Business strategy for solo and small business owners who want to grow intentionally — not just bigger, but better.
Hosted by Quinn Tempest, business and brand strategist and founder of Create Your Purpose®, this feed is a mix of solo insights, conversations, roundtables, and trainings built around one core idea: your why has to lead your what. When it does, everything else gets simpler.
Un-complicate Your Business: A Conversation with Laura Sinclair
This episode is a recording of Un-complicate Your Business, a free roundtable I co-hosted with Laura Sinclair, founder of This Mother Means Business.
We got into why business doesn't have to be as hard as we make it — and the very specific ways we make it harder anyway. Paralysis dressed up as "still figuring it out." Solving the wrong problem instead of the real one. Drifting away from the basics because they're not exciting enough to post about.
This is a real, live conversation — not a polished presentation. A few attendees joined in too, and one of them said the line that's stuck with me since: "the little things are the big things." That's really the whole point.
Timestamps:
0:02 — Intros and how this conversation started
4:05 — Laura's "die on this hill" belief: business isn't as hard as we make it
9:33 — The two business types: complicated models vs. simple models we overcomplicate
27:11 — The flavor of overcomplicating I call "solving the wrong problem"
33:09 — Paralysis dressed as strategy (the 5-month email story)
39:17 — Attendee reflections: what landed and why
49:52 — Final thoughts: leading with why instead of what
The closing thought I want to leave you with: the thing you're trying to fix is usually downstream of the real issue... which is why fixing it never quite sticks. Next time something feels harder than it should, ask yourself what it might actually be downstream of.
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Sometimes overcomplication isn't a sign something's broken. It's a sign you're ready to grow — and it's time to shift how you're running things. A good place to start is just seeing clearly how you're currently operating as an entrepreneur. Take my free Frazzled → Focused assessment to find out.
29 Apr 2026
The Cost of Saying "Yes" in Business [Purpose Circle Replay]
This episode is a recording of the very first Purpose Circle: a small, live conversation I'm hosting (planning quarterly) for entrepreneurs who want to circle deeper into the patterns shaping how we run our businesses.
We jumped right in with introductions and a "yes I regret" round, then explored why saying yes is often how we build a business in the early days... and how those same yeses can quietly start costing us more than they give back over time.
Most entrepreneurs don't notice the shift. Or they feel it — the heaviness, the resentment, the exhaustion — but don't connect it back to the yeses themselves.
This is a real conversation between likeminded entrepreneurs. Pauses, kids in the background, real-time thinking. That's the point!
Timestamps:
0:00 — Intros + a "yes I regret" round
14:30 — The Frazzled → Focused continuum
20:30 — The two flavors of the cost: more (Frazzled) vs weight (Stretched)
46:40 — What's one yes sitting on your plate right now?
The closing prompt I want to leave you with: notice one yes you're about to say this week. Pause for 30 seconds and ask: is this a yes I'd be choosing if I weren't on autopilot?
📝 Curious where you land on the Frazzled → Focused Continuum? Take my short 8-question business assessment to get your answer & one clear step forward: https://createyourpurpose.co/frazzled-focused-quiz/
28 Jan 2026
From Frazzled → Focused: A Strategic Reset for Solo Business Owners
If your business has been feeling like a spaghetti mess — reactive, stretched thin, or just plain unsustainable — this special training / working session is for you.
In it, I walk you through the Frazzled → Focused Continuum to help you pinpoint where you are right now, normalize the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, and show you how to move one notch forward through purposeful refinement.
You'll learn:
Why overwhelm and scattered energy aren't personal flaws — they're signals it's time to shift
The difference between working in your business and working on your business (and why it matters)
The three ingredients every entrepreneur needs to create sustainable clarity: structure, space, and support
This training isn't about giving you another to-do list. It's about helping you reset, realign, and move forward with intention — without the overwhelm.
✨ Early applications are now open for the Create Your Purpose® Collective — the private community I founded to help women solopreneurs put these ideas into practice with support, strategy, and sustainable rhythms. Spots are open through February 19th. Learn more + apply here: https://quinntempest.com/join-the-collective/
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