When a toddler first start to walk, she stumbles and falls. Her family members cheer and clap and encourage the little one to try again. The toddler takes another few steps, falls again and the room erupts in words of gentle encouragement.

I have a love-hate relationship with online yoga videos. Sometimes I happily scroll through Instagram, inspired by others’ beautiful yoga sequences caught on film, absolutely grateful for the opportunity to share in and appreciate others’ practices.

We are now two years in and entrepreneurship has been a journey full of twists and turns, ups and downs, and a whole lot of lessons. Today, we share eight of the most important lessons we’ve learned during our own founder’s journey with Hey Marvelous (and our new Soulful MBA business community).

A conversation between Laura Close (Women’s Intelligence Project) and Jennifer Barcelos, co-founder of Hey Marvelous. Yes, as the female founder of a software startup, I built a platform that allows wellness entrepreneurs, many of whom are also women, to build and scale their practices online.

In my consulting practice with emerging female leaders, I’ve spotted a bad strategy trend among clients: relying on your partner, best friend, a couple of work colleagues or even your parents and siblings for feedback and suggestions.The point is this: You've gotten this far, achieved this much because this is as much as you and your inner circle have been able to imagine for you.

Namastream is a technology startup, but one that seeks to operate and serve a community of healers and visionary wellness practitioners doing very important, very human work. We believe in being accessible, getting to know our clients, and operating this business by our values and from our hearts.Still, we are a business. And we have a huge vision for what we’re building with this company.