076 | Co-founding and building a product, growing and selling a business as a parent with Julie Cole | PT 3

PT 3: Julie Cole is a recovered lawyer, co-founder and Senior Director of Public Relations at Mabel’s Labels and a parent of six kids. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and engaged community member.

In our third and final episode, we talk about why you may want to start thinking of selling your business as you build it and what it’s really been like launching a new product from a basement with co-founders, working alongside their families.

THINGS WE TALK ABOUT:

• Planning for an exit when you start to build a business, why you need to think about the future and how the M&A process can impact your current business operations
• Managing expectations with your loved ones and not romanticizing entrepreneurship
• Her latest book, Like A Mother, and how it focuses on mixing babies and business
• The kind of world she hopes her children will grow up

Thanks to Julie for taking time out of her day to speak with me about all things parenthood, creating a new product and going through a business acquisition.

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

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ABOUT JULIE COLE
Julie Cole is a recovered lawyer, co-founder and Senior Director of Public Relations at Mabel’s Labels and a parent of six kids. The business began with four mom's in 2003 and evolved into a market-leading company sold to CCL Industries in 2016 for $12M CAD. She's an award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker and engaged community member, writing for a variety of media.

CONNECT WITH JULIE
Website mabelslabels.com/juliecole
LinkedIn @JulieColeLLB and @mabelslabels
Twitter @juliecole
Facebook @juliecole and @mabelhood
Instagram @juliecoleinc
Read her latest book Like A Mother

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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!

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