From Side Hustles to Entrepreneurship: Renee's Journey to Creating Events

Work From Your Happy Place with Belinda Ellsworth

In this episode Belinda interviews Renee Patrone Rhinehart, an event planner and entrepreneur. Renee shares her struggles with showcasing her work as an event planner, and how she overcame the challenge through social media promotion and networking. She emphasizes the importance of talking about your clients and goals to find opportunities. Renee also shares her experience of rebuilding her team during the pandemic and staying relevant with her client base through social media and email blasts.
Belinda and Renee discuss the challenges of being a female entrepreneur and taking risks, and the impact of COVID-19 on their businesses. Renee shares her advice for entrepreneurs to not solely rely on their businesses for income and to have businesses on the side. She also discusses the opportunities for women in the field and the importance of remaining positive and patient during difficult times.
Tune in to learn from Renee's expertise in event planning, business development, and her insights on being an entrepreneur.
Key Learnings :
[00:11:36] "Advice for entrepreneurs: It's okay to have multiple jobs, don't give up on your dreams.
[00:15:15] Obstacles faced by female entrepreneur growth.
[00:17:12] How Renee rebuilt her business post-COVID?
[00:25:09] Renee talks about the struggles she had faced to showcase work as an event planner.
[00:27:31] Renee talks about how she implemented new ideas, expanded territories, and attended nationwide conferences to promote the company nationally.
About Renee Patrone Rhinehart -
Renee Patrone Rhinehart is a Party Planner. Entrepreneur. Broadcast Media Professional. Experienced Speaker.
Over the past decade, she has grown Events by Renee into Philadelphia’s premiere wedding planning business. From the engagement ring to the ‘I do’s,’ Renee has walked dozens of couples down the aisle and into their future with a fabulous celebration.
Renee launched her second business, Party Host Helpers, in 2014 in the Philadelphia area. She realized so many of her hosts were too busy with prepping, serving and cleaning, they usually missed their whole party. Renee developed the idea of using servers and bartenders to assist at bridal showers, holiday dinners, graduation parties and more. The helpers do it all – greet guests, mix drinks and unload dishwashers.
But once Party Host Helpers began, the company pique interest outside of Philadelphia. Now, Party Host Helpers is in more than 30 cities from New York City, to West Palm Beach to Los Angeles. And continues to grow.
Renee was named “40 Under 40” by the Philadelphia Business Journal in 2017. Her companies have been named “Best of Philly 2015 & 2018,” “Best of Bergen County, NJ,” and “Best of South Jersey 2018.”
How to Renee Patrone Rhinehart:
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneepatrone/
Website : https://reneepatrone.com/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ReneePatronebusiness/
About the Host -
Belinda Ellsworth is a Speaker, Trainer, Best-Selling Author, and Podcaster
She has been a professional speaker, mover, and shaker for more than 25 years. Having built three successful companies, she has helped thousands of entrepreneurs make better decisions, create successful systems, and build business strategies using her "Four Pillars of Success" system.
Belinda has always had a passion and zest for life with the skill for turning dreams into reality.
How to Connect with Belinda:
Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/workfromyourhappyplace
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/belindaellsworth
Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/workfromyourhappyplace/
Website - www.workfromyourhappyplace.com
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