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Danielle Hayden is a reformed corporate CFO (chief financial officer) who is on a mission to help rule-breaking female entrepreneurs understand their numbers so they can gain the confidence needed to create sustainable profits. After spending 10+ years in the boardroom as a corporate finance officer, Danielle is now in her sweet spot as the CEO of Kickstart Accounting, Inc. where she helps business owners with bookkeeping, financial analysis, and education. She is the author of the Profit Planner book series. When Danielle isn't in her money mindset you can find her hiking or spending time with her family.
Keisha Greaves is the CEO and founder of Girls Chronically Rock, supporting people in the disability community with her inspiring and adaptive tees, hoodies, accessories, and swimwear. Diagnosed at age 24 with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Keisha went on a mission to celebrate those with Muscular Dystrophy and other chronic illnesses to look their best with the convenience of clothes that are easy to put on and take off. She also founded two non-profits: The GCR Adaptive Project, providing adaptive fashion supplies and tools to college fashion students so they can learn to design more inclusively, and the Trust Your Abilities Nonprofit for People of Color, helping people of color in the disability community access much needed resources and support, from uninsured medical equipment to accessible vehicles and school scholarships. Keisha has been featured in several national media outlets including Good Morning America, The Today Show, ABC News, and more. One of her proudest moments was being
Dr. Darnyelle Jervey Harmon is the award-winning CEO of Inc. 5000 company Incredible One Enterprises, a multi-million-dollar coaching and consulting brand that's helped her CEO clients generate more than a half a billion dollars in sales while scaling in a way that serves them spiritually as well as financially. Her award-winning Move to Millions® Method takes business owners from six figure years to six figure quarters, six figure months, six figure weeks, and ultimately six figure days. Darnyelle is also a 7-time bestselling author, keynote speaker, and host of the Move to Millions podcast.
Ratchel Pinlac is the Founder and CEO of Pinsy, a shapewear brand that eliminates the shame of a “hidden secret” by making it fashionable outerwear. Ratchel, who started wearing shapewear at age 9 as she struggled with negative body image issues, shares how she grew frustrated with the lack of shapewear options in department stores. On a mission to elevate women's self-confidence, Ratchel left her corporate job to bootstrap Pinsy and grow a massive following on TikTok, where her customers share all the creative ways they wear Pinsy from daytime casual to evening wear.
Lyndsay Cambridge is the founder and CEO of Jammy Digital, an award-winning SEO and content marketing agency for businesses that aren't afraid to stand out. On a mission to help personal brands find and retain better, higher-paying clients, Lyndsay's agency helps business owners create standout content. She's also co-author of the book Content Fortress.
Dr. Gala Gorman is a licensed acupuncturist, naturopath, and author who offers practical advice and programs to reverse health issues resulting from chronic stress. She helps women relieve their symptoms, restore their energy, and reclaim their "Super Woman" status. After selling her accounting firm 27 years ago, Gala followed her passion for alternative medicine and new technologies, and advocates for getting to the root cause of the health issue and treating it naturally with new approaches. She encourages patients to be their own health advocate ... or PCP (primary care person).
Jeanne Retief is the founder of FIGGI Beauty, a brand borne from her personal struggles finding the right products for dry and sensitive skin. A human rights worker turned entrepreneur, Jeanne also infuses her lifestyle FiggiLife brand on learning how to accept life's curveballs and learning “it's ok not to be ok”. Jeanne also hosts the podcast My Figgi Life.
Rebecca Korn is the founder of Rise Reign Rule, a company helping women entrepreneurs and CEOs achieve their dreams and step into their power. Starting with only $21, Rebecca set out to find the strength and wisdom to navigate to success, first with a financial services business and now helping women find their strength and build wealth inside their courage, compassion, commitment, and perseverance through one-on-one ascension coaching, retreats, online teachings, and an exclusive community.
Deirdre Tshien is the CEO and Co-Founder of Capsho, a marketing platform using AI tools to market and grow podcasts. Deirdre is also host of the Grow My Podcast Show, author of Honey Trap Marketing and creator of the Traffic Pyramid and Content Dripping.
