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IIP038: Leaving Corporate at 46 To A Coaching Career Supercharged By New Media

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“I need independence. You can’t have independence if you’re an employee.”

The only way to be really, truly independent – is to become an entrepreneur.

However, it’s not hard to quit the 9-5 job and become one, not to mention – a successful one! And more so when there are bills to pay and mouths to feed. It seems that the longer you wait, the harder, up to impossible, it becomes.

One Questions That I Keep Getting That Today’s Interview Tries To Answer

I’ve received several comments from Inspiring Innovation VIP Members that said: “All the stories on the show are so inspiring, but I’m almost 50, have a wife, a dog, and 4 kids – I don’t have the time to start something, nor the ability to handle the decrease of income!”

I get that. Which is why I’m so happy to have Bernd Geropp on the show today.

Leaving Corporate at 46 To An Entrepreneurship Career Supercharged By New Media

How did Bernd, an electrical engineer from Germany, leave his position at the corporate he’s been serving for almost ten years, and became a market leading leadership coach?

Turns out it IS possible to become an entrepreneur at any age, no matter how many liabilities you have. Especially if you can supercharge your marketing with the latest new media tools.

Listen to today’s episode for all the details, including:

Episode Highlights

How one of Bernd’s early entrepreneurship ventures almost led him to bankruptcy, and how that affected him in leaving the corporate life at an older age. How it affected his planning, willingness and tolerance to risk, and attitude? (You’d be surprised! It’s not the common, “I’ve been there once so I know there’s nothing to fear from”!)
How he bridged the gap between 9-5 job and entrepreneurship – with the support of the company he was about to leave.
Finding the balance between moonlighting in order to start your own business, and burning the ships at shore and taking more risk than you’re ready to take.
How Bernd used new media like blogs, YouTube, and especially podcasting to build a name, a brand, and most important – a business. He doesn’t have to cold-call anymore, and it’s all because of new media!

Today’s episode is a reminder that it doesn’t matter how late in life you decide to enter (or re-enter) entrepreneurship, it’s always possible.

Have Questions For Bernd?

If you have any questions to Bernd, leave them as comments to this post, and I guarantee he will answer!

Items mentioned in this episode include:

Inspiring Innovation Tribe
Bernd’s English website
His German website
His Podcast on iTunes: Führung auf den Punkt gebracht
His YouTube channel
Twitter: @MoreLeadership and @BerndGeropp
His Facebook account
His LinkedIn account
His book: Ist die Katze aus dem Haus …

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IIP036: 15 Best Takeaways From Over 100 Interviews With Top Entrepreneurs

After 35 interviews done so far for Inspiring Innovation Podcast (a cool milestone — if I may add), I have dissected and collated fifteen of the most valuable tips and advice we’ve received from top entrepreneurs sharing their story so far.

Why Stop From Normal Scheduling And Do This Episode?

Actually, it was triggered by a challenge from one of the VIP members who posed a question, asking for a list of the ‘top 10 completely unnecessary mistakes which can make a business fall’.

I thought it was a great idea and came up with another one: highlight the best pieces of advice that all these amazing entrepreneurs whom I interviewed in the show had shared with us so far.

I’ve also been playing with the idea of producing an additional weekly episode — a shorter one apart from the weekly interview — that’ll be showcased on a Monday perhaps (with a co-host or someone). We’ll talk about and dissect the interview episode, extract lessons and talk about it for about 20 minutes or so.

For this episode, it’s going to be a compilation of all those golden nuggets that I also find myself giving to VIP members, to people who email me and friends. I realized that it would be much helpful to list them all down in one place.

So, here are the top 15 take away from 35 interviews:

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IIP035: When The Worst Thing Happens… What Do You Do?

When The Worst Thing Happens… What Do You Do?

What happens if you really do hit rock-bottom? Can you still rebuild? Would you still be able to lead an amazing life, finding a way to finally combine everything that you love doing into one, life changing, business? For today’s guest, Ann Lavi, founder of the Dalloway English Boutique School, the answer is a resounding ‘YES!’

“Do what you love and what you’re good at.”

Those are the wise words from Ann Lavi, the founder of Dalloway English Boutique School. Today’s episode chronicles Ann’s journey; from a young woman arriving at a foreign country with no knowledge of the local language, rising to the challenge through sheer perseverance to finally making it, and lead a good life while doing what she loves.

Ann Lavi - Founder of Dalloway English Boutique School — Ann Lavi – Founder of Dalloway English Boutique School

Episode highlights:

How daring in one field allows you to dare in others
How Ann handles the fear from hitting rock bottom
The ups and downs – from penniless foreigner and abused teacher, to rich employee, start-up founder, being penniless again, to the successful founding of Dalloway.
The most important people skill teachers need, and most of them lack (or the secret sauce to become an amazing teacher, guide, coach, or just a much better person)
Happy Thanksgiving America!

Ann’s Story

Ann has been a factory worker at a young age and then a waitress later on, learning bits and pieces of Hebrew during coffee breaks through her co-workers. Then, after earning a degree in English Literature, her path towards becoming an educator and teaching kids how to communicate cemented her goal in teaching languages to other people.

Before Dalloway’s inception, Ann had been up and down a couple of times, but she never allowed depression or fears keep her down. Her determination to live a good life and her love for people and conversations finally made her think of something that would allow her having a free schedule and be a boss to herself.

And that’s what the (incredibly unique) Dalloway English Boutique School gave her.

Unlike any other language schools, Dalloway is housed in a swanky apartment (instead of a classroom) that encourages adults who want to learn foreign languages in a different way. The unconventional setup employs a really unique way of teaching a foreign language, which starts with the premise: a living room is turned into a classroom (so to speak), which is equipped with a comfy sofa that gives off a relaxing ambiance and is conducive for a conversation-type meeting over food and wine.

To know more of Ann’s entrepreneurial journey and how the words from Virginia Woolf encouraged her to get to where she’s at now with her business, listen to this week’s episode and take away great inspirational lessons to live by and more — only here at Inspiring Innovation — your weekly backstage to success.