{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 343: 5 Ways To Do More & Better By Teaming Up","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1842,"description":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI did not like group work as a student.\n\n\n\nI much preferred to take on a project myself. I wanted complete control over the vision for that project, its execution, and all of the details along the way.\n\n\n\nAnd when I say I “preferred,” what I really mean is that I still prefer to do things on my own.\n\n\n\nHowever, building a business has taught me that I’m not going to build what I want to build without group work.\n\n\n\nAll this month, we’ve been exploring the possibilities for teaming up as we run our businesses. We explored hiring & managing with Podge Thomas, and I shared how I cope as an anxious, introverted, and autistic boss with Annie Schuessler. We explored how we can expand the visions of our businesses to ask how they can help us take better care of each other–and not just meet individual goals for success–with Kate Strathmann.\n\n\n\nAnd we explored how to guide ourselves through the process of asking for and receiving support from others with Shulamit Ber Levtov.\n\n\n\nThis week, we’re going to wrap things up by exploring 5 things that are only really possible when we team up.\n\n\n\nAs I mentioned, group work is not my thing. And, I’ve realized that the things I’m most passionate about pursuing and creating are things that can only be done as part of a group. I need a team to build community. I nurture community to transform small business ownership. I need a team to help people express themselves & their ideas with podcasts. Heck, I need a team to produce this podcast!\n\n\n\nA lot has been written about the promise of “solo entrepreneurship” over the years. And 8 years ago, I wrote about how I believed that solo entrepreneurship is a myth. Businesses aren’t built in a bubble, I wrote.\n\n\n\nThe only reason it feels like we can build a business on our own is because we have so many ways of working together. Only we take those ways of working together for granted.\n\n\n\nThe reason social media can work for marketing? It’s because we’re all collaborating on the content...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}