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Courtney Claren
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🫠 personal ramblings of an almost-40 overly passionate business owner
💪🏼 chats that challenge you, hype you up, show you something new
👀 come with me as i relaunch after a year+ sabbatical
🌎 advocate of travel, mental health, data & a lot of sh*t in between
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So I sent off the final round debrief worksheet & ran out for lunch...& I passed out. Ugh. I'm okay, I just hate when it happens (not often thankfully) & feel like crap after. Although I usually can pinpoint cause. Needless to say, didn't get back to do launch analysis Q&A/thread 😭 I'll do tomorrow!
March 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Gotta jump right into finishing this round of the close cart analysis and debrief - need to send the final round worksheet to the client asap this morning. I'll post today's accountability moment after that...so hold me accountable 😅

#smallbusiness #goals #buildinpublic #motivation #community #tech
March 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Just wrapped up workshop! We spent a lot of time today talking about doing paid AMAs as a business owner or coach (always diversify your revenue streams!) &payment processors to use. We also did a landing page review & talked about hiring.

How was your day?

#smallbusiness #buildinpublic #marketing
March 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Aggressive dump trucks that unnecessarily clang around their loud, empty bins create an irrationally disproportionate amount of irritation in me.
March 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Quick accountability check-in 🎉 Where's yours?

✅All the misc admin things out of the way
💃Then clients & students for the rest of the day! Today's group workshop is one of my fave groups of the week💙

Fill me in - What's on your list!

#buildinpublic #smallbusiness #photography #travel #motivation
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Goood morning! I'll do an accountability check-in ~9a EST...I'm about to run out right now to SoulCycle. Wednesdays are my fullest day w/ meetings & workshop so let's GOOOO!

PS. Looks like a stunning sunrise coming! Just enough clouds to create textured colors. Seeing peeks of bright pink already 😍
March 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Hey hey here's my accountability check-in for today 🎉 Where's yours?

Morning Plan:
✅ Finished feedback & support in the women entrepreneurs community group
👩‍💻 Admin things now so I'm not reactive w/ it later
🙌 Product dev work

#photography #buildinpublic #womeninbusiness #tech #travel #neworleans
Photo taken by Courtney Claren in New Orleans, Louisiana. The photo shows a row of colorful storefronts and buildings, with Cafe Beignet to the left. The first building (left to right) is tan in color, with an art-deco style sign above green-and-white striped awnings and arched windows. The second building is a robin's egg blue and a balcony on the second floor. The third building is a soft pink, with a balcony connected to the blue building. The fourth is a soft periwinkle. Along the red-bricked sidewalk, a palm tree stands to the right. A few people mill about on the sidewalk, and the street is fairly empty, with a parked car along the edge. Layered on top of the image is a block of text that says, "What's on your list for today," and, "PS. Is it time for a fresh coffee yet?"
March 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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A person that doesn't make mistakes is usually a person that doesn't try anything new.

Don't be that person.

📸 I took this one pm in Providenciales (TCI) just after sunset 😍

#smallbusiness #mindset #motivation #buildinpublic #amwriting #travel #health #photography #beach #sunset #turksandcaicos
Photo by Courtney Claren along Grace Bay in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos. The photo features a small catamaran anchored at the shore. Several passengers are milling about on the boat under the spotlights, sails down. The boat is nestled along the sandy beach with its ladder deployed, holding steady in the waves. In the background, the sun has just set and the colors from the sun are still reflected at the horizon. Low clouds are rolling in and they create a dramatic layer against the colors of the sky.
March 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Should I do a top 10 social media/marketing news highlights? Could include examples & swipes for you/business. Link what you do or fill me in!

📸 Photo - took this in my fave Bucharest bookstore!

#marketing #buildinpublic #free #womeninbusiness #smallbusiness #photography #travel #booksky #romania
Photo taken by Courtney Claren at Cărturești Carusel in Bucharest, Romania. This is one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world! The photo shows a wide angle of the second and first floors, as well as the staircase leading down to the ground floor. The bookstore is full of daylight through ceiling and front windows. Shoppers browse about. The white, railed balconies along each side are curved into a creative wave shape, adding to the visual interest. There is a bright red art installation in the middle. The floors are made of tan hardwood and the walls are lined with full bookshelves. There is a spiral staircase to the right front and back left. On the middle (entry) floor, there are several free-standing bookshelves, full of the newest arrivals.
March 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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My weekly targets:

🖥️For close-cart mtg: This wk's focus = get through data & put it in a digestible format. I'll focus on creative/intuitive analysis part next week. Magic happens when you bring the science & art together ✨

💙Relaunch product development...gotta get rolling on this!

#buildinpublic
March 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Okay & yes here's my first-Monday-of-March accountability check-in.

What’s on your list for today?

