Lucia Liu
Rock The Boat
Published Date: 10/17/19
Resources and Show Notes:
Episode Notes (by minute):
-2:00: “First of all, I would have to say that I feel like I’m the queen of the pivot”
-3:00: An overview on why Lucia was interested in leaving American Express
-5:00: How Lucia created her chocolate business and the journey that it went on.
-6:30: How Lucia realized that you did not need to learn how to code to create websites
-9:00: How Lucia slowly decided to wind down her chocolate business to learn new skills.
-11:00: An overview of Lucia’s experience as a first employee at VA Loan Captain, and then eventually became Chief of Staff. Lucia eventually became Chief of Staff at SelfMade as well.
-16:00: How listening to the Startup podcast and seeing a gap in the market inspired Lucia and her co-host to create the Rock The Boat podcast
-19:00: Advice Lucia has for people looking to pivot.
-21:00: An overview on how to think about and potentially find startup advisory roles.
-24:00: “Sometimes I think you just need activation energy.”
-29:00: How every pivot brings Lucia one-step closer to something bigger
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)