If you’ve ever watched the show Shark Tank, you know that all of the investors flip out when the entrepreneurs pitching to them don’t know their numbers. It took me a few years into entrepreneurship to understand the gravity of those moments because, as my favorite entrepreneurship professor would always say, cash is king. While I am by no means perfect at this, I do make it a habit to be consistently in the numbers of all my businesses and my own personal budget, so that I have an understanding of where my money is coming from and going. Because this is an area that absolutely terrifies most entrepreneurs, I’m going to give you my top tips to make this whole process a little bit simpler!

Business, EntrepreneurshipGriffin HillFebruary 2, 2023business owner, finances, accounting, know your numbers, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurComment

You are Somebody's Expert

I was coaching a friend today through some different business concerns, and I asked her why she doesn’t share more about some of her most popular products. Her response was, “Well, I feel like that information is out there; I feel like everyone already knows it.” However, when we dug a little bit deeper into this thought, we discovered a lie that runs rampant in most of our businesses.

Business, EntrepreneurshipGriffin HillJanuary 9, 2023business, entrepreneurship, woman owned business, leadership, entrepreneur, enneagram 1Comment

Success is Scaling Back

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve gone very quiet on this blog for the last 3 years. Some of that was the transition into motherhood, starting another business, and just being burned out on social media and cancel culture, if I’m being honest. I had run hard towards building my blog and my brand for the better part of 7 years, and I couldn’t handle the pace I had set for myself.

The "Freedom" of Being an Entrepreneur

Because I’ve been self-employed since I was 22, I often have conversations where friends and acquaintances express that they, too, desire the freedom of being an entrepreneur. On one hand, I will always, always root for people to take charge of their careers and be entrepreneurial. I don’t regret it for a minute, and I can’t imagine working any other way.

If You Don't Know How to Handle It

About 6 years ago now, my first Pure Barre studio was in the works. I had signed my franchise agreement, scheduled my move to COS, and was spending my days trying to graduate college and begin my future. If you’ve never read the story, feel free to scroll far back in the Business section of this blog and get the full scoop from 2014. If you told me back then that I would one day be closed because of a global pandemic, well, I wouldn’t have known how to handle that.

Nothing Changes in a Day

There are very few days that change your life. I’ve only lived 27+ years, and I’ve seen that reality play out time and time again. But regardless of what we know, sometimes we act like a singular very good or very bad day has the power to shift the scales. From my experience, it’s just not true.

Business, Daily Life, EntrepreneurshipGriffin HillDecember 17, 2019business, pacing, mindset, 2019 year end recap, finish strongComment

My Best and Worst Quality as a Boss

The other day, I was listening to a podcast interview with Jenna Kutcher and Ed Mylett, and she was talking about how she is unemotional in business. As a woman, that sounds like a strange quality to admit, but I have to agree that I relate to her. It’s not that things don’t hurt my feelings at work - bad reviews, disgruntled staff, and a lack of work ethic definitely grind my gears more than I’d like to admit, but I have a pretty level head when it comes to shaking off the unimportant moments to move forward. But, their conversation got me thinking about what my best and worst quality as a boss might be.

Loving My Work Less Than My Life

I’m in a weird season of entrepreneurship. Pregnancy will do that to you, I guess. In many ways, 2020 has been a year of record highs and big dreams realized. I opened my second studio, hit big goals in my first studio, made great hires that have allowed me to delegate and breathe, and grown the Pure Barre brand in Colorado Springs. It’s been a hard year, too. We’ve had a lot of new hires to make and a lot of transience, and I’ve battled the uncertainty and questions that always come alongside a new venture.

How to Successfully Work with Your Friends...Even When Everyone Tells You Not To

I come from a family of entrepreneurs, and I was warned at a young age not to do business with my friends. All the logic behind it makes sense. Friends and money don’t mix. Friends and the stress of work don’t mix. Who wants to boss around (or be bossed around by) their friends, after all? It opens up the door to heartache, difficult conversations, and the risk of splintered relationships that will never recover. But I also firmly believe that it can be done.

My Tell All Pure Barre Story

There are so many pieces of my Pure Barre story that no one knows, even though I feel like I’ve shared so many of them in this online space. Yes, my story is unusual, just as any good story is, but there have been so many moments that are undeniably God and irrevocably good, even when they seemed confusing as all get out while they were happening. Every year on March 7, I’m reminded of one of those moments. Well, three, to be exact. March 7 is the day that reminds me how seeds get planted and what they can turn into.

Stop Trying to Be Her

Becoming someone else isn’t your end goal. When I was younger, I used to look up to women that I admired in business, performing, life (you name it), and I would begin to feel the pressure to become a certain way. I recently heard Julie Solomon say on a podcast, “Tell me what you’re envious of, and I’ll tell you what you should be doing.” Powerful, right? When we want something, we often don’t take the time to pinpoint what we actually want, so we start throwing darts at anything that sounds remotely close to our goal.

5 Ways to Write Better Copy

If you love your brand but are struggling to give it an authentic voice, these are the tips for you! Whether you’re writing for your own blog or a larger company, some rules of copywriting hold true across the board.