Pet Sitter Confessional17 Sep 2021

214: Success One Step at a Time with Becky O'Neil

Becky O'Neil, owner of Becky's Pet Care, left the medical field to pursue a career in pet care so she could spend more time with her child. After 20+ years in the industry, she has over 150 employees and has had to adapt, and adopt, new technology and business planning to continue to thrive and meet the needs of her clients. Becky shares what her definition of success is, and why it's so important to be running the business you want. We also discuss the upcoming NAPPS 2021 conference and what to expect from the speakers.

Topics on this episode:

Business Planning
Hiring
Success
NAPPS Conference

Main take away: People run their business their way; you need to run your business your way.

About our guest:
Becky's love of animals originated in her childhood, spent on a farm in Pennsylvania where she helped raise and care for many animals including livestock, family pets, and horses. In 1998, Becky founded Becky's Pet Care, Inc. as a one-woman enterprise, which she nurtured to its current status as a leading pet care provider in Northern Virginia.

In addition to running her very active business, Becky enthusiastically supports various local and national animal rescue groups and participates in several local community organizations. She serves on the board of the Community Business Partnership in Alexandria, is President of her local PTA in Arlington, and as President of the Northern Virginia Professional Pet Sitters Network, where she also fulfilled past terms as Vice President and Treasurer.

Becky currently lives in Arlington, Virginia with her son, her daughter, and her black Labs, Teddy Bear and Rylee.

Links:
Email: Becky@beckyspetcare.com
Becky's Pet Care: https://beckyspetcare.com
NAPPS 2021 Conference: https://petsitters.org/page/EventsTab

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