{"id":18040,"date":"2020-01-14T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/?p=18040"},"modified":"2020-01-14T07:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T12:00:31","slug":"how-i-quit-my-job-to-start-an-event-planning-business-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/how-i-quit-my-job-to-start-an-event-planning-business-part-two","title":{"rendered":"How I Quit My Job to Start an Event Planning Business: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alyssa Perna has over a decade of event operations experience for leading multinational business-to-business conferences, festivals and trade shows, press conferences, large-scale fundraisers, complex social events, and more. She is the founder of Experience Events<\/a>, the Managing Director of Ingenuity Cleveland. She is also the lead instructor (and tutor!) of the Corporate Event Planning course<\/a> at QC\u2019s Event Planning School.<\/em><\/p>\n

In November of 2019, Alyssa shared her experience of finally fulfilling a dream that\u2019d been brewing inside her for nearly a decade: quitting her job to become an event planner and start her own business. Part 1 of Alyssa\u2019s story<\/a> delved into what led her to making such a brave decision, as well as what it was like for her during and after she quit her previous career.<\/p>\n

Today, we\u2019ll take a look at Part 2 of Alyssa\u2019s journey \u2013 this time, looking specifically at the various difficulties that owning your own event planning business pose. Importantly, Alyssa provides her expert insight into how you can most successfully overcome these obstacles, so you and your business can come out stronger on the other side.<\/p>\n

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