Jessica Procini is on a mission to help high-achieving women heal the roots of their emotional eating. When Overeaters Anonymous and therapy weren't enough to help Jessica end her fight with food, she spent ten years in research before developing her signature healing framework, Escape From Emotional Eating®, which has helped women reclaim their power over food. Now that she's been 100% free from her compulsions with food for over 5 years, Jessica helps female entrepreneurs and executives do the same at EscapeFromEmotionalEating.com.
Tracy Litt is a sought-after success mentor for visionary women leaders navigating huge paradigm shifts and elevating into the next level of impact, wealth, and holistic success. Tracy is Founder of The Litt Factor and creator of Mind Magic ®, a proven methodology that marries metacognition and spirituality, neuroscience, and quantum law to expand and elevate more quickly. She is also the bestselling author of Worthy Human and her work has been featured by Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company and Inc.com
Ali Nichols is the Co-founder of Getaway, a vacation rental investing business she has now pivoted with a branding change to Hammock, helping people invest in rental properties just 5% down. Previously at Bungalow, Ali spearheaded raising and operating a $700M real estate fund focused on acquiring single family rentals. Today she shares her journey pivoting to find product-market fit.
Sarah Wilson is the co-founder of Chip Cookies, a fast-scaling cookie store and franchise business where she balances being a mom of four with everything marketing, brand, social media, and events. Borne of her cravings for the perfect chocolate chip cookie when pregnant with her first, Sarah leveraged the principles of ‘lean startup' to build her growing business and was honored as one of Utah's 40 under 40.
Randi Braun is an expert at empowering women who have demanding jobs and bold goals. As a certified executive coach and the CEO of the women's leadership firm, Something Major, she helps women thrive. A sought-after thought leader and speaker, Braun has been featured in The Washington Post, Forbes, and Parents Magazine, among others. Braun has coached women around the globe and partnered with more than 50 organizations across diverse sectors, including the Fortune 500, healthcare, start-ups, Big Law, public relations, entertainment, trade associations, government, non-profits, and others.
Jeanne Retief is the founder of FIGGI Beauty, a brand borne from her personal struggles finding the right products for dry and sensitive skin. A human rights worker turned entrepreneur, Jeanne also infuses her lifestyle FiggiLife brand on learning how to accept life's curveballs and learning “it's ok not to be ok”. Jeanne also hosts the podcast My Figgi Life.
Deb Curtis is the Founder of Curtis Small Business Finance Solutions, specializing in SBA business acquisition lending and ownership transitions. Over a 30-year corporate tenure, Deb worked as a business lender for a finance company, big banks, regional banks, and community banks, and now she focuses on helping women finance their small businesses and acquire companies.
Dr. Diane Mueller is the founder of Femme Meets Fortune, teaching women entrepreneurs how to accelerate the growth of their companies by building enterprises they genuinely enjoy running rather than ones that "run" their lives. CEO and Founder of two other businesses, the medical practice My Lyme Doc and community My Libido Doc, Diane has more than 12 years of business experience and is also a highly sought-after speaker on Lyme disease and women's entrepreneurship who has delivered many keynote addresses to thousands of attendees at events across the world. She's the best-selling author of Use Your Mind to Heal Your Mold and Lyme: A Survivor's Guide, about how she overcame mold and Lyme illness, and It's Not In Your Mind: Solutions and Strategies for Lyme Disease, Mold Illness, and Chronic Infections.
So much of who we are and what we achieve as women pioneering in business comes down to the gifts – and the limiting beliefs – we got from our mothers. Melinda Wittstock remembers her own late mother, who passed away peacefully three weeks ago at age 95, and shares how our mothers influence the deep subconscious beliefs that drive our successes and failures in life and entrepreneurship.
Laura Casselman is the CEO of JVZoo, co-founder of media agency Vidastreet, and author of Trust Your Increments. She has nearly two decades of experience in growing sales and revenue, improving customer service, and aggressively controlling expenses in competitive markets. Companies under her direction have landed on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America four times and increased revenue from $100M to over $2B. Laura is the recipient of Stevie Awards for both Executive and Woman of the Year, a CEO World Award for Female CEO of the Year, and a Pillar World Award for Employer's Diversity Achievement of the Year.
