064 | Running businesses with remote teams, writing, work and travel as a parent with Kate Toon | PT 1

PT 1: Kate Toon is an award-winning misfit entrepreneur, down to earth human and parent of one kid. Through her Stay Tooned group of companies, she's on a mission to demystify digital marketing and has helped over 10,000 businesses to date.

This is the first of three mini episodes of our conversation. In this interview, we talk about the transition from raising a baby while doing freelance copywriting to creating a one to many business model that works during school hours.

THINGS WE TALK ABOUT:

• The unglamorous reality of caring for a baby while trying to build your business
• Moving from a service provider to a one to many business model
• How she’s built her group of companies with a team of remote contractors during school hours
• The importance of managing your time and cashflow to get back to the basics of building a sustainable business
• Defining what kind of parent you want to be and what kind of business you want to have, in order to examine areas of potential conflict
• The difference between passion and persistence and why a boring business can be a very successful one 

Thanks to Kate for taking time out of her day to speak with me about the baby phase of parenting, working with a team of remote contractors, and the importance of persistence over passion in business.

Season 5 has been sponsored by the Startup Women Fund, presented by Startup Canada, Scotiabank and UPS.

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ABOUT KATE TOON
Kate Toon is an award-winning misfit entrepreneur, down to earth human and parent of one kid. Through her Stay Tooned group of companies: Digital Masterchefs, The Recipe For SEO Success and The Clever Copywriting School, she's on a mission to demystify digital marketing and has helped over 10,000 businesses to date. She is a renowned speaker, podcaster and author, and was named Businesswoman of the Year and Training & Education Provider of the Year at Australia's My Business Awards.

CONNECT WITH KATE
Website katetoon.com
LinkedIn @katetoon and @company/kate-toon
Twitter @KateToon
Facebook @kateToon
Instagram @katetoon
YouTube @katetoon
Read her latest book Six Figures In School Hours

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ABOUT MIXING BABIES AND BUSINESS™
Where parenthood meets professional development:
As a social impact movement and community, I'm focused on producing parent-friendly professional development, digital resources and more inclusive and flexible work solutions for primary caregivers.

This podcast features solo episodes from me covering my journey bringing my kids into business settings and guest interviews where we chat about all things parenthood, entrepreneurship, flexible and remote work with kids.

Thanks for joining me and sharing with your network of parents!

- Amy Lynch (+ Family)
Founder | Event + Podcast Host

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