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Are You Building, or Are You Just Running?
Hey there! Q1-2026 has been brutal, with massive layoff becoming the norm. This week, we discuss whether you're actually being pushed toward entrepreneurship or just running from a job that ended.
Everybody's an Entrepreneur. Fight Me on This.
Hi! Kathryn here. Happy spring everyone! Last week I put a number on the women ownership/revenue gap. This week we talk about what happens when entrepreneurship becomes the norm.
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Women Own 40 Percent of American Businesses. They Generate 6 Percent of the Revenue.
Read That Again
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The Entrepreneurship Wave Is Here.
The Question Is Whether You Will Ride It or Watch Someone Else Profit From It.
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The Survival Story Is a Lie. Here Is What the Numbers Actually Say.
Three pieces of data on women owned businesses came across my desk this week. Let's get into what this means for you.
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What Subsistence Entrepreneurship Actually Is, and Why the Strategy Is Different
Subsistence entrepreneurship is not new. It is the oldest form of entrepreneurship that exists.
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What Would Winning Look Like If No One Was Watching?
The answer is a little scary because it looks nothing like what you were told winning was supposed to look like.
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Forget Resolutions. Start a Business Instead.
Skip the gym membership... Start your business...
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Ready to BUILD Your Next Company?
Introducing BUILD: Go from idea to a live website or product in less than an hour... for $99
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How to Create a Company Culture
What if the boldest thing you could do is build the space you’ve been told you don’t belong in?
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How to Thrive as a Mission-Driven Entrepreneur in a Broken System
What if building your business could also build a better world?
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How to Buy a Business (and Make It Your Own)
How do you stay relevant, build community, and lead through massive industry change—without losing yourself in the process?
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How to Date Like a CEO and Attract the Partnership You Deserve
In this new episode of Build the Damn Thing Podcast, learn how to build your love life like you build your business
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Welcome to Season 4 of Build the Damn Thing 🚀
Building the life and business you want isn’t about doing more—it’s about doing what matters most.
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Squad Goals: How to Create Your Personal Advisory Board
Hi! Kathryn here. This month, we discuss how to create "Team You" aka your personal advisory board.
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Drop it Like It's SWOT
Hi! Kathryn here. This month we discuss how to conduct a personal Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) assessment
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KISS: How to Create an Elevator Pitch
Hi! Kathryn here. The secret to creating an awesome elevator pitch is to K.I.S.S., aka "keep it simple sista"
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What Are Your Company’s Core Values
and How They Impact Your Business
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What Are Your Personal Core Values?
(and How Do They Impact Your Business)
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What’s Your Price?
Know the lines you will NOT cross in order to make your business successful.
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Get Your Mind Right (for Business)
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The Art of the Pivot
Your willingness to pivot, or to abandon an idea that isn’t working and shift course is the key to finding product-market fit
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Being a Great Founder Series: Performance
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Being A Great Founder Series: Getting from Idea to Product/Company
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Season 3 of Build the Damn Thing is here!
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Being A Great Founder Series: Potential
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How to Leave Gracefully
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How to Let Go of Your Fear of Failure
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