Career & Entrepreneurship Advice from a Top-Rated Career Coach and Serial Entrepreneur
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How do you find a mentor? How do you network? How do you “sell” yourself without being slimy?
These are just a few of the questions I tackle with top-rated career coach and serial entrepreneur Joyce Guan West.
Join me for a podcast interview with Joyce, who’s has launched 6 companies and sold a recent one for several million dollars. And Joyce's latest venture is Coaching with Empathy, a career coaching company that specializes in helping Asian-American women level up, especially into the C-suite.
One of Joyce's key skills is selling, both herself and her businesses. But Joyce wasn't always this confident and outspoken; in fact, she used to be painfully shy.
Listen in as Joyce shares her journey and along the way, drops many pearls of career wisdom specifically aimed at Asian-American women.
(NOTE: This episode was some audio issues so it’s better to listen in a quiet environment rather than in a car.)
Interview Highlights:
05:09 Accidental entrepreneurship
06:24 How to sell without being slimy and how sales prepares you for advancing your career
11:15 How to start a business with friends
18:00 Finding a mentor through cold calling
19:20 How Joyce networks
25:55 Midlife crisis at age 22
02:12 How to learn on the job
11:00 -Side hustle advice
15:52 When to sell a business
17:01 How to be truly valued financially
21:07 Using LinkedIn to land clients
22:05: What's holding Asian Americans back from the c-suite and the top tip for helping them get there
26:50 Tips for relationship building with colleagues
28:11 Advice for parents who want to raise entrepreneurial kids