Episode 27 - Motherhood and Entrepreneurship with Simone McNash

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MOTHERHOOD AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH SIMONE MCNASH

Danielle sits down with an awesome guest on the podcast today! Simone McNish Simone is a business coach and DEI consultant. She works with entrepreneurs, Moms and Women of Color to build more work-life balance and create inbound leads. She also helps entrepreneurs and organizations build anti-racist and inclusive businesses. The conversation today is all about how she started her business, how she balances motherhood and business, and how she stays inspired and focused on chasing too many shiny objects!

Key Takeaways:

  • Simone was laid off at the beginning of the pandemic, but used it to her advantage to dive into full-time entrepreneurship

  • Doing business while being pregnant is no joke! You are tired, sick, and out of commission at times while being pregnant

  • How did you get your message and name out there?

    • She started local in Seattle. She reached out to people in her network and those were her first coaching clients

    • Having her own coach was super helpful at the beginning as well

    • One of the first things she did was hiring a business coach. She didn’t want to do it alone and want to scale quickly at the beginning

    • She did a lot of networking, treating people like human beings which then led to a lot of client leads

  • Did fear hold you back at the beginning? Or did you not let it effect you?

    • She felt unstoppable at the start

    • She had dabbled in the online space through blogging, but she just decided she was going to go all-in and there were no excuses not to

    • She really wanted to be able to quit her job to have more flexibility for her babies

    • “Why am I going to let fear hold me back? Why care about what people think about me? Everyone is going to have opinions about you, but do you have to mind them? Not all the time.”

  • Running a business while being a mother. 

    • It’s okay to be in maintenance mode instead of growth mode

    • Let’s debunk the thought “if you’re next month isn’t bigger than the last, then you’re failing”

    • We build our businesses to have a certain lifestyle, but we forget that during the process and end up stressed and overworked

Links:

Follow Simone on Instagram @simone.mcnish

Check out more about Simone’s business, services and courses here: www.simonemcnish.com

Join The Collective Membership: www.businessbabescollective.com/membership

Danielle Wiebe