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April 16, 2025 28 mins

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with Jennifer Tsay, co-founder and CEO of Shoott.com, a fast-growing photography platform that’s transforming the way people book professional photo sessions. Jennifer shares her incredible journey from working in the corporate space to acting and into entrepreneurship, and how she leveraged her transferable skills, resilience, and a strong sense of purpose to scale a business from the ground up.

We explore how women in business can overcome internal doubts, how to test and validate startup ideas, and the mindset shifts required to make bold career transitions. From embracing failure to making data-driven decisions, this conversation is packed with real, actionable advice for current and aspiring founders.

Whether you're curious about disrupting traditional industries, scaling a creative business, or taking that first step toward entrepreneurship, this episode offers valuable insight and inspiration.

In this episode we discuss how successfully disrupt or democratize an industry, how to take your skillset from the corporate space and parlay it into entrepreneurship, why all moms are capable of being entrepreneurs as well as what it take to leave a corporate career and build a startup that disrupts an entire industry this and more….

 

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IG: @jenjentsay

My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-tsay/

 

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