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What would you do if you checked your bank account and realized you only had $1.50 to your name?
Mills Bender is a financial consultant who gives practical and actionable advice on how women entrepreneurs can manage their finances.
Her number one tip is to know your worth and value. Never undersell yourself or let clients nickel and dime you.
Show Notes
๐โโ๏ธ Out of desperation comes innovation: Mills started her financial journey with only $1.50 in her bank account. 03:05
๐ We shouldn't shame ourselves for the place that we're in right now: it is time for action. 04:22
๐ฅ Have a grip on the money mindset: a budget is a tool and a monetary reflection of your priorities. 06:07
๐คฉ Most of Millโs clients donโt value their time enough: metrics she uses to establish hourly rates and calculate the real value of her client's time. 11:55
๐ Undervaluing ourselves creates a domino effect in the market: women need to increase their rates dramatically. 13:43
๐ค How to start attracting the type of client that you want to be working with.15:47
๐ Is it a cost or is it an investment? A great tip about rephrasing your pricing. 18:49
๐ The silence is your biggest player: how to increase your pricing with an existing client. 19:51
๐คฆโโ๏ธ Going out of the corporate world and lowering the prices: a weird phenomenon in not valuing yourself at the start of your business. 24:12
โ โUntil you start outsourcing and delegating, you don't own a business, you own a job.โ 27:43
๐ When business growth is bottlenecked by your capacity: there's a season for everything. 30:20
๐ Adopt the mindset that everything is changing around us: feminine energy fluctuates throughout the month naturally, so this should be easy for us. 34:02
๐ Sara Blakely trusted herself, and we all should do it: women are amazing at building businesses, just do it! 35:54
Links
๐ We shouldn't shame ourselves for the place that we're in right now: it is time for action. 04:22
๐ฅ Have a grip on the money mindset: a budget is a tool and a monetary reflection of your priorities. 06:07
๐คฉ Most of Millโs clients donโt value their time enough: metrics she uses to establish hourly rates and calculate the real value of her client's time. 11:55
๐ Undervaluing ourselves creates a domino effect in the market: women need to increase their rates dramatically. 13:43
๐ค How to start attracting the type of client that you want to be working with.15:47
๐ Is it a cost or is it an investment? A great tip about rephrasing your pricing. 18:49
๐ The silence is your biggest player: how to increase your pricing with an existing client. 19:51
๐คฆโโ๏ธ Going out of the corporate world and lowering the prices: a weird phenomenon in not valuing yourself at the start of your business. 24:12
โ โUntil you start outsourcing and delegating, you don't own a business, you own a job.โ 27:43
๐ When business growth is bottlenecked by your capacity: there's a season for everything. 30:20
๐ Adopt the mindset that everything is changing around us: feminine energy fluctuates throughout the month naturally, so this should be easy for us. 34:02
๐ Sara Blakely trusted herself, and we all should do it: women are amazing at building businesses, just do it! 35:54
Links
๐ Connect with Mills: www.millsknowsbills.com
๐ Free Mastering Your Money Mindset Guide.https://forms.gle/7NbLNVj6XAeXsuP97
๐ค She Leads Live 2022: www.sheleadsmedia.com/conference-2022
๐ซ Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/she-leads-live-2022-registration-277779304377
๐ค She Leads Live 2022: www.sheleadsmedia.com/conference-2022
๐ซ Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/she-leads-live-2022-registration-277779304377
๐ Connect with Adrienne: www.sheleadsmedia.com
๐ง Listen to womenโs podcasts on the She Leads Podcast Network: www.sheleadspodcasts.com
Creators and Guests
What is The She Leads Podcast | Rewriting the Rules of Entrepreneurship?
The She Leads Podcast is a weekly podcast that strips away the sugar-coating, and removes the fluff to get at conversations that matter for women entrepreneurs and leaders across the globe. Host Adrienne Garland, CEO of She Leads Media, has real conversations that matter to women building businesses with impact. The She Leads Podcast features raw, unfiltered stories from visionary women leaders and entrepreneurs building $1 million revenue businesses and beyond, who see the future, and who've been bold enough to break the mold and re-write the rules that were designed to keep us small and in our place. Each episode amplifies diverse voices with powerful missions, giving women the platform we deserve while delivering actionable insights you won't find in business textbooks. Your host Adrienne Garland asks compelling questions so you get the answers you need to hear. She's a Professor at NYU & Rice, an entrepreneur, an MBA grad, and a bold friend that seeks out straight talk about entrepreneurship that other business podcasts for women may shy away from.