From Single Mom to Salon Success: How Independence and Community Shape a Thriving Beauty Career
Does this sound familiar? You’ve spent years putting family first, navigating responsibility after responsibility, while quietly holding onto the vision of what your career could become when the timing was finally right. You’ve worked in your industry long enough to know your craft—but stepping back in means deciding how you want to show up, how much risk you’re willing to take, and whether ownership has to mean doing everything alone.
If you’ve ever questioned whether independence requires isolation, or whether minimizing overhead means sacrificing growth, this conversation offers a grounded, honest look at what modern business ownership can really look like.
My special guest is Natasha Williams
Natasha Williams is an experienced beauty professional who returned to the industry after intentionally stepping away to support her daughter through high school and college. As a single mother with years of hands-on industry experience, Natasha approached her next chapter with purpose—updating her skills, strengthening her business knowledge, and reimagining what ownership could look like without the weight of traditional brick-and-mortar overhead. Her journey reflects the reality many professionals face when balancing family, finances, and long-term vision while reclaiming a career on their own terms.
You can be in business for yourself—without being by yourself.
In this episode, you will be able to:
- Discover how major life transitions can become powerful launch points for career reinvention.
- Learn why the salon suite model offers independence without unnecessary financial strain.
- Gain insight into how shared professional spaces foster collaboration, creativity, and referrals.
- Understand how continuing education reignites confidence, clarity, and long-term vision.
- Explore how environment, flexibility, and community directly influence business growth and client experience.
A Focused Path Back to Business Ownership
After stepping away from her career to support her daughter, Natasha returned to the beauty industry with renewed focus. She used that time to update her skills, strengthen her business understanding, and clarify her long-term goals.
Instead of opening a traditional brick-and-mortar location, she chose the salon suite model to maintain ownership while minimizing overhead. The shared environment provides both independence and community, encouraging collaboration and referrals without sacrificing autonomy.
Clients respond positively to the flexibility, curated space, and overall experience. Natasha’s journey shows how intentional choices, continued learning, and the right environment can support sustainable growth and long-term success.
The resources mentioned in this episode are:
- Learn more about salon suite business models designed for independent beauty professionals seeking ownership without traditional overhead.
- Explore cosmetology instructor programs and continuing education opportunities that support long-term career growth.
- Connect with independent beauty and wellness professionals who thrive in collaborative, shared environments.
- Attend local networking and community events that bring together entrepreneurs, creatives, and service-based professionals.
- Listen to the Free Agent Podcast with Meg Schmitz for real stories of self-employment and business ownership.
- Contact Meg Schmitz to schedule a free, no-obligation call for insights into entrepreneurship and franchise opportunities.
- Use the form on the Free Agent Podcast page if you’d like to be considered as a guest on the show.
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Free Agent Podcast with Meg Schmitz – Guest: Natasha “Tasia” Williams, Independent Nail Artist at Image Studios
Meg Schmitz:
Welcome back to Free Agent with Meg Schmitz, your place for inspiring stories of real people who took the leap into business ownership, franchising, and freedom. If you know there’s more to life than a desk job and you’re ready to take control of your destiny, this is your podcast. After all, why work for the boss? Be the boss.
Now let’s join your host, franchise guru Meg Schmitz, with today’s episode of Free Agent.
So the whole premise of my podcast is it’s called The Free Agent, which is what you are. If you think about it, I named it that… more or less, my nephew played football in the NFL. And then he was cut from his team. And then he became a free agent.
When you’re a free agent, you have to train harder. You’re on your own. You’re looking for your new posse. Yes. And Tamara said to me one day, all right, you’re end of season seven of your podcast. Why don’t you start interviewing the pros who are in here? You’re the epitome of a free agent.
So talk to me, Natasha, about where were you prior to Image Studios in your career, and then what prompted you to take a look at coming to Image Studios?
Natasha Williams:
So prior to Image Studios, I took a couple years off to get my daughter to college. Okay. Being a single mom, been in the industry for many, many years. But being a single mom, it definitely had its ups and downs.
But it was the epitome of my career going into college, manifesting back into what I ultimately wanted it to be. I set a goal for myself. Once my daughter finished high school and I sent her off to college successfully, I can really get to the nit and grit of my career in cosmetology and take it to where I want it to be.
So I took the two years off prior. She graduated 2023. And so I took the time out to work on my resume, listen to many podcasts, enrolled in some of the classes that just helped me get more up to date, so to say, with my career, with the changes in the industry and everything.
