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Meet a Jane: Angela J. Mattson
Posted on September 30, 2009 - Filed Under Jane Dough, Jane Thoughts, Meet a Jane
Angela J. Mattson has owned and operated Mattson Business Services, Inc. since 2003. She currently serves as the company’s Chief Efficiency Officer, using her twelve years of administrative experience in a variety of industries to help small to mid-sized businesses get a better return on investment on their administrative functions, including productivity and performance. The company also provides creative organizing solutions, project support, and on-going administrative assistance to a select group of solopreneurs and consultants. “I have the innate ability to find the pattern, order, or routine in anything,” said Angela. “I organize physical space, people, and systems to make them more efficient and effective for the individual client or team.”
The reason she started her business was “simple,” said Angela. “I wanted freedom, flexibility and variety. I was bored to tears working an 8 – 6 job, even though I was good at it. I had run a small pet sitting business while I was finishing my degree and loved creating relationships with my clients and their pets and giving outstanding service. I also liked feeling in control of my schedule, setting my own rates, and deciding how I wanted things to be done. I am so proud of myself for my successes and the life I’ve created. I find satisfaction every single day helping my clients to be less stressed out, more in control, and happier in THEIR work.”
Angela discovered through the Which Jane Are You? assessment that she is a Jane Dough. “It’s a perfect assessment because in the last six months, I have fully come to the realization that I want to create a business that will eventually run without me,” said Angela. “That will allow me to create a lifestyle, financial freedom, and success. I want to be able to train others, to provide jobs, and to really create a business that helps other business owners to systematize, organize, and feel more in control.” Her challenges as a Jane Dough include becoming that person who not only runs the business, but also the person who can successfully grow it into Phase II, articulate the vision for what she can do for clients, do it well, and repeat. She is learning so much about running a business, and in that process has determined that “it is more than just me.”
She advises other Jane Dough to reach out for help. “Remember that you can’t do it alone. Have a support team focusing on the back office processes while you focus on creating great content, value added programs, and needed products for your current and future clients. It’s all about mentors, coaches, education, and focus. INVEST in yourself as a business owner. Learn all you can about cash flow management, marketing, selling, systems and processes, and delegation. Coaches and mentors are wonderful for support and most importantly, accountability. Growing a business can be scary because you are kicked out of your comfort zone in order to grow. But I find it to be so worth it (or at least so worth it four out of five times)! ?”
“I used to be a Merry Jane,” said Angela. “Life was simple. I was making plenty of money to support my lifestyle, had enough clients that I loved, enough work I enjoyed, and took lots of time off. However, I slowly got bored with doing the ‘work-work’ and wanted to see how I could grow. I began to chafe and feel like I was coasting – that I more potential that I wasn’t even tapping into. I use the analogy that right now my life and business are like a snow globe – I’ve shaken everything up and interested to see how it all settles out.”
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