because at b-school I was really able to
launch my blog into a website and turn
it into a business so since that's
happened there's been a lot that's gone
on I'm a step Gaudreau I'm a nutritional
therapy consultant strength coach author
and podcasters before b-school I was
totally stuck with a dream to take my
hobby blog and make it into a full-time
gig but I had no idea how I was gonna
make that happen and I was absolutely
terrified that if I took that leap I
would make a complete fool out of myself
I would leave a job that was secure and
safe and I would face the ridicule of
everybody who would say I told you you
couldn't do that I had no background in
anything business all I knew was that I
really liked sharing recipes with people
and I wanted to find out how I could
make that into something bigger so
that's what I did I was teaching high
school science for 12 years this is my
first and only career so I'm not a
serial entrepreneur I'm not somebody
who's used to going with the flow I was
always taught by my family that you get
a nice secure safe job and you stay
there for as long as you possibly can I
made that jump from high school educator
to now what I do today and without
b-school I don't think it ever would
have happened
in the first year I grew my email
newsletter list to 35,000 people in the
first 12 months and I did that solely
implementing the things that I learned
from b-school I've also written three
books the most recent one is one that
I've secured a six-figure contract for
with a major publisher I host a two
times weekly podcast that's been running
for about four and a half years and
today it has two and a half million
downloads I have a collective community
of hundreds of thousands of women that
show up every week to read my website
listen to the podcast and sit down and
really collaborate and talk and engage
with each other and it's just such a
blast in the time since I've taken my
blog and turned it into a website to
date I've had 16 point 4 million unique
users on my website which is crazy just
stop and think about it and over thirty
seven point four million pageviews which
is mind-blowing to me but so cool that
I've had the opportunity to reach that
many people I decided to create an
online summit specifically dedicated to
women and women's strength and every
aspect and facet of what makes women so
strong and amazing through that event I
was able to add 30,000 new leads to my
universe and we were able to generate
almost $100,000 in revenue I decided to
really take what I had learned and
create a signature online course that
program has generated over a thousand
customers which is great and almost 200k
in revenue
to someone thinking about b-school I
would say I totally feel you and I know
what it's like to feel afraid and like
your toes are on the edge of the cliff
and you need somebody to come and push
you out of the nest and sometimes that
could be somebody that is close to you
and it can even be yourself the thing
you need to know is that when you leap
that net will appear and b-school gives
you the foundation that not only will
help you the first time you go through
it but every time you want to revisit
through the lifetime of your business
you are taking care of you are supported
there's a heart to be school that I
don't think you can capture on paper
it's the heart it's the living heart of
Marie it's the living heart of all the
people who have been through b-school
and are part of this collective
community that are here to lift you up
and here to support you and here to
believe in you
when you might not 100% believe in
yourself and that's pure magic so if
you're thinking about it
you're not alone in this you are here
with so many other people and we're all
here - seriously cheer you on and see
you succeed
you