"How I Built This" – Building a Budget - Athena Racing' s Drive to Success podcast episode 7

<p>Planning a budget is a big, audacious task! This is your time to think over every single thing you would LIKE to do and whittle it down to what you CAN do. A budget keeps you on track and accountable. Without it, you can’t show where you are going and what you want to accomplish. Every program costs money and time… this is your way of accounting for both.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Her Key Take-Aways:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Brainstorm all of your big ideas when creating your budget</li> <li>Ask questions and ask the right questions</li> <li>Plan for this year, next year and 10 years from now</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p>"How I Built This" - the Story of Entrepreneurship, Determination &amp; Athena Racing – is a special series on the Drive to Success Podcast. Q&amp;A with Athena Racing's Founder &amp; CEO, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/loxleybrowne/">Loxley Browne</a>, along with members of the Student Advisory Board, Volunteers &amp; Board Members.</p> <p>Two years ago, a spark ignited that has grown into an award-winning STEM education program. Using a racecar, we teach essential life skills and career development with interactive and creative methods to stimulate curiosity and expose STEM career opportunities.</p> <p><a href="https://athenaracing.org">Athena Racing</a> is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides free training for young girls in middle school and high school who are interested in discovering career paths in engineering, design, robotics, driving or business in the automotive, motorsport and transportation industries. This is a girls-only program that provides a safe space for young girls to be surrounded by like-minded female students. Additionally, they learn to apply design thinking (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test) to all aspects of life in an environment where they experience how to learn, to fail, and to persevere.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Your Support Fuels Athena Racing</p> <p>DRIVE change</p> <p>DRIVE education</p> <p>DRIVE success</p> <p><em><strong>Visit </strong></em><a href="