#19: Believing in Unicorns with Belinda Agnew

SPIN IT: Business & Crisis Management with Stephynie Malik

It takes grit and tenacity to make it to the top. And it takes humbleness and perseverance to stay there. Our next guest has all of those qualities and more.

Belinda Agnew is a managing partner at both Foccus Group, a unique recruitment agency, and Enamus, a full-service marketing and branding boutique. Belinda started her career in sales selling vacuums door to door. She then quickly moved up the corporate ladder and ended up founding multiple companies including Open Education and Enamus. She also hosts the podcast Start-ups and Unicorns, where she interviews successful industry founders from all over the world.

On today's show, Belinda and Stephynie speak about how Belinda used her confidence and expansive skills set to build her companies. Belinda also dives into her childhood, and how impactful events early in her life shaped who she is today.

From selling vacuums to making millions. This is a conversation you don’t want to miss!

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Timestamps:

05:15 - Being the Black Sheep

12:00 - 6 Figures by 25

13:43 - What Made Belinda Agnew Stand Out

16:50 - Advice to Past Self

19:15 - Differences Between Being an Employee, Versus an Entrepreneur

23:35 - Being a Leader in Mental Health Awareness

32:20 - What Does Belinda Agnew Do?

39:03 - Lessons Learned Getting Burned

40:50 - Being a Female in a Male Dominated Industry

46:40 - Belinda Agnew Podcast

52:54 - Her 5 Year Plan

58:35 - Biggest Obstacles

Mentioned in the Episode:

Belinda’s Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/startups-and-unicorns-with-belinda-agnew/id1536721867

Belinda’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belindaagneworiginal/?hl=en

Belinda’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/belindaagnew/?originalSubdomain=au