Sarah Smith is the founder of The Dyrt, the No. 1 app for camping information and booking, with 30 million annual camper visits, 50,000 campground listings, and 8 million user-generated reviews, photos, and tips for US campgrounds. The Dyrt has grown to the largest online source of camping information and the only major platform to offer commission-free bookings for campgrounds. Sarah was recognized on the 2022 Inc. Female Founders 100 list of the top women entrepreneurs.
Ali Nichols is the Co-founder of Getaway, a vacation rental investing business she has now pivoted with a branding change to Hammock, helping people invest in rental properties just 5% down. Previously at Bungalow, Ali spearheaded raising and operating a $700M real estate fund focused on acquiring single family rentals. Today she shares her journey pivoting to find product-market fit.
Sheri Riley is President of Exponential Living®, a personal, professional, and leadership development company. After spending 20 years creating marketing strategies for global superstars and companies like Usher, Warner Media, and Converse, Sheri now empowers professional athletes, coaches, entertainers, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs to grow personally and dominate professionally. She's also the bestselling author of Exponential Living® - Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are.
Amy Anthony is one of the United States' most influential aromatherapists and the founder of a growing private practice NYC Aromatica, which offers one-on-one customized aromatherapy sessions, online class offerings, and corporate consulting. Also an aromatic gardener, herbalist, artisanal distiller, and certified master composters, Amy left her career in marketing research to pursue her love of plants. She also hosts the Essential Aromatica podcast.
Tissa Richards has a mission to create a legion of leaders with an unshakable sense of self. A serial entrepreneur, a keynote speaker, leadership expert and corporate facilitator, Tissa works with F1000 and hyperscale organizations, guiding them to create blueprints for individual and organizational success, develop high-performance cultures, and to diversify C-suites and corporate boardrooms. As a repeat software founder and CEO, Tissa sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, fundraising and executive leadership. She has raised millions of dollars for her companies, won awards for innovation and products, and holds multiple patents for complex cybersecurity software. She works closely with founders and business owners to create strategies for fearless, authentic, and resilient success. Her book, No Permission Needed, recently hit #1 new release on Amazon.
Candace Nelson is a serial entrepreneur, a New York Times bestselling author, Wall Street Journal contributor and an expert in turning one's passion into a profitable business. Author of the WSJ bestselling book, Sweet Success: A Simple Recipe for Turning Your Passion into Profit, Candace revolutionized the baking industry when she left a career in corporate finance to launch Sprinkles, the world's first cupcake bakery and Cupcake ATM. She followed with Pizzana, a growing chain of Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded pizzerias leading the third wave of pizza in the U.S. She continues to expand her portfolio of investments with CN2 Ventures.
Chelsey Roney is the COO and Co-Founder of Proxi, a custom and collaborative mapping technology for businesses, brands, and individuals. A former Boeing and Microsoft alum, Chelsey is a serial entrepreneur who previously bootstrapped and sold a SaaS business and a local services business. Today Chelsey shares how Proxi secured $1.2M in pre-seed finance and what's next for her company.
Anna Konchar is an e-learning expert mentor who helps women monetize their skills, knowledge and passions with online courses and membership programs. Anna built her first side hustle e-course to $100,000 while still working a 9-5 job, and went on to earn $3mm in 3 years with her own courses working just 2 days a week. Today she shares her blueprint of how to build a million-dollar side hustle.
Tissa Richards has a mission to create a legion of leaders with an unshakable sense of self. A serial entrepreneur, a keynote speaker, leadership expert and corporate facilitator, Tissa works with F1000 and hyperscale organizations, guiding them to create blueprints for individual and organizational success, develop high-performance cultures, and to diversify C-suites and corporate boardrooms. As a repeat software founder and CEO, Tissa sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, fundraising and executive leadership. She has raised millions of dollars for her companies, won awards for innovation and products, and holds multiple patents for complex cybersecurity software. She works closely with founders and business owners to create strategies for fearless, authentic, and resilient success. Her book, No Permission Needed, recently hit #1 new release on Amazon.
Rachel Hicks is the Founder of U Whitening, a first-of-its-kind teeth whitening in person experience, and Professional Whitening Products, a one-stop-shop for teeth whitening supplies. With no prior business experience, Rachel shares how she bootstrapped to six-figures in annual revenue in a few short years.
