How Jessica Abernathy Ran Multiple Businesses at Once & Then Became a Coach! - Ep. 20

About this episode

Jessica Abernathy shares her journey from running multiple pet care businesses to becoming a coach for others in the industry.

For everything you need to go from a solo pet sitter to a team leader, Enroll in my Pawsitive Hiring Course: pawsitivehiringcourse.com Jessica Abernathy has been in the pet care industry for over 20 years and is known as the "Original Chicago Cat Sitter!" She started her first pet sitting business while she still owned her beauty salon, and over the years she has started and scaled several other pet care businesses in the Chicago area! Now, Jessica is using her experience to help other pet pros build their businesses! Jessica is the Co-Founder and one of the lead coaches at The Pet Biz People, a new agency of specialists who provide operational, marketing, admin, HR, and systems support for pet care businesses! Learn more about Jessica and Pet Biz People: https://petbizpeople.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/people/Pet-Biz-People/ https://www.instagram.com/pet_biz_people/ Join us at our 4th annual Florida Pet Services Summit in Jacksonville, FL August 13-15th 2026: https://flpetassociation.org/ Follow the Pawsitive Hiring Academy: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583169482484 https://www.instagram.com/pawsitivehiringacademy/ Follow me 👇 Instagram…

People in this episode

Host: Doug Keeling

Guest: Jessica Abernathy

Topics covered

• pet care industry
• business coaching
• entrepreneurship
• team leadership
• pet sitting

Keywords

• pet sitting
• business coaching
• entrepreneurship
• pet care
• team leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Pet Biz People, Pawsitive Hiring Course, Pet Sitters International

Places: Chicago, Jacksonville, FL

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