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Kim is just an amazingly kind friend, mother, doula, and creative entrepreneur and I’ve been so lucky to share so many special moments of my life with her! When searching for people to interview for this podcast, I knew Kim’s interesting story from being a copywriter for a women’s magazine to going to cosmetology school […]

Pivoting to Different Industries with Kim Guiley from Aptos Village Creative

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One of my questions I hear most often is how did I get started? How did I find paying clients? It’s hard to know how to start a business and find paying clients – especially when it feels like everyone else has a thriving, successful business. Especially when you’re in a saturated market like photography. […]

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3 WAYS I GOT RESULTS IN MY 1ST YEAR OF MY (PHOTOGRAPHY) BUSINESS

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What! I’m so honored and thrilled to be VOTED Gilroy’s Best Photographer this year. It’s really so cool to see my journey come full circle – from a Gilroy High School sophomore, passionate about the dark room and picture-taking, to being a full time photographer and entrepreneur in the town that I grew up in, […]

Voted #1 Best Photographer by Readers of the Gilroy Dispatch

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“It’s crazy to me how much I care about everybody’s opinion… I care so much about what they think about me, you would not believe it, while equally really giving no shit about what they think. It’s this crazy balance. I never let somebody else’s opinion matter more than mine of myself.” – Gary Vaynerchuk […]

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