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b'I did not like group work as a student.\\n\\n\\n\\nI much preferred to take on a project myself. I wanted complete control over the vision for that project, its execution, and all of the details along the way.\\n\\n\\n\\nAnd when I say I \\u201cpreferred,\\u201d what I really mean is that I still prefer to do things on my own.\\n\\n\\n\\nHowever, building a business has taught me that I\\u2019m not going to build what I want to build without group work.\\n\\n\\n\\nAll this month, we\\u2019ve been exploring the possibilities for teaming up as we run our businesses. We explored hiring & managing with Podge Thomas, and I shared how I cope as an anxious, introverted, and autistic boss with Annie Schuessler. We explored how we can expand the visions of our businesses to ask how they can help us take better care of each other\\u2013and not just meet individual goals for success\\u2013with Kate Strathmann.\\n\\n\\n\\nAnd we explored how to guide ourselves through the process of asking for and receiving support from others with Shulamit Ber Levtov.\\n\\n\\n\\nThis week, we\\u2019re going to wrap things up by exploring 5 things that are only really possible when we team up.\\n\\n\\n\\nAs I mentioned, group work is not my thing. And, I\\u2019ve realized that the things I\\u2019m most passionate about pursuing and creating are things that can only be done as part of a group. I need a team to build community. I nurture community to transform small business ownership. I need a team to help people express themselves & their ideas with podcasts. Heck, I need a team to produce this podcast!\\n\\n\\n\\nA lot has been written about the promise of \\u201csolo entrepreneurship\\u201d over the years. And 8 years ago, I wrote about how I believed that solo entrepreneurship is a myth. Businesses aren\\u2019t built in a bubble, I wrote.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe only reason it feels like we can build a business on our own is because we have so many ways of working together. Only we take those ways of working together for granted.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe reason social media can work for marketing? It\\u2019s because we\\u2019re all collaborating on the content we put there\\u2013intentionally or not. The reason so many of us can sell to individual consumers or entrepreneurs with no middle man? We\\u2019ve all agreed that supporting each other is a key part of creating the world we want to live in.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe reason the technology we use to run our businesses gets better and better? We\\u2019re all a part of the feedback loop driving innovation.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe more we can draw out how we\\u2019re all a part of an implicit collaboration, a quiet team of supporters, the more we can ease into the power of making those collaborations explicit.\\n\\n\\n\\nEntrepreneurship isn\\u2019t actually group work.\\n\\n\\n\\nIt\\u2019s a huge opportunity to take better care of each other. An opportunity to make our little corner of the world a better place through the vehicle of business. And we just won\\u2019t do that alone.\\n\\n\\n\\nToday, I have 5 ways we can team up to do bigger and better things.\\n\\n\\n\\nSEO consultant Meg Casebolt shares a story about teaming up to create a truly unique experience.'