In this episode, host Lorie Jones sits down with Paige Wiese, founder and CEO of Tree Ring Digital, to explore the power of resilience and the courage it takes to forge your own path.
Paige shares her unconventional journey from aspiring architect to entrepreneur, detailing how unexpected health challenges pushed her to reinvent her career and build a thriving digital agency. The conversation highlights lessons on trusting yourself, embracing risk, and the importance of setting up solid processes from the start. Paige also opens up about navigating professional advocacy with her young age and gender identity as a business owner, and discusses the wisdom she has gained from challenges and setbacks.
Whether you're just starting out or looking for motivation to continue your entrepreneurial journey, this episode offers powerful insights and advice for any woman daring to dream big and succeed fearlessly.
Show Highlights:
- Signals of entrepreneurialism in boredom, doodling, and job struggles. [05:05]
- Are agencies moving to hybrid or fully remote work models? [08:00]
- Making health a foundational priority, epilepsy, and wellbeing. [12:01]
- Adventurous living, with limitations as a catalyst and wake-up call. [15:58]
- Should you niche down or diversify your service offering? [17:33]
- The downstream benefits of slowing down and documentation. [21:57]
- Why before-40 self-advocacy and financial planning matters. [26:27]
- The power of embracing mistakes with ease and transparency. [28:37]
- Proving expertise over gender identity in business ownership. [32:51]
- Career rollercoaster and seasonality advice for young women. [37:30]
DM Paige Wiese on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/paigewiese/ if you have any questions.
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