Aiming for Harmony with Atlee Clark of Shopify & Pika Layers

After climbing the ranks of Shopify, Atlee Clark was inspired to take the leap to launch her own business, Pika Layers. You’re about to hear how she manages her day-to-day as the Director of Operations at Shopify’s shopping assistant app while scaling her own business and making time for her family. 

Today, Atlee talks about how she does it all. She shares how easy it is to build your own e-commerce business on Shopify. She talks about how her role at the company has evolved over the past seven years, and she offers her best tip for knowing if you’re in the right role. She discusses her experience with her company’s pivot to becoming a fully remote business and shares her best tips for making this a success. She shares what inspired her to take the leap to start her own business and offers her best tips for managing a corporate career while also building her own business. Finally, she explains why it’s more rewarding to aim for harmony than for balance.

“Calm down. Take a breath. There’s lots of time. There’s lots of opportunities.”

– Atlee Clark

This week on SocialFly’s Entreprenista Podcast:

• The power of patience
• Being willing to try things and willing to shut them down
• Juggling it all and the power of scheduling
• Setting up and running an e-commerce business
• Atlee’s favorite company she’s invested in

Connect with Atlee:

• Atlee on Twitter
• Atlee on Instagram
• Pika Layers on Twitter
• Pika Layers on Instagram
• Pika Layers on Facebook
• Pika Layers
• Backbone Angels

Join the Entreprenista League!

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We listened to your feedback and the support you’re looking for to start and build your business, and we’re here to provide you with all of the resources you’ll need!

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Whether you’re looking to scale your existing business and want to make the right connections, or you’re thinking about finally taking the leap to launch your business, we’re here to give you access to a community of women who will celebrate your every step, and with whom you can share the candid reality of building a business from scratch.

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Getting Into eCommerce?

Do you have an eCommerce business, or are you thinking about launching one? Then this opportunity is for you! We’re excited to announce that we’re launching a free virtual event series with Shopify to help give small business owners the tools and motivation they need to get their eCommerce store up and running.

By joining us at Entreprenista on Shopify, you’ll learn how to launch your store, the best tips for SCO, and digital marketing strategies to grow your customer base. The events will be hosted by experts whose knowledge ranges from marketing to sourcing, merchandising, shipping, and procurement. Together, they’ll help you connect all of the dots to start a successful online business. You’ll hear real case studies from entreprenistas and so much more.

Shopify is also giving entreprenistas a 30-day free trial to launch your online store! Plus, when you attend the events you’ll be entered to win a free website store build valued at over $2500.

So head over to entreprenista.com/shopify to get your free trial, and join the Entreprenista on Shopify community!

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