Build Forward with Lisa D.
Hi, I’m Lisa DiVirgilio Arnold, but most people just call me Lisa D.I know what it feels like to juggle a business, a family, a dream, and a community that doesn’t always get it.
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The Messy Middle Of Shutting Down A Service (opens the original)
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This summer, I made a call that cost me a piece of my identity: I closed the co-working space, even knowing it meant hard conversations, community judgment, and a rough August on paper. In this episode I’m walking through why I did it, the four stages every business actually moves through (simplify, stabilize, strengthen, scale), and how I’ve learned to sit with discomfort instead of mistaking it for failure. If you’re in the messy middle of simplifying something in your own business right now,
How I’m Rebuilding My Business Without Starting Over (opens the original)
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The business that was supposed to give you freedom…is now the thing keeping you from it. When I started my business, I wanted more flexibility, more impact, and the freedom to build a life on my own terms. Instead, I built a business that depended on me for almost everything. In this episode, I’m sharing the story of how I got there and how I started finding my way back out of it. We’ll talk about the trap I fell into quietly: saying yes to every opportunity, adding more services, solving more p
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