the ugly truth about starting a business alone in your 20s

Starting a business alone completely changed my life. I went from feeling seriously poo poo about where my life was going to traveling, being able to work from the couch at 2pm, making bank, girl boss, that whole thing.

Buuuuuut while these fancy things might sound nice, I'm here to tell you the full story.

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🎞️ IN THIS VIDEO:
[00:00] intro
[00:46] the 10 big problems + how to fix them
[01:11] $0 - $50k in annual revenue
[01:36] problem: the skills gap
[04:33] problem:the cold start
[08:11] problem: the lone wolf
[10:48] problem: the overweight baggage
[15:11] $50K - $100k in annual revenue
[15:28] problem: the decision fatigue
[07:18] problem: the outlast
[18:54] problem: the entrepreneur employee
[20:37] $100k+ in annual revenue
[20:40] problem: the heavy pressure
[24:03] problem: the unprepared CEO
[26:22] problem: the caretaker

💕 and as alwayssssss, thanks for hanging out with me today.

[maryamisraelyan]

Man, the presentation is just ✨chef's kiss✨. Who knew you don't have to sell your soul to be a successful entrepreneur? Love, love, love this!

[anwulika.o]

Shout out to all the 20 something solo founders ✊🏾

[lauracarolina]

I'm in the cold start. I'm so tired 😿, I'm working on my e-commerce while having a full-time job. It has been out since a month and I'm struggling to bring traffic. I'm learning so much, and I have made so many mistakes haha. Whenever I feel down, I watch your videos. My goal is to be a ✨cozy entrepreneur ✨

[StevenClarkeRealEstate]

I’ve been in business so long and listened to business content for years AND this info is SO fresh, unique, and dead on!

[adriennemaerealingo]

If your business fails, take peace at the thought that you already did your best and there are lots of things that you cant control. It's the business that fails, not you. You can always restart another one, worst case. If you're so attached to failure, it'll be harder for you to find out which part of the business strategy, fails - you'll blame yourself instead. Keep moving forward!

[PracticalPianoWithTia]

It's so good to hear about building businesses and courses through a female perspective! So refreshing. I keep hearing 'just work harder' and 'do it anyway' and I die inside every. time. Your advice is so helpful because you're validating the emotional friction, stress, pain I experience. Love your solutions like ask your brain better questions. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!

[CannyValley-binq]

"everything started, nothing finished".. lol. that's me for like past 10 years. Happy that im in the enterpreneur mindset, but seriously need some kind of operational help. :(

[storytreestudio]

beating loneliness with content is truly a gamechanger. I think it takes us back to the idea that when you are lonely and trying to figure things out and you whiteboard a lot of your own ideas on paper, - you can then use that to create content. Soon realizing that people feel like that all the time too, just dont have the balls to really put it out. Loved this video Deya

[moushiiee]

As an entrepreneur that is just starting out, this was highly valuable for me and made me feel so, so seen and supported. Thank you so much for this!

[mariahwisdom-peters]

This was really needed! I've been trying to start my business while working for about 4 years now and i keep burning out. I took some time to just reevaluate and plan and I really believe in my business idea and that I can run it if I just had the extra time and energy. I'm just about to finish a writing a business plan and pitch to get a guarantor for a business loan to be able to give myself time to focus solely on my business. Hearing that you managed to make 21K in your first year is really encouraging because that's more than I currently make, I am planning on working part time during the process but even if I only made half that it would be a success for me!

[alsg]

I'm transitioning from a 9-5 job to freelancing. I've been binge watching your videos and they've been so helpful in providing me tips and conditioning me to have the right mindset leading up to my first gig.

Thank you!

[the_crafty_kai]

I heard from an IG creator that along the road of manifesting your desired path, failures and obstacles are just a place where you can learn from. So that's what I'm trying to keep in mind as I start my journey of creating my own business. I'm not going to fail, I just have a lot to learn! 😅

[BBourn]

I honor you. That sounds cringey, but whatever. This is the first video of yours I’ve ever seen, and I thank you so much. There’s something super authentic and real about the content of your retrospective. It’s probably the most honest and relatable account of how the journey looks and feels and the nightmares it can bring. You deserve success and for your channel to take off. I hope it does if you want it to. I don’t ever post comments, but I’m so impressed that I had to say something to you. Thank you. With sincerity.

[MaximusCostantino]

telling me to square up to my problems is the best way to frame it

[CocoGlows]

The crying cat meme is me on the lone wolf part 😅😂 but still worth the STEEP learning curve 😅

[npoi-iyiq]

Can't express how the "entrepreneur rat-race" is an important concept to discuss. Every beginner entrepreneur starts working 3 times more than when they were employees, and a huge part of that is not even the lack of money, or the fear of lack, but just that dumb social comparison social media algorithms amplify in our mind: We're always "less good" than someone who is "perfect" (on appearance), so we should work more. But that's a never ending game. There's always someone shinier, stronger, more successful etc.
Great book that made me drop down that pressure for good: 10 arguments for deleting your social media accounts by Jaron Lanier.
Made me understand 90% of the pressure I was putting on myself was purely artificial and made up by algorithms that have become too good at spotting our insecurities and vulnérabilities, and play on them to get us much more addicted to the screen.

[nlvmruu]

this is great, as someone who started a business and failed, i agree with ALL of this

[twiddles]

I'm 3 years into self-employment, quit the corporate rat race 3 years ago. This is very solid advice.

[HighlandRimCandles]

The hamster really helped me at 1:45 . It knew exactly what I was feeling. Thanks for the tips!

[ibby]

Starting my first one at 22, totally in the cold start phase. That tip about emotionally detaching is so good. I was so angry today lol.