My homepage says one thing. People still hire me for the rest. A conference reached out and asked me to run a LinkedIn corner at their 2026 event. I had to say no, because I was double-booked. A year later,…
I hadn't talked to her in years. I sent one message, and she said yes. Lately, I've been jumping on research calls to learn how folks who have their own business or are thinking about starting their own business are…
I get DMs from complete strangers who want to hire me. They've never liked a post, never left a comment, and I don't know who they are from Adam. This happens to me all the time. I walk into a…
Everyone's bracing to be replaced by a machine. But when something really matters, you still call a human. So does the person who needs you. Think about the last time you were genuinely stuck on something that mattered. Not a…
You've been solving a problem other people are still stuck in. That's not a coincidence. That's a business. My son Nolan is deep in graduation month. Parties, photos, and a steady stream of congratulatory messages about the coveted entrepreneurial scholarship…
Strategy is a good filter. It's also a good excuse. The message landed in my inbox two weeks before WEC. "Leanne, I've double-booked myself. Can you moderate a session for me?" My first instinct was the sensible one. Moderation is…
The DMs don't come from going viral. They come from showing up, consistently, for longer than feels comfortable. It was January 2020. I had just made a decision that felt a little ridiculous. I was going to talk about one…