Quit Your Job & Get Creative: Recent Episodes

Jocelyn Clarkson

The podcast explore the stories of women who have said "No" to traditional 9-5 jobs and started their creative businesses. Listeners learn how they did it, the ups and downs, tips and secrets to success. Visit quityourjobandgetcreative.com for more information.

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Guest Name: Nasreen Hussain
Guest Bio:
Nasreen Hussain is the visionary and creative director behind Humans of High Fashion. She is a freelance stylist with a Masters Degree in Organizational Behavior and Business. She also holds a Fashion Styling Certification from the School of Style. She has styled for some huge brand names: Elle Magazine, Nike, Shop Bop, L'officiel, and the list goes on...

She is heavily influenced by her travels and primarily uses fashion as a form of expression to connect with different cultures and diversities. Hyper-focused on using her brand for self-expression by establishing a unique visual identity, she brings thought-provoking ideas, styles, and fresh perspectives to the fashion styling industry.

In her spare time she loves to cook, travel and you can find her at fashion shows soaking in all the inspiration.

Today she will be talking to you about "How to start your styling career."

Connect with Nasreen:
Website:
https://www.humansofhighfashion.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humansofhighfashion/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nasreen-hussain-0b5534241/
The Rock Agency: https://www.therockagency.com/divisions/wardrobe-stylist/portfolios/nasreen-hussain

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Episode 204: How a tragic accident turned a corporate employee into a thriving entrepreneur with Rachel Mertensmeyer

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**Guest Name: Rachel Mertensmeyer

Guest Bio:
Rachel is the CEO and Founder of Rivia Health, a platform that helps patients understand, manage, and pay all of their medical bills in one place. Rachel leads the strategy, vision, and team, creating a better medical payment solution for patients and healthcare organizations.**

Rachel has over a decade of product development and management experience in Fortune 100 companies; she has managed multiple billion-dollar brands and led cross-functional teams of 50+ people.

After experiencing medical bill mayhem personally in 2016, Rachel decided to apply her consumer product development background, to create a better medical payment solution for patients. In February 2018, Rachel founded RexPay (now Rivia Health).

Today, Rachel will be sharing her journey starting Rivia Health.

Connect with Rachel:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-mertensmeyer-riviahealth/ Website: https://www.riviahealth.com/rachel-mertensmeyer

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Episode #203: How to repurpose your content to increase your audience and save time with Caleigh Bell

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Guest Name: Caleigh Bell
Guest Bio:
Caleigh is the co-founder of All Things Podcasting. She helps entrepreneurs use podcasting to grow an audience full of easy to convert leads. Learn more about her
here.

Connect with Caleigh:
Website:
https://allthingspodcasting.com/ Podcast: https://allthingspodcasting.com/blog/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caleighbell_contentstrategist/

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The Quit Your Job and Get Creative Podcast Episode #202: Top 3 business mistakes new entrepreneurs make with Blaire Brown

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Guest Name: Blaire Brown
Guest Bio:
Blaire Brown is the Founder of Visionary Advantages, a brand strategy group that provides digital marketing services, so you can focus on your business. Blaire is also the host of the "curate your success podcast", but she didn't get to be where she is today, overnight.

Blaire’s entrepreneurial journey started at just 16, when started her own handbag business, which was worn by Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen. She went to FIT in NY to study fashion and worked at fashion magazines but wasn't feeling fulfilled. She then started a unicorn party supply company with her mom, attended a writing school in Paris, and worked as a marketing consultant.

Blaire has a TON of experience and today she'll be talking to us about the Top 3 mistakes new entrepreneurs make, when starting a business.

Connect with Blaire:
Website:
https://blairebrown.com/ Podcast: https://blairebrown.com/podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/businessbyblairebrown/?hl=en

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The Quit Your Job and Get Creative Podcast Episode # 201: Building the know, like & trust factors for more sales with Kendra Swalls.

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**Guest Name: Kendra Swalls

Guest Bio:
A former teacher with a gift for making complicated things, seem simple. Kendra is a mom of 2, photographer and educator. In 2012 she started her photography business, and what started as a hobby alongside her teaching career, quickly turned into a successful business.**

In 2017 she left her teaching career to run her photography business and start the Girl Means Business brand + podcast.

Now she helps women, like you, take their business from survival-mode to success-mode using the same relationship marketing strategies that have been the foundations for her business success.

Connect with Kendra:
Website:
https://girlmeansbusiness.com/ Instagram: @GirlMeansBusiness

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Nichole Rairigh is a visionary entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in product development, business development, and brand management. Nichole is the founder and CEO of the Apparel Agency. The Apparel Agency provides design development in the apparel industry. She has also started two different clothing brands for boys and girls.

