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One of the most vital skills in entrepreneurship is the ability to push outside of your comfort zone and keep learning. Whether it’s a new technology changing your industry or a novel approach to marketing, it’s important to keep your eyes open, take in these changes, and allow them to inform your offerings and your business. It’s even better if you can absorb these ideas and teach your peers about them – positioning you as a thought leader in your industry, even while you’re still learning and growing alongside everybody else. 

Natalie Sisson has been practicing this approach by educating fellow entrepreneurs since she started her business ten years ago as a suitcase entrepreneur.

After 8 years in the corporate world, and two years as cofounder of a tech company, Natalie Sisson turned her blog The Suitcase Entrepreneur into an online education company where she created online courses, coached, and held international retreats to show people how to build a business they loved from anywhere. Now, she does strategic consulting with impact driven ventures, coaches purpose-driven entrepreneurs, and builds online learning solutions to help people thrive in the future of work.

Natalie and I talk about the importance of continual learning and why positioning yourself as a “leading learner” is often more dynamic and fulfilling than claiming to be a “guru” or “expert”. We also talk about how she transitioned her business as her life became more settled, how she navigated re-branding herself and her work, and why she didn’t want to scale everything up. And, we discuss the fascinating future of work and how technology is becoming more integrated with what we do – and how to prepare for the changes that are already on their way.