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  Location: Denver, CO Business: Rodan + Fields How we met: Through a Meetup Group, Yoga and Networking Shannon is a passionate helper of others who offers personalized nutrition and anti-aging skin care, as well as career coaching. Shannon describes her business as a three-pronged approach: she offers personalized nutrition and anti-aging skin care to keep her clients healthy and vibrant from the inside out, and offers career coaching to help others realize more financial and personal freedom through wellness micro-franchise businesses. What really stands out to me about Shannon is that no matter what she talked about, it always came back to her deep caring for other people.  When she …

Location: Denver, CO Business: eXL Learning How we met: I worked for her as a tutor for 3 years Greatest business struggle right now: Building systems that make her business work more effectively On networking: Brenda hates networking.  She really, really hates networking. So she hasn’t done much of it.  She is part of the board of an organization in Lowry that connects businesses to each other, so she is meeting people that way. And she says that people are very friendly at the events she has gone to.  But she has still experienced uncomfortable moments, such as when her elevator pitch inadvertently offended someone else in the room. …

  Location: Denver, Colorado His business: Jeff is a business lawyer living in Denver, Colorado.  In his long entrepreneurial career, Jeff has opened two private practices and ran a newspaper business with over 100 employees. How I met him: He also volunteers at the Denver SBDC, which is where I met him.  Although Danielle and I went in for legal advice, Jeff had a lot of other great nuggets of wisdom for us. His insights on a common problem among many of the businesses he has worked with over the years: You have to know when to walk away. He has seen many businesses who struggled on for years after …

Location: Denver, CO Her business: Katie Mason Counseling She is a therapist who does dreamwork, guided imagery, and is creating a program for people with autoimmune disorders. How we met: Katie and I met at a yoga and networking event put on by the Meetup group I run with my business partner, Danielle.  We both wanted to talk further, so we set up a coffee date. When I told her my idea for this project, she was happy to let me take notes on her business and her experiences. About Katie’s therapy practice: Katie is a therapist located in Denver, Colorado.  But she’s not just any therapist. She specializes …