I did as much as I can with my little free time, being able to build my brand a little bit better and understand business a little bit more accurately. Got a whole bunch under me, but I have so much more to learn.
So I was really like a mommy at home, you know, back to square one, trying to rebrand myself. And then once she was good and settled, I was like, okay, it’s time to get back in there and get back behind the chair and really get this thing going where I wanted to see it in the next five years.
Meg:
So as a single parent, you’re already business minded. The operations of your home, launching your kids successfully, you’re already financially aware and astute of certain aspects of life. Well, now it’s your business.
What were some of the classes or what were some of the skill sets you felt were missing that you went back to pick up?
Natasha:
So I had to go back and finally finish my instructors. So I went to Aveda, went back to school and attended the Cosmetology Instructor Program at Aveda Beauty and Wellness, a downtown location.
And there, I really felt like this is where I’m supposed to be. It really opened the door to my future aspirations of owning a beauty school.
And so I did that year program. And then shortly after, which was during COVID, I was hired on to be a teacher, a substitute teacher during that time. So I spent maybe three, maybe four months teaching their evening program.
So from there, I learned many new skills from coloring that I didn’t get a lot during my education. Of course, the teaching aspect, the student teaching, understanding students as a learner, understanding me as a teacher, me as a mom, me as a person.
Those things tend to play. We were able to take advantage of some free resources that came on campus. And because I was now an employee there, I was able to take advantage of some of the human resource side of the beauty industry.
So I was very, very grateful to be in that space.
Meg:
Well, and Aveda, in the industry, for anyone who’s listening to the podcast, if you don’t know what Aveda is, that’s the brand that you want to align with. There’s Paul Mitchell, but Aveda is a national, international recognized brand in the cosmetology field.
So good for you because that’s hard to get in.
And then the instructor program, it’s a whole nother level of engagement with—well, it’s probably not a whole lot different from your daughter.
Natasha:
Right, right, right, right. Being a mom, you’re teaching. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely.
Meg:
And so at what point did you decide that you wanted to own and open your own studio and come to Image Studio?
Natasha:
So that was always in the plan, still kind of get back. Because what I did, I was in a studio prior to it. It was after she finished high school. So that was four years prior.
And so it was like, okay, do I open up my own brick and mortar or do I go ahead and just go with the new ways and go into a suite, minimize my overhead a bit, but still have that same feeling of being an owner operator of my own business.
So as I took the time out to do my research, here I am. I made the decision to do Salon Suite Life.
Meg:
We’re so glad that you did. It’s been great to have you here as a human being who’s engaging with the other pros who are here.
What is your impression now that we’ve been open for a year? There are a whole lot more synergies now with other professionals who are offering different services. It’s a shared space, but you’re in business for yourself, but not by yourself. So how has that been for you?
Natasha:
It’s been amazing. Truly amazing. Just because of the diversity. The diversity from the business to the individuals, to everybody’s careers.
It’s been such an amazing mix to where you really don’t see—because it’s a diverse field, the beauty industry itself—but to see it all in one hub and you’re really able to branch out and visually learn, see the works of others.
And then we all come together with our creative minds and we have to socialize about different aspects of the industry. It really sets a tone for us to build each other, networks, share ideas, share interests.
It really sets the tone for what the beauty industry is about. It encompasses so much on a wide scale. From the excitement of going to school, to learning, to getting into the career and making money—it encompasses all of that.
The excitement, the love you feel from fellow cosmetologists, whether there’s a tattoo artist, whether there’s an esthetician, it’s a really good feeling. Really good feeling. I’m so happy to be here.
Meg:
That’s a lot right there.
Natasha:
Thank you.
Meg:
We had so much fun last week. It’s been a year that we’ve been open, and we called it the grand opening.
The paradigm shift for me, coming from owning Great Clips in the past, those were all employees. I had five locations. When we first opened here, confession, it was like a ghost town in here.
Because I am a business person and I have my own schedules, more or less eight to five, eight to seven. But I would be here for a few hours and be looking around like, well, where is everybody?
And then we were looking at some of the security camera footage. People were coming at night. No wonder I didn’t see them.
And it dawned on me one day, duh, these are all independent beauty and wellness professionals and they’re following their clientele. Not ours that are prescribed, but you’re following your clientele and the hours that they want to work with you.
What are they saying to you about being here?