Sara Roach-Lewis, the CEO of SRL Solutions and creator of the 7-Figure Confidence Program, is on a mission to help ambitious women build scalable businesses that support their busy lives. Through her first book, She Rules, What You Didn't Know is Holding You Back in Business Sara shares her strategies for exponential business growth, achieving laser- focus while moving through resistance, rebranding self-care as an important business practice, and how to turn your imposter syndrome into 7-figure confidence.
Denise Gosnell is a business strategist, attorney, #1 bestselling author, and investor. Author of the new book The Vacation Effect for Entrepreneurs: Grow Your Business Even Faster by Working Less and Having More Fun, Denise owns and operates three companies by working an average of three days per week and generates seven figures each year. Founder of The Vacation Effect and the Grow by Subtraction Accelerator, she is a trusted advisor to many of the world's top entrepreneurs and has spoken on stages in eight different countries.
Candace Nelson is a serial entrepreneur, a New York Times bestselling author, Wall Street Journal contributor and an expert in turning one's passion into a profitable business. Author of the WSJ bestselling book, Sweet Success: A Simple Recipe for Turning Your Passion into Profit, Candace revolutionized the baking industry when she left a career in corporate finance to launch Sprinkles, the world's first cupcake bakery and Cupcake ATM. She followed with Pizzana, a growing chain of Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded pizzerias leading the third wave of pizza in the U.S. She continues to expand her portfolio of investments with CN2 Ventures.
Sarah Greener is a serial entrepreneur and business coach who helps busy, stressed, and overworked business owners transform their businesses by reigniting their passion and refocusing their work “on” their businesses rather than “in” them. Author of The Off Switch, Sarah shares how to move from a To Do List an ‘I Don't List'.
Mihaela Berciu is an executive coach on a mission to help women overcome their fears and appreciate their true value – and mentor entrepreneurs and executives to outsize success. She advises board members, top-level executives, and entrepreneurs across in banking, finance, pharmaceuticals, retail, fashion, television, and aviation services, and is the author of two best-selling books dedicated to career success.
Danielle Levy is the CEO and founder of The Boardroom League, helping six and seven-figure online business owners expand with clarity and efficiency. Leaping from a corporate career to entrepreneurship, Danielle established The Boardroom League to give other entrepreneurs a little black book of trusted industry professionals to help them grow their businesses without long-term overhead.
“I'm trying to sell movement in a completely different way than the rest of the world... I am trying to sell movement without the carrot of weight loss. And I think every single day that brings on a new challenge. “Every day we're fighting an intense beast. There are so many like the beauty standards and so much of what social media has done. People really believe that they need to change the way that they look to be happy. And so it's harder and harder to stay away from that and, to be doing something almost in some sense, the exact opposite.” Kaisa talks on the Wings of Inspired Business podcast with Melinda Wittstock who speaks with women entrepreneurs who've "been there, built that" with 7, 8 and 9-figure businesses. (Original air date: July 26, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Wings of Inspired Business Episode: Get Moving: Fitness Entrepreneur Kaisa Keranen on Why Health is a Feeling and Not a Look Release Date: Jul 26, 2022
