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Episode 31: Expecting the Unexpected

Podcast |: This Week in Weddings
Publisher |: Kimberly Rhodes & Annie Roche
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Business,; Careers,; Entrepreneurship,; Interview,; Wedding
Categories Via RSS |: Business,; Careers
Publication Date |: Jul 26, 2017
Episode Duration |: 00:53:39

This week's episode of the This Week in Weddings podcast is all about expecting the unexpected. When it comes to running a small business in the wedding industry, we rarely think about the "what if" -- what happens if we get sick, if there's a death in the family, if our spouse is ill and we become caretakers? While these are all things we never think will happen to us, it never hurts to be prepared. In this episode of the podcast, we're diving into one wedding entrepreneur's journey when her husband experienced a health crisis resulting in multiple brain surgeries. Our guest, Kelly Simants, not only shares her story with This Week In Weddings listeners, but gives advice on how to be prepared for when the unexpected arises.

About our guest:

Kelly Simants, serial Entrepreneur, has been in the wedding industry since 2001. She has created a full life-cycle of brands – from proposal planning for guys (Planning for Dudes), to wedding planning (Sweet Pea Events in Dallas, Seattle and NYC), to birthday parties for kids (Parties on the Porch)…She also was co-owner of Sage Wedding Pros for 7 years along with Michelle Loretta, and consulted wedding professionals on all things business – specifically, creating business plans and consulting with entrepreneurs on the HR side of their small business. She loves to share her expertise, not only the event industry, but also from the business world as prior to her event life she was a Director of Human Resources for Starbucks Coffee Company.

In 2016, she passed the Dallas office of Sweet Pea Events on to Meaghan Cody as she returned to the Human Resources field and is now the Vice President of Human Resources for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Outside of dreaming up new businesses and non-profit work, Kelly loves to spend time with her family – husband Chris, two boys Carson (8 years old) and Cole (3 years old).

In this episode, listeners will hear about:

Kelly's two-year journey with her husband's health issues
How Kelly managed her businesses during this personal struggle
The best thing Kelly did in building her businesses that helped make stepping away from her businesses easier
What Kelly wishes she would have done differently to prepare for the unexpected
Insurance every type of entrepreneur should have

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