01_Intrapreneur to Entrepreneur with Emily Ley

Quint Studer talks with Emily Ley on how she went from an intrapreneur to an entrepreneur and business owner. Emily shares specific tactics she used to move from selling a product (transactional) to building a community (relational) to grow the Simplified brand. As she discusses, a cornerstone of this transition was making some tough but necessary mind shifts. She talks candidly about mistakes, the hard lessons she learned, and some of the risky decisions she made along the way (including a business decision that cut 40% of her revenue overnight).  Throughout her journey, Emily found that nurturing the culture of her business was key to being sustainable and working through the hard times. She shares some of her favorite best practices for connecting with an all virtual workforce and some of her favorite tech solutions for making it work. We also get a sneak peek into insights from her new book, Growing Boldly: Dare To Build A Life You Love, due out in Feb 2021. Referenced in this episode: Emily Ley’s BooksSimplified by Emily LeyEntreCon - 2-day Business and Leadership Conference About Emily Ley: Emily Ley is the founder of Simplified® - a brand of planners and organizational tools for busy women. Emily has been featured in Forbes, Family Circle, Better Homes and Gardens, Glamour, and Good Housekeeping. She has been recognized with numerous awards, including Best New Product at the National Stationery Show as well as Small Business of the Year, Female Owned Business of the Year, and Entrepreneur of the Year by Studer Community Institute. Emily and her team collaborated with AT-A-GLANCE® to create gift and planning collections carried in Office Depot, Staples, and Target. Emily is the author of national bestselling books, Grace, Not Perfection: Embracing Simplicity, Celebrating Joy, A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living, and When Less Becomes More: Making Space for Slow, Simple, and Good. Now as an author, entrepreneur, wife and mother to three, Emily lives in Pensacola, Florida with her husband, Bryan, and their son Brady, and twins Tyler and Caroline.   Join The Busy Leader’s community and subscribe to our podcast. Be sure to leave a review! Thank you for listening.