02 Feb Grabbing Opportunities with Both Hands, with Dietra Jones
Episode 28:
Dietra Jones is a divorced, single mom “graduate,” as she puts it, who jumped the corporate ship over 15 years ago after 30+ years supporting executives in the corporate arena. Having always had numerous “side hustles” since the age of 15, continuing even alongside her corporate career, Dietra immediately began firing on all cylinders of entrepreneurship.
As a newly separated and single mom, working on network marketing, e-commerce, ministry, and caring for her three little boys took up to 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Eventually, Dietra became a consultant, providing administrative, operations, sales, and marketing support to a range of industry real estate investors. Other single mothers began to ask questions about how she managed it all. Thus, SingleMom Ministry was born. Fast forward 20 years, and here she is again jumping into the world of real estate, intending to empower single moms by helping them to become homeowners, start businesses, and achieve their goals in life.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- Where Dietra’s journey started and how SingleMom Ministry was born
- What made her jump from corporate America into entrepreneurship
- How Dietra leveraged Nordstrom’s seasonal sales to eventually start her dropshipping business
- Where she got her eye for an opportunity
- How being thrifty influenced her unconventional mindset
- Dietra dives into her foreclosure that saw $125,000 of equity just evaporate away
- Why her kids are the driving force behind Dietra’s ambition
- How SingleMom Ministry gained momentum and grew out of her passion for helping other moms build a business
- Ways she used skills learned from her roles in corporate America to work her side hustles and share her techniques with others
- How she empowers women to rise up to another level
- How she is helping fantastic single moms carve their path to homeownership
- Some of the success stories of the moms that she has helped that really stand out in her mind
Resources:
- Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@singledoutloud
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/394711488282680/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SingledOutLoud
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dietra-jones-55583549/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singledoutloud/
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