The Do-Gooder Who Launched Fission Strategy And Grossed $1+ Mil Her First Year – with Roz Lemieux
I have a confession to make. I almost didn’t do this interview because I didn’t think there was real money to be made by a company as young as Fission Strategy which helps non-profits. But in the first 3 minutes of my pre-interview with Roz Lemieux, the company’s co-founder, I was so excited about the business that I refused to wait till I had a free slot on the interview calendar. (That’s why we didn’t do this interview live.)
Beyond the attention-getting headline about doing over $1 million in its first year, what I think you’ll admire about this company is: 1) how it expresses its founders’ beliefs, 2) how it allows its employees to work from anywhere, 3) how the founders achieved rapid growth because they first spent time building relationships, and 4) how much of what they did you can emulate to make your business the embodiment of your beliefs.
Roz Lemieux is a founder and partner at Fission Strategy, an Internet strategy and web development firm that helps organizations leverage social media for social good.
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