Emily Mishler - Life Has An Amazing Plan

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, our guest is Emily Mishler. She is the Founder and Managing Director of the Cultivated Group. She specializes in business development, creative & brand strategy, strategic planning, and fundraising. Emily launched her first company at the age of 22 and has since raised and distributed over $20M of private investment for private clients, for-profit entities, and NGOs. Today, she will share with us her journey and how she overcame the obstacles and became the successful woman she is now.</span></p> <p><strong>Emily’s current activities</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[4:14]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the moment, I'm based in India and I love to travel which is a big part of my story. I also don't believe that I've quite mastered but I love a good pivot. So I lean into the art of creative living. I run three different companies at the moment and I just recently became an author.</span></p> <p><strong>Why should we listen to you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[6:38]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I think sometimes we can be our own biggest obstacle and I am living proof and living example of not only the road less traveled but also learning how to get the hell out of my own way. And being able to shine the light on that and to not only shine the light but really live that out through example on to the businesses that we're building and the impact that we have in this world through those companies and not only that but our everyday interactions. I think it's worth a listen.</span></p> <p><strong>What are the 3 companies you are part of?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[7:22]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s called The Cultivated Group. We run three different consulting firms, two of which are very similar for startups and for nonprofits, they're two different substances. What we do is all business development. So it's connecting, we work on only impact-based proje