Just put yourself out there. Simple, right? Not even a little bit. In this episode it is just Leah and Katherine getting honest about what putting yourself out there actually feels like from the inside. The embarrassment when something you worked hard on lands with almost nobody. The waiting for validation that does not come the way you expected. The wondering why people are not finding you yet. The gap between what you imagined and what actually happened.
Leah also gets into something she has been talking about more lately, the de-influencing side of starting a business. The stuff that does not make it into the highlight reel. The real timeline, the real uncertainty, and why she would rather you go in with your eyes open than sprint out of the gate because the internet made it look easy.
They also share six tangible takeaways for anyone who is thinking about putting themselves out there or who is already in that hard early phase and wondering if they should keep going.
And at the end they mean it when they say it: if you have an idea or you are building something and you want to talk to someone who has been through it and will be honest with you, reach out. They actually want to hear from you.
This one is for the woman who has been sitting on something. It is time.
Topics covered: putting yourself out there, starting a business, imposter syndrome, social media for small business, building an audience from zero, de-influencing entrepreneurship, validation and self worth, showing up before you are ready, women entrepreneurs, before we get it right podcast, starting a side hustle, mom entrepreneur