In this episode, Nichole shares how she started her career in fashion and her experience as she went through different challenges as a business owner. She shares how he built her businesses and how the Apparel Agency was founded. Nichole talks about delegating tasks that are not in her zone of genius and how it helped her build relationships and grow her business. Nichole also talks about going with the flow and how it can help you fulfill your destiny.

Quote:

“It is about having trust in the process of life. Trusting that you're meant to be where you know you want to be, letting it flow in that direction. You don't have to force it or engineer it.”

Key Points of the Episode:

  • How Nichole started her career in fashion and her college experience.
  • What are the challenges Nichole experienced in building her businesses?
  • How creating good relationships and delegating tasks help build your business.
  • What are the actionable tips Nichole has for budding entrepreneurs?
  • Nichole talks about the new processes in her business.
  • Nichole talks about her other business - real estate with experience!

Connect with Guest:

Website: https://www.theapparelagency.com/

Instagram: @theapparelagency

LinkedIn: Nichole Rairigh

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Sam has helped many people as a full-time interior designer and professional organizer. Sam is originally from Chicago and came to Utah in 2010 for college. Sam uses her skills learned from obtaining her degrees in psychology, human development, and family studies from the University of Utah to understand what her clients truly need in their homes. Sam brings empathy and emotional support to every client relationship, and she continues transforming lives.

In this episode, we talk about how organizing closets on thumbtack led to Sam’s growing Interior design and organization business. She shares how she utilized Thumbtack and influencer marketing to grow her business. She shares how she discovered interior design and organization and how she improved her business from the lessons she learned. Sam also talks about pricing, her relationship with her husband and employees, and actionable tips for business owners or new entrepreneurs.

Quote:

“You have to try because if you don't try, then it'll never happen.”

Key Points of the Episode:

  • How dancing influenced Sam’s professional journey.
  • What Sam realized when she worked for corporate
  • How Sam discovered her love for organizing others’ homes and started her business.
  • How she utilize Thumbtack to help grow her business
  • What is the gap that Sam discovered between design and organization?
  • Sam’s thoughts on influencer marketing.
  • How Sam came up with her pricing.
  • Sam talks about how she brought her husband and employees into her business.

Connect with Guest:

Website: https://www.simplysamorganized.com/

Instagram: @simplysamorganized

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In this episode, I will talk about the excuses that prevented me from pursuing my own business. These are also the common excuses that I see a lot of women tell themselves that prevent them from starting their own businesses. I also share the lessons I learned when I stopped listening to these excuses.

Do you want to create a business but need help knowing where to start? Or have excuses that stop you from starting your own business? Then this episode is for you!

Quote:

“I want you to think about the people you are influenced by and think, why not? Why can't that happen to me? Why not?”

Key Points of the Episode:

  • The reasons why I kept myself from starting my business.
  • The lessons I learned from the excuses I made.

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Hi gorgeous! I have exciting news to share.

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, who has been thinking about starting your business and ultimately quitting your job, but you’re having trouble figuring out how to get started on your business and how to leave your job, feeling fully prepared, then listen up!

I am working with a select few aspiring entrepreneurs to coach them into starting their businesses and preparing them to quit their job, the right way.

My mission is to empower women to follow their dreams, and what better way to accomplish that, than by doing just that.

I quit my 9-5 job at a Fortune 500 company, 2 years ago to start my clothing brand business, and it has been the most challenging but exhilarating journey I have embarked on. I made many mistakes and learned so many lessons and I want to empower women, to embark on their own entrepreneurial journey, in a way that makes them feel prepared and confident to take that leap.

This is a new coaching program, and as part of the beta launch, the selected candidates will receive deeply discounted pricing.

You’ll get a series of one-on-one sessions with me where I prepare you to:

· Save money to fund your business

· Figure out what business to start

· Build your product offering and bring it to market

· Have those tough conversations with your spouse, family, and employer.

· Build a community of entrepreneurs you can lean on for inspiration and support

· Ultimately quit your job where you feel completely prepared for your new journey.

· And so much more

Apply using the quick, 6 question form using the link in the show notes. Can’t wait to help you make your dreams come true.

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In this episode, I have a special guest, who has blown my mind with her creativity and her genius ideas in helping more creatives and monetizing her talents by creating her digital course- Brittany Diego. Brittany has extensive experience working with a diverse range of celebrities and companies, including Revolve, MTV, Fox Studios, Trevor Jackson, Draya Michele, and more.

