The Founder Mindset Most Women Are Not Prepared For with Rethink Compliance CEO Kirsten Liston

About this episode

Kirsten Liston discusses the mindset required for women to transition from secure jobs to entrepreneurship.

Send us Fan Mail What does it actually take to leave a secure job and build a company from scratch? In this episode of the Badass Women in Business Podcast, Aggie and Cristy sit down with Kirsten Liston, Founder and CEO of Rethink Compliance, to talk about the reality of becoming an entrepreneur and the mindset required to build something new. Kirsten shares how she went from a career in journalism to spending more than two decades in the compliance industry. After 15 years working inside the...

People in this episode

Hosts: Aggie, Cristy

Guest: Kirsten Liston

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• founder mindset
• career transition
• compliance industry
• women in business

Keywords

• entrepreneurship
• founder mindset
• women in business
• career change
• compliance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rethink Compliance

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