Wedding Planner Business Tips (with La Vista Events) // The Exchange #014

The Exchange with Sunil Prasad

Hasti is the Owner & Lead Planner of La Vista Events, a wedding and event planning company based out of Vancouver.

Hasti joined us on the podcast and shared her story about leaving her full time HR career to pursue her passion for planning. She gave up her 9-5 job as well as her condo, moving back into her parents’ place in order to focus on growing her business at full force. Here she is now, 5 years later, sharing insight into her award winning business.

Topics range from how to get started as an event planner (and that the only thing you need to invest in the beginning is your time); to the dos and don'ts of wedding planning; to important business operations advice, plus plenty more.

Sunil & Hasti go in-depth, followed by a Q&A from the community at the 24 minute mark.

Thanks for coming in Hasti!

Check out La Vista Events:
www.lavistaevents.com
Instagram: @lavistaevents
Facebook: @LaVistaEventsVancouver

Timestamps:
( 01:04 - 02:16 ) Hasti introduces her business, La Vista Events.
( 02:16 - 04:18 ) How Hasti got started as a wedding planner and why she chose that path.
( 04:18 - 08:11 ) Hasti's biggest challenge transitioning from her previous 9 to 5 job to starting her business and how she managed the switch.
( 08:11 - 09:17 ) Separating wedding planning from personal life planning and managing your schedule as a planner.
( 09:17 - 11:15 ) Figuring out whether you should work for others or yourself & working on your own schedule.
( 11:15 - 13:00 ) "Solution Mode" & tackling problems as they arise.
( 13:00 - 17:53 ) Favouring progress over perfection, NOT micro-managing your employees, & treating them as your equal.
( 17:53 - 19:08 ) Making your business about people, not transactions.
( 19:08 - 22:33 ) Taking out loans to fund your wedding & trying to impress others who probably won't even remember.
( 22:33 - 23:19 ) "Planning" Dylan's wedding....
( 23:19 - 24:12 ) Wedding guests: be careful with polaroid cameras at the wedding...
-- ( 24:12 ) WEDDING PLANNING Q&A BEGINS
( 24:12 - 26:27 ) How do you manage "bridezillas?"
( 26:29 - 28:14 ) Do I need a license to turn my barn into a wedding venue?
( 28:15 - 32:36 ) I'm ready to start my wedding/event planning business but I'm scared to start and I'm afraid to start. How did you start? What should I invest in first?
( 32:36 - 34:45 ) Should I be branding myself/business on my sales pages, invoices, offers, proposals, etc?
( 34:45 - 37:25 ) Besides digital marketing/social media, how do you brand yourself as a wedding planner?
( 37:30 - 40:39 ) Do you believe branding is the foundation of your business?
( 40:39 - Hasti's best advice for people wanting to start their own business...