"Many entrepreneurs dream of that moment when they know they've really "made it." That might look like turning a profit for the first time, or seeing how their product or service changes the lives of customers. It should feel like a moment of pride and celebration, but one multimillionaire serial entrepreneur admits it felt quite the opposite for her. "The first time I made real money, I cried in a parking lot," Emily Lyons wrote in a LinkedIn post this week."
"Lyons founded Femme Fatale, a leading North American event-staffing and marketing agency headquartered in Toronto in 2009. She started the company at age 23 with just $80, a cracked laptop, and a vision to revolutionize event staffing. The company has grown to become a multimillion-dollar agency with a network of more than 20,000 event professionals serving clients like L'Oréal, Red Bull, Sony, and Grey Goose as well as other Fortune 500 companies."
Emily Lyons experienced fear and anxiety upon making significant money for the first time, crying in a parking lot out of terror of losing it. She grew up watching her parents fight about money, endure eviction, and count coins to take the subway, and that stress persisted. Lyons launched Femme Fatale in 2009 at age 23 with $80 and a cracked laptop and grew it into a multimillion-dollar event-staffing and marketing agency with over 20,000 professionals serving major brands. She also launched Lyons Elite, True Glue, and founded the Julia Lyons Foundation.
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