Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show
I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald
Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business.
My very special guest today is Denise O’Donnell ...
Denise is a CFO involved in building a new art school in Kentucky. She tackles commercial and financial challenges, understands higher education innovation, and embraces digital solutions. Denise also oversees Human Capital Management, prioritizing a healthy workplace culture that promotes inclusion. She emphasizes trust-building through authentic client conversations, advises entrepreneurs to differentiate dreams from pipe dreams, and advocates for purpose and contentment over constant happiness. Denise recommends hiring a team for mundane tasks while focusing on visionary entrepreneurship.
Key Moments:
- Having open, authentic conversations is important. It allows you to understand each other better and move past misunderstandings.
- As an entrepreneur, you have to learn to deal with rejection and see it as an opportunity for growth, not a reflection of your self-worth.
- It's important to separate your business success from your self-worth. Your net worth does not define your self-worth.
- Entrepreneurs have to strike a balance between dreaming, doing, and driving their business. They need to separate dreams from realistic goals.
- Entrepreneurs need to build a team that can handle mundane tasks so they can focus on the strategic and creative work.
- Entrepreneurs struggle to talk about money even though making money is often the goal of their business. They need to overcome this.
- Entrepreneurs need to have honest conversations with themselves about what they really want from their business and life. This provides clarity and focus.
- Letting go and trusting a team is difficult for some entrepreneurs but necessary to scale the business.
- Living a life of purpose, separate from work, helps provide balance and contentment.
- Learning to say "no" and frame it positively can help entrepreneurs maintain balance and avoid burnout.
About The Show
Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show features guest stories about entrepreneurs and their journeys from startup, growth to success.
If you're looking to succeed with quick start concepts for online entrepreneurs, this brand new show reveals how startup entrepreneurs or someone looking to start, grow or reboot their online business can understand how to create specific strategies to build their list, make offers and connect with their best buyers.
We want to help entrepreneurs make a real difference and navigate the messy world of startup or re-launch.
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