EPISODE 52 - HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER TURNED E-COMMERCE ENTREPRENEUR. TAKING THE LEAP, INVESTING IN YOUR BUSINESS AND BEING A LIFELONG LEARNER WITH JENN ORR OF RAISING HUMANS CO.

 
 

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Today, Danielle has an amazing guest on the show, Jenn Orr, who is one of our Mastermind members and she also took our Program Action Takers Club when she was just getting started in her business in 2020!

Jenn is a High School teacher turned Entrepreneur! who decided to take a complete 180 on where her future was supposed to go and decided to take her hopes, passions and dreams into her own hands and start Raising Humans Co.

Raising Humans is a baby brand that focuses on providing modern, minimalistic, and beautiful products that don't sacrifice functionality or style.

In today’s episode, Danielle and Jenn talk about taking the leap from a secure and stable job into being a business owner, investing in your business and being a lifelong learner. They dive into how important it is to share your struggles and challenges with others as a business owner and also discuss Jenn’s unique way and looking at challenges!

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Danielle opens and introduces Jenn, and Jenn shares about Raising Humans Co. and they reflect on how Jenn became part of the Business Babes community.

  • Danielle asks Jenn to share her backstory and what inspired her to start her business. Jenn shares about her career as a teacher, reckoning with identifying as a multipotentialite and how her business became the creative outlet she craved so deeply.

  • Jenn shares about seeing her mom’s entrepreneurship growing up, and how she didn’t necessarily want to have a life as an entrepreneur, but how she became one when saw a need and how she could fill it. 

  • When Danielle encourages Jenn’s ability to take action, Jenn shares how the pandemic gave her the ability to grow her business.

  •  Danielle asks Jenn what she focused on when she launched her business to get her brand out there. Jenn shared how community and networking taught her so much, feeling like a one-woman show when it came to strategizing ways to get her product in the hands of consumers, and how her community helped her get there.

  • Jenn talks about her focus as an established business owner - how she is using different social media platforms/email lists/etc to shift to a direct to consumer model while still sustaining wholesale accounts - and talks about how she is always learning how to utilize these tools while following her passion to connect to people!

  • Jen talks about challenges she’s faced as a new business owner - the first being learning how to manage inventory/product, especially with the global supply chain issues during the pandemic. She also faced a learning curve with marketing and client retention.

  • Jenn stresses the importance of always learning and how persevering with a positive attitude within a community that supports you keeps you afloat. 

  • Danielle and Jenn talk about the power of vulnerability and transparency amongst entrepreneurs.

  • Jenn talks about how important it is to practice gratitude, even for your struggles, as it is what pushes you to grow.

  • Danielle asks Jenn what she is currently excited about in her business and Jenn responds that she is so happy for people to be able to connect with her product in person at markets and more. She is changing packaging to reflect her brand more professionally! 

  • Danielle asks Jenn to share what she is proud of in her business - Jenn talks about being proud of the resilience she found in leaving a stable career to pursue something that not only made her come alive but gave her the ability to live her life on her own terms. She knows that, moving forward, she now has the ability to shift or pivot if she needs to!

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