From Laid Off & Living with Her Parents to a Million-Dollar Business

In 2013 after a successful 13 years working in corporate America, Andrea Gribble found herself a laid off, single mother with no choice but to head back home to live with her parents.

After a stint of helping small businesses make their mark on different social media platforms, she decided to niche down when asked by a friend and superintendent of a small K-12 school in Wisconsin to help start their social media presence. This experience is what ultimately led her down the path to where she is sitting now as CEO of a million-dollar company known as; #SocialSchool4Edu.

Ursula’s Takeaways:

Single Mom & Laid Off (3:33)
I’m Betting On Me (8:27)
Develop & Delegate (16:37)
Focus On What Is In Front Of You (27:53)
A Million Dollars Net (30:26)

Meet the Guest:

Andrea’s passion is helping schools recognize their daily awesomeness and sharing that story with the world. She’s built a team that celebrates hundreds of schools across the country! #SocialSchool4EDU provides full social media management, offers an intensive Social Media Bootcamp, and runs a vibrant online community that provides ongoing professional development for school social media champions.


Connect with Andrea:

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreagribble/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/socialschool4edu/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/SocialSchool4EDU/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/andreagribble
Website:
https://socialschool4edu.com/

About Ursula Mentjes

Ursula Mentjes is an award-winning Entrepreneur and Sales Expert. She will transform the way you think about selling so you can reach your revenue goals with less anxiety and less effort! Ursula specializes in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and other performance modalities to help clients double and triple their sales fast. 

Honing her skills at an international technical training company, where she began her career in her early twenties, Ursula increased sales by 90% in just one year. Just 5 years later, when the company’s annual revenue was in the tens of millions, Ursula advanced to the position of President at just 27.  Sales guru Brian Tracy endorsed her first book, Selling with Intention, saying, “This powerful, practical book shows you how to connect with customers by fully understanding the sales process from the inside out. It really works!” Ursula is also the author of One Great Goal, Selling with Synchronicity and The Belief Zone, which received the Beverly Hills President’s Choice award.  Her Podcast, Double Your Sales NOW, is available on iTunes, iHeartRadio and other outlets.

Ursula also serves as Past Statewide Chairperson of the NAWBO-CA Education Fund and Past President of NAWBO-CA. She is the recipient of the SBA’s Women in Business Champion and a recipient of the Willow Tree’s Extraordinary Example and Extraordinary Entrepreneur Awards, the NAWBO-IE ANITA Award, chosen as PDP’s Extraordinary Speaker, PDP’s Business Woman of the Year, the Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards Finalist and the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from two Presidents.  She has shared the stage with bestselling author Loral Langemeier, Les Brown, Tom Antion, Lisa Nichols, Giuliana Rancic and many others!  Her clients include Aflac, Ebenezer and Fairview Hospitals, New York Life, Paychex and more!  She holds a B.A. in Psychology and Communication from St. Olaf College and a M.S. in Counseling Psychology from California Baptist University.

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