Lesley was recently joined by serial entrepreneur Melinda Wittstock for a conversation that followed her Entrepreneurial journey that started at age 6, led her to become an award-winning journalist and has seen her found and develop 5 companies, so far. Join us as they discuss how women are just now coming into their own in Entrepreneurship and in doing so are changing the game of how companies need to be built. Melinda shares her insights as to how women are developing business models that empower their teams, create good cultures, and are doing great things for the world. Melinda has observed that a significant contributor to this is that women come to Entrepreneurship later than men with more established skill sets that are actionable within the arena. Lesley and Melinda speak to the listeners about how this explains why 20 years in, women founded companies are still only receiving 2% of the venture capital dollars available and are still outdistancing male founded businesses on a consistent basis. Melinda speaks to the listeners of the importance of women becoming comfortable with failure, understanding it is a natural part of the process and reframing it as feedback. Speaking from years of working with and around women she shares how essential it is for women to learn to be able to have it all, and shares tips for embracing this as a personal realization. Being a podcaster who has founded Podopolo to support podcasters understand their audiences more deeply, Melinda shares vital tips on how to leverage our podcaster voices and build a platform that fulfills their original vision. Melinda Wittstock is a 5-time serial in media-tech entrepreneur and the CEO and Founder Podopolo, the interactive podcast network that brings content to life by automatically connecting people to their perfect podcasts and people - and makes podcasting profitable for creators. An acknowledged visionary in tech, media, mobile platforms and social content, Melinda also hosts the fast growing "Wings of Inspired Business" podcast named by Entrepreneur Magazine as #8 of 20 of the top business podcasts for 2020. The Wings mission is to #LiftAsWeClimb, helping female founders leverage their feminine power and collaborate to change the game of business and succeed without tradeoff, guilt or apology. Formerly an award-winning journalist, executive producer, and TV anchor for the BBC, ABC News, CNBC/Financial Times Television and MSNBC, Melinda created and grew a BBC show to a 20 million audience and also innovated one of the first crowd-sourcing mobile apps, growing unique users to 3 million in 8 months. Steve Jobs told her she "asked the best questions" when she interviewed him as a 24-year-old correspondent of the Times of London. Her previous companies include: Capitol News Connection, a political news agency serving 300+ TV and radio stations nationwide; NewsiT, an award-winning mobile app for crowd-sourced content, and Verifeed, the social intelligence platform assuring a Return on Authenticity™ from social media engagement. A spiritual practitioner of meditation, yoga, and gratitude, Melinda is passionate about encouraging conscious leadership and evolved entrepreneurship using business as a canvas to solve global challenges. Her travels have taken her to many exotic places including Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island and the Amazon Rainforest. She's a loving mom to two teenagers and a golden retriever. Watch interview HERE https://podopolo.com melinda@podopolo.com or any social platform Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/melindawittstock Instagram: @podopolo @melindawittstock2020 Twitter: @podopolonetwork @melindawings Facebook: https://facebook.com/IamMelindaWittstock https://facebook.com/podopolonetwork
Charlie Fusco is the CEO and Founder of TGC Worldwide, a company managing personal brand evolutions. TGC has put clients on the New York Times Bestseller lists, secured them movie deals, expanded their charities, and other achievements most think "impossible." Charlie grew up in film and television, both in the "acting world" and in the "business world” and she's been on-set, off-set, on-screen, off-screen, in editing suites, and in funding meetings since the age of 6. Creativity, sales, negotiating, business, and entrepreneurial grit are in her bloodline. Today she shares how to find alignment with your perfect clients, plus social impact, legacy and much more. Download the interactive podcast app Podopolo here to keep the conversation going in the Wings comments section and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
Melinda Wittstock is a five-time serial entrepreneur and the CEO and Founder of the world's first social and gamified podcast app and player, Podopolo. Today, as people grieve those lost to Coronavirus and struggle with lost jobs or businesses, Melinda shares her daily gratitude practice that sparked her success by helping her find alignment with her true passion and purpose. Join Melinda to learn how to use gratitude practically in your life – and to learn what she is grateful for today.