So far:
💪SoulCycle early, knocked out some admin
☕Extra coffee...not reluctantly 🫠
🎯Took time to get centered & get my head in the game for the week

#smallbusiness #buildinpublic #mindset #marketing
March 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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76%!!!

Research found that people who have a weekly accountability check-in = 76% more likely to achieve goals vs those who don't join in accountability.

This is your accountability moment for the week! What's your #1 thing for the day?

#smallbusiness #motivation #womeninbusiness #buildinpublic
March 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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🔺 This applies to life, too >>> Red flag clients (and projects) absolutely do exist. Don't ever be afraid to turn down someone (or something) that sets off alarm bells in your head.

...What are your red flags?

#smallbusiness #buildinpublic #womeninbusiness #marketing #mindset #motivation #tech
March 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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👀 January crawled so February could fly by.

(But seriously, January felt like 1,838 days and then where did Feb go…how is it all of a sudden March?!)

#smallbusiness #womeninbusiness #planning #marketing #washingtondc #spring
March 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Font matters😅

On the left: overly attached girlfriend, potentially crazed stalker

On the right: slasher/murderer

At least with the murderer, you know their intentions.

(...fwiw: it's actually typeface, not font)

#writing #design #womeninbusiness #humor #copywriting #buildinpublic
February 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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📍While I still have things offline as I work on company relaunch (& only posting on Bluesky), I'm scheduling 1-1's directly.

If you want my eyes/brain/ears on your business or funnel (or a kick-in-the-pants session), send me a DM!

#womeninbusiness #buildinpublic #smallbusiness #photography #travel
February 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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When you're focused on growing your business or expanding in life, you'll run into difficult decisions. A lot of times, we worry about making a bad choice. But most people don't *intentionally* make what they think are bad decisions in the moment.

📍Highlights from this week's workshop, #7

#mindset
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Usually, the more you avoid something, the more it will chase you.

😮‍💨 😮‍💨 😮‍💨 I'm just gonna let that one sit.

📍Workshop highlights #6

📸 Photo from top of Hooiberg in Aruba!

#motivation #mindset #buildinpublic #smallbusiness #womeninbusiness #writing #photography #travel #aruba #nature #hiking
Photo of Courtney Claren sitting on top of Hooiberg in Aruba. The photo shows Courtney at the forefront of the picture, sitting on a grey rock, in a bright yellow top, pink shorts, and pink shoes. Her hair is blowing in the wind. The sky shows a slightly cloudy day along the horizon. Below and around Hooiberg, you can see several small neighborhoods as well as smaller hills. Patches of green dot the otherwise desert-like ground atmosphere.
February 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Said often but not always remembered

The mountains don't go away, you just get better at climbing them.

Stop waiting for your mountain to disappear before you move forward.

📍Workshop highlights #5

#motivation #buildinpublic #smallbusiness #swiss #writing #photography #switzerland #travel #nature
Photo taken by Courtney Claren from the top of the Gornergrat in Zermatt, Switzerland. The phot shows the Matterhorn in the background surrounded by other snowy mountain peaks. Below the mountain peaks, a small train station sits along a narrow, concrete platform. The station is brick with a black-shingled roof, and next to the station is a cogwheel train.
February 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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If you can walk alongside scary feelings & even make friends with them, you'll go far.

New levels, new devils. There will always be discomfort & fear for as long as you keep trying to grow & expand.

📍Workshop highlights #4

#mindset #motivation #buildinpublic #photography #travel #india #nature
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Too many people wait for scary feelings to go away. The truth is, when taking on new things, bravery & courage don't come from absence of fear or doubt. Confidence doesn't usually come before getting through the fear.

📍Highlights from this week's workshop, #3

#mindset #motivation #womeninbusiness
February 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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📍Highlights from this week's workshop, #2

It can feel scary when you start to attract opportunities you didn't expect. It's not necessarily success that's scary; sometimes what's scary is the acceptance & confidence you need to move forward w/ those opportunities.
#business #mindset #buildinpublic
February 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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📍Highlights from this week's workshop, #1

Nicky had huge wins (building her coding business)! A couple:

Hit tipping point w/Reels - into 20k+ view range

Attracted partnership offer from LinkedIn activity

Selected for a filming opportunity

WOOHOO!💃

#womeninbusiness #smallbusiness #buildinpublic
February 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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📍About to post takeaways from this week's Wednesday group workshop!

We always cover a mix of technical/how-to, strategy/development, & personal development as an entrepreneur, but nothing is ever off the table 🙌

#smallbusiness #buildinpublic #womeninbusiness #mentorship #tech #marketing
February 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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🎵do-do-do, do-do-do-do
do-do-do, do-do-do-do
do-do-do, do-do-do-do
do-do-do 🎵

...this little squish is so precious!

#photography #travel #nature #nostalgia #music
February 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM