The Self-Employed Journey

Chris Strom began his marketing business in 2009. Listen in for an in-depth conversation about staffing, contractors, pricing, and more hot small business tips!

Part 2 of 2. The Escobar sisters, Amaya and Tay, started their candle business during the pandemic after losing familiar forms of income. Listen in to hear how they manage their two year old business while living in two different states.

Part 1 of 2. The Escobar sisters, Amaya and Tay, started their candle business during the pandemic after losing familiar forms of income. Listen in to hear how they manage their two year old business while living in two different states.

Chris Palmisano, COO and founding partner of Rocket Dollar shares his entrepreneurial story, advice on how to test your market before you deploy your new business, and more!

Chris Palmisano, COO and founding partner of Rocket Dollar shares his entrepreneurial story, advice on how to test your market before you deploy your new business, and more!

Rebecca Wiener McGregor, a transformational hypnotist and money mindset coach has been in business for 17 years! She helps business leaders in their pursuit for positive change with her talent or hypnosis!

Rebecca Wiener McGregor, a transformational hypnotist and money mindset coach has been in business for 17 years! She helps business leaders in their pursuit for positive change with her talent or hypnosis!

Nicole Burdick, is a financial advisor in Bellingham, Washington. Her company, Consilium Financial, works to help individuals manage their money in the best ways possible to meet their personal goals. Nicole’s story starts out with selling ‘helicopters’ at age 6 to her neighbors. Listen in to hear her advice as a small business owner in the financial advisory industry.

Nicole Burdick, is a financial advisor in Bellingham, Washington. Her company, Consilium Financial, works to help individuals manage their money in the best ways possible to meet their personal goals. Nicole’s story starts out with selling ‘helicopters’ at age 6 to her neighbors. Listen in to hear her advice as a small business owner in the financial advisory industry.

(Part two of two) Tracie Gulit, is a high performing residential realtor with Windermere in Washington state. For nine years she has successfully continued to grow her real estate career and build positive lifelong connections along the way. Her entrepreneurial story starts with selling BUGS! From there, her drive, passion, and lessons learned are shared through her self-employed journey.

(Part one of two) Tracie Gulit, is a high performing residential realtor with Windermere in Washington state. For nine years she has successfully continued to grow her real estate career and build positive lifelong connections along the way. Her entrepreneurial story starts with selling BUGS! From there, her drive, passion, and lessons learned are shared through her self-employed journey.

Cami chats with Matty Wong, 2021 B.A.S.S. Nation Champion. Two episodes filled with adventures, sound advise and inspiration. His journey with self-employment started from a young age with a variety of different jobs. He provides incredible advice as he tells his story of taking his ‘leaps of faith’. You can watch Matty compete in the 2022 Bassmaster Classic in March. Go Matty!

Cami chats with Matty Wong, 2021 B.A.S.S. Nation Champion. Two episodes filled with adventures, sound advise and inspiration. His journey with self-employment started from a young age with a variety of different jobs. He provides incredible advice as he tells his story of taking his ‘leaps of faith’. You can watch Matty compete in the 2022 Bassmaster Classic in March. Go Matty!

**This is part two of a two part series** Cami chats a second time with Smith Alley to see what he has learned over the last year as a teenage entrepreneur. Check out Smith Alley’s first podcast interview, S1:E17 A Nonprofit is Born.

**This is part one of a two part series** Cami chats a second time with Smith Alley to see what he has learned over the last year as a teenage entrepreneur. Check out Smith Alley’s first podcast interview, S1:E17 A Nonprofit is Born.

Cami talks to Crystal Mathis, owner of Just Press Release, a marketing agency. She advises on how she grew her business from the ground up. After losing her secretary job in 2013, she built a six figure business. However, the pandemic challenged that and she had to make some changes to adjust and survive!

Cami talks with Natalie about her floral business. How she started, and how she changed her offerings during Covid to stay in business!

Cami talks with Chris Bartl (business owner in the fitness industry for 12 years) about his journey of bookkeeping and accounting successes and nightmares!

Cami welcomes you to season 2 with a mini episode interviewing herself! Obstacles in life will happen, it’s what you learn from them that gets you back on your journey.

Cami chats with Megs who set a goal in June 2019 to do what she loves for work. In June 2020, she took the leap into business ownership as a professional copyrighter and ghost writer, amidst a worldwide pandemic. She’s got some great advice for those just starting out!

Lee and Cami are live and in-person for the first time! They are giving some big business updates!

Smith Alley, at the age of 17, has been inspired this year to start his own not-for-profit and business to pursue his passion of helping parents and children understand the risks involved in children’s use of screen time, pornography, and social media after experiencing his own addiction and recovery. He has become an inspirational leader in his efforts and follows in the footsteps of his mentor, Collin Kartchner, founder of Save The Kids, who recently passed away and has given Smith even more fire to push further in his pursuits.

Chad DeRosa defines passion, determination, sacrifice and success as he has experienced it being an entrepreneur. He is self-employed as an award-winning cinematographer and director working in the genre of action sports and documentary films. DeRosa's first feature documentary film, Out of Nothing, won awards such as: Best Cinematography, Best Director of a Documentary, Best Feature Documentary and multiple Audience Choice Awards in various international film festivals. His work as a director behind the camera is ever-growing in defining ways to capture the human element in extreme real-life scenarios with a cinematic touch. His newest successful venture, The Van Life, a YouTube channel is dedicated to fans watching him live ‘the van life’.

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Keri Petersen, owner of an interior design company - KP Spaces - located in Seattle, Washington, has successfully built and home grown her business from scratch. Now going on to her 13th year she guides us through her ups and downs of business ownership and lessons learned that will inspire all new and seasoned business owners to try something new.

How can you gain more accountability? Join us for a mini-episode where Cami takes us on her journey of this weeks lessons in gaining an accountability partner and how it can benefit you!

Cami chats with Terry, who owns-and-operates an insurance agency for the last 4.5 years. He’s got the knowledge, energy, drive, and passion to succeed long-term and is becoming an industry leader every step of the way.

Lee and Cami start a podcasting ‘book club’ as they take you through their review of the book, The Subtle Art of not Giving a F@*!, and what Manson’s law of avoidance means to them.

Cami and Lee take you through part of their self-employed journey as their partnership is blooming and their business plan is in development. A few lessons learned and tips for those moving forward too!

Ross Alan Reclaimed Lumber is a growing small business created by husband and wife, Ross and Georgina Kidder, just five years ago. Unlike the unfortunate 50% of small businesses at year five, they have made it AND are busier than ever during the storm of a pandemic. Join us to hear about how they grew their business and are flourishing, making plans for what the next 5 years will be.

Cami and Lee take on a new ‘fun’ topic as they uncover a suggested mindset shift from ‘we’ve always done it this way’ to ‘why have we always done it this way’. Optimize your business’s health and development with these tips.

Lee and Cami explore the beginnings of business planning, why it’s important, sharing a few statistics, and experiences along the way.

Lee Adkins, subject matter expert on management, customer service, leading teams and more discusses with Cami his past experiences and values that have brought him to where he is today. Join us as we also reveal just the beginnings of our new journey together!

Cami and her dad dive deep into her family’s self-employed history. An overview of lessons learned along the journey and the best advice from the best mentor. Meet my dad.

We unravel the 6 steps we use to Jump intelligently and timely towards our dreams and goals as we reflect on our conversation with Kyle Lowder in part one of episode three.

Two time Emmy nominated actor Kyle Lowder takes a deep dive with us into what it takes to really JUMP towards your dreams of business ownership. Join us for part 2 where Cami and Hailey will walk you through step by step to create your JUMP plan.