E001 - Building a Joyful Business - with Lianne Kim

The Rough Draft Podcast

Lianne shares her transformative journey from a corporate employee, to a stay-at-home mom to a successful business coach and founder of Mamas & Co. a global online community for moms in business and parenthood, celebrating 10 years in November 2024.
Entrepreneurship is not a linear path, but one full of ebbs and flows and her initial reluctance to embrace entrepreneurship due to money scarcity and lack of role models. She shares her process of quitting her 9-5 job to pursue her business, highlighting the importance of having an exit plan and financial security before making the leap. There is a need for resilience, time management, and financial planning/goals to successfully transition from a 9-5 job to a business owner and she shares how to have a conversation with your partner about it.
Lianne intimately shares the balancing act between excitement and fear when pursuing big dreams and her personal story of how she started a conference with a passionate idea and zero budget. She had to get scrappy, finding a local community center and personally preparing food for 100 attendees.
Lianne is an accomplished and sought-after business coach, encouraging her clients to discover their Dream Clients using her formula. Lianne has a powerful ability to inspire and motivate her clients, particularly by recognizing and overcoming perfectionism and people-pleasing tendencies
In this episode, we also talk about Lianne’s bestselling book Building a Joyful Business. The why, the how and the behind the scenes of publishing a book during a pandemic.
Guest Bio:

Lianne Kim is a Business Coach and the founder of Mamas & Co. - a community for mama entrepreneurs. She is the host of the wildly popular podcast 'The Business of Thinking Big' and the author of the bestselling book 'Building a Joyful Business'. Lianne is on a mission to help women make a great living on their own terms, doing what they love.
Links & Freebies:

• Masterclass: https://www.mamasandco.com/dream
• IG: www.instagram.com/liannekimcoach
• Podcast: https://www.liannekim.com/blog

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