Nicole Stanley's Tips for Moms Starting Their Own Business | Ep. 334

• Tiffany introduces Nicole Stanley and explains the episode will explore the intersection of motherhood and entrepreneurship.

• Nicole shares her path from corporate sales and youth ministry to becoming a stay-at-home mom, then launching her financial coaching business in 2020 after her husband was furloughed.

It wasn't until I started just naturally helping friends and family for free that I started to realize, oh my gosh, this is actually wildly fun.

• Nicole discusses the guilt many moms feel when starting a business and how pursuing personal passions can actually make someone a better, more present parent.

Me having something as a woman and as an individual to be interested in helped me be even more present as a mom.

• Tiffany shares her experience of working late nights and early mornings to build her business while raising kids.

• The conversation covers the difficulty of securing childcare when income is uncertain and how lack of built-in support is a major barrier for moms starting businesses.

• Tiffany emphasizes the productivity boost she experienced after getting a babysitter and creating separation between work and home.

• Nicole reflects that she spent too long agonizing over investing in training and would have started her business development sooner.

I think that year was probably too long for agonizing.

• Tiffany shares she wishes she had hired help earlier instead of trying to do everything herself.

• Nicole highlights overcoming perfectionism and fear of judgment as a major personal victory from entrepreneurship.

• She also celebrates building a team that includes a full-time coach, allowing the business to help more people than she could alone.

• Nicole's top tip: Don't ask people who haven't done it whether you can succeed. Instead, surround yourself with other entrepreneurial moms.

The worst kind of poison for a new business is all the objections that other people have about the business.

• She stresses that starting a business is not a walk in the park and having the right community makes all the difference.

• Nicole shares her Instagram handle and explains how small business owners can book a call with her team if finances are holding them back.