EMILY Thompson

Emily Thompson is an entrepreneur and author dedicated to exploring the intersections between connecting with nature and fostering and expressing creativity. She's an expert in creative entrepreneurship and online business, with a background and hobby in earth sciences and seasonal living.

For over 10 years, Emily has helped creative entrepreneurs build businesses, first with branding and websites, and later through teaching and coaching. In 2015, Emily started Being Boss, along with her co-founder Kathleen Shannon, a podcast and resource for creative business owners. The Being Boss podcast boasts over 7 million downloads and has been recognized as a top business podcast by Apple, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc, The Huffington Post, and more, with a dedicated, global audience who tune in for from-the-trenches business advice and illuminating interviews with industry experts. The impact of the podcast guided Emily to co-write her first book, Being Boss: Take Control of Your Work and Live Life on Your Own Terms, released in spring 2018.

Also in 2018, Emily pulled her passions for creativity, entrepreneurship, and nature together to start her latest business project, Almanac Supply Co. - this time with her life partner, David, a retail shop focused on making and curating goods that inspire a connection with nature. Through this work Emily deeply explores the practice of seasonal living.

Emily is a Florence, Alabama-native who lives with her partner David, their daughter, and dog, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she can be found sitting on her front porch, poking around her garden, or planning her next adventure.