Designing your own career as a creative with Reese Spykerman

Permission to Kick Ass

Two menaces to polite society sit down to record a podcast...

My friend Reese Spykerman and I get good and ranty on what it means to be a creative entrepreneur, how to know if you're too early or too late, and why taking a job doesn't make you a total failure in the business world. Her fascinating 20-year journey is full of pivots, burnouts, and imposter syndrome galore. But here's the kicker: every "failure" led her to exactly where she needed to be.

Can't-Miss Moments from This Episode:

• Intrepreneurship vs entrepreneurship: how "giving up the dream" and accepting a full-time role in someone else's business can still be a huge win-win...
  
• I'm calling BS on this: there's one way "it" (whatever "it" is) gets done, and you've got to follow it OR ELSE. Reese has a rant for you if you're feeling stuck playing by someone else's rules...
  
• Stop trying to impress the homecoming king and queen. Here's how to recognize when you're doing something that actually matters, vs doing something for the appearance and applause...
  
• Failure is part of the process! Hear the inspiring story behind one of Broadway's most iconic musicals (and how it wouldn't exist if its creator had taken, "This won't work," as a sign he wasn't good enough)...
  
• If you have to take cheap shots to get business, you're probably not very good. Your business should thrive with a little healthy competition, not stifle. Here's why "stand on your own strengths, not others' weaknesses" is the ultimate power positioning....

Reese's bio:
Hi! I’m Reese.

Former journalist and rockstar designer who combines those mad skills into a copy and design double threat known as e-commerce conversion expert. (Yeah I’m a queen of pivoting when opportunity knocks—maybe you can relate?)

Lover of Diet Pepsi (we all have our vices), parenthesis, and seasonal Spotify playlists, I’m driven to help women with product businesses sell without so much stress. My magic? Highly leveraged websites and email automations that free up their time for other things in life besides work (whether that’s combing for beach glass in Bali or bonding with their babies, human and fur alike).

Resources and links:

• Reese’s Website
• Reese on Insta
• Reese on LinkedIn
• Email Reese: [e-mail]
• Angie's book
• Angie's rant
• Tick Tick Boom (Netflix)

Support the Show.

Let's collab:

• Book a chat
• Work with Angie
• Get the PTKA book

Let's connect:

• Angie’s FB Page
• Angie on IG
• Angie on YT

If you dig the show and want to help bring more episodes to the world, consider buying a coffee for the production team!

Capitole

1. Entrepreneurial Pivots and Permission to Pivot (00:00:03)

2. Creating Your Own Rules in Business (00:13:58)

3. The Power of Creativity and Transformation (00:26:25)

4. Power of Observing for Successful Content (00:30:37)

5. Stand on Your Own Strengths (00:36:41)