Successful millennial entrepreneur Jess Catorc on building online courses, taking risks, and parenting creative children: TWMM 068

Jess Catorc has helped thousands of entrepreneurs and startups step into the online world to expand their reaches and revenues with their websites. She’s also the Head of Partnerships at Teachable.

She’s been featured in Forbes Under 30, Entrepreneur magazine, Inc. magazine, The Huffington Post, ABC television network, and spoken at Google Campus (UK). Catorc’s podcast, Making The Entrepreneur, was also listed as CIO Magazine’s top 26 podcasts for 2017.

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Sneak Peek Into What You’ll Learn…

2:55 – Are you curious to learn more about creating your own online course? Jess tells us more about how to create a course and about Teachable, an innovative online course hosting platform.

5:17 – Jess has seen a wide range of topics for courses from copper deficiency in goats to card magic. Do you have an idea for an online course? Jess will inspire you to consider building it.

7:19 – Entrepreneurs can make thousands or even a million dollars with an online course. Jess describes the range of earnings she’s seen and how you can get started building your own online course.

14:04 – Jess has been an entrepreneur for a long time. She takes us back to her tween and teenage years and helps us to understand the role of her parents in supporting her exploration of her talents and interests.

20:40 – Jess launched her website building training business when she was 23. She takes us back to the early days of that business and gives us a lot of great insight into being an entrepreneur.

23:28 – Jess tells us more about why she started her podcast, Making the Entrepreneur.

31:10 – Creativity is a central theme in Jess’s life. She shares more about her other creative passions, including being a professional dancer.

37:10 – Brass Tacks: The lightning round of concrete advice and tips

Quotable quotes:

“…I’m always a ‘how’ rather than ‘if’…how am I going to make something happen vs. if it’s going to happen…when you change your mindset to that, you have to find very creative ways to stand out and to get people’s attention…”