SBP#23 Building a Business While Serving: Mayor Jessica Daniels Harrison on Leadership, Failure, and Growth

In this episode of the Stay Broke Podcast, we sit down with Jessica Daniels Harrison, Mayor of Zebulon, North Carolina, for an honest, non-political conversation about leadership, entrepreneurship, and growth.Jessica shares her real journey into business ownership — including starting a business before she was ready, becoming overwhelmed, and making the difficult decision to step away for several years. She explains how that pause helped her gain the skills, confidence, and systems needed to come back stronger.Today, Jessica runs a thriving coaching and consulting business focused on nonprofit and organizational leadership, which also helps subsidize the reality of serving as mayor in a small town. We also talk about the nonprofit she and her husband run together, their work supporting families and relationships, and the book they co-authored to extend that mission.This episode is about preparation, humility, sustainable income, and what it really takes to serve others while still building a life and career that works.