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Start a Business While Working Full-Time With Amy Balliett (051)

by STEPHEN WARLEY

KillerinfographicsAre you struggling to figure out how to start a business while working full-time?

Well, you’re in luck! Amy Balliett is going to share the step-by-step process she used to transition from her job to working for herself including:

  • Building her financial runway.
  • Triggers for knowing when to quit her job.
  • Pivoting her business to pursue a more lucrative opportunity than her original idea.
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Amy is the co-founder of Killer Visual Strategies (definitely check out their website–it’s beautiful!), a visual communications firm based in Seattle. They have an impressive client list of Fortune 500 companies like Boeing, Adidas, Comcast-NBC, and Starbucks.

They do more than just infographics, but the firm was born out of an infographic made for her previous business, ZippyCart, which she says is a great example of how not to do an infographic! We’ll also discuss why 99% of infographics aren’t true infographics at all!

Life Skills That Matter In This Episode

  • Planning and budgeting.
  • Embracing discomfort.
  • Self-awareness.
  • Start a business while working full time.

How Amy Works and Thinks

  • Core work habits: Public speaking, coaching, and a willingness to take criticism.
  • Work purpose: Using visual communication as an agent for social change.
  • Book recommendations: 
    • Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Growing Firm by Verne Harnish
    • Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
    • Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow
    • The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry by John Warrillow
  • 90-day goal: Closing out the year and hitting their “stretch goal” (a higher revenue goal they set for the year); working on her book; preparing for SXSW.

Inspirational Quotes

“When you quit your job and go all in, you quit after a couple of weeks.”

“I prepare for almost every single outcome, but I also stress like crazy.”

“You need to reserve an hour for yourself every day.”

Coaching Advice

Here is Amy’s advice for using more effective visual communication in your work:

1) Your infographic should still work even with all the text hidden.

2) Avoid using stock graphics and imagery. Instead, opt for graphics custom-designed for your specific information.

Resources + Bonus Materials

Visual Campaigns for Beginners

First infographic Amy produced at ZippyCart

#Numbers2Unite

Connect With Amy

Website

LinkedIn

Twitter

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