Should Moms Enter the Business World? w/ Sterling Jaquith

Sterling Jaquith has been starting businesses since she was seventeen, from hand-coding websites for soccer teams to training rich people’s dogs to now coaching overwhelmed Catholic moms through Catholic Mom Calm.

Her argument in this episode cuts against most of what the internet sells about entrepreneurship: money never buys freedom on its own, time never creates money, and the only real reason to build a business is because God is asking you to.

Main Ideas:

* Time doesn’t create money. Overworking almost always traces back to a scarcity thought and a stress state, and the hours past the first three tend to make the work worse, not better.

* The only durable reason to start a business is a genuine call, so lay it at the foot of the cross with real detachment before building anything, and stay honest about whether the business is a calling or a hiding place.

* Get to the marketplace fast. “Logoland” and pixel-pushing on a website nobody has seen are how momentum dies; make one specific offer that solves a real, painful problem, and go collect nos.

* People stall in business when the destination isn’t clear or they don’t believe it’s for them; name exactly what you’re building and what it will cost, and the hard work becomes easy to choose.

* You only have to start ten. Nine of ten businesses fail, every skill set compounds into the next venture, and a closed business is usually a closed chapter rather than a failure.

Resources Mentioned:

* Catholic Mom Calm

* Calm Catholic Kids

* Sword&Spade Podcast Episode Referenced