THE RECAP
In this episode, serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Chris J. Snook welcomes to the podcast consultant and entrepreneur, Nora Snelling. Chris and Nora talk about Nora’s latest venture, The Live Rich Project, which aims to curate exquisite travel & culinary experiences for its clients. They reflect on what it means to live rich and speak to the importance of forming meaningful relationships in business. Finally, Nora expounds on how she’s begun living her life and running her business without caring what others think.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- 01:04 – Introducing today’s guest, Nora Snelling
- 02:19 – The moment Nora realized she wanted to be an entrepreneur
- 03:55 – Nora’s roots and background
- 05:16 – The Live Rich Project
- 07:20 – The different services the Live Rich Project provides
- 09:13 – Nora speaks to her love of travel
- 11:46 – Valuing the experience over sharing the experience via social media
- 13:11 – The value of relationships
- 14:22 – Nora’s go-to-market strategy
- 16:10 – Lessons Nora has learned from mistakes and failures
- 18:09 – Chris and Nora share their thoughts on forming business partnerships
- 21:46 – What it means to ‘live rich’
- 24:53 – Why Nora fears failure
- 27:40 – How different entrepreneurs use failure to achieve success
- 29:38 – Nora talks about why she doesn’t spend money she doesn’t have
- 32:45 – What excites Nora the most about her business over the next twelve months
- 35:35 – Why business is still personal
- 37:46 – The importance of not caring what others think
- 40:35 – Nora shares with the audience what they can do to increase the dosage
- 41:41 – Chris thanks Nora for joining the show
TWEETABLE QUOTES
- “What I focus on is really getting into a culture, and enriching your soul, and your experience, and meeting people that live there, and really trying to make it a life-changing experience.” (07:56)
- “Partnerships, there are a lot of reasons for them. And most people rush into partnerships because, especially if it’s your first or second venture, it’s always more comfortable, I think, for humans to do stuff with someone else.” (19:54)
- “I think the mindset of being rich is more of investing in yourself, investing in your family, investing in your passions, and giving too, and really living in the moment.” (22:51)
- “I’m afraid of failure and I’m afraid of, ya know, not being perfect.” (24:53)
- “All roads lead to self-awareness, of what you can do, what you can’t do. All roads lead to new skill development, new lessons. And, if you do it long enough, all roads eventually lead to success.” (28:59)
- “When you’re depending on a sale and you need money cause you’ve spent it already, you get a little desperate. And then you start selling to people that you shouldn’t be selling to. And, it just never works out.” (31:54)
- “One thing my dad said to me that has always stuck with me is, ‘Nora, you don’t have to work with anyone you don’t want to work with.’ And so I’m pretty picky.” (33:39)
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