{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Route to Success","title":"S02E07 5 Lessons From a Founder Who Built Her Business While Working Full Time | Teva Thomas","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1406,"description":"Sara sits down with Teva Thompson, founder of a branding and operations company serving women-led businesses and nonprofits, to explore how she built her company slowly and intentionally while working full time and raising a family. They dig into the shift from surface-level branding to deep operational systems, the power of Lean Six Sigma thinking, and why creating supportive, women-centered business communities matters. The conversation closes with practical, actionable advice for anyone feeling overwhelmed about starting a sustainable business.\n\nShow Notes\n00:11 - Introducing today's theme: building with intention\n00:15 - Meet Teva Thompson, founder supporting women-led businesses and nonprofits\n00:33 - How she built her company slowly while working full time and raising a family\n01:18 - Teva's journey: why she chose to build the brand slowly and sustainably\n02:07 - How motherhood shaped her need for flexible systems and processes\n03:05 - The shift from branding to full operational strategy\n03:23 - What she noticed in clients who jump straight to logos without systems\n04:26 - Sara shares her own experience focusing on aesthetics over substance\n05:08 - How strong foundations create calmer, more confident business owners\n06:07 - Introducing Lean Six Sigma certification and its role in her work\n06:32 - What Lean Six Sigma really means: standards over perfection\n07:25 - Common operational gaps she sees in small businesses\n08:29 - Why systems should be flexible and grow alongside the business\n09:16 - Why Teva intentionally focuses on serving women-led businesses\n10:38 - Sara reflects on feeling dismissed in mixed-gender business spaces\n11:25 - The value of safe, supportive spaces for women entrepreneurs\n13:03 - Bigger picture: women's roles in solving issues like poverty and hunger\n13:46 - Sara's story about a client bringing kids to a business conference\n14:37 - What true flexibility looks like for working mothers\n16:03 - Creating individualized systems that honor...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/S-5Z5ofhheVkxgFI1OjKUs4327xfRBjTfDKHtXDGFv4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84YWUx/MDhkOWYyYWI0ZjM5/ZjUyYzY0MTUwZjM1/ZjhjNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}