How 100 Conversations Helped Sarah Mardle Build a Business
During a major career transition, Sarah Mardle, CEO of Alma Business Consulting, set herself a simple challenge: speak to 100 people in 100 days.
What began as a way to explore her options became a practical method for testing ideas, understanding her audience and discovering the business she genuinely wanted to build. Both Sarah and Clémence Vallot, Interior Designer and host of The Smart Croissant podcast, took on this challenge and in this episode, they compare their experiences and explore how networking can become genuine research rather than an awkward sales exercise.
In this episode, Sarah and Clemence discussed:
0:00 Why you need a new crowd when changing direction
1:37 Meet Sarah Mardell and the 100 People Challenge
2:48 Why Sarah decided to start the challenge
7:57 Sarah’s work in life sciences, leadership, and coaching
8:28 The biggest benefits of meeting 100 people
11:17 Testing your ideas through real-time feedback
16:15 How to find people to speak with
20:15 Unexpected advice that can shape your future
25:12 One simple first step to build your new crowd
26:18 Rapid-fire questions: business investments, AI, and generosity
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