We had the good fortune of connecting with BriAnna Garza and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi BriAnna, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?
In short, the thought process was more reactionary than anything else. I can vividly remember shrugging my shoulders and thinking, “It’s time.”

This was back in 2021 after the most tumultuous year of my life, stacked with decades of being prevented from leading in the way I really wanted to.

I picked up the laptop and designed a tshirt and haven’t stopped building since.

What should our readers know about your business?
In May of 2022, I decided I wanted to be a shooting coach more than I wanted to pay rent. So I signed up on a trusting housesitting website and took care of dogs all over the world while building the business and finding ways to set up basketball training where I was at.

In December of 2022, I was a little over a year into all of it, and I still have a journal entry that recounts scraping quarters off of my floorboard so I could do my last load of laundry. There’s a moment I think all business owners have where they sort of have to leap into the unknown and let it be hard. The audacity of self-belief is something you have to cling to daily.

Today is day 608 on the road for me, and last year was my first 6-figure year.

This April, I’ll be running the first-ever completely women-led coaching conference at the 2024 Women’s Final Four. ChangingTheGameFinalFour.com

It only takes a year.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I don’t think my answer to this one applies since I’m on the road so much, but in LA, I’d definitely hit Venice Beach and the Marina, and eat as much brunch as I possibly could.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Whenever I was six months into the grind, my dear friend Rob mailed me The Alchemist with a hand-written note for me on the inside page. Rob’s outlook & belief in me, plus the timeliness of that book completely shaped my willingness to let my purpose lead me. Something I couldn’t have done if I never met Rob.

Website: shootersxshoot70.training

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shootersxshoot70/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianna-garza-721763b7/

Youtube: @shootersxshoottraining

Other: www.changingthegamefinalfour.com

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