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 – From Small Business to Big Success: Embracing Fearless Growth with Chantel Gilbert

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Hosted by HerBusiness

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31 August 2023

Welcome to this episode of our podcast where we delve into the inspiring journey of Chantel Gilbert, a successful entrepreneur who, along with her husband Josh, started their business right after their honeymoon, from Chantel’s childhood bedroom.

Today, they’re on a mission to reach $10 million in revenue.

In this episode, Chantel shares her insights on steering her own ship, seizing opportunities, and the joy of constantly improving.

“I was waiting for someone to give me permission to do more and I shouldn’t have been.”

Listen to This Episode to Discover:

  • How Chantel Gilbert navigates her business journey with a strategic and visionary mindset
  • The importance of taking opportunities when they come and making your own rules.
  • The joy of problem-solving and constantly moving forward to make things better.
  • Insights into Chantel’s “zone of genius”.
  • The decision to join a Mastermind group during a significant life change and the value of asking for help to get where you wan to go, faster.
  • How small changes or insights can have a snowball effect on your business.

From embracing a strategic and visionary mindset to seizing opportunities and asking for help when needed, Chantel’s insights offer valuable lessons for any entrepreneur.

Whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale your business, this episode provides practical tips and inspiration to help you on your journey.

Tune in to discover how you can steer your own ship and create a business that brings you joy.

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About the host

Suzi Dafnis

Hi there. I’m Suzi Dafnis, CEO at HerBusiness. My BIG passion is helping women business owners to grow and scale their business, so that they can create their ideal lifestyle and make a difference in the world. Every day I am inspired by the more than 30,000 amazing women (and men!) in our community and I love finding the best education, mentors, and resources from around the globe, to help them get the skills, knowledge, and support they need to succeed. It’s been my privilege to lead HerBusiness (formerly The Australian Businesswomen’s Network) for the past 23 years (two+ decades – WOW!) because, whilst I’ve enjoyed success in business, I’ve also experienced the highs and the lows – sometimes you can feel on top of the world and in control and other times you can feel isolated, exhausted and stuck. What has made the biggest difference for me has always been having great people around me and having a lifelong commitment to learning. That’s why I am so passionate about the work we do here at HerBusiness – providing a Connection Network for women in business to get the mentors, contacts, referrals, knowledge, and skills they need to grow their confidence, make more money, build their businesses, expand their network and create the lives they love. My entrepreneurial journey started in the spare room of my Sydney apartment in 1994 when my business partner and I started a boutique events company that represented speakers and authors from the USA, here in Australia. Over the years I’ve grown multiple multi-million dollar businesses in the events, publishing and education niches – with teams in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. Not everything has worked and there has been a degree of trial and error, and a lot of bumps in the road. But I have always had a strong commitment to always surrounding myself with great mentors and like-minded peers – a Connection Network that I can depend on and who can depend on me to be there for them too. I truly do what I love, every day.  

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Chantel Gilbert

Chantel Gilbert

I have always had a strong passion for customer service, analysing nearly every transaction I have with any business and how the interaction made me feel as a customer. I would get so frustrated by the silly mistakes businesses were making. That’s when I realised that I had to do my own thing and create a business that truly understood service and represented what customer service should be like. So, coupled with my business degree and an electrician for a husband what better industry to bring customer service to than the trades! So Bluegum Electrical Solutions was born. Since starting the business in August 2014 it has been a steep learning curve and a roller-coaster of a ride, but I couldn’t imagine doing anything else now. I’m really keen to connect with other business chicks and learn from hearing some of their experiences in business.

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