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Digitalization of the counseling industry is disrupting an industry where you’d least expect it. Naomi Allen, serial entrepreneur and mother founded Brightline – the online platform making counseling easy and accessible for families all across the US. Allen, inspired by her family’s experience and pain points came up with the solution to digitalize the counseling industry. Brightline has fundamentally disrupted its industry and created a visualization for the progress a child makes in their health journey. It is the future of healthcare – paving the way for a more self-serve approach.
A graphic designer turned business coach, Alana Ruoso’s main focus is helping her clients overcome imposter syndrome – something that haunts many of us in our career development phase. She helps people define their goals, create routines, and achieve their business and life goals. Her experience in design and creative business growth allows her to work with both brands and individuals on the best way to grow and succeed.
How to Build a Business While Still Working Full-time with Beekeeper’s Naturals Founder, Carly Stein
Carly Stein was working full-time as a financial analyst when she decided to trust her gut and start her natural remedy business Beekeeper’s Naturals. The company was born out of a personal need due to Stein’s allergy to antibiotics and her love for science. To build a business, Carly has. been involved in creating, selling, and networking by herself and faced a lot of opposition from those around her but never the less she perceived and established a loyal client base in the Canadian farmer’s market scene. Through networking and working long nights creating the products by hand Carly was able to get in touch with Whole Foods Canada and become a staple product on their shelves.
Hilary McCain is the founder of the First CBD infused drinks business on the US market, Sweet Reason. Her company is all about providing consumers with a calm focus and an alternative to carbonated beverages and alcohol. Her business has had incredible success with over 1,000 retailers carrying Sweet Reason and their Instagram growing to over 18,000 followers. McCain walks us through her journey in starting Sweet Reason, what inspired her, how she overcame regulation changes, and how she was able to secure investors for her groundbreaking business.
Never lose sight that mindset is key along with detailed systems, and a trustworthy team behind you to help your business succeed. Brooke Mason, a former model, photographer, and founder of Brooke Mason Creative boasts clients such as Bentley and Rolls Royce. Brooke explains the necessity of creating a level-headed mindset through mentorship, following people on social media, and always getting feedback. She shares her amazing insights into bootstrapping a business and harnessing her creativity in order to establish herself as an expert in her field.
How to attract customers quickly with Tegan Bukowski, Co-Founder of WellSet. Tegan is a tech-architect who taught herself to code at the age of eight and has been driven to create something powerful ever since. WellSet’s mission is to increase access to preventative healthcare and wellness, for everyone. Facilitating the relationship between the practitioner and patient, WellSet is a discovery platform and powering practitioners’ businesses. They attract their customers not by advertising a tech platform, but by getting in front of them in the right ways and being mission-driven.
Tamra Johnson is solving the pain points of entrepreneurs everywhere. From onboarding to building a financial model to invoices to market resources to keeping track of expenses, Tamra’s two ventures have found a way to solve all of those problems. She’s the co-founder of FlexTeam and Liquid with her fellow MIT alumni. Tune in to learn how you can outsource all of your daily headaches and focus on the parts of your business you enjoy.
Are you worried about jumping into an industry that is historically male-dominated? The culinary industry would have to be one of the toughest and Giada de Laurentiis continues to succeed at so many levels. She is a chef, mother, author, restauranteur, and an Emmy award-winning television personality of many shows on the Food Network. She followed her passion and transformed her family’s Italian traditional recipes into a successful culinary empire. Tune in to learn how to push past gender stereotypes and transform your passion into a successful business.
Jesse Draper, the founding partner of Halogen Ventures, gives us an inside perspective on what a venture capitalist looks for when investing in a company. There will be times when you have to raise money to grow and will need to present the perfect pitch to investors. This episode is full of advice from a successful early-stage venture capitalist that you won’t want to miss.
Do you want to catapult your business to the next level? Michelle Seiler Tucker is founder and CEO of Michelle Seiler Tucker and an expert in mergers and acquisitions having bought and sold hundreds of companies. In this episode of Badass CEO, Michelle tells you exactly what you need to do when you are growing your company so you are prepared for an exit strategy right from the beginning. She talks about her 6 Ps which are a necessity for a successful business. Michelle is co-author of “Exit Rich.”
Are you a mom-entrepreneur trying to juggle it all? Or are you looking for some inspiration for transforming experience and passion into a business? This is the episode for you. Elisabeth Jones-Hennessy, Founder & CEO of Gift Me Chic – juggles life between New York City and Paris as a wife, mother, and businesswoman, which led her to the gift of giving. Gift Me Chic is inspired by both Elisabeth’s passion for retail, as well as her travels around the world.
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