Leah Martin, Managing Attorney of Leah Martin Law, graduated summa cum laude from William S. Boyd School of Law in 2002. After working for esteemed law firms, Leah decided to establish her own firm in 2011. Leah brings 14 years of experience in the field of business and corporate law.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
None Specific
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I never took one business class, I never had a plan to start one business, I never really thought that was the path I was going to take in life but the firm I was working at immediately before beginning my business shut down unexpectedly I had no job so I had all of a sudden no plan no job and no clients, I had minimal savings. It was a situation where I was sitting in a loft in my home and I didn’t know what I was going to do and I’m not one to just sit and dwell on issues so I just started taking action”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action Book by Simon Sinek
- Books by Kim Blanchett
Favourite Quote:
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand and the determination that whether we win or lose we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Audio books
- Blogs
- Podcasts
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Just do it is a really good tagline for Nike but it really doesn’t make good sense in business, I tried that approach, I jumped in and was like I’m just going to do this, I can run a business I know I can, But you should only go with just do it after you’ve formulated a plan and then do it in a logical and systematic order” …[Listen for More]
More About Leah Martin:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.” Terry Brooks, The Black Unicorn
Other Quotes From the Chat with Leah Martin:
- “If people want to just stick with what they know and don’t want to expand they’re not going to succeed”
- “There’s a lot of people out there who just don’t want to acknowledge that they need help and whether that’s with a particular skill within the business or a whole, just keeping up with the work load and accepting help is very very important to the success of businesses”
- “If you want to succeed you have to put in the work, when you don’t feel like it, when you’re sick when you’re tired”
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