Emma Kieran – Episode 29

Emma Kieran is the principal of Pilot Peak Consulting, which she started in June of 2014. Learn how her background as both a teacher and a fundraiser has influenced what she set out to do with Pilot Peak Consulting.

Learn more about Pilot Peak Consulting at www.pilotpeakconsulting.com.

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Topic Timestamps:

• How’d you come up with the name? [01:27]
• What’s your background? [01:51]
• How is your approach different? [02:31]
• What has been the hardest conversation you’ve had with a client? [04:25]
• What timelines have been hard to meet? [06:32]
• How has the business changed since you started? [07:31]
• Is there anyone else on your team? [09:49]
• How do you get a new client started? [11:20]
• What is your time split between on-site and remote work? [12:40]
• How do you find new clients? [13:03]
• What makes the perfect client? [15:23]
• What are your favorite tools? [16:24]
• What’s your typical schedule like? [17:16]
• What was the hardest part for you at the beginning? [18:07]
• How’d you decide what services to offer? [20:46]
• Lightning Round [23:36]

Released	Episode
23  Apr  2019	Michael Rubin (HIBMFC-0043)	Download
09  Apr  2019	Scott Koskoski (HIBMFC-0042)	Download
26  Mar  2019	Mary Cahalane (HIBMFC-0041)	Download
12  Mar  2019	Hannah Zollman (HIBMFC-0040)	Download
26  Feb  2019	Amy Varga (HIBMFC-0039)	Download
29  Jan  2019	Elise Saltzberg (HIBMFC-0038)	Download
08  Jan  2019	Dan Shephard (HIBMFC-0037)	Download
11  Dec  2018	Arlene Cogen (HIBMFC-0036)	Download
27  Nov  2018	Joe Tumolo (HIBMFC-0035)	Download
13  Nov  2018	Sherry Quam Taylor (HIBMFC-0034)	Download
30  Oct  2018	Penelope Burk (HIBMFC-0033)	Download
16  Oct  2018	T.J. McGovern (HIBMFC-0032)	Download
02  Oct  2018	Cathy R. Sheffield (HIBMFC-0031)	Download
11  Sep  2018	Jay Frost (HIBMFC-0030)	Download
28  Aug  2018	Emma Kieran (HIBMFC-0029)	Download
14  Aug  2018	Sarah Jackson (HIBMFC-0028)	Download
31  Jul  2018	Claire Axelrad (HIBMFC-0027)	Download
17  Jul  2018	Matthew Dubins (HIBMFC-0026)	Download
03  Jul  2018	Sam Laprade (HIBMFC-0025)	Download
19  Jun  2018	Andrew Olsen (HIBMFC-0024)	Download
05  Jun  2018	Sheila Dwyer Schwartz (HIBMFC-0023)	Download
22  May  2018	Missy Gale (HIBMFC-0022)	Download
08  May  2018	Nadine Gabai-Botero (HIBMFC-0021)	Download
24  Apr  2018	Jeff Brooks (HIBMFC-0020)	Download
10  Apr  2018	Jim Langley (HIBMFC-0019)	Download
27  Mar  2018	Michael Rosen (HIBMFC-0018)	Download
13  Mar  2018	Andrea Kihlstedt (HIBMFC-0017)	Download
27  Feb  2018	Amy Eisenstein (HIBMFC-0016)	Download
13  Feb  2018	Kelley McGeehan (HIBMFC-0015)	Download
30  Jan  2018	Richard Perry (HIBMFC-0014)	Download
16  Jan  2018	Steven Screen (HIBMFC-0013)	Download
02  Jan  2018	Lori Kranczer (HIBMFC-0012)	Download
19  Dec  2017	Greg Lassonde (HIBMFC-0011)	Download
05  Dec  2017	Marcy Heim (HIBMFC-0010)	Download
21  Nov  2017	Larry Raff (HIBMFC-0009)	Download
07  Nov  2017	Gail Perry (HIBMFC-0008)	Download
24  Oct  2017	Katherine DeFoyd (HIBMFC-0007)	Download
10  Oct  2017	Kathy Swayze (HIBMFC-0006)	Download
26  Sep  2017	Phyllis Freedman (HIBMFC-0005)	Download
12  Sep  2017	Julie Carter (HIBMFC-0004)	Download
29  Aug  2017	Diane Remin (HIBMFC-0003)	Download
15  Aug  2017	Tom Ahern (HIBMFC-0002)	Download
01  Aug  2017	David A. Mersky (HIBMFC-0001)	Download

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