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episode 15: How to Build a Thriving Business with Julia Nesterets
Staying one step ahead is crucial to success. But how can you position your business for growth and success? Having a proactive mindset lets you stay ahead of the curve, seize opportunities, and overcome challenges.
Julia Nesterets is the CEO of JetOctopus.com that increases site indexability and SEO traffic for at least 50%.
In this episode, Julia shares one approach that has proven effective in her business success, that is, taking a proactive stance. By proactively seeking out opportunities, anticipating challenges, and making strategic decisions you set up your business to greater heights.
What you will learn from this episode:
- Find out how to create businesses out of identifying and capitalizing on market gaps by creating innovative solutions
- Learn how to recover from a mistake and still keep going
- Discover a visionary brand of leadership that transcends mistakes and recognizes the talents and contributions of others towards scaling a business.
"I just adore proactive people. This is what helped me to build a really brilliant career, I was always the person who was not only thinking about my personal responsibility." - Julia Nesterets
Topics Covered:
00:00 - Introduction
01:10 - What's behind her success in creating and selling businesses
11:26 - Client-focused initiatives as a competitive advantage
13:53 - How to decide between data-driven facts or intuition
17:01 - What her experience in a big company taught her how to run her business
20:08 - A balancing act between two opposite individuals in running a business
21:40 - Her brand of leadership
28:35 - Why she prefers to hire based on skills and experience over culture-fit
31:42 - How proactivity led to her brilliant career and how she exemplifies leadership in her job and family life
35:46 - How she juggles a work-life balance
40:39 - When is it time to hire?
41:45 - Addressing a mistake and still keep going despite it
49:00 - What she would tell her younger self looking back now
Connect with Julia Nesterets:
- Website: https://jetoctopus.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-nesterets
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