Dr. Heidi talks with Melinda Wittstock is a 5 time serial entrepreneur, award-winning journalist, podcaster and the CEO and Founder of Podopolo, the world’s first socially interactive podcast app and network. Melinda Wittstock is a 5-time serial entrepreneur who has built 4 businesses in media and tech to 7- and 8- figure success. She’s the CEO and Founder Podopolo, the world’s first socially interactive and “gamified” podcast network where people gather to discover their favorite podcasts, connect with hosts and each other, and win rewards as they put lessons learned into action to enhance their lives and change the world. Podopolo is also the first to share revenue with podcasters – and donate 10% of its earnings to mission-driven businesses and charities worldwide. Melinda also helps business owners and entrepreneurs launch magnetic and profitable podcasts. An acknowledged visionary in tech, media, mobile platforms and social content, Melinda also hosts the fast growing “Wings Of…Inspired Business” podcast named by Entrepreneur Magazine as #8 of 20 of the top business podcasts for 2020. The Wings mission is to #LiftAsWeClimb, helping female founders leverage their feminine power and collaborate to change the game of business and succeed without tradeoff, guilt or apology. Melinda also hosts the transformational mastermind and luxury retreat “Wings of The Empowered Women” for women with 7-, 8- and 9-figure businesses. Formerly an award-winning journalist, executive producer, and TV anchor for the BBC, ABC News, CNBC/Financial Times Television and MSNBC, Melinda created and grew a BBC show to a 20 million audience and also innovated one of the first crowd-sourcing mobile apps, growing unique users to 3 million in 8 months. Steve Jobs told her she “asked the best questions” when she interviewed him as a 24-year-old correspondent of the Times of London. Her previous companies include: Capitol News Connection, a political news agency serving 300+ TV and radio stations nationwide; NewsiT, an award-winning mobile app for crowd-sourced content, and Verifeed, the social intelligence platform assuring a Return on Authenticity™ from social media engagement. A spiritual practitioner of meditation, yoga, visualization, gratitude and intention-setting, Melinda is passionate about encouraging conscious leadership and evolved entrepreneurship using business as a canvas to solve global challenges. Her travels have taken her to many exotic places including Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island, Indian Ocean, Antarctic, and the Amazon Rainforest. She’s a loving mom to two teenagers and a golden retriever. She has spoken at Voice Global 2020, Podfest Global, SXSW, Google, Fidelity Investments, Maverick 1000, Unicorn, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Voice 2018, Georgetown University, Relentless MV, Columbia University, Underground Online Seminar, Pinnacle Global Network and many more. Melinda is innovating social media 3.0. At Podopolo, her vision is to enable meaningful trusted connection and conversation curated around great podcasts and shared interests. At Podopolo, Melinda wants to get past the filter bubbles, bots and flame throwing, to foster growing awareness, consciousness and connection, empowering and enlightening people to enhance their lives and take meaningful action to improve our world. Website: https://podopolo.com Facebook Pages: https://facebook.com/IAmMelindaWittstock and https://facebook.com/podopolonetwork Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelindaWings Instagram.com: https://instagram.com/melindawittstock2020 and https://instagram.com/podopolo
Melinda Wittstock is a five-time serial entrepreneur who has built four successful businesses in digital media and tech. She’s the CEO and Founder of the world’s first social and gamified podcast app and player, Podopolo. Today, as people grieve those lost to Coronavirus and struggle with lost jobs or businesses, Melinda shares her daily gratitude practice that sparked her success by helping her find alignment with her true passion and purpose. Join Melinda to learn how to use gratitude practically in your life – and to learn what she is grateful for today. Join the conversation on the Podopolo podcast app
Melinda Wittstock is a 5-time serial entrepreneur who has built 4 businesses to 7- and 8- figure success. Now she's the founder and CEO of Podopolo, the world's first socially interactive and "gamified" podcast network where people gather to discover their favorite podcasts, connect with hosts and each other, and win rewards as they put lessons learned into action to enhance their lives and engage in world-changing initiatives. Melinda also hosts the fast growing "Wings Of Inspired Business" podcast named by Entrepreneur Magazine as #8 of 20 of the top business podcasts for 2020. The Wings mission is to #LiftAsWeClimb, helping female founders leverage their feminine power and collaborate to change the game of business and succeed without tradeoff, guilt or apology. Resources for Entrepreneur Moms Links to my FREE stuff: 10 things PDF download (entrepreneur moms)
