VP of Finance. 57 Employees. 4 Kids. Zero Quitting. — Stephanie Lopez on The Blackout Period & How to Build Big Without Burning Out | Mama's got Aqua-Tots Swim School

Stephanie Lopez is a Vice President of Finance at a global consulting firm. She is also the owner of Aquatots Tom's River — a swim school with 57 employees that opened just two years ago. And a mom of four kids under seven. And she has never quit her corporate job.Let me say that again, mama: she has never quit.In this episode, Stephanie walks Brittany through the structural tool that makes her impossible-sounding life actually work. She calls it her "blackout period" — a daily non-negotiable window from 4:30 to 8:30pm where she does ZERO work, ZERO email, and is 100% present with her kids. Then her side hustle begins at 8:30 and runs until 11:30 every night.That four-hour container is the difference between burning out and building a 57-employee business while keeping her dream corporate role.This is the conversation for every mama who has been told she has to QUIT to build something big — and who is finally ready to learn the system that makes building-AND-keeping actually work.Plus: how she and her husband took their 401k and put their house on the line to open Aquatots, why waiting 9 extra months for the perfect location was the smartest move they made, the marketing strategy that took her from 200 pre-sales to 700 in one week, and the mistake she'd undo if she could (rushing the opening because of financial pressure).For the mama who's been told she has to choose. You don't have to choose. 💛Find Stephanie: @aquatotstomsriver on Instagram | Aquatots Tom's RiverPre- Order The Money Hungry Mama Guide -https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/money-hungry-mama-brittany-plumeri/1148503744