Natasha:
They are just pleasantly kind. Grateful. Grateful, for one, that they are in a space that is so beautifully curated.
They’re willing to work around my schedule sometimes, just to be able to get in here. They’re super excited about the space itself, but also about being able to come to a space where flexibility for them is not an issue.
They can allocate their time as needed because they know they’re going to get a service in a space that is on the self-care side. A space where they want to be here any given time they can.
I’m getting great feedback. Lots and lots of nothing but great feedback.
Meg:
Do you ask them for referrals? Are they referring any of their other friends to you? Are you building your business?
Natasha:
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
Meg:
Oh, good for you.
Natasha:
Absolutely. And not only just through clientele, because clientele is the traditional word of mouth, but I can just link on to my… like the gloss genius, but I use StyleSeat.
And I’m getting, because of the area, the demographics, it’s drawn so many people, so many new people because of the location.
Meg:
Oh, good.
Natasha:
Yeah. So, I mean, clients, yes. Location.
Sometimes I can go outside, step outside, and people are wondering, what is this space? And I’ve told a couple people. And I did draw one customer from that. So that was super, super nice.
Meg:
Nice. You were here last week for the grand opening, right?
Natasha:
Yes.
Meg:
Did you have people stopping in? There were a bunch of students who were here from Paul Mitchell and others. Did you have people poking their head in?
Natasha:
I did. So I have a cousin who works over at Paul Mitchell. She’s a teacher over there. And so she stopped in and finally got into the space to see it. So she was one.
And then I had a couple of friends that were visiting the esthetician and the nail tech. So they were making three stops at one.
Meg:
The one-stop shop.
Natasha:
The one-stop shop.
Meg:
Tamara was the one. She and I were doing an event on The Morning Blend.
Natasha:
Okay.
Meg:
And so we were on TV and she said, the unique part of this is we’re not all cosmetologists, not all barbers. It’s not all one thing.
You can come and as you look around and see what other services are being offered. You can spend all day Saturday here. Right?
If you stack your appointments right, you get from tip to toe everything done.
Natasha:
Yes, you could. Yes, you could.
Meg:
It’s really fun to see the diversity, just like you’re talking about, not only of the services, but the ethnicities.
I think it really gelled last week for me with all of the activity and the energy and so much positivity really radiating from all of the pros who are here.
Natasha:
I agree. I agree. It was awesome.
Meg:
It was really energizing. I think a couple of people said, can we do this every year?
Natasha:
Why not? Why not?
It’s almost just like a refresher, you know, to what this space is and for our careers as well. A refresher is always needed.
It’s taking time out to just kind of say, hey, you know, we’re still in it.
Bigger and brighter scale now. We’re years into it. We’re still standing. I think it’ll be volume.
Yeah. Is there anything about your future ambitions that I or we can help to, that we can assist you in achieving, whether it’s changing your priorities,
changing your pricing. We’re obviously here to make money and be business people, but you’re so curious. So are there other revenue streams that you’re going to diversify into? Are there other areas of business that we can bring speakers in to help to support you?
Natasha
I believe there’s always room for improvement and ways to make income in any of our lines of business in this building. So we’re always looking to follow what’s on trend. We’re always looking to keep up with the latest servicing in our industries.
So there are many, I’m sure, many in the state of Wisconsin that…
and be reached out to and maybe brought in just to have like a networking experience to help build and expand our services to be, you know, put out there a little bit more, you know, just like, you know, the podcast.
And things of that nature, you know, I think those are great platforms. These are instances, great platforms to really just kind of spread a word or two, you know, reach one, teach one, you know?
Yeah. And the formulation of the question is,
is really coming from the fact that you’ve been at a beta, you’ve got relationships there. If it comes to mind you that there’s either a class or an instructor who would be good to invite in here, then that’s what we want to continue this trend, maybe not monthly, but quarterly to offer events
So that all of you as pros, you’re not all cosmetologists, you’re not all estheticians, but there are business building skills that we want to instill so that you can continue to build your book of business.
There are only a couple of people who are here who have said, no, I really…
I’m exactly where I want to be. I don’t need to expand my business any further. They’ve got a full book and they’re fine with that.
But most everybody else is looking for those opportunities. So I just plant the same idea. If there’s anything that comes to mind,
You can tell Bobby, Tamara, or me. Okay. And we’ll throw those ideas into the next love event. Okay.
Natasha
Okay. Absolutely. Absolutely. Because there’s definitely always room for expansion, I believe. And so I’m on board with any and all.
