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E224: Building a Profitable Coaching or Consulting Business with Deb Boulanger

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What should you focus on first when leaving a corporate job to start your own business? What are some of the identity shifts that entrepreneurs experience when transitioning from corporate to entrepreneurship?

In this episode of the Simplify to Scale show, Deb Boulanger, CEO of Life After Corporate, joins us to talk about making the shift from a corporate job to starting your own business.

Deb Boulanger is a sought-after speaker, business mentor, and thought leader helping high-achieving women leaders successfully transition from corporate careers to profitable coaching and consulting businesses. She shares her thoughts on how the market is changing and why more people are starting coaching and consulting businesses after leaving corporate roles. She talks about the need to solve real problems and clearly explain the value of your offer.

We also talk about challenges that come up in the early stages of building a business. These include creating a business model that works and not spending too much on branding before getting clients.

We share ideas on pricing, how to position your offer, and ways to shift your mindset to stay focused on what matters most. Deb also talks about getting support from experienced professionals and focusing on work that helps the business grow.

This episode is full of practical tips you can use. If you're thinking about starting your own business or want to grow the one you have, you’ll find helpful takeaways here. 

In this episode, we explore:
•    Building a Profitable Coaching or Consulting Business
•    Key Factors for Profitability and Standing Out
•    The Concept of Return on Advantage (ROA)
•    Pricing and Positioning Strategies
•    Practical Strategies for Success
•    Overcoming Challenges and Business Scaling

 

"The sky is never falling, and it's a matter of keeping your head in the game and leaving yourself open to creative solutions."

- Deb Boulanger

 

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Simplify to Scale is a show dedicated to helping business owners scale a high-impact + high-profit business they love without all the complexity and chaos that keeps them trapped in the day-to-day.

Hosted by Crista Grasso, a scaling strategist and operations alchemist, she brings decades of scaling experience to share what actually works and what's just hype.

Formerly the Lean Out Your Business Podcast, Simplify to Scale is THE show for founders and their right-hand leaders who are done with one-size-fits-all scaling advice and overnight success promises and instead want proven and practical strategies that will help simplify operations, build scalable systems, develop & lead a high performing team, amplify profits, move through the messy middle faster, and scale smarter not harder.

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