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Heide Olson, founder and CEO of Accountinuity and Veracity Pros, believes there may be no time like the present to start a business. In her case, she left her job and “threw out her shingle” just before she and her husband were due to have their first baby, Olson reveals in the latest episode of the Off the Record podcast, brought to you by Platinum Bank.

“My husband thought I was absolutely insane,” she says. But she points to the side business she had been doing all along and the relationships she’d been building as the necessary springboard to get her started.

“The reality is, you’re never going to be fully ready. You just have to jump. And I would say that to any person who’s thinking about starting a business. You can’t wait until it’s the perfect time or until you have the perfect plan,” Olson says. “You just have to be semi ready, and then make the plunge.”

Olson talks about her career challenges and achievements in this conversation with hosts Kathy Robideau, market president and publisher of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, and Dave Faust, president and CEO of Platinum Bank. Check out the episode to learn more about:

• The one thing entrepreneurs won’t learn in college (13:52).
• Hiring for technical skills vs. hiring for core values (16:32).
• What Accountinuity and Veracity Pros do to attract talent (23:16).
• The tale of one client whose books “were completely off the rails” — and what Olson learned from that experience (26:51).
• What gives Olson fulfillment in her work (33:00).

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