Rachel Hollis is the founder of Los Angeles-based Chic Media, the parent company of her popular lifestyle website, The Chic Site. Chic Media specializes in creating premium content for women, establishing the company as a media property and creative agency, by growing a community driven by women and inspiring women of all ages.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I have a business and I don’t have any clients, that’s the very first thing I had to figure out. If you’re not making money, you’re not in business, for me it was like I quit a job that we needed my income, it wasn’t a joke and my biggest focus that year was my salary that I left at the time was 38 thousand dollars a year and I thought I have to make at least 38 thousand dollars this year or I am putting unfair pressure on my husband”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Book by Phil KnightFavourite Quote:
“There’s no such thing as luck only preparation meeting opportunity at a moment in time”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Amy Porterfield – is a marketing strategist helping entrepreneurs build their business online
- Jenna Kutcher – I’m an expert at online marketing, a nerd when it comes to the numbers, and my obsession is teaching others how to make a living doing what they love
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Put your head down and get back to work, that is what I say again and again and again is focus on what matters, focus on the signs of life, what is your audience responding to, because if you’re like me then you’re a dreamer and as entrepreneurs we’re like I can start that business, I could start this, no no no, you’re going to spend a ton of time putting all this energy into things that aren’t working, what is working, focus on that thing and put your head down”…[Listen for More]
More About Rachel Hollis:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“I started realizing that I wasn’t so dumb; rather, most people simply didn’t know the answers to the questions that I was interested in-or they didn’t care.” Dean Kamen
Other Quotes From the Chat with Rachel Hollis:
- “You might not be there yet but you can keep doing the work, you can keep putting in the time, you’re going to get there eventually”
- “I was doing a podcast a couple weeks ago and someone said what does it feel like to be an overnight success, I almost laughed, I didn’t want to be rude but I was like are you, I didn’t say it but in my head I’m like are you kidding me, I have been working at this for 14 years, there is no part of this that is overnight, this is a ton of hard work”
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