Lauren Brose

Depends on the country you're in - I've used Ringcentral in the past and it's a super easy to use VOIP system that is reasonably priced. I was able to make calls from my computer, the mobile app, and I could hand-off the call to other people on my team if I needed them to take over.

I listened to this great episode on how I built this (Sara Blakely from Spanx) and she talked about how she held off from telling people about her idea, mainly because she did not want people to steal it or discourage her from doing it ("if it was a good idea, someone would have done it already!"). That really resonated with me. The thing is, it's YOUR idea. Even if someone stole it, they...