Grow your brand – and yourself – as a queer entrepreneur
Are you an LGBTQ entrepreneur looking to scale? Or a queer business leader looking to build your platform? Here’s our top tip for becoming an influential queer entrepreneur.
Be a queer entrepreneur and writer
Sharing your story in a book may be the best way to position yourself as an authority and seize the opportunities you need to grow as a queer entrepreneur. But how exactly does the publishing process work? Who can authentically help you in a unique market?
Listen to Jenn T. Grace from Publish Your Purpose
Meet queer serial entrepreneur Jenn T. Grace
Jenn T. Grace, known as the Professional Lesbian, is a business strategist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author specializing in the LGBTQ market. Jenn believes that social change first occurs in the workplace, and her consulting work focuses on helping corporate, small business, and nonprofit clients address LGBTQ issues. With the goal of helping people share their stories of destiny, Jenn’s latest venture is Publish Your Purpose, a company dedicated to finding and publishing purpose-driven authors who want to tell a story and build a brand.
Jenn joins us to explain what inspired her to start Publish Your Purpose and discusses the services and support the company offers, as well as the type of authors she serves. Jenn describes how being a published author can benefit a business owner and shares the story of her own queer entrepreneurial journey. Hear Jenn’s insight into leveraging the resources provided by the NGLCC and why it’s important to have a clear purpose as an aspiring queer entrepreneur!
Covered topics about life as a queer entrepreneur
What inspired Jenn to start Publish Your Purpose
- Requests for a book publishing logistics program
- Has evolved into a done-for-you service
The purpose behind Publish Your Purpose
- Make a greater impact on the world by helping others
- Support thought leaders in marginalized communities
Jenn’s insights on how to respond to adversity
- Either use it as motivation OR as an excuse
- Use leverage to get better + do better
Who Jenn serves through Publish Your Purpose
- Nonfiction and memoir authors
- Allow for less judgment and more empathy
How being a published author benefits queer entrepreneurs
- Opportunities for lectures + advice
- Help expand the thought leadership platform
The services and support offered by Publish Your Purpose
- The Author Academy goes through the process step by step
- Open to publishing completed manuscripts
How Jenn became a queer entrepreneur
- As part of the DNA, you will learn about different business models
- Leave the hostile work environment in the company
The value Jenn receives from being part of the NGLCC
- Incredible resources to start and grow a business
- “71% of business comes from the NGLCC network”
Jenn’s advice for aspiring queer entrepreneurs
- Clarity of purpose to weather the storms
- Greater good vs. selling for the sake of selling