462: The Art of Persistence: Grow Your Business By Leaps and Bounds, Find the Bottleneck, and Course Correct Your Way to Entrepreneurial Success with Sarah Shaw

Sarah Shaw is an entrepreneur, innovator and designer.

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From her two decades worth of experience in both Hollywood and fashion, Sarah has built a treasure trove of secrets for connecting with influencers and getting publicity in order to grow her companies quickly.

She's appeared in the pages of InStyle, Oprah, People, Lucky, ELLE, WWD, and Marie Claire magazines, appeared on Extra and E! Entertainment, and has be interviewed for Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com and American Express' OPEN Forum.

Sarah is now the Founder & CEO of Sarah Shaw Consulting, where she teaches online entrepreneurs of all stripes how launch, market and sell their products and services. Sarah's newest program will show you how to connect with influencers, get the publicity you've always dreamed of and use it to get massive exposure grow quickly grow your business.

Quotes:                                                                                                                                   

“The linchpin of being an entrepreneur is the ability to pivot. A lot of entrepreneurs don't have that ability, and it becomes almost impossible to be an entrepreneur if you can't pivot on a dime.” – Sarah Shaw

“There aren't many truly new and innovative ideas anymore. A lot of people who create patents are building on existing ones—just improving on what already exists.” – Sarah Shaw

“Everything is solvable. There's always a workaround—you just keep going until you've exhausted every single possibility.” – Sarah Shaw

Takeaways:

07:49 Successful entrepreneurs can pivot quickly and adjust their strategies when initial plans aren't working.

11:21 Don't get stuck behind fears like needing perfect patents or business plans - just start and move fast.

18:34 The first attempt at a business idea is rarely the final product, so take action and learn from each step.

25:21 Skills learned in one career can unexpectedly help you succeed in future entrepreneurial efforts.

27:18 Building a business isn't always easy, but it can be fun if you approach challenges with the right mindset.

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