You guys are doing such an awesome job with, you know, um,
Making sure that we have the tools and things that we need. That’s just a great question overall.
Yeah. Always, always business building, how to keep our business afloat. You know, we’re living in days and times where things are pretty real, you know, and you’re juggling it the best of your business, even on a full schedule.
Things can change like that. Yeah.
So I think it’s always room for, you know, those resources to be brought in on any level, any scale, anything that it just kind of helped build us.
Good. And keep us, you know.
Well, I’m going to tap on your shoulder then to ask you if you have any brilliant ideas and we’ll incorporate that into future events.
Natasha
This mind is always going. So I will definitely, definitely be having my notebook ready,
to jot them down every time I think about it.
All right. Well, thank you for sharing your story, your evolution with my podcast listeners. They’re all inspired to figure out if owning their own business is the way to go.
And it’s not always a cakewalk. Not every day is a great day.
But
I wouldn’t go any other direction besides being self-employed.
Natasha
Absolutely. Same here.
Good. I once heard a wise one say, the journey is everything. And it’s something that I live by.
Yeah. So in entrepreneurship, the journey is everything.
But somehow we want to stay on that journey. And we’re here for the ups and downs.
Absolutely.
In business for yourself, but not by yourself.
Natasha
But not by myself.
I love it. Okay. Thank you, lady.
Natasha
You’re welcome. Thank you.
Free Agent Podcast with Meg Schmitz – Guest: Natasha “Tasia” Williams, Independent Nail Artist at Image Studios
Meg Schmitz:
Welcome back to Free Agent with Meg Schmitz, your place for inspiring stories of real people who took the leap into business ownership, franchising, and freedom. If you know there’s more to life than a desk job and you’re ready to take control of your destiny, this is your podcast. After all, why work for the boss? Be the boss.
Now let’s join your host, franchise guru Meg Schmitz, with today’s episode of Free Agent.
So the whole premise of my podcast is it’s called The Free Agent, which is what you are. If you think about it, I named it that… more or less, my nephew played football in the NFL. And then he was cut from his team. And then he became a free agent.
When you’re a free agent, you have to train harder. You’re on your own. You’re looking for your new posse. Yes. And Tamara said to me one day, all right, you’re end of season seven of your podcast. Why don’t you start interviewing the pros who are in here? You’re the epitome of a free agent.
So talk to me, Natasha, about where were you prior to Image Studios in your career, and then what prompted you to take a look at coming to Image Studios?
Natasha Williams:
So prior to Image Studios, I took a couple years off to get my daughter to college. Okay. Being a single mom, been in the industry for many, many years. But being a single mom, it definitely had its ups and downs.
But it was the epitome of my career going into college, manifesting back into what I ultimately wanted it to be. I set a goal for myself. Once my daughter finished high school and I sent her off to college successfully, I can really get to the nit and grit of my career in cosmetology and take it to where I want it to be.
So I took the two years off prior. She graduated 2023. And so I took the time out to work on my resume, listen to many podcasts, enrolled in some of the classes that just helped me get more up to date, so to say, with my career, with the changes in the industry and everything.
I did as much as I can with my little free time, being able to build my brand a little bit better and understand business a little bit more accurately. Got a whole bunch under me, but I have so much more to learn.
So I was really like a mommy at home, you know, back to square one, trying to rebrand myself. And then once she was good and settled, I was like, okay, it’s time to get back in there and get back behind the chair and really get this thing going where I wanted to see it in the next five years.
Meg:
So as a single parent, you’re already business minded. The operations of your home, launching your kids successfully, you’re already financially aware and astute of certain aspects of life. Well, now it’s your business.
What were some of the classes or what were some of the skill sets you felt were missing that you went back to pick up?
Natasha:
So I had to go back and finally finish my instructors. So I went to Aveda, went back to school and attended the Cosmetology Instructor Program at Aveda Beauty and Wellness, a downtown location.
And there, I really felt like this is where I’m supposed to be. It really opened the door to my future aspirations of owning a beauty school.
And so I did that year program. And then shortly after, which was during COVID, I was hired on to be a teacher, a substitute teacher during that time. So I spent maybe three, maybe four months teaching their evening program.
So from there, I learned many new skills from coloring that I didn’t get a lot during my education. Of course, the teaching aspect, the student teaching, understanding students as a learner, understanding me as a teacher, me as a mom, me as a person.
