From Corporate to Purpose-Driven: How to Build a Business Before You Quit Your Job

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Julia Seidel, an ICF-accredited business coach who specializes in guiding smart, soulful women to build authentic, purpose-driven businesses before leaving their 9-to-5 jobs. Julia shares her own powerful journey of leaving a well-paid career in real estate, moving to a new country, and facing redundancy, which ultimately became the catalyst for her to fully step into her coaching calling. She emphasizes the critical importance of doing the inner work first to build resilience and clarity, which are the foundations for sustainable success.Julia delves into the specifics of her core offering, a year-long hybrid group program designed to help her clients avoid common pitfalls. She helps them gain clarity on their vision, identify their niche, articulate their offer, and start acquiring paying clients within the first 90 days—all while managing their energy and avoiding burnout. The conversation explores her organic, service-first approach to marketing, her goals for automating and scaling her business, and the invaluable advice she would give her younger self: to trust the process and never doubt herself.