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#217 Reinventing from a Stable Career to Fill a Need Gap (Sharon Linder)
#217 Reinventing from a Stable Career to Fill a Need Gap (Sharon Linder)
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Sep 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
When Sharon Linder saw a need gap, she left a 32-year career at IBM to jump into the world of entrepreneurship and fill it. After her mother and sisters survived breast cancer, Linder became more diligent about her own exams. It was in the waiting room where she saw the need gap. “The skinny girls were freezing in their little gowns and the big girls were basically falling out of their bigger gowns,” she tells CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour. “I thought, ‘there has to be a better way.’” As a result, she created Get Janes, a collection of dignified and comfortable hospital gowns designed for women and men in inclusive sizes and styles. In this detailed conversation Linder shares the exact process she went through, from exploring the manufacturing necessities of hospital gowns to getting funding for her business. Listen in to get Linder’s best advice for taking action on your own entrepreneurial journey.
Time Stamps:
2:50 - How she saw the need gap during a breast exam
7:56 - Improving patient experience in hospitals
14:46 - The research she did to understand what needed to be changed
20:15 - Becoming an entrepreneur and developing her product
26:46 - Creating Get Janes and selling to hospitals before going public
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Time Stamps:
2:50 - How she saw the need gap during a breast exam
7:56 - Improving patient experience in hospitals
14:46 - The research she did to understand what needed to be changed
20:15 - Becoming an entrepreneur and developing her product
26:46 - Creating Get Janes and selling to hospitals before going public
Free gift! Grab our new ebook, 5 Days to More Time for You! We've packed it full of our favorite time management hacks to help you conquer your to-do list and create more time for the things that matter most.
Join us in NOLA: CoveyClub's Connection Convention
Connect with Lesley Jane Seymour & CoveyClub:
Website
Join CoveyClub
Released:
Sep 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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