Jessica Honegger is an award-winning social entrepreneur with a passion for catalyzing others to step outside their comfort zones and live lives of purpose. Jessica is the founder and co-CEO of Noonday Collection, a fast-growing company dedicated to designing and selling an inspired collection of jewelry and accessories made by Artisans in vulnerable communities.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Jessica’s dad
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I think the biggest difficulty for every entrepreneur is ourselves. I think it’s overcoming the voices inside of us that tell us that you need to know more, or you’re not an expert in that area or the fear that can come from taking the risk of entrepreneurship. I think that I eventually got a business partner after a year and he lived off of his savings account for the following 2 years and we didn’t pay ourselves for, me the first year and then combined the first 3 years”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t): Making the Journey from “What Will People Think?” to “I Am Enough” Book by Brene BrownFavourite Quote:
“God has an answer for injustice and his answer is us”
Recommended Online Resources:
Instagram – A simple, fun & creative way to capture, edit & share photos, videos & messages with friends & family.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Go scared, don’t let fear hold you back, don’t let perfectionism hold you back. Quit comparing your journey to someone else’s journey. Focus on your why and make sure that your why is creating value and bringing love and joy and hope into the world and you will be driven to not quit which will ultimately lead you to success”…[Listen for More]
More About Jessica Honegger:
- Noonday Holdings, LLC
- Noonday Collection
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Easy answers are never really useful ones, so hopefully we’re not trying to peddle easy answers.” Mark Frost
Other Quotes From the Chat with Jessica Honegger:
- “Better done than perfect”
- “The secret to success is not quitting”
- “Being uncomfortable isn’t very tolerable to most of us and I think often times people quit before it’s their time to quit and I know I could have quit a million times over the last 8 years and I truly do think that success is primarily a function of just not quitting”
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