Today’s guest helps her clients grow profitable businesses to create lives that they love.

She is a speaker, international business growth strategist, author of “The Heart of Entrepreneurship: It’s Your Time to Shine”, and the host of the Thought Leaders Business Lab podcast.

She has 25 years of personal experience in building and growing businesses and has spent the last 8 years helping people turn their expertise into a thriving business so they have more income, freedom, and impact. She uses 3 key principles of positioning, profile, and leverage to help people become the go-to authority in their industry.

Please join me in welcoming Samantha Riley.

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In this episode we discuss:

her thoughts about leadership: “Leadership can be described by words but it’s more than that, it’s also a feeling. It’s important for leaders to have great vision, a lot of courage to make the right decisions.”how her entrepreneur life began when she was around eight years old and started selling baked goods at school.how she started in a government job, doing what was expected, and how that led to her starting her first two businesses within six months of each other when she was 20 years old.her personal transition journey that also led to a career transition as well.how she started learning to not just see what people were coming to her with but also what they were asking her for, and how that moved her into her role as a business coach.the value she places on being a connector and what that looks like for her.

Links

Samantha Riley on LinkedIn and Twitter.www.samanthariley.globalThought Leaders Business Lab podcast.

Books mentioned in this episode:

“The Heart of Entrepreneurship: It’s Your Time to Shine” by Samantha Riley

Other Resources:

Listen to my interview on Samantha Riley’s show.Watch my free Masterclass: Discovering Your Ideal Client.Listen to my interview with Dorie Clark.

About Robbie:Robbie Samuels is a keynote speaker and relationship-based business strategist who has been recognized as a “networking expert” by both Inc. and Lifehacker. He is the author of the best-selling business book Croissants vs. Bagels: Strategic, Effective, and Inclusive Networking at Conferences and has been profiled in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company. His clients include associations and corporations including Marriott, AmeriCorps, Hostelling International, and General Assembly.

He has been featured in several books including Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It by Dorie Clark and The Connector’s Advantage: 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact by Michelle Tillis Lederman. He has guest lectured at many leading educational institutions including Harvard University, Cornell University, Brandeis University, and Northeastern University. Robbie is the host of On the Schmooze podcast which features his networking strategies and talented professionals sharing untold stories of leadership and networking.Keynote SpeakerInterested in booking Robbie to speak? At www.robbiesamuels.com/speaking you'll find video clips and a description of his signature session, Art of the Schmooze.Relationship-Based Business StrategistAre you ready to create a Relationship-Based Business Plan that will help you achieve greater impact (and income)? The next cohort for The M.O.R.E. Program for Entrepreneurial Women begins in Spring 2019.

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