{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"From Educator to CEO: How Ashley Williams Built Clymb","description":"Episode 31 of the We Built This Life podcast with Ashley Williams from Clymb (@clymb_up) is about persistence and mindfulness and how these two skills were assets as Ashley built her own company. In 2018, Ashley Williams, a former educator and school leader in Baltimore City, founded Clymb (then known as Infinite Focus Schools), her company that produces emotional health software for school-aged children. In this episode, Ashley talks about: \u00b7      The steps she took and resources she used to build Clymb from an idea to a thriving small business; \u00b7      The benefits of learning emotional regulation and coping skills in childhood\u2014and how these skills carry into adulthood; \u00b7      How Clymb works to help children build these emotional health skills; \u00b7      How Ashley has used these skills herself to respond to challenging feelings that came in her early days of entrepreneurship; \u00b7      her take on an underrated skill in business\u2014and in life, and more.   Mentioned in this Episode: \u00b7      Clymb, Ashley\u2019s company that produces emotional health software for children \u00b7      The Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab \u00b7      Innovation Works at the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University   Follow Clymb on Instagram Follow We Built This Life on Instagram Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or listen on my website, follow and get in touch on Instagram (where I am most active), like on Facebook, or email webuiltthislifepodcast@gmail.com (but getting in touch through IG DM is better!)!   ","author_name":"We Built This Life","author_url":"https:\/\/www.webuiltthislife.com","html":"