The Benefits of Co-Founding in Professional Services

That's amazing.

So and I love that it, you know, it takes time you and you never know when you're meeting somebody in networking, where they'll cross your path again, or where you'll recognize, wait a minute, that's the right person to hire to do this venture to become a vendor for going forward.

So talk about those early days.

Did you like how did you set up the business? And what was it like getting started?

Yeah, we I think one of the best decisions we made early on was we joined a cohort of women who were all starting consulting businesses at the same time.

And it was a six month training program.

And it was all things looking back on it now.

It was all things that we knew we needed to do.

Right.

Like we needed to put together the marketing plan.

We needed to put together our brand.

We needed to start packaging products.

you know, how we wanted our offers to look, but having the accountability really accelerated that process.

You know, the weekly check-ins on, did you do this yet? Did you start aligning out your core values, your mission statement, et cetera.

So, and it's a lot of, you know, what we do for our clients now too, is holding them accountable to the goals that we've set and the roadmap that we created together.

So that was, it was a scary thing to say, you know, Hey, I'm about to quit my job, but also let's spend money on this, this training program.

Of course, but I think that that professional accountability was more than worth it.

And it just kickstarted and got us sped up.

So we...

When we first started talking about opening up the business, to give you a sense of our different personalities, I was the one who's like, okay, let's take six months.

Let's write a business plan.

I'll start transitioning out of my corporate role.

This was in, I think, June or July.

And Alex called me two days later and she goes, so I quit my job.

And I was like, you did what? We decided this two days ago.

That's amazing.

So and I love that it, you know, it takes time you and you never know when you're meeting somebody in networking, where they'll cross your path again, or where you'll recognize, wait a minute, that's the right person to hire to do this venture to become a vendor for going forward.

So talk about those early days.

Did you like how did you set up the business? And what was it like getting started?

Yeah, we I think one of the best decisions we made early on was we joined a cohort of women who were all starting consulting businesses at the same time.

And it was a six month training program.

And it was all things looking back on it now.

It was all things that we knew we needed to do.

Right.

Like we needed to put together the marketing plan.

We needed to put together our brand.

We needed to start packaging products.

you know, how we wanted our offers to look, but having the accountability really accelerated that process.

You know, the weekly check-ins on, did you do this yet? Did you start aligning out your core values, your mission statement, et cetera.

So, and it's a lot of, you know, what we do for our clients now too, is holding them accountable to the goals that we've set and the roadmap that we created together.

So that was, it was a scary thing to say, you know, Hey, I'm about to quit my job, but also let's spend money on this, this training program.

Of course, but I think that that professional accountability was more than worth it.

And it just kickstarted and got us sped up.

So we...

When we first started talking about opening up the business, to give you a sense of our different personalities, I was the one who's like, okay, let's take six months.

Let's write a business plan.

I'll start transitioning out of my corporate role.

This was in, I think, June or July.

And Alex called me two days later and she goes, so I quit my job.

And I was like, you did what? We decided this two days ago.