Stacey Howe-Lott is a teacher and a long time SAT/ACT tutor. She fell into entrepreneurship after discovering that the other SAT/ACT materials on the market were horrible. She works part time and is thrilled to be able to do what she loves as well as take care of her family.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Going on your own where you know you have to wear every hat, that was really challenging. I knew I was a good teacher and I knew my kids were getting good results so I had to sort of be really patient with myself and be like okay how do I put up a website, how do I get a billing system. It was a slow slog”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- What to Do When It’s Your Turn: (and It’s Always Your Turn) Book by Seth Godin
- Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen Book by Donald Miller
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
- The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results Book by Gary W. Keller
Favourite Quote:
“If you want to teach someone to grow a ship don’t teach them to grow a ship, teach them a longing for the sea”
Recommended Online Resources:
- ScheduleOnce – Meeting and appointment scheduling software that helps you save time, increase customer satisfaction and be more competitive
- Evernote – is the app that keeps your notes organized Memos are synced so they re accessible anywhere, and searchable so you always find what you need Learn more!
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Think cupcakes. I’m a teacher so I see a lot of people wanting to help others by teaching, what they do is they kind of drop a bakery on somebody’s head, oh you want to learn Facebook ads, let me tell you everything you didn’t want to know about Facebook ads, they just drop a 50 module course on your head. Everyone comes in with the best of intentions but they come in and drop a bakery on someone’s head and it’s overwhelming”…[Listen for More]
More About Stacey Howe-Lott:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Questions that require answers are what keep readers going – and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.” Nancy Kress
Other Quotes From the Chat with Stacey Howe-Lott:
- “What’s one bite you can give someone to help them achieve their goals”
- “Stuff falls apart every day, every day you have to get up and say okay how am I going to move forward in spite of it, instead of it, how am I still going to push my vision forward
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