Mums with Bright Ideas Podcast is for Mums looking for inspo and know-how to start and grow their own business. The Host, Melissa Pye, is a straight shooter and doesn't shy away from asking probing questions to get to the core of what life is really like as a biz owner. Melissa's guests are Mums at…
Meet the “more than 6 figure” business person, Natasha Stewart, Founder and CEO of Business Jump. She’s worked in the corporate world, had her hand at her own product based business and has cracked a successful formula for creating and growing an online business.Nat speaks from her heart and is passionate about helping women regain their confidence through launching and running their own business.She shares with us her secret to building an engaged community online and her clever lead magnet strategy.Warning, this is unscripted and unedited with a few expletives thrown in!
Giovanna Lever is the Founder of Sparrowly Group. Her motivation for launching her own business came down to creating a lifestyle that gives her the flexibility of being there for her family, the satisfaction of being able to help other people in business and the financial reward to do the things she loves. One of Giovanna's greatest assets (IMO) is her ability to build a an engaged community. Find out how she does this!
Emma appeared own Season 1 of Shark Tank and received an investor for her product Cozigo (formally Flybabee). In this episode we discuss the value of taking advantage of opportunities, like Shark Tank, the dangers of producing overseas and how you tell a "Shark" to go away.
Kathryn's career spans diverse industries including mining, real estate and mental health. She bundles up her experience and knowledge to help small business succeed. Hear what she has to say about those expensive "entrepreneur" courses, what her top tips are for scaling and how she f*cked up her first business.
Wow this is a long one. In this episode we talk about corporate lives before kids (and with kids), the importance of mental health, particularly when running your own business and why telling your story adds so much value to your life and others.
Carrie Kwan is a serial entrepreneur who has a knack for building engaging communities both on and offline. Hear how this mother of 2 juggles her startup life with her home life, how she cracked a corporate backer for her business and how she balances her generous heart and mind with commercial reality.
Kate has had a passion for jewellery ever since she was a little girl. But it was a twist of fate at her role at Channel 9 that paved the way for a highly successful, global business. She is the face and name behind Uberkate and creator of the innovative Ubercircles personalised jewellery. Hear how and why she started, what it's like to employ and fire your husband and some tips on how to grow your business!
Meet Jess Jones, mother of 2 and Founder of the Soar Collective. A business dedicated to supporting business women in regional Australia. I managed to catch Jess in Sydney on her inaugural road trip from Geelong to the Sunshine Coast, as she builds her community of inspiring, supportive business women.
In our first Podcast we speak with the multi-talented Sharon Hunter, Founder of Movestr.com-a business dedicated to producing age appropriate music and video clips for 6-12 year olds. Sharon walks us through how to recognise and use your current skill set and knowledge to create something that you've never done before. In an honest, open and real interview she shares the highs and lows of starting your own business. Key out takes include the importance of starting a business that's aligned to your purpose and values and the power of sharing your idea as early as possible. BTW Sharon is a professional voice over artist whose voice can be heard on TV and radio all around the world. Listen out for her "Emergency Evacuation" voice over at around the 4 minute mark...... She's good!