How This Young Single Mom Defied All Odds, Left Corporate & Built a Multimillion-Dollar Business with Shiloh Johnson, Founder of ComplYant

Nothing worth having in life ever comes easy and today’s guest,
Shiloh Johnson, knows this firsthand. The youngest of seven
siblings and a single mother at 17, Shiloh Johnson is no stranger
to hard times. But, as she explains in this episode, the hard
times are what mold us into better and better versions of
ourselves.


Shiloh is the founder of ComplYant, a tech platform that provides
small business owners with all the information they need to
properly manage their business taxes. While working in corporate,
Shiloh came to the realization that she was never going to get
paid what she was worth, so she set herself a six-month financial
target and ventured out into the world of entrepreneurship. 


After seeing the pain points the small business owners had,
Shiloh ultimately launched ComplYant, a tech company that has
raised over $12M in funding and become one of the few Black
women to raise $10M+.


Shiloh shares her experience of bringing an idea to life, testing
it before going all-in, and the importance of putting yourself
out there, asking for help, and pivoting along the way. We also
talk about how to overcome self-imposed limits and the importance
of managing your mental health as a founder, and so much
more! 


In this episode, we’ll talk to Shiloh about:


* Why, as a business owner, it is essential that you address your
self-imposed limiting beliefs. [02:44]


* Lessons that Shiloh learned growing up as the youngest of seven
children. [05:05]


* Shiloh’s experience of becoming a parent at 17. [07:26]


* Where the foundations of excellence lie. [08:09]


* How Shiloh’s family pushed her in the right direction. [10:28]


* Why Shiloh decided to major in accounting rather than pursuing
her original goal of being a lawyer. [13:48]


* Shiloh’s motivation for founding her tech company, ComplYant.
[19:11]


* The self-set target that Shiloh exceeded in her first month as
a business owner. [20:46]


* What the early days of Shiloh’s entrepreneurial journey
consisted of. [21:57]


* Benefits of getting industry expertise prior to starting your
own business. [24:33]


* The invaluable service that ComplYant offers to small business
owners. [25:00]


* Why Shiloh doesn’t waste any time turning her ideas into
reality. [27:32]


* When Shiloh decided to join an accelerator and how it changed
her life. [31:30]


* Challenges that Shiloh ran into while fundraising for
ComplYant. [36:55]


* The book to read if you are thinking about raising capital.
[38:11]


* The shift that occurred when Shiloh stopped trying to pitch to
investors (and the approach she opted for instead). [40:01]


* Some of Shiloh’s proudest moments. [44:10]


* An overview of ComplYant’s offerings. [046:02]


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Follow Shiloh:


* ComplYant Website: https://complyant.co/


* ComplYant on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/complyantapp/


* Shiloh's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/shilohajohnson/


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