Owner To Owner Podcast

Zhanna Gee founder of Slim By Nature and Delicious Dreams on what it takes to start and then sustain successful businesses.

Episode Summary

Zhanna Gee landed in Australia not speaking any English but that hasn't stopped her achieving significant entrepreneurial success. She talks about what's she's learned, the deep personal motivations for getting into her own business and what she'll do differently in her newest startup.

Episode Notes

@ZhannaGee is a multi-award winning entrepreneur, business advisor and #founder of one of Australia’s leading health and well-being companies @slimbynature. 

Zhanna was born in Latvia and pretty much had her future mapped out by the family. Things changed and she and family came to Australia back in 1996. At that time she didn't speak a word of English. 

In this episode we dig deep into her pathway to successful business owner, calling Australia home and starting a family. We talk about;

• her deeply personal reason for starting @slimbynature
• the rocky road from #startup to today
  • personal research
  • dragging suitcases to endless #roadshows in a pre Facebook or Instagram era
  • realising you can't know everything
  • tapping into mentors and trusted advisers
• the ongoing desire to improve women's lives as  her motivation
• the health and wellness industry
• working in a heavily regulated industry
• reflections on how she could have done a million different things that would have been easier
• her passion to help any woman who needs to have that help with weight
• what she's learned about women along the way
• shipping product across the world to a very strong community of women of nearly 8,000 women in a private Facebook community
• outsourcing and building a team
• starting a second business using what you have learnt with the first one - @deliciousdreams #visionboards.

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