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Описание: Ashlan and Victoria sit down with Elizabeth (Liz) Ruf, a strategic marketing advisor who works with higher ed, EdTech, and mission-driven organizations, to talk about taking the leap into entrepreneurship during the COVID chaos era (a truly unhinged time to start a business, 10/10). Liz shares how burnout pushed her to quit without a safety net, what it’s like to run a consulting business through funding cuts in the nonprofit world, and why community isn’t optional when you work for yourself.

Listen if you’re navigating slow seasons, mission-driven marketing, nonprofit reality checks, or you just need the reminder to trust your gut and stop doing business like it’s 2019.

Favorite Takeaways:
Burnout is a real (and common) catalyst to exploring entrepreneurship. Liz left a demanding higher ed role during the pandemic and built her consulting business from there.
Entrepreneurship = constant reinvention. You’re adapting to market shifts, client priorities, and funding realities basically every quarter.
Nonprofits are in a marketing catch-22 right now. Budget cuts reduce marketing support exactly when storytelling and fundraising need to get stronger.
Show up with solutions. The “1-3-1” method: 1 problem, 3 possible solutions, 1 recommendation.
Not everyone wants to scale. And that’s valid. Liz calls out the subtle judgment in some startup spaces toward stable, sustainable businesses.

Guest & host information:
Guest, Elizabeth Ruf, Founder & CEO of Elizabeth Ruf Consulting, LLC
Co-Host, Ashlan Glazier-Anderson, Owner of AshbeanPDX Marketing
Co-Host, Victoria (Tory) Proppe, Owner of Imagine Marketing Strategies

Connect with Liz:
Website: http://elizabethruf.com
LinkedIn:   / elizabethruf  

Connect with us:
On Instagram: @taketheleap_today
  / taketheleap_today  
Find Ashlan:
  / ashbeanpdxmktg  
  / ashlan-glazier-anderson  
Find Tory:
  / imaginemarketingstrategies  
  / victoriaproppe  

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