How To Start a Business for The Second Phase - Get Curious

<h2>Unique Skill Sets Lead to Success in The Second Phase.  It’s about discovering needs and being willing to divorce our sense of identity from what we do for a living.</h2> <p> </p> <p>Finding her second phase meant using her skill sets, having a positive impact, and helping others tell their stories. Telling untold stories was part of Charlie Grosso's goal but she wanted to do it in a way that would empower. Likewise, she wanted to tell stories with integrity. She didn't want the stories to become watered down.</p> <p>Charlie grew up with the internet. She believes in the initial promise it had. This was a reason for starting the non-profit, Hello Future. She and her team at Hello Future teach refugee youths how to use the internet. Using the internet empowers them.</p> <p>To find a second phase align your values, visions, and passions. It is powerful to find your calling.</p> <h3>Living Simply to Start a Business and Achieve Goals</h3> <p>As a career freelancer, Charlie has never relied on a paycheck from someone else. She's always planned for unknown outcomes. To support her livelihood, she has her photography business, but she also lives a simple, non-extravagant lifestyle.</p> <p>Similarly, she was used to taking risks as a freelancer. Starting the non-profit may have been a risk, but she believed in it. Her goal is to prove that Hello Future will be a success and have an impact on refugee youth.</p> <h3>The Syrian Refugee Crisis Led Charlie to Start a Business, which is a Non-Profit</h3> <p>Charlie chose to immerse herself in the crisis in Istanbul.  While there, she researched the relationship people in the communities had with the internet.  Likewise, she started to ask the question, what do they do with their mobile phones.  The answer, Facebook, Instagram, and What’s App.  They used the platforms for news and keeping in touch with family. The apps were their only view of the internet.</p> <p>Surprisingly, the refugees had never performed a Google search. It hadn’t ever occurred to them.   Charlie came