Today’s guest specializes in small business and entrepreneurship.

She’s an independent journalist and author who has contributed to publications such as Fortune (where she has written the David vs. Goliath column), Money, CNBC, Inc., Forbes, AARP Life Reimagined, Crain’s New York Business, Dr. Oz, Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire, and a variety of other outlets on the topics of entrepreneurship and careers. She is also a ghostwriter and collaborative editor.

She was twice nominated for the National Magazine Award for her features and edited the magazine’s website, building its traffic from 2 million to 5 million page views per month. She is co-founder of the $200KFreelancer blog, a site to help independent professionals earn a good living, and of the editing service EmergencyEditor. She is the author of “Tiny Business, Big Money,” and “The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business.”

Please join me in welcoming Elaine Pofeldt.

In this episode we discuss:

• her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is being able to put the good of the group above all else. It’s also being open to what others’ gifts are.”
• the importance of trust in the growth process.
• being a freelancer and having to build our own communities through networking.
• mastering the business side of creative entrepreneurship.
• how her career has evolved over the years and the big break of working with Fortune Small Business.
• her thoughts on the idea of being an “overnight success”.
  the difference between freelancing and entrepreneurship.
• how she “accidentally,” wrote her first book by writing profiles on small business owners.
• publishing her first book with Random House after being denied by 19 other publishers.
• the pain points of freelancing and growing to the point of having to take on a team.
• the importance of finding the best way to communicate with your teams. There is a lot of wiggle room to curate your own life.
• tips on how to nurture and sustain the outer levels of her network.

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