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    How to launch your own small business

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Hello on warrants in -- -- and this is fox extra -- daydream about leaving the corporate world behind in the coming your own lots and -- we're talking to Tory Johnson CEO of women for hire.

And author of spark and -- launching grow your small business now.

Torre thinks he's so much for joining us.

-- -- the corporate ladder early and then pink -- while it.

Tell us about that experience and how it ultimately led you to becoming an entrepreneur.

So you say that very kindly but I was like brutally fired -- a job that I love the -- that I can have for ever.

And it just that pain of really a permanent scar from a pink slip.

Let me to say like I would never work for anyone else again I -- never worked for the man I wanna sign my own paycheck I wanna be my mailbox and ultimately that led me to start a company -- I it's ironic that I spent the last fifteen years helping other people get hired by the same corporations that I -- But in the last few years my career has focused and heavily and helping women start businesses and there's nothing more passionate about.

Act and that does definitely come a cries and women looking to follow your lead you say you first have to figure out why.

The -- Explain -- the first few steps in your books are not sure so why is really critical because why start this business verses just getting another job and why this business vs any other business for -- -- so -- that that -- -- that pink slip -- needed to elect.

I can't start again I can't go get another job I have to start this business has.

It's too painful to think about an alternative right so nothing would allow me to throw in the towel no matter how difficult things get and they get -- all the time.

I'm sticking with this no matter what and so you need to know what is your personal -- and what is that personal power that's gonna force you to make it happen.

No matter what against all -- what's that Barkin and hustled and make it -- that's right okay so wedding you're selling a product or service you don't have to have a storefront.

What are the best ways -- use the Internet right now social media all these things out -- agreement so when I started my business it was it in the corner in my bedroom with a dial up Internet yeah I can't -- -- well you know that's like.

-- okay and so I think that's public -- so unprofessional and yet I need it where I made it happen and -- now today to have.

Access to FaceBook Twitter -- other social networks anybody who has an Internet connection you can have a -- set up and running this afternoon to be able to build your business and then you have access to.

-- company in the world and seeing people on FaceBook you can market to the same people that they market -- so.

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-- warrants and -- thank you for watching.

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