Those things tend to play. We were able to take advantage of some free resources that came on campus. And because I was now an employee there, I was able to take advantage of some of the human resource side of the beauty industry.
So I was very, very grateful to be in that space.
Meg:
Well, and Aveda, in the industry, for anyone who’s listening to the podcast, if you don’t know what Aveda is, that’s the brand that you want to align with. There’s Paul Mitchell, but Aveda is a national, international recognized brand in the cosmetology field.
So good for you because that’s hard to get in.
And then the instructor program, it’s a whole nother level of engagement with—well, it’s probably not a whole lot different from your daughter.
Natasha:
Right, right, right, right. Being a mom, you’re teaching. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely.
Meg:
And so at what point did you decide that you wanted to own and open your own studio and come to Image Studio?
Natasha:
So that was always in the plan, still kind of get back. Because what I did, I was in a studio prior to it. It was after she finished high school. So that was four years prior.
And so it was like, okay, do I open up my own brick and mortar or do I go ahead and just go with the new ways and go into a suite, minimize my overhead a bit, but still have that same feeling of being an owner operator of my own business.
So as I took the time out to do my research, here I am. I made the decision to do Salon Suite Life.
Meg:
We’re so glad that you did. It’s been great to have you here as a human being who’s engaging with the other pros who are here.
What is your impression now that we’ve been open for a year? There are a whole lot more synergies now with other professionals who are offering different services. It’s a shared space, but you’re in business for yourself, but not by yourself. So how has that been for you?
Natasha:
It’s been amazing. Truly amazing. Just because of the diversity. The diversity from the business to the individuals, to everybody’s careers.
It’s been such an amazing mix to where you really don’t see—because it’s a diverse field, the beauty industry itself—but to see it all in one hub and you’re really able to branch out and visually learn, see the works of others.
And then we all come together with our creative minds and we have to socialize about different aspects of the industry. It really sets a tone for us to build each other, networks, share ideas, share interests.
It really sets the tone for what the beauty industry is about. It encompasses so much on a wide scale. From the excitement of going to school, to learning, to getting into the career and making money—it encompasses all of that.
The excitement, the love you feel from fellow cosmetologists, whether there’s a tattoo artist, whether there’s an esthetician, it’s a really good feeling. Really good feeling. I’m so happy to be here.
Meg:
That’s a lot right there.
Natasha:
Thank you.
Meg:
We had so much fun last week. It’s been a year that we’ve been open, and we called it the grand opening.
The paradigm shift for me, coming from owning Great Clips in the past, those were all employees. I had five locations. When we first opened here, confession, it was like a ghost town in here.
Because I am a business person and I have my own schedules, more or less eight to five, eight to seven. But I would be here for a few hours and be looking around like, well, where is everybody?
And then we were looking at some of the security camera footage. People were coming at night. No wonder I didn’t see them.
And it dawned on me one day, duh, these are all independent beauty and wellness professionals and they’re following their clientele. Not ours that are prescribed, but you’re following your clientele and the hours that they want to work with you.
What are they saying to you about being here?
Natasha:
They are just pleasantly kind. Grateful. Grateful, for one, that they are in a space that is so beautifully curated.
They’re willing to work around my schedule sometimes, just to be able to get in here. They’re super excited about the space itself, but also about being able to come to a space where flexibility for them is not an issue.
They can allocate their time as needed because they know they’re going to get a service in a space that is on the self-care side. A space where they want to be here any given time they can.
I’m getting great feedback. Lots and lots of nothing but great feedback.
Meg:
Do you ask them for referrals? Are they referring any of their other friends to you? Are you building your business?
Natasha:
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
Meg:
Oh, good for you.
Natasha:
Absolutely. And not only just through clientele, because clientele is the traditional word of mouth, but I can just link on to my… like the gloss genius, but I use StyleSeat.
And I’m getting, because of the area, the demographics, it’s drawn so many people, so many new people because of the location.
Meg:
Oh, good.
Natasha:
Yeah. So, I mean, clients, yes. Location.
Sometimes I can go outside, step outside, and people are wondering, what is this space? And I’ve told a couple people. And I did draw one customer from that. So that was super, super nice.
Meg:
Nice. You were here last week for the grand opening, right?
Natasha:
Yes.
Meg:
Did you have people stopping in? There were a bunch of students who were here from Paul Mitchell and others. Did you have people poking their head in?
Natasha:
I did. So I have a cousin who works over at Paul Mitchell. She’s a teacher over there. And so she stopped in and finally got into the space to see it. So she was one.
