385: Success Comes from the Long Haul with Samantha Lippiatt Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Health and Fitness Travel

Samantha Lippiatt is an entrepreneur, healthy lifestyle advocate and co-founder of Australia’s first dedicated wellness travel company Health and Fitness Travel. Samantha has an unbridled enthusiasm for all things travel, health and fitness and is committed to providing healthy holidays options that not only enhance but change lives.

Entrepreneurial Role Models:

• Jo Burston from Inspiring Rare Birds
• Emma Isaac

When business started difficulties overcame:

“Trying to find suppliers and get them to understand that we were serious and that we were going to be a big business and that we could look after their brand and reputation”…[Listen for More]

Favourite Books:

The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich Book by Timothy Ferriss

Favourite Quote:

“Entrepreneurship is living out a few years of your life like most people won’t so you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t”

Recommended Online Resources:

• Zendesk – Customer service software and support ticket system. Web based help desk software used by 200,000 organizations worldwide.
• Upwork – Find freelancers and freelance jobs on the world s largest online workplace where savvy businesses and professional freelancers go to work!

Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:

“Just begin, don’t be afraid to fail and know that there are very, very few overnight successes, the success comes from the long haul so get prepared for that”…[Listen for More]

More About Samantha Lippiatt:

Health and Fitness Travel

Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:

“There are works which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time; the reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the question often arrives a terribly long time after the answer.” Oscar Wilde

Other Quotes From the Chat with Samantha Lippiatt:

• “Really understand your industry and your customer”
• “You need to see if you’re offering something that people will buy”
• “Ask for more help, there is so much to be gained from other peoples experience”
• “You’ve got to thank your team for the hard work they put in”

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