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Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
Dive into entrepreneurship with Monica Allen, an entrepreneur with over 23 years of business ownership. This podcast is for you if you desire to start your own business & defy the odds of failure or you are less than 5 years into your business & desire to grow your revenue and profit. Learn from diverse entrepreneurs and experts about marketing, team dynamics, finances, social media, and more. Entrepreneurship might feel isolating at times, but with this podcast by your side, you'll never walk…
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- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
165 - THROWBACK - Taking the Leap (3 Things You Must Know)
Click here to complete the Become Your Own Boss Survey. Tell us about your entrepreneurship journey. This episode is a throwback to the very first…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
164 - Using ChatGPT for Standout Content Creation
Dive into a behind-the-scenes look at how "Become Your Own Boss" leverages the power of ChatGPT for crafting compelling titles and show notes. Innovation is…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY - How your Kids Can Learn While They Earn
The amount to remember...$12,500. Disclaimer: Be sure to check with your own tax professional. However, a great way to help your kids get a jump start on…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
163 - New Beginnings: School, Work, and Our GreekHub Venture
In this episode, Monica draws parallels between the fresh beginnings of a new school year and her entrepreneurial journey with GreekHub. As her children embark…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
162 - Designing and Navigating Unexpected Success with Katie Hilburn
Monica is joined on this episode by self-taught interior designer and mom of 2, Katie Hilburn. As she shares her pandemic business journey, Katie discusses…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY - A Lesson Learned on This Journey
I often ask my guest what is one thing they would tell their younger selves. On this episode I share mine.
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
161 - Your Mindset Matters!!!
On this episode Monica dives headfirst into the fascinating world of mindset! Have you ever wondered how big of a role mindset plays in our lives and careers?…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY - You Can Be a Different Person Tomorrow
Your inputs determine you outputs. The things you read, listen to, learn, etc helps to shape who you are. You can be different. No matter how you grew up. Yes…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
160 - The Invisible Enemy: Eliminating Imposter Syndrome for Entrepreneurial Success with Ashley C. Pedersen
On today's episode Monica sits down and chats with her life coach Ashley Cameron Pedersen about imposter syndrome. Ashley is an esteemed life and business…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY - Busyness vs Business
Are you running around exhausted in busyness or are your running a business? Today we are talking about all the things that we can have on our plate that makes…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
159 - The 4 Vital Steps to Filtering New Business Ideas for Greater Success
On this episode Monica discusses in detail her recent business venture, Greekhub. She walks through the 4 steps she filters a new business idea through before…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
Boss Up Book (7) - 10x is Easier than 2X by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy
In this captivating episode, Monica delves into the mind-blowing pages of "10x is Easier than 2x" by the brilliant duo, Dan Sullivan (founder of Strategic…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY - Demanding the Legacy you Want to Leave
On this episode Monica shares with you her takeaway not from a podcast episode, but from the movie Air...the story of Sonny Vaccaro, Nike and the beginning of…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
158 - Steps to Establishing Your Entrepreneurial Rhythm as a Couple in Business
Monica and Ethan King continue their conversation with Tommy Bettin and Maggie Small of Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Richmond, Virginia. Discussing adding…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY - Focus on Your Game
It is important that we know what the competition is doing, but we must ultimately focus on our game. Focus on our business!
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
157 - Dancing Through Life and Entrepreneurship as a Married Couple with Maggie Small & Tommy Bettin
Have you thought about working with your spouse? Are you considering starting a business with your significant other? Are you already in business together? On…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY - What Could You Do with 700 hours?
Delegate! Delegate! Monica talks about the slightly over 700 hours she has saved in grocery shopping according to Instacart. As a business owner are you doing…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
156 - Could Closing Time Determine Your Business' Success or Failure?
On today's episode Monica discusses her recent witnessing of a new business turning a customer away based on their "closing" time. Is this something that could…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY - Show Up!!!
