THIS MONTH'S THEME: STAY FLEXIBLE
Stretching keeps your muscles flexible, strong, and healthy, and we need that flexibility to maintain a range of motion. This holds true for all muscles. From your hamstrings and hip flexors to your thinking and creative muscles, you don’t want to let yourself get rigid.
Remaining flexible and open to new experiences is a mindset that can apply to all aspects of your personal and professional lives. Fundraising, responding to hostile customers, brainstorming new revenue streams, and networking require an open mind and the ability to think quickly and pivot. In other words, a wide range of motion. If you’re not stretching yourself, you’re probably not growing.
At the same time, it’s important not to stretch yourself too thin. As you build your best business, don’t shy away from prioritizing YOU and incorporating self-care activities into your busy schedule. Sometimes this means saying No to a client or saying Yes to a Yoga class.
So in October, we’ll help you stretch yourself so you and your business stay flexible and healthy.
Our free events and curated resources will help you:
- Reconnect to your inner self and improve your mindfulness
- Expand your network of entrepreneurs, startup founders, and industry experts
- Hear from Pittsburgh startup founders about innovative ways to fund your business
OCTOBER EVENTS
As you grow your business, you need to prioritize time for yourself. One practice that can help you reconnect to your inner self, improve your mindfulness, and realize your full potential is Yoga. On October 6, Justin Forzano led a Yoga class specifically for entrepreneurs!
We teamed up with Bridgeway Capital’s Creative Business Accelerator to bring you Locally Yours PGH. The pop-up market party was an opportunity to shop Pittsburgh’s best artisan entrepreneurs, grab drinks and food from local vendors, and groove to great music.
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we opened up our coworking space to all small business owners, entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurship-curious individuals from Pittsburgh’s Latinx, Hispanic, and Latino-identified communities.
Connect with other entrepreneurs interested in what you care about, hear a lightning talk, and grab some food during monthly Network + Grow events. Click Network below for
upcoming events.
Ever wonder why people say that they love your product or service but still pass? The secret may be hidden in the art of answering HOSTILE FAQs. Click View below to check out the presentation.
OCTOBER RESOURCES
> What lies a few steps beyond your comfort zone? Your growth zone! Spend time with this post to discover how to move through your fear and learning zones to reach real growth.
Article
> Listen to this Dear HBR podcast episode to hear an argument for the saying: ‘If you’re not outside of your comfort zone, you won’t learn anything.”
Podcast
> Spend time with this post to learn more about ‘stretch goals’ and how to stay motivated as you work towards achieving them.
Article
> Use this guide to say Yes at work without spreading yourself too thin.
Guide
> Check out these stretches that you can do at your desk and ‘Office-Chair Yoga’ movements to help you stay limber during a long workday.
Stretches | Movements
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