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Drop and Give Me 20

The military community is full of successful business owners, managers, and leaders across all industries, military and civilian. Time to show them off and learn from their experiences! Hear stories of active duty members, military spouses, and veterans as host Lindsey Germono shines a spotlight on their challenges, triumphs, and the insights learned through determination and best business practices. Join Lindsey and guests in insightful discussions of what it takes to be a leading military entrepreneur.
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062: Michaela Rosales and Melissa St. Clair 0
Nov 15, 2020

Welcome back to another episode of Drop and Give Me 20! Today’s episode features Michaela Rosales and Melissa St. Clair.

Michaela Rosales is a transitional life coach and the founder of Honest Talk International. She shares her experiences as military entrepreneur who is passionate about connecting, relating and encouraging women to grow in confidence.

Melissa St. Clair is a military spouse and the Chief Worker Bee at Paper Chaser, providing online office support for a variety of small businesses as a Virtual Assistant (VA). She strives to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses by taking over their tedious tasks and increasing their productivity.

Highlights:

  • [02:10] Introductions
  • [03:58] 2020 and Michaela and Melissa's businesses
  • [09:11] Biggest struggles for them and their clients
  • [12:20] Advice they would give to someone in the military who is thinking of starting a business
  • [17:00] Setting the foundation at the beginning of how you can find the moments of self-care
  • [23:04] The loneliness of entrepreneurship and ways to overcome it

Quote:

  • [09:34] "You have to remind yourself that you can't do it all, all the time," - Michaela

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Michaela Rosales

 

Melissa St. Clair

 

Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney

Germono Advertising Company on Youtube

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061: Sally Ann Zoll and Zoie Hoffman 0
Nov 1, 2020

Welcome back to another episode of Drop and Give Me 20! Today’s episode features two guests who have very lateral educational backgrounds!

Sally Ann Zoll is the CEO of United Through Reading. Sally serves as the chief guardian and spokesperson for the organization’s vision and mission, builds and sustains relationships with stakeholders and partners, and leads programs, finances, and internal team. Sally is an army spouse of more than 30 years and her son, an army reservist, has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Zoie Hoffman is a passionate educator, air force wife, and the owner of Hoffman Tutoring Group. She helps students in grades K-8 get the personalized online tutoring they need by connecting them with qualified educators. These educators are able to meet your child's specific learning needs by planning instruction and learning activities.

Highlights:

  • [02:00] Introductions
  • [04:55] How 2020 has been for Zoie and Sally
  • [06:42] The status of United Through Reading during this pandemic
  • [10:00] On Sally being worried and taking care of her team
  • [11:36] How Zoie is doing and how the pandemic has affected her organization
  • [12:15] Zoie on being a new mom of twins
  • [14:40] Advice the guests would give to someone who is thinking about starting a business or to someone leading an organization
  • [17:25] Importance of patience
  • [20:18] On disconnecting

Quote:

  • [17:25] "Patience is what I tell my team is like water in a rock. It drips, drips, drips and all of a sudden you see it made an impact." -Sally

Links:

Zoie Hoffman

 

Sally Ann Zoll

 

Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney

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