SARAH K PECK is a writer, startup advisor, and yoga teacher based in New York City. She’s the founder and executive director of Startup Pregnant, a media company documenting the stories of women’s leadership across work and family. She hosts the weekly Startup Pregnant podcast, and she and her partner in life and work are the instigators behind More Women’s Voices, a website that promotes women speakers and entrepreneurs. Previously, she worked at Y Combinator backed One Month, Inc, a company that teaches people to code in 30 days, and prior, as a writing and communications consultant.

She’s a 20-time All-American swimmer who successfully swam the Escape from Alcatraz nine separate times, once wearing only a swim cap and goggles to raise $33k for charity: water. To date, she’s written for more than 75 different web publications and has delivered speeches and workshops at Penn, UVA, Berkeley, Harvard, Year of the X, Craft & Commerce, WDS, and more. One recent viral essay, The Art of Asking, has been used across tech companies and product teams to train teams in clear communications. She’s currently writing a memoir of her experience working in the tech startup world while she was pregnant with her first kid.

In this episode, Karen and Sarah discuss:

·         Success Story of Sarah

·         Commit to Get Leads

o    Commit to asking every single day, even if it is just one person and ask everyone.

·         Consult to Sell

o    Be in relationship with people for a long time to nurture and build, then ask for the sale and build something that they want..

·         Connect to Build and Grow

o    If you want to see something live in the world, give it 7 years.

·         Success Thinking, Activities and Vision

o    Set up your habits for slow and steady long term success. #turtlemode

·         Sweet Spot of Success