Rachel Pereyra has always been the breadwinner for her family. When pandemic hit and she started her agency it had to provide for the family from the first day. In this episode we look at her journey and how she makes decisions for herself and her company.
About the guest:
Rachel is the queer founder of Mastermind Business Services, an operations agency built to help other women and LGBTQ+ led businesses generate a greater impact on the world. She has over a decade of operations + leadership experience between corporate and the online world that she leverages to lead her team and help her clients achieve their goals. Outside of her work life, Rachel is also a wife, a mother of two humans, and a pizza addict who lives just outside of Austin, Texas.
Timestamps:
00:55- Introducing Rachel Pereyra
03:42- The reckoning that Rachel sees in the online business space post-pandemic
07:38- How Rachel structures her team
10:37- Rachel’s plan to get out of the work of the business and let her team run
14:50- “F*ck it Mondays”
16:27- How do you look at the finances in your company? How do you decide to spend money?
19:57- Matching up client payments with contractor invoices
22:50- Making money as the agency owner and the time/money trade off
27:40- How Rachel runs internal communications between her team, her contractors, and her clients.
34:31- Don’t take on the energy of your clients.
38:20- Picking team members
45:04- Team members that are smarter than you.
