The second season of Sugar Coated starts with amazing Jennifer Dawn, owner of Jennifer Dawn Coaching, and founder of Best Planner Ever. Jennifer has started, grown and sold multi-million dollar businesses and she is an author, speaker, podcaster and coach. Adrienne and Jennifer talk about what it's like for women who are starting and growing businesses and discuss the environment we're in with this ongoing pandemic
Show Notes
๐ Welcome, Jennifer.
1:55๐ฉโ๐ด๐ฆณ Growing up and spending summers with her grandparents around their chiropractic offices tickled her entrepreneurship ideas out.
3:19๐ When Jennifer was eight, she turned her idea into money.
4:48๐ She worked all the way through her high school and started her software company at 23.
5:46๐คฉ After the 2008 crisis, Jennifer wanted to work in a corporate, but soon after, she started leading a National Network of Women Entrepreneurs
8:15๐ป Jennifer lost her momentum in college because of a loss in a family but figured it all out very fast and started a software company with 23.
11:59๐ Starting your own business just because you donโt like your job is not a smart idea. There are many options out there.
18:03๐ There is a noticeable shift in SheEconomy and Jennifer strongly decides to show up the best with things she has control of.
21:30๐ Getting clarity about yourself is the path for changes. Winning is done in the trenches.
24:50๐ง Your mind is your most powerful asset, be careful what you are feeding it with.
25:49๐ When you're putting your message out to the world, have that message come from a higher place. Love, not fear.
31:12๐ค When COVID hit coaching businesses, Jennifer coached her clients 3 months for free and clients now have record profits.
32:36๐ In times of crisis, everything is about your mindset.
34:01๐ซ Losing revenue and getting it back via a combination of shifting and double downing.
36:43๐ Jennifer is a genuine person with so much positivity and optimism.
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Connect with Jennifer:
https://bestplannerever.com/
https://www.facebook.com/JenniferDawn8/
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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.