You want to know one of the biggest keys to success...show up...do what you say your are going to do. This is true for relationships, friendships and…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
155 - The Happy Entrepreneur: Designing Happiness in Your Business Journey with Kaitlin Cuevas
Are you living your happiest life personally and in business? Do you need to make some changes to be happy? On today's episode Monica speaks with Kaitlin…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
154 - 5 Indications that it is Time to Let “IT” Go
On this episode Monica discusses she and her husband Ethan's decision to close one of their store locations. Monica goes on to share the 5 ways to know when it…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - Set Expectations
On this episode Monica discusses the importance of know what to expect from a service provider and also letting them know your expectations as well. It is…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
153 - When Things Just Don’t Go As Planned
On this episode Monica discusses the crazy month of May or just the end of school year madness and what to do when things just don’t go as planned. Episode…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
152 - 6 Simple Tips for Your Business Social Media Success
On this episode Monica shares what she has learned over the past few years to reduce stress and pressure around utilizing social media in her businesses. In…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - Everyone has Their Own Perspective
As business owners it is important that we are careful who we ask for advice because that person will and can only really share from their perspective. If…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
151 - You are NOT an Influencer with Monica Van Landingham, CEO of Vier Media
Many of us business owners can get it twisted... (I am guilty) in thinking that we should be using social media platforms in the same manner that an influencer…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - You are the Guide
As an entrepreneur, we are here to guide our client from point A to point B. Whether you provide a product or a service it is essential that your customers or…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
150 - The Struggle and Juggle is Real
This week has been one to remember. With her husband and business partner out of town for the week, Monica has a lot to handle so much so that her planned…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - Celebrate Your Wins
Do you take a moment to celebrate your wins both big and small or do you just jump right to doing the work if you land that big client or finish up that big…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
149 - Is Negative Subconscious Beliefs Holding You or Your Business Back?
On this episode Monica shares with you how some of her own negative subconscious beliefs have been brought to the forefront after recording her interview with…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - Are You in Flow
Are you stuck in the hustle culture that many of us were enduring pre-Covid? I don't know about you, but I am fighting against going back to that. I want to be…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
148 - How to Maximize Your Human Potential and Ignite Your Passion with Tanya Chernova
In this episode, Monica talks to Tanya Chernova, an international speaker, author, and business expert who has traveled to over 50 countries, working with some…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - Tips for Creating a Community of Raving Fans
How do you create a community of raving fans. On this episode, Monica shares with you 3 tips for letting customers know that they are important and thus make…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
Boss Up Book (6) - Exit Rich by Michelle Seiler Tucker and Sharon Lechter
Is your business being built for success? Do you have an exit strategy for your business. As an entrepreneur who started a business not giving much thought to…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - The one community you need for business success
Community is the new buzz word, but having raving fans is the key to long term business success.
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
147 - This NEW App Could Revolutionize Your Business' Social Media Strategy
Monica chats with M’Lisa Ellis, a Licensed Master Esthetician, Licensed Esthetics Instructor, and Co- Founder of Spa Strong, a consulting company that helps…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - What's the One Think You Should be Relentless About in Your Business
Without customers or clients you have no business. That being the case it is imperative that this is where you need to focus. Be relentless when it comes to…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
146 - How to Effectively Build Your Brand using Public Relations (PR) with B.A. Jenkins
Brennen Aaliyah Jenkins, also known as BA Jenkins, joins Monica on this episode. She is a dynamic and multifaceted American business woman and publicist. With…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - How to Never Lose Again
Fail Forward. There no such thing as failure, you either win or learn (or both). A quote that Ethan saw online and posted for our kids to see on the whiteboard…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
145 - A Call to Action that Creates the Future YOU Desire
On each episode Monica leaves us with a call to action. The call to action is... Level Up Leave a Legacy Become Your Own Boss On this episode Monica discusses…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - It's Your Job to Do This...
