Janis Stevens, entrepreneur, single mom, business owner/CEO, community volunteer, and group fitness instructor has been transforming bathtubs in hotels nationwide for nearly 20 years. A leap of faith into an unknown world of bathtub coatings and the hospitality industry turned out to be the best business decision of her life.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“It was a brand new industry I’d never dealt with, I’d stayed at many hotels but I’d never paid attention to the bathtubs, it was learning hotels and who owns what hotels and what are franchised and what are corporate, things like that. Hiring trust worthy people, technicians to go out there and do the work, these people are the face of our company”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea Book by Bob Burg and John D. Mann. You can listen to the Bob Burg podcast and the John David Mann podcast on The Entrepreneur WayFavourite Quote:
“Things start with small steps, it’s okay to be sucky, small, messy and chaotic, just make sure to never stop dreaming”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Linkedin – is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking
- Podcasts
- Hotel Management – covers hospitality industry news, analysis, trends, finance, business, design, and people for hotel management at each level of the market.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Staying relevant, a lot of people forget about their website once it’s built and you need to be cutting edge and working on your SEO making sure that you’re in the google searches and staying up to date on the ever changing SEO and google. You’re updating your social media, that means putting things out to your following that are of interest and value to them, not just posting things that are of interest and value to you”…[Listen for More]
More About Janis Stevens:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“I really like questions. I like people who write scripts because they’re asking questions, not because they’re giving answers. It’s something that I look for.” Rose McIver
Other Quotes From the Chat with Janis Stevens:
- “You need to know where you stand in the mix and what your competitors are offering”
- “Find a mentor”
- “You don’t have to be perfect”
- “You’re a problem solver”
- “Go make friends”
- “When your gut tells you, and you ignore it, you usually end up regretting it”
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