Scaling Smarter, Not Harder

About this episode

This episode discusses strategies for scaling a business with insights from Christy Lee, who successfully navigated growth in a challenging industry.

Growing your business can sometimes be harder than getting started. In this episode hosts Jannese Torres and Austin Hankwitz share their own experiences regarding professional growth and then chat with Christy Lee who founded a Chicago-based marketing agency called Seventh House Marketing . Christy was able to do what few others have done and actually scale a business in a historically unscalable industry. You'll get her insider tips on how she grew strategically - by making targeted moves and even scaling her business downward so that she could position herself to spring back up higher than before. This episode is filled with pointers, advice, and uplifting stories. Check it out! To learn more about how you can outdo it with Intuit QuickBooks, visit: quickbooks.com/mtb See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jannese Torres, Austin Hankwitz

Guest: Christy Lee

Topics covered

• business growth
• scaling strategies
• marketing agency
• entrepreneurship
• professional growth

Keywords

• business growth
• scaling
• marketing
• entrepreneurship
• strategic moves
• professional development
• Chicago

Sponsors

Intuit QuickBooks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seventh House Marketing

Places: Chicago

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