your mind with positive energy. And you have to wake up every day motivated and you have to keep going. Because when you start you fail. And every day, every second and every time you believe in what you are doing is a new opportunity to get things done. So, you have to keep going no matter what… It’s literally a marathon, you can’t stop for breaks. If you stop them, it’s very, very hard to return”…[Listen for More]
More About Veronica Woodruff:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein
Other Quotes From the Chat with Veronica Woodruff:
- “We don’t have to front or put on this fake appearance that we have it all together. It’s okay some days to not have it together. It does not mean you are not going to be successful; it does not mean you are not going to win; it just means that its life and you get through it. You go hard when you. That’s what entrepreneurship Can and sometimes yes you need to rest and sometimes yes you need to juggle. But finding that balance, finding those days when okay we have to slow down for a couple of hours or a day or two and then the next day we are accelerating and we are executing. That’s what entrepreneurship is, it is never just this straight path where you are running… It’s not a sprint”
- “I would have taken my time… Taken my time to really, really, really take in things. I felt like I was always under pressure, in a rush to get things done. We didn’t want to miss a customer, we didn’t want to miss an opportunity, we didn’t want to miss a pitch competition for funding or a meeting with investors. All of those things that’s pressure, it’s a lot of pressure and it doesn’t allow you to really, really address immediate needs or really, really, really be in the presence and work on your product. So, if I were to go back in time given everything that I’ve learned I would have really spent more time being in the present and focusing on one at a time because a lot of times we skip steps and because we skip those steps we had to go back and do it all over again and that cost us even more time…”
- “Definitely dedication, faith. You have to stay motivated and you have to keep going. You cannot quit, you have to make things happen for yourself and a lot of times the difference between entrepreneurs who don’t succeed or fail and the difference between one’s who succeed is that they continuously make things happen for themselves. The opportunities, they go after them and then they execute and they win”
- “I know that if I keep going after what I am seeking that eventually I will achieve it”
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