Your Business Type
You’re “The Educator”!
You were born to teach and share knowledge
You’re inspired to help others do something they didn’t know how to do before by arming them with new skills to guide them on their path.
You love to learn and love even more to creatively teaching something you have knowledge about.
Because you can think ‘big picture’ for how to teach high-level concepts, you’re able to teach more than one person, therefore impacting even more people.
Whether it’s creating courses, teaching workshops, or bringing a small group of people to learn something together, you’re in your ‘genius-zone’ when you teach something you love and craft simple ways to guide people in learning something they value.
Having this type of CLARITY can be HUGELY helpful when planning out WHAT Type of Business You Should Start.
Hold up …let me introduce myself!
Hello, hello đź‘‹
My name is Lydia Lee.
I’m the Work Reinvention Coach & Freedom Instigator from Screw The Cubicle.
Since 2013, I’ve helped hundreds of corporate escapees repurpose their skills into independent careers they love, so they can have the lifestyle dreams they truly desire.
People always say to me, “Lydia, I’d love to design a business to support the life I want, but right now I’m not even sure what business to start!”
And that led me down the path of creating this Quiz & Assessment, so you can get instant clarity about the TYPE of service-based business that’s right for YOU, right now.
Ready to get a little personal?
Read On To Learn Even More About Your “Genius-Zone” & How You Can Apply It To Your Ideal Business Type.
Superpower
Your Unique Superpower & Strengths To Leverage
Challenges
Challenges To Watch Out For As You Build Your Business
Ideal products
Ideal Products & Services To Offer Based On Your Personality
Your Superpower Advantage
One-To-Many
You’re great at finding creative ideas to teach and share big ideas with more than one person.
Translator Of Concepts
You have a gift of ‘chunking down’ complicated theories and concepts into biteable content.
Creative Brain To Engage Learning
You love to learn and figure out ways to teach what you know to others.
Adaptable To Different People’s Needs
You have the ability to think through how different people learn and adapt to their learning styles.
“Know your strengths and take advantage of them.” ~ Greg Norman
Your Challenges
“Guessing” What To Teach
You’re guessing on what you should teach instead of doing proper market research to find out what people want to learn (and are motivated to buy).
Not Having A Defined Niche
You’re trying to teach ALL the things, resulting in people feeling unclear about what you’re known for and what you specialize in.
Validating What You’re Creating Is Valuable
You’re building your course in isolation without “testing” it with real humans to ensure it actually offers the results you promise (and have early testimonials to boot).
Lack Of An Audience To Sell To
You’re spending a lot of time building a course, but when you launch, it’s ‘crickets, because you haven’t built a committed audience to actually sell the course or programs you want to create.
Your “Genius-Zone” offerings
For someone who’s “The Educator”, the ideal products to focus on creating and selling are things like…
Courses
Where you create a learning experience for a larger audience who want to learn something step-by-step and up-skill themselves to achieve a goal. Students learn from your specific framework to be able to do something effectively.
Masterminds
Where you create a high dollar small group of people who meet on a regular basis, led by you, to brainstorm and mastermind in their chosen topic – for example, you could even add Masterminds to the combo of your Courses to give people accountability and community, beyond just content.
Workshops
Where you create live learning experiences (online and offline) focused on bite-sized topics or a particular objective. Common formats are hosted in 1-3 hour sessions, half-days, or full days. These are valuable to offer as a bite-sized experience to generate interest for your bigger programs.
In case you’re curious…
The other Service-Based Business Profiles include The Coach, The Producer, The Community Builder, and The Strategist.
But the one I would recommend you consider starting with (based on the little I know about you from this assessment) would be right here in “The Educator” genius-zone.
Do you have secondary strengths and gifts in other realms? I bet you’re a multifaceted human, so it’s very likely!
You can marry your top strengths together to produce even more unique ways of giving value in your business.
For example, you can be a primary business type of “The Educator”, but could use your secondary “Community Builder” brain to offer even higher value to your clients. Like focusing on interactive courses vs. DIY courses, but designing a valuable ecosystem of a community that not only learns together but lends their collective intelligence to other members – this makes your business offering unique in the marketplace!
So there you have it
The big A to your Q: What Type of Service-Business Should You Start…
There’s an important next step you need to take
Because it’s one big mistake most people make at the beginning process of starting a business…
And it breaks my heart because I know it can take years to discover this mistake (I certainly did it!)…and during that time, it can cost you time, money, stress, and the crappy feelings of self-doubt.
It comes down to an important decision you need to make BEFORE starting your business.
And that decision isn’t WHAT…not what to build or what to create in your business.
It’s actually WHO…as in, the type of human you should serve!
In other words, your marketplace…your NICHE.
Most people forget that as a service-based business, your focus is on PEOPLE.
They spend all their time on WHAT to create and build to sell, and almost zero time zooming into the exact type of ‘soulmate’ client they want to help.
When You Know Your “WHO”, You’ll Get Clear On…
What they’re actively seeking to invest in
What they need to solve their problems (and how they’re talking about it)
What type of offer you’ll create to serve and offer high value
How to craft the right message to invite ideal customers to work with you
Serving the right person and learning how to help them best, is the core of what I guide students to do in my 90 Day Launch Academy.
Learn more about the 6-Phase ‘Idea To Launch’ Foundations I teach to help you launch a meaningful business that you may not be learning anywhere else….take a peek!