Gillian Perkins – Patience Is Critical to Growing Your Business

<p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillian-perkins-12702070/"><strong>Gillian Perkins</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is the founder of Startup Society and the host of the</span> <a href= "https://gillianperkins.com/podcast/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Earn More, Work Less podcast</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She also hosts a popular entrepreneurship-focused YouTube channel that has received over 20 million views to date.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gillian teaches people how to start and build profitable online businesses that allow them to earn passive income and live a flexible lifestyle. She runs her company with a primarily remote team, enabling her to travel the world with her family and homeschool her four young children.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>“Focus on the most important things that have the biggest impact.”</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gillian Perkins</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <h2><strong>Worst investment ever</strong></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gillian’s worst investment happened a few years back when she started an online business. At the time, she was running a local business and wanted more flexibility and freedom. So she thought an online business was the way to go.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She started tinkering around, created a website for her business, and got heavy into that online marketing world.</span></p> <h3><strong>Getting help from the gurus</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a bid to grow her online business, Gillian watched a webinar about growing an email list. The coach promised that by growing an email list, one would have a machine that can produce cash at any point in time. You can just tell your email list about whatever you’re selling, and they will buy it with no questions asked.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gillian thought that this sounded pretty good and