Today, we’d like to introduce you to Alexis Danielle.
Hi Alexis, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I am a Macon native (shoutout to Bibb County, 478 stands). I left Macon after graduation and attended Georgia Southern University (HAIL SOUTHERN). I graduated from GA Southern with a BS in Nutrition and Food Science with an emphasis in Food Science. I also minored in Spanish and Business Administration. I was blessed to land a job as a lab technician in Savannah, Georgia, a month after graduation.
I worked in a food lab for a company that produced ingredients for well-known companies such as Starbucks, Dollar General, and Dunkin (formerly known as Dunkin Donuts). I was introduced to being self-employed during my career as a food scientist. I have worked with my cousin in her businesses for over 15 years, so being an entrepreneur was not daunting. I operated an event planning business, coordinating events and weddings. I also obtained my life insurance license and began pursuing my investment license.
As I’m being exposed to entrepreneurship, I realize that being an employee did not align with how my mind worked. I could see problems in the business I was working in, and if they didn’t make wise decisions to fix the issue, I would get frustrated. But I stayed for years. And one day, myself and the company leadership had enough of each other, and we parted way.
My boyfriend at the time, now husband, and I decided it was okay for me to venture on the full time entrepreneur life. On this WILD rollercoaster ride, I had two beautiful baby girls and got married to my strong and loving husband. I built four businesses, two of mine and two for others. Then, I was introduced to my calling of coaching and consulting.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Oh goodness! Anyone who tells you that their life journey was easy is lying. They are not to be trusted just as a man in a wheelchair with dirty shoes.
Everyone has had hardships and a certain level of hard. I have had multiple things that taught me lessons such as my eldest child being diagnosed with hirschsprung’s disease at three months old, my husband being the ONLY income in our home for a year (the STRESS). Internal conflict of dealing with imposture syndrome and realizing that my whole life, I had been dealing with undiagnosed ADHD. Yes, they could be categorized as struggles, but I knew they were necessary.
I needed the lesson each season taught me for the journey ahead. So, it soften the blow and allowed me to use some sort of emotional intelligence to say: “It’s won’t always be like this. What are we supposed to be learning, Alexis?”
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next, you can tell us a bit more about your business.
BDR Consultant Co. is a business consultant firm that specializes in encouraging aspiring entrepreneurs to transform their dreams into businesses that are structured correctly. We also assist established entrepreneurs hurdle over obstacles and move the needle of their plateaued businesses to exponential growth.
We pride ourselves on our empowering energy in “BDR: The Firm.” Our clients are forever changed between myself, our other lead consultant Lorietta Moss, and our creative director Naija Rufus! We truly believe everyone who comes to us for help, in sincerity, has everything they need to start or jumpstart their business. Everyone in “BDR: The Firm” has began businesses from the ground up. We aren’t giving information we read in a text book or learned from YouTube university. We have traveled the less-treaded business trail (still learning some lessons even now). We always say, there is no need for everyone to beat the path down, just follow us!
The BDR is in processes of creating more offerings and packages that cater to our expanding market. At the moment, we have a few packages that range from the basics (creating a brand name, colors, mood boards, filing official business structure paperwork with the state, and assistance with obtaining an EIN) to specialized annual packages that include weekly mentorship and hands-on coaching with in turn profit within 60-90 days.
We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you.
I truly don’t believe in luck. But I believe everyone has a purpose, and that purpose is divinely and strategically ordered. My business was birth out of true obedience to serving and sowing.
So, I consider “good luck” as being obedient to the inner man telling you to walk down a road that you wouldn’t normally take or speak to that person that just passed you.
“Bad luck” for me would be considered not following that inkling. I live by the statement: “Nothing happens to me by chance. ”
Contact Info:
- Website: www.bdrconsultants.org
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexisdanielle_bdr/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexisDanielle20/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-williams-32691176/
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexisdanielle_bdr
