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Today I welcome Karen Richard from Kelowna, Canada. She is the founder and CEO of Madelive. As a Registered Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) with a career spanning nearly two decades, she has worked with children with a variety of speech and language delays, disorders, and difficulties. Karen has always had the entrepreneurial bug and in the last couple of years started to explore her passions and turn them into a business. In this episode, we talk about Karen's transition from a long career in speech pathology to becoming an entrepreneur and following one's passion.Let's dive into this interesting episode!What you will hear/learn-0:15 Introducing Karen Richard1:09 Karen and her journey5:59 Why did Karen choose Speech-Language Pathologist?8:03 Career decision- What fits right for me?10:05 The rush of the newness of learning something new.11:42 How did Karen come up with the idea? How did she come up with the idea of publishing books on a platform? what was the triggering point?17:43 Managing things between Karen's business idea and her personal life.22:00 Finding mentors or advisors in the community.26:15 How was Karen's experience in the Accelerator program?34:08 Karen about her diagnosis with ADHD and how that has impacted her as not only an entrepreneur but also her personal life. 40:28 What would Karen recommend?45:25 Do you use project management tools, you use some sort of software that you love, and you give, you know, recommend someone else to use?Connect with Karen Richard:Website: made.liveEmail: [email protected]