build an online
Business
Build a (wildly!) successful online business.
so you'll have the time, money, and freedom to carve out a life you don't have to pretend to like...
Build a (wildly!) successful online business.
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Indiana born,
kentucky raised,
florida living,
North Carolina Lovin'
just a small town
mom of eight!
I'm Tracy Jo Smith—entrepreneur, adventurer, author, and founder of Entrepreneur Girl™ and
Go Anyway™.
I help people build businesses that create the freedom to live lives they don't have to pretend to like.
I believe freedom is built through the choices we make and lived through the experiences we create.
That's the mission behind everything I do.
I didn't always have the business, the clients, the courses, or the books.
I was simply someone who believed there had to be more to life,and was willing to build it.
I didn't always have the business, the clients, the courses, or the books.
I was simply someone who believed there had to be more to life,and was willing to build it.
Today, my mission is simple: help others do the same.
Just over a decade ago, my life looked successful on the outside, but on the inside I wondering why I no longer recognized my own life.
I was chasing the corporate ladder, homeschooling eight children, exhausted by the daily grind, and quietly wondering where I had gone.
Then a series of life-threatening medical diagnoses changed everything.
They reminded me that life isn't something to postpone.
So, with just $200 and a decision to stop waiting, I built an online business that gave me the freedom to redesign my life.
100,000 in our social network
Working in over 20+ countries
Within 300 industries
98% of clients recommend us
With severe anemia, a near-fatal pulmonary embolism, thyroid cancer, two brain surgeries, and an incurable vascular disease called fibromuscular dysplasia — I’ve had to plan for my own death — more than once.
I can’t fully explain that kind of trauma clarity, but I can tell you this... it changes everything.
You stop pretending you have forever.
You stop drifting.
And so I pivoted my University of Florida Business degree to create EntrepreneurGirl™. A platform designed to cut through excuses, untangle mental clutter, and build something that supports your life in a bold, unapologetically raw, and actionable way.
I have just one mission... helping you build a (wildly) successful online business so you'll have the time, money, and freedom to carve out a life you don't have to pretend to like.
in retrospect
I should have known...
that this 'talks too much', adventurous lil cowgirl, fierce lover of people
... would one day become an entrepreneur helping others!
Currently....
These days you'll find me planning my next Go Anyway ™ adventure, building businesses, writing, or dreaming up new ways to help people stop waiting for the life they really want.
I'm still that little girl at heart—just in an adult-sized body.
I still believe people are capable of far more than they imagine, and there's nothing I love more than watching someone rediscover what's possible.
One of the greatest privileges of my work has been walking alongside people as they build businesses, take back control of their time, rewrite their stories, and create lives they don't have to pretend to like.
The day I realized my own experience could help someone else change their life, I knew I had found my purpose.
Ironically, some of my greatest lessons came while living through my own trials: cancer, pulmonary embolism, Fibromuscular Dysplasia diagnosis, and brain aneurysm surgeries...
Those seasons didn't change my mission—they deepened it. They reminded me that tomorrow isn't guaranteed and that the life we're building is meant to be lived.
Today, I'm still building businesses. But I'm also section hiking the Appalachian Trail, creating my second company, Go Anyway™, and helping people stop waiting for the life they really want.
And yes... I still love to learn, still talk too much, and still push my limits :)
Maybe the journey...
isn't so much
about becoming anything.
Maybe it's about un-becoming
everything that isn't really you.
so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.
8 Kids
The mistakes!
Health:/
Careers...
The Myers-Briggs test indicated I should go into business... but, stubbornIy I went through being an EMT and teacher before getting my business degree from UF.
Growing my large family was the best thing I've ever done❤️and the hardest. And I homeschool!
Even if progress WAS being made in my business and life... the daily mistakes made it feel like it WASN'T. As I result, I almost quit a time or two! I'm so glad I keep persevering.
Genetic medical issues started when I was 16 years old, and will forever be my biggest hurdle mentally, physically and financially.
it'll never be perfect... Go Anyway ™!
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2018
2022
2025
Life has a funny way of giving us both reasons to celebrate and reasons to quit.
Every. Single. Year.
The story of my life isn't that everything worked out perfectly. It's that I kept building anyway.
Keep pushing towards everything that's important to you, and you'll be amazed at what you can do...
