Get Corky — Business Pivots
Try these Weekly Rituals to Pump the Breaks and Prevent Breakdowns
Entrepreneurship is like a road trip where your GPS didn’t update. You might have thought you were on the easiest route, but instead, you find that the road is actually riddled with potholes and hairpin turns. There are two options ahead of you: turn that car around and find a smoother route, or draw your own map so that others following behind will have a guide on where to go. I’ve never been one to bail, especially on a dream, so when the road to launching my line got bumpy; I pulled out my pen and started drawing.
Making a Pivot in Business a.k.a. Plot Twists
You know that episode in FRIENDS where Ross and Rachel try to maneuver a new couch up a flight of stairs while Ross continually yells “Pivot!”...yeah, that was basically my life back in 2013, except instead of a couch, I was attempting a pivot from a non-profit executive to wardrobe stylist (Now personal stylist but that's a different pivot story!) By 2016, this pivot thing was becoming pretty familiar, so adding handbag designer to my repertoire of skills wasn’t a surprise to those who knew me.