How Erin Gallagher Walked Away From Success And Built Something Bigger

About this episode

Erin Gallagher discusses her decision to leave a successful company to pursue a more meaningful business approach.

What happens when you achieve everything society told you would make you successful—the funding, the awards, the "Fast Company" recognition—only to realize you are disappearing inside your own life? In this episode of Big Hitters with Larry Weidel, Erin Gallagher, founder of Hype Women, reveals why the most courageous thing she ever did was walk away from the first company she co-founded. They explore the "scarcity mindset" that treats ambition as a threat, the power of women's intuition, and how to build a business ecosystem that prioritizes collective wealth over corporate "backdoor" deals.

People in this episode

Host: Larry Weidel

Guest: Erin Gallagher

Topics covered

• success
• entrepreneurship
• women's intuition
• business ecosystem
• scarcity mindset

Keywords

• success
• entrepreneurship
• Hype Women
• scarcity mindset
• women's intuition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hype Women, Fast Company

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