Melinda Wittstock is a serial entrepreneur who has built 4 businesses in media and tech to 7 and 8 figures. She's now building her 5th business as CEO and founder of Wings Media, the first interactive, social and “gamified” podcast network and audience engagement platform. Launching in Q2 2020 with an initial 50 podcasts with more than 100 million downloads, Melinda's innovative mobile platform shares revenue with podcasters. An acknowledged visionary in tech, media, mobile platforms, and social content, Melinda also hosts the fast-growing “Wings Of…Inspired Business” podcast named by Entrepreneur Magazine as #8 of 20 of the top business podcasts for 2020. Melinda also helps business owners and entrepreneurs launch magnetic and profitable podcasts. A passionate advocate for women entrepreneurs, Melinda also hosts the transformational luxury retreat and peer-to-peer mastermind “Wings of The Empowered Women” for successful women entrepreneurs committed to #liftasweclimb. Formerly an award-winning journalist and TV anchor for the BBC, ABC News, CNBC/Financial Times Television and MSNBC, Melinda created and grew a BBC show to a 20 million audience and also innovated one of the first crowd-sourcing mobile apps, growing unique users to 3 million in 8 months. Steve Jobs told her she “asked the best questions” when she interviewed him as a 24-year-old correspondent of the Times of London. She was also the CEO and Founder of Verifeed, the social intelligence platform assuring a Return on Authenticity™ from social media engagement. A practitioner of meditation, yoga, visualization, gratitude, and intention-setting, Melinda is passionate about encouraging conscious leadership and evolved entrepreneurship using business as a canvas to solve global challenges. Her travels have taken her to many exotic places including Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island and the Amazon Rainforest. She's a loving mom to two teenagers and a golden retriever. She has spoken at Voice 2018, SXSW, Google, Fidelity Investments, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Georgetown University, Relentless MV, Columbia University, Underground Online Seminar, Pinnacle Global Network and many more. What the podcast will teach you: Why only 15% of podcasters earn money from their podcast, despite podcasts being the fastest-growing content medium Why knowing your audience is vital to monetization but most tools today are insufficient, and how Melinda has built a “gamified” platform to help engage with listeners How Melinda's broad experience in media has given her a unique perspective on podcasting and the ability to recognize and address pain points for podcasters How Podopolo™ was designed to be the best-in-class podcast platform and is the first and only podcast platform to share revenue with podcasters Why the biggest challenge Melinda faced after reaching seven-figures in revenue was learning to get out of her own way, and why she views mistakes as learning experiences Why maintaining the right level of control without micromanaging and filling the team with the right people has been the secret to Melinda's business growth How relinquishing control and giving your team room to grow and develop new solutions can motivate them, while micromanaging your team is incredibly demotivating How Melinda struggled to adjust to “being the boss” when her team got large enough that she didn't know everyone, and how she overcame her concerns of not being liked Why fear of the unknown and clinging to the familiar during periods of growth is a real problem, and how activities like meditation can help you conquer them Why a growing company needs a visionary who is free from day-to-day operations and who can be proactive rather than reactive Resources: Website: www.podopolo.com Website: www.melindawittstock.com/ Wings of the Empowered Woman Retreat: https://wingsexperiences.com/optin-2672225535211777 Profit From Podcasting 7-step guide: www.wingspodcast.com/liftoff Work with Melinda: www.melindawittstock.com/work-with-me/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/melindawittstock/
Melinda Wittstock is a serial entrepreneur who has built four successful businesses in digital media and tech – and soon launches an innovative audience engagement platform and network for podcasters to monetize their content. On Thanksgiving she shares her daily gratitude practice that sparked her success by helping her find alignment with her true passion and purpose. Join Melinda to learn how to use gratitude practically in your life – and to learn what she is grateful for today.
Carson Kressley surprises Danielle, nerd pick-up lines, multiple stress balls, starting every day with inspiration, a round of the improv game "Audible", and Venture Philanthropist Steve Little and Serial Entrepreneur Melinda Wittstock share learnings from creating a 15-minute comedy routine and performing it on the Caroline's on Broadway stage, and how they can apply those skills to their careers and podcasts.
Melinda Wittstock is a serial entrepreneur who has built 4 successful businesses spanning media, tech and marketing. She's on a mission to lift women in business to new heights, with a moonshot to invest $10m in 10 years in female founded businesses and catalyze an ecosystem where women invest in each other, mentor each other and throw business to each other. Melinda hosts the acclaimed podcast Wings Of...Inspired Business about female entrepreneurship, and she's the founder and CEO of education platform Wings Of Success and social intelligence company Verifeed. Amy and Melinda talk about women in business, conscious leadership, self-acceptance and all the things we face as entrepreneurs growing into a conscious and collaborative environment. Learn. Create. Thrive. www.InspiredConversations.net www.AmySchuber.com
Lena Phoenix and Steven Sashen are sprinting with their fast-scaling business Xero Shoes, and today on Valentine’s Day we get a peek inside the lives of a “Couplepreneur”, how they manage their love of business and the business of love, and why they rejected Kevin O’Leary’s offer of $400,000 on Shark Tank. This episode is the first in a series of weekly Wings Of Inspired Business interviews with married entrepreneurs. What is it like to juggle it all? What makes it work?