As business owners and leaders it is our job to manage customer & client expectations. This may be through an actual contract, terms and conditions at check…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
144 - Turning Obstacles into Opportunities with Ankit Patel
Monica speaks with Ankit Patel founder of My Business Care Team or My BCAT. After having trouble staffing he and his wife's ophthalmology practices, Ankit…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
2 MINUTE TAKEAWAY TUESDAY - Who do You Serve?
Join the Become Your Own Boss community at https://www.monicaallen.com/ When you are starting and running a business, it is important to know who you serve…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
143 - "The Toxic Culture of Busyness: How to Break Free from the 'Hustle and Grind' Mentality"
Monica speaks with Jennifer Bassman who teaches women how to acknowledge their own burnout, as well as, how to build an awareness of their stress levels…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
142 - What’s Required to Reach the Top?
Sharing takeaways from her recent anniversary trip to St. Lucia, Monica always learns something when on vacation. Episode Quote: Just keep putting one foot in…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
141 - THROWBACK: A Secret to Business Ownership without the Stress of Doing it Alone
On this throwback episode, we are talking about franchises. Could this be the step you need to take to become your own boss, but not necessarily suffer from…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
140 - THROWBACK: Why YOU are the key to legacy?
There is a reason Monica decided to share this as a throwback. Meeting 2 people in a week who never had the opportunity to go on field trips as a child, she is…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
139 - 6 Tips for Thriving in Life, Love & Business Despite a Recession
On this episode Monica shares 6 tips that has help she and her husband remain in business together for 21 years and married for 20. She also discusses…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
138 - From Frustration to Freedom: How One Single Mom Turned a Bad Boss into a Business Opportunity with Jennifer Barbosa
Monica speaks with Jennifer Barbosa, Founder and CEO of International Supply Partners, LLC. A single mom of 3, Jennifer started her company in 2016 out of…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
137 - How will Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation Change your Business?
On today's episode Monica shares with us some of the tools that she currently use in her business...tools that have impacted the growth of their business over…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
136 - The Problem with Vision Board Parties
Monica chat with her husband and business partner Ethan King. They are talking about Ethan's #1 International bestselling book Wealth Beyond Money. Ethan also…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
135 - Hey Entrepreneur! Yeah YOU…Let's Talk the Importance of Self Care in 2023
On today's episode Monica is speaking with Shana Scott who serves as VP of Health Strategies here in Atlanta with the American Heart Association and has been a…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
Boss Up Book (5) - Think Again by Adam Grant
On this Boss Up Books episode, Monica discusses Adam Grant's book Think Again. Have you ever got on you soap box and felt that you were right or that the way…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
134 - Who is REALLY Holding Your Paintbrush?
Write the vision...make it plain. A new year is upon us and this is the perfect time to begin to think about your vision for 2023. On this episode Monica walks…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
133 - Letting the Silt Settle through Effective Leadership with Lynda Martin
Monica speaks with Lynda Martin, an Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) implementer who gets leaders to a shared VISION, with consistent TRACTION as a…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
132 -Can Your Energy & Thoughts REALLY Move Mountains?
On today's episode Monica speaks with Elizabeth L.A. Garvish, Founder and Managing Member of Garvish Immigration Law Group, LLC. Elizabeth is the granddaughter…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
131 - The Winning Combo that Definitely Leads to Business Success with Robin Gregg
On today's episode Monica talks with Robin Gregg, CEO of Roadsync a company committed to making logistics transactions and financial management faster and…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
130 - The Steps to Building a Vision Beyond Your Business
We often will meet with our team to discuss the vision for the future of our businesses, and we often spend time developing core values that we hope will help…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
129 - Is your Messaging Sticky or Making Customers Run the Other Way with Tollisha Joseph
Monica welcomes Tollisha Joseph to the podcast this week. Serving as a moderator in one of the largest women networking spaces on Clubhouse, Monica and…
- Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business
128 - The Big Challenge for Companies that Need People
On this episode Monica vents around recent events that have taken place at her company and the big challenge they are facing right now. She also discusses her…