Quit Your Job and Move to Key West, Part 3

This episode continues Christy’s saga after walking away from a six figure job and moving to Key West.  There are no mistakes that she has not made, but she is determined to figure this out.  The business she’s opening is simple, and you would think easy, but the reality is that nothing is ever easy. …

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Quit Your Job and Move to Key West, Part 2

You may think I am crazy to quit my job and move to Key West.  I have questioned my sanity many times over.  In this episode, I tell you about my second attempt to have a thriving food cart at Mallory Square.  I talk about the obvious mistakes I made, and the not so obvious …

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Quit Your Job and Move to Key West -Part 1

Almost 50 episodes into the life of this podcast and your host, Christy Haussler, finally begins sharing her journey.  Some call it a midlife crisis, some would call is stupidity, but Christy followed her heart and quit her six figure job and moved to Key West in order to pursue the life she really wanted. …

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Rachel Tolve – ModVellum Skin Care, San Francisco, CA

Rachel Tolve has never been one to follow convention.  Rachel took her own path and created her first spa business by passing out fliers for a $50 facial.  From there, Rachel became an Esthetician, a spa owner, a skin care representative, and now she has created her own skin care line. Rachel formulates her own …

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David A. Cox – PC Classes Online – Provincetown, MA

After spending several years working at an Apple store, David realized he had a gift for teaching people technology.  He quit his job and got clients on his own and started his own business.  David went on to appear on the Shark Tank TV show and says it was one of the best things that …

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Sue Swank – Swank Photography, Key West, FL

Sue Swank has been able to live her dream of making her photography hobby her full time career.  Sue didn’t take the route that most photographers take by working the wedding circuit.  Sue almost exclusively photographs models.  Sue shares her journey and shows you how you can do it too.

Korbett Miller – Miller Martial Arts Academy, Kirkland, WA

Korbett Miller is a 3rd generation Bruce Lee trained martial arts instructor.  When he had the opportunity to purchase the Bruce Lee martial arts school he was running, he walked away from the opportunity in order to start his own school from the ground up.  Never one to take the easy path, 18 years later …

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Nancy Ogburn – Tomato Palms, Columbia, SC

Nancy Ogburn, the 2014 SC Business Person of the Year, shares the story of starting her business from an act of charity.  Nancy has always had the drive to start a business of her own, but it was her drive to help the homeless that launched her business.  While Nancy was an accidental entrpreneur, she …

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Mario Castellanos – Kitchen Marcela – Lake Mary, FL

Originally from Ecuador, Marcela Castellanos has always had a passion for food.  Manybe she inheirited it from her Father, who was a food wholsesaler.  Marcela has a knack for creatvity in the kitchen and that is basis for the business she and her husband, Mario have launched.  She handles the creative side and he handles …

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Snyder Gislason Frasier LLC – Minneapolis, MN

Michael, Adam and Chad are more than lawyers.  They each have a unique way that they use their hobbies outside of work in order to plug in to the local business community.  Their journey started in the corporate world like many entrepreneurs, and they took a risk and struck out on their own.  They love …

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