At 23 years old Jewels Clark is living proof that you can grow a business from nothing, even if you're just started your professional career. Now, as the founder of two LLCs, Jewels is leading the charge in how companies interact with creatives.

Having experienced a "spiritual awakening", Jewels felt that she had to shift her mindset and change how she lived her life. Jewels reveals that she now takes the time to appreciate the small victories in her business and lives in gratitude.

In this episode, Jewels gets real about the process of leaving her comfortable job at an ad agency and transitioning to making a salary through entrepreneurship. Valerie and Jewels also discuss Baby Boomers vs Millennials/Gen Zs in the workplace, paying your staff, and how to successfully manage your business when the economy slows down due to a pandemic.

Creating How To Be Social grew out of a realization that creatives are good at creating, not at business planning. Jewels decided to birth a company that could expand the gig economy model by providing creatives a 'mothership' platform to be connected to companies.

Key takeaways from this interview:
-Know that what you're doing is enough, be happy with the journey yet having the ambition to go even further.
-You can literally do anything you dream of and no one can stop you.
-There's two types of entrepreneurs: 'the all or nothing' and the 'calculated risk-taker' and they have very different entrepreneurial journeys.
-There's a big gap in responsibilities and spending when you're a solo preneur and a business owner.
-When you become a business owner with a team you have to stay accountable and think bigger.
-Education needs to pivot from creating young professionals 'good at working for someone else' so that students can set their own path.

How to connect with Jewels:
https://www.howtobesocial.com/
https://www.instagram.com/howtobesocial_/
https://www.facebook.com/HowtobeSocial/
https://www.instagram.com/CreatorJewels/