This is a special episode, my first roundtable discussion and I had the best guests! 

My guests share their business building experiences, starting with how they planned their exits from employment to entrepreneurship. We discuss choosing a business structure, landlords (including free build-outs & rent), HR issues, available business resources, MBAs and how sometimes bias, negativity and even tragedy can be a motivating factor in meeting goals (or personal freedom!). 

We cover it all!

Here my roundtable guests: 

Monique Jackson - Clutch and Curl

https://clutchandcurl.com/

Monique The Stylist is a Salon Proprietor, Master Stylist and Professional Development Educator. She left a thriving commission based career behind to start her own beauty enterprise. She does this by not only providing outstanding hair care services, but also educating the next generation via her The Microlinks Academy. 

Lola Elzein - Venture Title Company

https://vtclosings.com/

Lola Elzein aka "The Title Lady(TM)" founded Venture Title in 2014. Despite folks in the industry telling her she would never make it -due to her young age- she went on to built her business from a one person show working out of a tiny office in Detroit, to becoming the owner of her own office building in Dearborn, MI with a staff of now 20. 

Lee Padgett - Busted Bra Shop

https://bustedbrashop.com/

Lee, a U.S. Navy veteran and serial entrepreneur opened her first Busted Bra Shop store in 2013 to offer a better lingerie experience in the city of Detroit. Now with six stores, spanning from Metro Detroit to Chicago and an online shop, we all have access to beautiful, fitting bras! 

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⚡LASER FOCUSED is how I would describe this episode’s guest Andrea Martin. As the founder of Andrea Martin Consulting, Andrea has quickly become the go-to coach for high performing women. Andrea has extensive experience navigating the corporate world making a name for herself. As an immigrant, a mother of two, wife, people leader, and coach, she understands the dynamic of what it takes to wear many hats while still moving towards your goals. 

Andrea holds a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering, Masters in Business. Andrea is a Certified Leadership Coach, DISC Behavioral Analysis Trainer, with training at Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. She combines her experience leading multi-billion dollar projects, large organizations, coaching credentials and delivers a straightforward coaching perspective for her clients.  

She shares with us how her business started from her passion of helping women succeed in their careers. Soon, she noticed she was leaving money on the table, and since her business offered her the flexibility that her employment simply couldn’t, she took the leap of working her business full-time. Meanwhile she is also the owner of a 4EVERYOUNG Medical Spa. 

If you are still working full time, while building your business on the side, you especially will appreciate this episode → so much insight!! 

https://www.andreamartinconsulting.org

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Cooking with Que is the all-embracing experience of wholesome unity delivered from the kindred vision, spirit, and hands of Culinary Innovator, Executive Chef, and Founder, Quiana “Que” Broden. Founder of Detroit's Only Demonstration Kitchen and Culinary Shared Space, The Kitchen by Cooking with Que serves as Cafe experience by Day & Event Space by night — where Que delivers dishes of zestful and earth-conscious substance in a way that…mindfully immerses vegan and meat eaters into blissful co-existence.

Keenly originative in plant based meal introduction, preparation, education, and balanced eating, Cooking with Que is the healthful haven urging people to eat to live. It is the home of nuanced nutrition allowing all to discover life’s greatest gifts through the thought-provoking engagement, empowerment and elevation of our everyday plates.

https://cookingwithque.com/

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