In this episode of Manage Your Projects With Confidence, Megan recounts her entrepreneurial odyssey, detailing career changes, offering insights into effective communication, and embracing challenging conversations without fear. She also delves into the realm of business contracts and highlights common mistakes entrepreneurs often commit during the launch of their ventures.
Megan Porth is the founder and managing attorney at Your Contract Shop. Your Contract Shop focuses on contracts, entity formation, business law, licensing, estate planning and negotiation. Her firm helps young entrepreneurs, “who are hungry for success but starved for experience”.
“If you’re moving forward and your trajectories is forward then you’re going to end up in the place that you need to be, but you have to be open to those other opportunities.”
~Megan Porth
“When I’m going into a crucial conversation, I force myself to write down what is my ultimate purpose, here. what is my goal?”
~Megan Porth
Tune in for an opportunity to learn from Megan Porth on this episode of Manage Your Project with Confidence Podcast.
Key Talking Points of the Episode:
[00:39] Introducing the episode guest – Megan Porth
[02:13] Megan shares family contribution in shaping her entrepreneurial journey
[05:47] How moving to Phoenix helped Megan grow
[12:20] Megan explains the importance of pivoting during a change process
[15:03] Megan emphasizes the need to balance non-negotiables like kindness and respect with being open to opportunities.
[17:44] Megan shares the Crucial Conversation concept
[22:12] How to handle hard conversations with an employee or subordinate
[28:14] Shifting from communication to a lawyer
[30:30] Frustrations Megan faced when working for the government
[32:44] Megan shares the experience of having kids while in school
[35:08] Megan talks about her business “Your Contract Shop”
[37:24] Top three mistakes entrepreneurs make when starting a business
[43:51] Importance of having a contract
[47:48] Reasons why Megan is moving to estate planning
[52:07] Megan shares her community outreach
Resource
Book: Crucial Conversations (Third Edition): Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Megan Porth
Founder: Your Contract Shop
Social Media: LinkedIn
Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM
Host of Manage Your Projects With Confidence Podcast
Owner: Orchestrating Your Success LLC
Project Management Professional Consultant | Trainer
Social Media: LinkedIn
