Episode 1 - Clarissa Rayward Podcast
Clarissa Rayward has two small businesses; Brisbane Family Law Centre and a membership model education platform called Happy Lawyer Happy Life. She is a legal business innovator, who has mastered the art of challenging conventional wisdom, building purposeful businesses and sensible scaling.
Clarissa Rayward
In this episode we hear her business origin story, and her actionable advice for other small business owners, from rethinking timesheets, to productising like the Wiggles; you don’t need to be a lawyer to get golden business and life advice from Clarissa.
Covered in this episode:
- Business #1 Origin Story: Starting the Brisbane Family Law Centre.
- Being different in a traditional profession.
Digital marketing for lawyers. - Burnout, and the path forward.
- Answering the big question: What does it take to be happy in law?
- Starting Business #2: Happy Lawyer Happy Life.
- Mental Health and getting off the small business hamster wheel.
- How to be purposeful in business.
- The art of saying ’No’.
- How to scale sensibly.
Clarissa’s top tip for sole practitioners. - Productising your business and uncapping income.
- Managing a bad risk profile when starting a business.
- Clarissa’s Mantra for business.
Happy Lawyer Happy Life
Brisbane Family Law Centre
Small Business Big Stories is produced by Queensland Small Business Commissioner and The Podcast Boss.