IAM1814 – Founder Helps Her Clients Write Their Amazing Life Stories

Why it was selected for “CBNation Architects”:

In this episode of the CEO Chat Podcast + I AM CEO Podcast, host Gresham Harkless speaks with Lauren Befus, the founder and chief historian of Memory Lane Jane. Lauren works with individuals and families to preserve their loved one's life stories and legacies.

Lauren’s company is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she lives with her husband and four kids, but she travels around the country interviewing and working with life story clients.

Throughout the episode, Lauren shares the amazing fulfillment she and her clients felt, as she uncovers their incredible life story.

Overall, this episode provides valuable resources on CEO Hacks and CEO Nuggets that Michelle shared, making her business more efficient and successful.

Transcription:

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Lauren Befus Teaser 00:00

There's something in sharing your stories face to face. I would say, especially face to face, it's so powerful. I don't know if anything replaces it or if there is any better way to break down barriers than that.

Intro 00:17

Do you want to learn effective ways to build relationships, generate sales and grow your business from successful entrepreneurs, startups, and CEOs without listening to a long, long, long interview?

If so, you've come to the right place. Gresham Harkless values your time and is ready to share with you precisely the information you're in search of.

This is the I AM CEO podcast.

Gresham Harkless 00:44

Hello, hello, hello. This is Gresh from the I AM CEO podcast and I appreciate you listening to this episode. If you've been listening this year, you know that we've hit 1600 episodes at the beginning of this year. We're doing something a little bit different where we're repurposing our favorite episodes around certain categories, topics, or as I like to call them, business pillars that we think are going to be extremely impactful for our CEOs, entrepreneurs, and business owners, just like you, what I like to call the CB nation architects who are looking to level up their organizations.

This month we are focusing on CEO Hacks and CEO Nuggets. This is by far one of my favorite questions I asked on the show. In other words, I asked what are the apps, books, and habits that make you more effective and efficient. Those were the CEO Hacks. Then I asked for a word of wisdom or a piece of advice or something that you might tell your younger business self if you were to hop into a time machine and those were the CEO Nuggets.

That's what we'll focus on this month and some of the top ones that can instantly impact your business. I love all the questions, but with every episode, I felt I would walk away with something I could look at and implement right there to save precious resources, time and money. Or I would also learn about the advice, tips, and tidbits or tools of the trade on how to level up our organization. So you'll hear some of these this month. So sit back and enjoy this special episode of the I AM CEO podcast.

Hello, hello, hello. This is Gresh from the I AM CEO podcast. I have a very special guest on the show today. I have Lauren Befus of Memory Lane Jane. Lauren, it's great to have you on the show.

Lauren Befus 02:19

Thank you. Thanks. It's so great to be here. I'm excited.

Gresham Harkless 02:22

Yes, definitely excited as well to have you on the show, hear about all the awesome things that you're doing. Before we jumped into the interview, I want to read a little bit more about Lauren so you can hear about all the awesome things that she's doing.

Lauren is the founder and chief historian of Memory Lane Jane, a national life story-writing company that partners with individuals and families to preserve their loved ones life stories and legacies, and custom heirloom books. Lauren's company is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she lives with her husband, and four kids, but she travels around the country interviewing and working with life story clients.

Lauren, super excited to have you again on the show and hear about all the awesome things that you're doing. Are you ready to speak to the I AM CEO community?

Lauren Befus 03:00

Yes, I'm ready.