Never say it’s too late.
My guest today, Susan Feldman was 53 when she founded One Kings Lane, a go-to destination for home and interior design shopping because she couldn’t find home furnishings that she liked. She cracked the code on this industry and ended up selling One Kings lane to Bed Bath & Beyond.
Now, Susan’s on to her next entrepreneurial venture, In the Groove. With a sense of humor, community, and self-awareness, In The Groove is on a mission to free women from rules, age limits, and expectations.
Today, Susan talks about how and why she became an entrepreneur at 53, how she dealt with an empty nest, the advice she would’ve given herself before she started her companies and much more.
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Just get started.” – Susan Feldman
Show Notes:
- Why it’s never too late to start a business – there is no age limit
- Interesting STATS about women over 50 and their economic power
- How an EMPTY NEST can be a fresh start – this is a GOOD thing!
- What it’s like to launch a digital platform
- One of the hardest things for a founder to do
- The ADVICE she wished someone would have shared with her early on
It doesn’t have to be perfect. It has to be good. You have to not be embarrassed by what you’re putting out there, but put it out there. Because you’re going to iterate on it anyway.” – Susan Feldman
Connect with Susan Feldman:
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I think being an entrepreneur is so amazing and so rewarding and so much fun. I wish I would’ve done it 20 years earlier.” – Susan Feldman
I’m so excited to have Ali Brown as my first guest on She’s Got Moxie! Ali is a personal friend and mentor, and an incredibly successful entrepreneur.
When everything feels urgent, everything seems equal. Nothing could be further from the truth. Being “busy” doesn’t necessarily move you closer to reaching your goals. Successful business owners understand you have to work from a clear sense of priority.
Yesterday, I decided to take myself out to lunch to one of my favorite local sushi restaurants. The tables at this eatery are quite close together so it’s easy (if sometimes uncomfortable) to overhear what your neighbor at the next table is discussing. I happened to sit down next to two men who were deep in conversation. As I sat there minding my own business, trying to focus on the NY Times, I couldn’t help but catch some of the conversation these two men were having. It goes something like this: “You know I just want to get my idea out there. I know it can be successful and yet there’s always that possibility that it will fall flat.” (Sound familiar?) The response from his dining companion? “I know.” By the way, this was his dining companion’s response the entire lunch. He could of actually had lunch alone and placed a tape recorder on the other side of the table that just repeated the words, “I know”, throughout the meal : -(.