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Location: Portland, Oregon Her Business: heartspark How we met: The Pioneer Nation Facebook group Susan teaches the science of happiness and thriving. Her clients learn their success patterns and use them to make more of their lives, whether that’s making a life change, or thriving in their current jobs. Susan says that finding success patterns is like being told what your super powers are. It’s a little bit humbling, it’s a little bit hard. And she finds that it’s really beneficial to have a mix of people from different companies in her classes. The program is based on asking questions, and different companies and types of people ask different …

Location: Milwaulkee, Wisconsin Her Business: She helps people make money online so that they can live a free lifestyle. She does one on one and personal coaching, blogging, and webinars to teach people to use social media to either provide a service, offer a product, or do affiliate marketing. How we met: Tamira and I are in a Facebook group together. After I commented on a post, she reached out to me and asked about my business. Then she asked if she could help me in any way.  I was already impressed with her networking skills at that point, so I asked if she would be up for talking …

    Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Business: Business coaching, content strategy and copywriting services How we met: Through Wendy King, a business coach in Denver, and Lori’s aunt Even though Lori had a great network in Denver, when she moved to Florida, she had to start over. Having completed both undergraduate and graduate school in Denver meant Lori had a ready base of colleagues to build a professional network. It was this network that helped her find new positions and provide positive recommendations. This meant she could leverage her network whenever a  project ended or a change in positions was needed. This made it easy for her to rely …

  Location: Lancaster, Lancashire Her Business: Fluent Language How we met: Via the Pioneer Nation Facebook group One of Kerstin’s favorite phrases is “That’s so awesome!” – a phrase that pretty much sums up her networking skills. Kerstin is genuinely interested in people.  She wants to meet them, she wants to talk to them, and she wants to celebrate how truly awesome they are. She comes by it honestly – Her parents have a wine making business and her mom remembers every customer.  She knows what kind of dog they have and what kind of wine they like. Kerstin is very extroverted, and she loves meeting people. But she …

Location: Portland, OR Business: Words Cure How we met: The Pioneer Nation Facebook group Carrie describes herself as “an extreme extrovert.” According to the Strengths Finder test Carrie is a natural connector.  She is driven by other people’s stories and always wants to find out what makes them tick. She is always helping people and connecting with them. She has a knack for understanding the perspectives of others. Her Facebook feed is a “happy place” as well. Even though some people tend to post negative comments on Facebook, she never responds to those comments, and only focuses her energy on positive interactions. She loves reading her newsfeed to find out what is …

Location: San Jose, California His business: Therapy Pioneer Josh is gathering a vibrant community of therapists who are in private practice and want to deeply impact the world, do what they love, and have financial freedom. Therapy Pioneer provides a place for connection, collaboration, and helping therapists make their businesses thrive. Josh is doing his own 100 Therapists Project. If you are a therapist and want to join the conversation, schedule an appointment here. How we met: Josh posted on the Facebook wall for Pioneer Nation asking for feedback on his website.  I responded, asking him if we could chat on the phone, so that I could give him …