And then I had a couple of friends that were visiting the esthetician and the nail tech. So they were making three stops at one.
Meg:
The one-stop shop.
Natasha:
The one-stop shop.
Meg:
Tamara was the one. She and I were doing an event on The Morning Blend.
Natasha:
Okay.
Meg:
And so we were on TV and she said, the unique part of this is we’re not all cosmetologists, not all barbers. It’s not all one thing.
You can come and as you look around and see what other services are being offered. You can spend all day Saturday here. Right?
If you stack your appointments right, you get from tip to toe everything done.
Natasha:
Yes, you could. Yes, you could.
Meg:
It’s really fun to see the diversity, just like you’re talking about, not only of the services, but the ethnicities.
I think it really gelled last week for me with all of the activity and the energy and so much positivity really radiating from all of the pros who are here.
Natasha:
I agree. I agree. It was awesome.
Meg:
It was really energizing. I think a couple of people said, can we do this every year?
Natasha:
Why not? Why not?
It’s almost just like a refresher, you know, to what this space is and for our careers as well. A refresher is always needed.
It’s taking time out to just kind of say, hey, you know, we’re still in it.
Bigger and brighter scale now. We’re years into it. We’re still standing. I think it’ll be volume.
Yeah. Is there anything about your future ambitions that I or we can help to, that we can assist you in achieving, whether it’s changing your priorities,
changing your pricing. We’re obviously here to make money and be business people, but you’re so curious. So are there other revenue streams that you’re going to diversify into? Are there other areas of business that we can bring speakers in to help to support you?
Natasha
I believe there’s always room for improvement and ways to make income in any of our lines of business in this building. So we’re always looking to follow what’s on trend. We’re always looking to keep up with the latest servicing in our industries.
So there are many, I’m sure, many in the state of Wisconsin that…
and be reached out to and maybe brought in just to have like a networking experience to help build and expand our services to be, you know, put out there a little bit more, you know, just like, you know, the podcast.
And things of that nature, you know, I think those are great platforms. These are instances, great platforms to really just kind of spread a word or two, you know, reach one, teach one, you know?
Yeah. And the formulation of the question is,
is really coming from the fact that you’ve been at a beta, you’ve got relationships there. If it comes to mind you that there’s either a class or an instructor who would be good to invite in here, then that’s what we want to continue this trend, maybe not monthly, but quarterly to offer events
So that all of you as pros, you’re not all cosmetologists, you’re not all estheticians, but there are business building skills that we want to instill so that you can continue to build your book of business.
There are only a couple of people who are here who have said, no, I really…
I’m exactly where I want to be. I don’t need to expand my business any further. They’ve got a full book and they’re fine with that.
But most everybody else is looking for those opportunities. So I just plant the same idea. If there’s anything that comes to mind,
You can tell Bobby, Tamara, or me. Okay. And we’ll throw those ideas into the next love event. Okay.
Natasha
Okay. Absolutely. Absolutely. Because there’s definitely always room for expansion, I believe. And so I’m on board with any and all.
You guys are doing such an awesome job with, you know, um,
Making sure that we have the tools and things that we need. That’s just a great question overall.
Yeah. Always, always business building, how to keep our business afloat. You know, we’re living in days and times where things are pretty real, you know, and you’re juggling it the best of your business, even on a full schedule.
Things can change like that. Yeah.
So I think it’s always room for, you know, those resources to be brought in on any level, any scale, anything that it just kind of helped build us.
Good. And keep us, you know.
Well, I’m going to tap on your shoulder then to ask you if you have any brilliant ideas and we’ll incorporate that into future events.
Natasha
This mind is always going. So I will definitely, definitely be having my notebook ready,
to jot them down every time I think about it.
All right. Well, thank you for sharing your story, your evolution with my podcast listeners. They’re all inspired to figure out if owning their own business is the way to go.
And it’s not always a cakewalk. Not every day is a great day.
But
I wouldn’t go any other direction besides being self-employed.
Natasha
Absolutely. Same here.
Good. I once heard a wise one say, the journey is everything. And it’s something that I live by.
Yeah. So in entrepreneurship, the journey is everything.
But somehow we want to stay on that journey. And we’re here for the ups and downs.
Absolutely.
In business for yourself, but not by yourself.
Natasha
But not by myself.
I love it. Okay. Thank you, lady.
Natasha
You’re welcome. Thank you.
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