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90: How to Start Your Business and Get Your First Paying Clients

About 7 years ago (2017), I graduated from my Masters in Leadership and Management cause I was getting ready to be an Executive Director for a nonprofit.

The day I graduated for some reason I wasn’t happy or excited. It finally dawned on me,

I’ve been listening to what everyone else wants, and not what I want. I’ve been people pleasing doing what others want for me, but what do I want?! And I realize, “I want a business where I can actually serve other women of color AND make a living from it.”

Here’s a graduation pic of me with my two queens, my grandmothers.

I knew I wanted to start a…

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