Sunflower Grant Writers founder and CEO Katie LeDoux recently joined Hello Chaos to talk about the part of entrepreneurship that rarely makes it into the polished founder story: what happens when you have the expertise, the idea, and the ambition—but the phone doesn’t immediately start ringing.
Katie shares how she went from raising funds for programs at the Smithsonian and Kennedy Center to building Sunflower in Omaha, including the slow first year, the importance of relationships in building a client pipeline, and the leadership lessons that changed the way she built her team.
The conversation explores what Katie learned about hiring people with strengths different from her own, having clearer and harder conversations, and creating a company where an exceptional team can lead the work—giving her room to focus on Sunflower’s future.
Listen to the full conversation on Hello Chaos.
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