Melinda Wittstock is a 4-time serial entrepreneur, acclaimed podcaster and visionary in all things tech and media. She's the CEO and founder of Wings Media, a platform dedicated to helping women grow and scale businesses around their true purpose and passion, and host of the podcast Wings Of...Inspired Business. Her moonshot is to invest $10m in 10 years in women-owned businesses. She's also the CEO and founder of the social intelligence company Verifeed. She's a single mom to two great kids, an avid adventurer, and meditation fanatic. “Dare to dream and dare to play big. It is just as easy to create a small business as a big business. Or another way of saying that it is just as difficult to create a small business as it is to create a big business. So first of all don't limit yourself artificially. The second thing is make sure you are in alignment with your business. Make sure that what you are doing truly does align to your true purpose in life, your talents, what you love to do, your strengths, and your mission. Because to be an entrepreneur is to ride a roller-coaster of ups and downs and palpitating moments where you are struggling. And if it's not connected to some higher purpose or mission it's very very difficult in those moments” …[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6OF
Bonnie Bruderer says entrepreneurs have to be willing to get uncomfortable in order to get comfortable, that growth comes when we get out of our comfort zones. Bonnie is the founder and CEO of the fast-growing Binge Networks, which now reaches hundreds of millions globally via smart TVs and connected devices as a distribution channel for videos and podcasts like Wings Of…Inspired Business. She shares her advice for women in business.
Melinda Wittstock is a serial entrepreneur who has built four successful businesses in digital media and tech. She shares today on Thanksgiving how her daily gratitude practice was the spark that ignited her success and helped her find alignment with her true passion and purpose. Join Melinda to learn how to use gratitude practically in your life – and to learn what she is grateful for today.
Melinda Wittstock launched Wings Of…Inspired Business a year ago today to celebrate the entrepreneurial journeys of women “succeeding in silence”. One year in, Wings has grown into a movement as Melinda works to catalyze an ecosystem where women in business mentor each other, buy from each other and invest in each other. Today Melinda talks about what it takes to succeed, how to get out of fear and scarcity, and why we all need a “business family” of mentors and coaches to succeed.
Bonnie Bruderer believes that “mindset is everything” in entrepreneurship. She shares how her willingness to scrap her original business model led her to seize the day in the fast-growing OTT television industry with Binge Networks, which now reaches hundreds of millions globally as a distribution channel for videos and podcasts like Wings Of…Inspired Business. Learn how and when to pivot, and the mindset you need to succeed.
Melinda Wittstock launched Wings Of…Inspired Business to honor the entrepreneurial journeys of women and catalyze an ecosystem where women in business step into their authentic power and purpose, extend their influence and impact, and lift each other to new heights of success. Today Melinda interviews some of the most accomplished female founders about their Mindset, Mojo and Money secrets. Guests include Kara Goldin, Alllison Maslan, Jennifer Love, Jules Schroeder, JJ Virgin, Teresa de Grosbois, JuliAnn Stitick, Natalie Ledwell, and Christy Whitman.
"The best answer is to know who you are, know your true purpose in life, and really be authentic and in line with that." Melinda shares how she transitioned from being a journalist to founding Verifeed, a social intelligence platform. We discuss the importance of knowing who our clients and customers are, what their desires are, where they hang out and how we can best connect with them on a personal level. We also chat about ROA - Return on Authenticity. Get the show notes, transcription and resources mentioned at https://thekimsutton.com/pp204.
Melinda Wittstock has a big moonshot: Investing in 100 female-founded businesses in the next 10 years. “I want to BE the change I want to see in the world”, says Melinda. A serial technology and media entrepreneur, Melinda lifts off with WINGS to affirm and acclaim the journeys of entrepioneering women. Wings of Inspired Business features authentic conversations with female founders who share their advice about how women in business can soar to ‘SuperShero’ success.