Redefining Home Field Advantage with Kristen Fulmer

Update: 2020-06-24

Description

Welcome to Toptimizers. The show designed to help you optimize your business to the top. Join us today to talk with Kristen Fulmer about sustainability in architecture and building your network. We hope to see you at the top!

What to expect in today’s show:

Introduction
- Meet Kristen Fulmer
- Kristen was born to parents that loved sustainability and sports
- Sustainability and architecture in undergrad and graduate schools
- Sustainability and consulting for strategies in sustainability within architecture

Recipric
- Taking the leap into entrepreneurship due to the WeWork collapse
- How did you come up with the idea for Recipric?
- What does sustainability in sports really mean?
- Health is a huge trend this year in our unprecedented times which includes sustainability within businesses and buildings

Life as an Entrepreneur
- What mental change did you have to go through to become a business owner?
- How are you balancing your time, family life, and timing of opening your business?
- What advice would you give aspiring entrepreneurs that may have something holding them back?
- Do you feel that passion in your business is essential to keep you going?
- What advice would you give your past self?
- What advice would you give to your future self?

Successful Virtual Networking
- Reach out to those who are more successful than you
- There’s no such thing as a bad connection
- Linkedin is a powerful tool for connecting either for new jobs, new contracts, or general networking
- Utilize the current situation to your advantage of people being more willing to meet new people and socialize virtually
- Be human and make it conversational rather than overly salesy
- Focus on the other person rather than yourself