"From no clients to full practice" - ShailiaStephens.com
Channel: Shailia Stephens
Date: 01/12/2015

Interview with Laure Matsoukis

Hello Reader,

Where are you right now in your business?

Lately I’ve been thinking about the different phase of business over time for experts and solopreneurs. Let’s have a look at just 3 of 5 phases.

Phase one is the dream-up phase, when you’re thinking about what your business could be.  It’s an exciting time filled with many ideas and possibilities. You are experimenting with possible positionings, and at the same time you may be doubtful if you can do this and unable to predict what’s going to happen.

Phase two is the start-up phase. You’ve actually started your business and you’ve begun to demonstrate your expertise in the marketplace, e.g. by writing blog articles or holding webinars. After about 1,5 or 2 yrs., you either have no customers and no money coming in, or you have just a handful of paying clients on board and a bit of money is coming in.

In this phase, your aim is to figure out what really works in order to bring in business consistently. The problem is you’re doing everything yourself and all your time is being used up. So you’re not sure how you’ll find time for all the new clients you say you want.

Sound familiar?

Making the transition from no clients to full practice is an important entrepreneurial right of passage. And while it can be an uncomfortable situation, it also brings tremendous personal growth in its wake.

In today’s candid interview Laure Matsoukis, my client and a finance expert from France, shares her personal journey, including her milestone ups and downs, with you.

In this 42 minute interview in English, Laure gets very real and talks about her (often self-made) struggles, and also about the mindset shifts and inner breakthroughs that led her down the road from no clients to a full practice in the year we worked together so far.

As Laure moves into phase three, the ramp-up phase, we’ll be strategizing and planning together to streamline her marketing efforts, to systematize her most important business processes and to leverage her time via automation, delegation and scaled delivery.

And as you’ve probably heard, every new level brings a new devil …
So Laure’s bound to hit some new bumps in the road. And that’s OK, because as you will learn in our interview, entrepreneurship is an on-going process … and one wild ride full of beautiful adventures well worth experiencing.

Here’s to living on the wild side!

Enjoy the interview and …

CU online!

Your virtual coach,
Shailia

P.S.
Just 2,5 weeks left before I and my team here at ShailiaStephens.com take a well-earned pause for the Christmas and New Year’s season.
Are you currently in phase 2 or 3 of your „Soulopreneur“ business, determined to take your business to the next level and considering working with me as your business coach and marketing mentor?
If so, I warmly invite you to sign up for one of the last virtual coffee breaks of this year. We’ll talk about where you are and where you want to go and decide together if we want to work together in 2016.