In this episode I give a ton of actionable advice about thriving while doing work you care deeply about. I give you permission to be the creative super hero you were always meant to be — No permission slips required! 

The Startup Sessions Episode 32: Thriving as a Creative Entrepreneur

Michael Knouse is a great guy doing amazing work! He’s an entrepreneur, startup coach and show host at The Startup Sessions. His show is near and dear to my teachings of creating a business with soul and freedom.

The Startup Sessions is more than a show, it’s a movement dedicated to the changing world of work. It’s about creating an extraordinary life while building a meaningful business. It’s about becoming a creator, a leader, a teacher, a giver, and a doer. It’s a quest to have the adventure of a lifetime while creating your unique path and blazing a trail.

Watch the episode & join the conversation
on The Startup Sessions post!

Thank you for having me, Michael. It was a true joy to share and reflect ideas with you!

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March 26-28, 2014
Portland, Oregon

The world is changing as more people choose to work for themselves. We’re inviting independent entrepreneurs, small business owners, and freelancers to join us for an all-new adventure.

Put on by my friend Chris Guillebeau — who’s pioneered several amazing books and the World Domination Summit (WDS) — Pioneer Nation is specifically designed for creative entrepreneurs, small business owners, and freelancers. YES! That’s my jam.

I work with Creative Entrepreneurs and passionate individuals who want to thrive in all areas of their lives. This means that our work starts with Clarifying their Vision & Goals, and then often translates into my supporting them with the tech and business aspects; effectively helping them take their creative ideas to the next level. These principles will be at the core of my keynote, and I’m super excited to see what fun conversations are ignited as a result!

Portland is also one of my favorite towns, too, so I’m stoked to be back there; surrounded by Badass Activators & Conscious Creators.

If you’ll be in Portland, I would love to connect with you! I love meeting new people, and have made so many incredible friends from WDS, that I know Pioneer Nation will be just as amazing in that regard. Can’t wait!

Please find me — or send me a tweet @WilloLovesYou — and say hello!

Hugs & high-fives,

UPDATE: Pioneer Nation was so much fun! Below you’ll find few fun tweets & photos from my talk. Video should be up soon, too!

UPDATE 2: The video has been posted! Click here to watch it AND get a free download of my Systems to Support you & your business!

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Tonight my good friend, Laura Gluhanich (aka @lauraglu) will be speaking on Your Presence Is A Present , and I’m looking forward to seeing her rock it.

Additionally… this weekend, Julie is putting on GitHub’s First Public Speaking Workshop For Women, and I’ve been invited to be a mentor/contributor!

I’ll be there, with several other (incredibly awesome and admirable) women, mentoring, working and hacking all day. We’ll be talking about things like writing a proposal and personal bio, writing in general, talk outlines and flows, how to handle Q&A or discussion formats, how to have (or fake) confidence whilst on stage, and how to show your passion.

I absolutely love what a champion Julie is for supporting women in the creative/tech industry, and I’m super excited to meet all the other rad women flying in from around the country for this awesome event!

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I’m thrilled to announce I will be delivering a keynote at the 3rd annual Women Entrepreneurship Retreat!

Friday, April 11 – Sunday, April 13, 2014
Ben Lomond, CA (near Santa Cruz, ~1.5hrs from SF)

Capped at an intimate max of 55 rad women, this retreat is geared toward entrepreneurial women starting and/or running smaller organizations (this includes sole proprietors and freelancers).

This year’s theme is Guerilla Business Tactics for Women. Essentially, the art of doing more with less.

“Your competitors are bigger, better funded, and more established than you. That’s when you use every secret, hack, and shortcut you can get your hands on.

Among other things, we’ll talk about secrets for establishing credibility, covert tactics for getting access to the right people, and quick and dirty hacks for doing all sorts of thing you thought you had to pay big money for.

Each of the workshops and keynote talks will address a critical area of business, through the lens of guerrilla tactics. You’ll leave the weekend an empowered rebel, armed with unconventional tools and techniques that aren’t taught in business school. I bet you even have one or two tips of your own to share, don’t you?”

My keynote will be focused around a topic I help many of my coaching/consulting clients with, “Structure & Focus: Implementing Systems for Success.” I’m looking forward to learning and connecting with all the other amazing ladypreneurs there, too!

Join me at this beautiful retreat center in the mountains north of Santa Cruz.

Claim your spot & register now! 

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