She shares how she discovered her calling and how she started her business in styling. She shares her strategic and creative take on using social media, events, and mixers to build connections, create a profitable career, and monetize her talents. She also shares why and how she created her digital course.

Quote:“There is that power in starting from the bottom because you are driven to do it.”

Key Points of the Episode:

  • How Brittany started her career in fashion styling.
  • Brittany's creative take on social media, events, and mixers.
  • The process and inspiration behind her course.
  • Actionable tips for creating your digital course.

Connect with Brittany:
Website:
https://www.brittanytdiego.com/

Instagram: @brittanydiego

LinkedIn: Brittany Diego

Links Mentioned:
Brittany’s Become A Certified Fashion Stylist Course:
https://fashionmentor.teachable.com/p/the-fashion-stylist-academy

The Power of Broke by Daymond John: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Broke-Greatest-Competitive-Advantage-ebook/dp/B00WPQHK14

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Episode 102: 5 lessons from an experienced entrepreneur with Bella Caetano

Guest Name: Bella Caetano

Guest Bio:

Bellina Caetano is a women-owned business operating in Chicago since January 2018. Bella, the founder, moved to the U.S in the summer of 2016 with the intention of selling Brazilian made jewelry in the US. Through her designs, she aspired to promote awareness of Brazilian culture and craftsmanship. Despite her short amount of time in the U.S and limited resources, Bella took a big leap of faith and opened a 30 day pop-up in the 900 Shops on Michigan Avenue. After the pop-up resulted in a big success, Bella felt confident to sign her first one-year lease as the owner of the first and only Brazilian retail store on the Mag Mile. The business operated from the 900 shops for three years until December 2021. Pivoting the business to e-commerce and appointment based has led the brand to create a new experiential space in the heart of downtown.

Show Notes:I am so excited to have my first guest on this podcast. Brazilian jewelry designer, Bella Caetano, shares 5 lessons she has learned throughout her entrepreneurial journey. Bella talks about how her creativity led her from wanting to be an Architect to a jewelry designer. She talks about the lessons she learned from moving to the US, starting a business from scratch, working several jobs to fund her business and how she overcame the challenges of being an entrepreneur. She also gives some actionable steps and great resources that you can use to apply in your own entrepreneurial journey.

Ready to embrace your creativity and build the business you have always wanted? Then this one's for you!

Quote: “If you are gonna create a character in your own story, at least make it inspired on yourself. Understanding your needs, understanding who you wanna be, and so don't fake to be someone else. Show up with your best self.”

Key Points of the Episode:

  • How Bella shifted from Architecture to being an entrepreneur.
  • How Bella used her creativity to create her unique jewelry line.
  • The five lessons of being an entrepreneur.
  • Top two actionable steps for entrepreneurs.

Connect with Bella:Personal IG:@brazilianbossladyPersonal LinkedIn:Bella CaetanoPersonal Twitter: @brbossladyJewelry IG:@bellinacaetanoJewelry Website:https://www.bellinacaetano.com/

Links Mentioned:Chicago Innovation Ageless Mentorship Program:https://chicagoinnovation.com/programs/ageless-innovators/Small Business Administration (SBA):https://www.sba.gov/

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Do you feel like you’re not doing what you are meant to do? Are you looking to work for yourself but are having trouble learning what you should be doing?

Hey there, gorgeous, and welcome to The Quit Your Job and Get Creative Podcast! I’m so excited to start my podcast journey with my FIRST solo episode and talk to you about following your calling. I want to share with you the 5 signs I experienced that led me to realize I was not fulfilling my life’s purpose by staying in my unfulfilling finance career and how this realization ultimately led me to quit my job and start my clothing business. I’ll also share some questions you can reflect on to help you start embracing your calling and create a free guide to help you explore your interests, so make sure you listen until the end of the episode.

Are you ready to start your entrepreneurial journey? If so, let’s start this journey together and get creative!

Quote:“If you have all the boxes checked on paper of all the things you think you need to be happy, and you still feel unfulfilled, something needs to change.”

Key Points of the Episode:

  • 5 Signs you're not following your calling.
  • #1: Understand how you feel. Are you truly happy?
  • #2: You dread going to work and stop applying yourself.
  • #3: You’re constantly daydreaming about doing something else.
  • #4: You notice physical signs: stressed out, weight gain, drinking heavily, anxiety, etc.
  • #5: What are the habits you enjoy?
  • Describe your perfect day.
  • Download my free guide to help you explore what you want to do in life.

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An introduction on the podcast covering the mission, about the host, and who you can expect to hear from as guests.