Emily Pearson of State of Bodhi - 039
Ballet to Business
How Emily founded a yoga-inspired sustainable clothing company for women and little ones.
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Coping in Quarantine - 038
Ballet to Business
In today’s episode I’ll be sharing what these 5 stages of loss have felt like in my own life and how you can effectively cope through them. And then afterward, I’ll be sharing how I’ve personally have been going through this season of quarantine.
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Discussing A Dancer's Plan B with Claudia Suarez host of Beyond the Corps - 037
Ballet to Business
Claudia and I discuss 'A Dancer's Plan B', is it possible to be prepared for the time of transition, why it's difficult, & tips on how to get started.
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Jordan Samuel Pacitti of Jordan Samuel Skin - 036
Ballet to Business
On today’s show Jordan Samuel Pacitti shares how when he went on his own quest to learn how to clear his complexion, his passion for skincare turned into his post ballet career, as he founded his skincare company Jordan Samuel Skin.
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BONUS - How to Journal & Gain Clarity Amidst Confusion- 035
Ballet to Business
It's a difficult time in our world. Through difficult seasons of my life I've turned to journaling!
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Elana Roberts - from farming to bookkeeping - 034
Ballet to Business
On today’s show we have Elana Roberts with us, a San Francisco native who worked her way up through the San Francisco Ballet School from level one all the way to reaching the rank of soloist with the company.
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Julianne Spratlin of Dance Training Center/SF - 033
Ballet to Business
After a full career of dancing principal roles with Atlanta Ballet and Joffrey Ballet, Julianne Spratlin moved to San Francisco to join SFB in 2007. And although she did move for ballet, she most certainly did not move with the expectation to stay and start her own ballet school! Hear how she did it on today's episode!
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Diana Albrecht of Apartment No. 3 - 032
Ballet to Business
Hear how ballet brought Diana to America & how she brings products from her home country, Paraguay, to the US today through her business, Apartment No. 3
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From Surgery to the Stage - 031
Ballet to Business
We are talking about injury, recovery, and performing all on today's episode!
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Behind the Scenes of Podcasting - 030
Ballet to Business
In this episode, we discuss the ins and outs of podcasting.
info_outlineGrowing up, Josephine watched her mom start multiple businesses including a successful dance retail store, so when she found herself opening her own store after college, she assumed she had it figured out by way of watching her mom.
However, what she didn’t realize, was that in 2011, brick and mortar stores were slowly beginning to become a ‘dying industry’. Dance Retail stores were closing left and right and here Josephine was, stuck in a 5 year lease, and feeling like a prisoner to her business.
Until she had a change of perspective.
Her mom said, “ You can either view your store as a jail cell or as your castle”. And from then on, Josephine began to expand her mind as to what her business could become beyond the blueprint of the stereotypical retail store model.
Not long after that, she realized, “Oh my gosh, I have customers driving 4 to 5 hours , just to come visit me and get fitted for a pair of pointe shoes!”
Which led her down the path of asking herself, “How can I better serve them? By bringing my store to them."
So in 2014, Josephine created The Pointe Shop, her mobile pointe store that has visited 100’s of schools and studios all across the United States, and is revered as being one of the top pointe shoe retailers in the country.