The best stories aren't written when life is easy. They're written when we decide to Go Anyway™.
the recession devastated our family finances
went back to school for a business degree
pregnancy with 7th child
graduated from the University Of Florida
started stock trading
started selling on ebay
my father went into hospice care
Started/grew ebay business into three stores
diagnosed with thyroid cancer
year long heart+lung recovery from embolism
gave birth to my 8th and final child
begin all social media platforms
20,000 subscribers on Youtube
hit by a hurricane + the loss of my mother
completed all of North america "road trip style"
42,000 subscribers on Youtube
Authored My First Book
two brain surgeries to fix five aneurysms
began website design + branding services
contracts with my first 4 large companies
entrepreneur girl expands into 20+ countries
began speaking at schools and events
started coaching + grew client list
started youtube channel
developed entrepreneur girl website
branded and trademarked entrepreneur girl
suffered a massive pulmonary embolism
2008
2026
truth.
I believe in you.
Like... really.
You really are just one choice, one business adventure away, from changing your life, too...
even if you face detours of your own.
A life of security, freedom, flexibility, independence and pride.
Stop.
Waiting.
We choose to live by choice, not by chance.
We charge towards a better life, not watch it idly.
We are fueled by fear, not trapped by it.
We will make changes, not excuses.
We tell ourselves that we are enough,
for we know that we are.
We play big, not small.
We shine, not shrink.
We strive to impact lives outside of our own.
We are unique leaders, not followers.
We have tough skin, with scars of our circumstance,
which we proudly display and show others how to navigate.
We listen to our inner voice and trust ourselves.
We will create what we desire, and change what we detest.
We are strong.
We are powerful.
Not just some of us.
All of us. ©
a culture of fanatic doer's!
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my favorite books
top 100 reading list
my favorite things
• Good To Great by Jim Collins
• Timothy Ferriss The 4-Hour Workweek
• James Redfield The Celestine Prophecy
• Darren Hardy The Compound Effect
• Gary Chapman The Five Love Languages
• Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich
• Robert Kiyosaki Rich Dad Poor Dad
• Barbara Stanny Secrets of Six-Figure Women
• Joel Osteen Your Best Life Now
• Rachel Hollis Girl, Wash Your Face
• The Bible
• David Ogilvy Ogilvy On Advertising
• Al Ries The 22 Immutable Laws Of Branding
• Seth Godin This Is Marketing
• Jen Sincero You Are A Bada**
• Let Them by Mel Robbins
• The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
• Travel and adventure is my most favorite thing in the world! (well, besides God and family, of course...)
• Spending time in my North Carolina 'Happy Place' ❤
• River rafting, ziplining, hiking and yep! ... anything active or exciting
• Cheese and chocolate-- together!
• Pj's, a movie, and pizza delivery
• The color pink (you probably knew that)
• Playing the flute and taking photos
• A good steak
• Candles. Everywhere.
• Coffee, LOTS of coffee
• Scrapbooking memories
• Reading a book in the bathtub
• Health and fitness is my hobby passion
• Anything business related
• Being goofy
(You can find us working hard at our computers, making every second count OR drawing funny faces on each other!)
Without these peeps.
behind the scenes
Asif
Tech Guru
Tracy
Big Cheese
Alaina
Media Boss
my momma
I wouldn't be where I am today...
Y'all ready?
Freedom.
put on your comfy pants and go!
Now, I want the same for you.
If you've been waiting for the right time to start over, design something meaningful, or finally live the life you're meant to live... this is your sign.
I am.
I've built businesses that gave me the freedom to design a life I never wanted to escape from.
Keeping them online and flexible so that I can work from anywhere in the world, doing any activity I desire, all from my BACKPACK.
Making it possible for me to discover my purpose, reject 9-5 work, and commit to having more time to play, travel, and be with those I love.
I made a promise to myself that never again will I have a one week vacation, or work long hours building someone else’s dream.
And never again will I give up on my dreams (or myself).
The road to becoming an internet entrepreneur wasn't always easy, but it led to the greatest gift of all...
1. What trophies sit on your shelf?
6. Someday I want to:
8. My go-to outfit is:
a. yoga pants and a tank
b. jeans and a tee
c. anything from a designer
d. a dress & heels
9. I am deathly afraid of:
a. public speaking
b. heights
c. flying
d. roaches
2. If you could eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
5. What speaks to my soul?
10. Who do I trust?
3. Most likely to binge watch:
a. girlboss
b. the voice
c. the bachelor
d. house hunters
4. The best title I have:
a. entrepreneur girl
b. blogger
c. mommy
d. professional coffee drinker
7. What do you do when stressed:
cheerleading + basketball + a half-marathon + bowling
being out in nature. hiking. any adventure!
steak and potatoes
write a bunch of books
God.
order pizza, rent a movie + nestle in my pjs
The TJ quiz
oh yeah, we're doing this...
the best chapter?
I'm hoping it's the one we're both about to write
I still believe the best stories are written one brave decision at a time.
Build the business.
Live the adventure.
Go Anyway.
Life isn't waiting.
(Neither should you.)
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