This is What Happens When You Never Give Up with Samia Gore, Founder of Body Complete Rx

Samia Gore is the founder and CEO of Body Complete Rx, a
plant-based health and wellness nutritional supplement brand.


After giving birth to her fourth child, Samia was on a weight
loss journey and was looking for natural, organic alternatives to
help jumpstart her healthier lifestyle. She was sharing all her
personal routines and tips online, and after building a large
community of like-minded people on her social, she decided to
create her own supplements that would cater to women like
her. 


After building and self-funding the brand for years, Samia was
able to leave her day job and take her $5,000 investment and
build a company that has generated over $10 million in sales -
all within four years! Samia is the first Black female founder to
break significant ground in the nutritional supplement industry.


We'll talk to Samia about what it's like to self-fund her
business before seeing it grow, how she draws on self-trust to
navigate fear & anxiety, and how having faith has helped her
stay centered as an entrepreneur. She also shares her experience
of overcoming imposter syndrome with education, her wisdom around
dealing with naysayers, the realities of scaling a business that
started as a one-person operation, and so much more.


In this episode, we'll talk to Samia about:


* Addressing imposter syndrome with education. [3:05]


* The roadblock that a lack of finances can create to
pursuing a business. [3:20]


* What to do about naysayers. [4:16]


* The influence that Samia’s powerhouse mom has had on her
life and career. [5:05]


* Why an index card with a few wellness goals written on it
was so significant to Samia. [6:26]


* The main message she wants to communicate: try to be your
best self! [9:01]


* How Samia’s interest in wellness transformed into a
business. [9:59]


* The early, self-funded, DIY days of Samia’s supplement
business as a full-time employee and mother. [15:41]


* How Samia built awareness about her brand before a
celebrity picked up on it. [17:05]


* The role of Samia’s existing community in boosting growth.
[19:47]


* Why Samia recommends that everyone starts out by doing
everything required to run their business. [20:27]


* The bootstrapping process of funding her business with no
loans or support. [22:37]


* Marketing an unknown product on Vitamin Shoppe. [24:28]


* Samia’s initial approach to managing a full-time job
alongside her business. [26:31]


* The success that followed taking the plunge and working on
her business full-time. [28:01]


* How Samia approached naysayers with a simple philosophy.
[28:50]


* Navigating fear with self-trust. [30:47]


* The role of ritual, prayer, and meditation in recentering
faith and trust in her life. [32:57]


* Why Samia keeps a tight schedule with an early bedtime.
[34:40]


* The inner work Samia is doing on the theme of self-worth.
[35:48]


* Remaining mindful that there are seasons for everything
and it’s not all pretty. [37:57]


* What she wishes someone would have told her at the start
of her career. [39:30]


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* Website: https://bodycompleterx.com/ 


* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samiagore/ 


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