Wings Of...inspired Business

Entrepreneur Lauren Raja lost her young husband and her beloved grandmother within a year, and in her grief she created a fast-growing fashion pajama company in their names, JustinJean. She shares how she turned her grief into creativity and provides must-listen lessons on how to find your true passion and live “all in” with no regrets.

Entrepreneur CJ Scarlet hid her shame for many years after two violent sexual assaults and it ultimately left her battling two life-threatening autoimmune diseases that crippled her startups. Author of The Badass Girl's Guide: Uncommon Strategies to Outwit Predators, CJ shares how she’s now healing others and gives practical advice of how women can “lift as we climb” and be “bad victims” to succeed in business.

Entrepreneur Shari Aldrich is on a mission to relieve pain for one million people by 2025. CEO and founder of BodyMechanics, Shari has innovated a process for training massage therapists, and better yet, training them to run their own businesses. She has a big vision – and she shares how the loss of her finger in a freak accident led her to entrepreneurial success.

Joie Cheng is a healer and coach whose determination to heal herself from depression put her on a course to heal others. Author of the best-selling The Naked Truth: A Woman’s Journey to Self-Love, Joie puts on the Advice WINGS to share her inspiration for 2018 and provides practical tips to manifest inner peace and outer success.

Happy International Women’s Day! We celebrate with entrepreneur Julia Pimsleur who has a big mission to help women entrepreneurs crack the $1mm+ revenue ceiling. Julia, who learned the hard way how to scale her business Little Pim to $1mm+ and beyond, is ‘Chief Empowerista’ of Million Dollar Women and has graduated 70 women so far with her teachings on mindset, skillset and how to leverage the right networks. She shares her strategies on scaling.

What makes a marketing message get heard in our ADD world? “Wow Whisperer” Diane Curran shares her secrets on how women in business can find their unique voice and leverage their innate relationship building skills to master social engagement. Author of The Marketing Deal, Diane provides practical tips on messaging, public speaking and how to grow your business with authentic marketing.

Entrepreneur Maribeth Kuzmeski got tired of being the proverbial “only woman in the room”. Serving the financial services sector as President of Red Zone Marketing, Maribeth decided to roll up her sleeves, “give forward” and create a foundation to get women in finance and entrepreneurship the female role models and mentors they need to succeed. Maribeth shares her tips on resilience, confidence and how to command a room.

Entrepreneur Kaaren Whitney Vernon on what it takes to educate a marketplace and how she pioneered a new way to engage Millenials with scripted series on YouTube for big brands like Walmart and U by Kotex with shift2, the company she recently sold to Shaftsbury. She puts on the ‘Advice WINGS’ today to talk networking and how to find the support we need as women in business.

Serial entrepreneur and Internet marketing phenom Heather Ann Havenwood has built companies from zero to millions in less than a year. She’s also lost everything in bankruptcy and foreclosure, only to rebuild again. Author of the bestselling SexyBoss™: How Female Entrepreneurship is Changing the Rule Book and Beating the Big Boys and host of the national radio show “The Win”, Heather talks reinvention, her new chatbot gig and her passion to boost the fortunes of female entrepreneurs.

Learn what it’s like to be a location-independent entrepreneur who follows her heart – and opportunity – all over the world. Silvia Christmann is a growth expert, helping companies scale and accelerate rapid growth. Find out how she can work her magic from anywhere in the world, and get her tips for creating multiple streams of passive income.

Learn why powerful women in business must learn to avoid “business as usual” and leverage authentic feminine traits such as inclusive collaboration and authentic connection. Beth Wilson, transformation coach to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and CEOs shares insights on the nature of transformational leadership and how women’s advancement can also lift men.

Serial entrepreneur Sharon Kan is on a mission to help moms learn entrepreneurial skills and create lucrative microbusinesses with her new platform, Pepperlane. A four-time founder and three-time CEO with four exits to her name, Sharon talks about what is inspiring her, and she puts on the “Advice Wings” about how to “let go” our fears, and embrace the adventure of entrepreneurship.

Learn in this episode with entrepreneur and wealth maven Katherine Dean how to manifest money, grow it, keep it, and make it work for you so you can live a life of financial freedom with multiple income streams, and why this is important for female founders to have the runway to invest in their own business growth.

There is nothing like staring death directly in the face to learn that life is too short to be rude and unkind. Former forensic death investigator turned entrepreneur and civility expert Sue Jacques is on a mission to create civil company cultures. Learn in this episode how to create “gossip-free zones”, why politeness translates directly to profit, and how align to your truth by listing your “pregrets”.

Technology can be used for good – or bad. Denise Tayloe is protecting kids online as cofounder and CEO of Privo. “I don’t know how to give up”, she says of her years growing a SaaS technology company and trying to raise venture capital. Leaern Denise’s success tips – and why it’s mission critical to surround yourself with mentors and networks to assure your success in business and life.

Real estate entrepreneur Karen Briscoe has sold more than $1.5billion worth of residential properties, and she shares “Five Minute Success” methodology that can be applied to any business. Karen puts on the ‘Advice Wings’ to share how women in business must focus on sales and leadgen to succeed, and embrace the positivity of change.

Every entrepreneur needs mentors and coaches and Lauren Le Munyan says she helps her clients in technology, media, fitness, fashion and design “kick ass” – by helping them align their true authentic purpose with their business. Learn practical methodologies to establish your vision, mission and culture, and create the right structures and systems to execute your ideas.

Online dating is a confusing business, so this Valentine’s Day entrepreneur Jen Hecht shares how to apply business, marketing and branding skills to your “dating strategy”. Host of the Dating Advisory Board Show, Jen shares practical tips on personal branding and now to navigate the business of romance.

Entrepreneurs need to think BIG if they want to persuade venture capitalists to invest, and technology entrepreneur Theresa Szczurek shares what it takes to bring investors to the table, and why she brought in a male CEO in her first company to get the check. Now founder and CEO of Radish Systems Theresa provides practical tips to grow, fund and scale your business.     Review WINGS on iTunes and win a chance to Mastermind in person one-on-one with host and entrepreneur Melinda Wittstock Like WINGS! https://facebook.com/wingspodcast Follow us on Twitter @MelindaWings Our sponsors: Your Return on Authenticity™: Apply for Verifeed’s social media accelerator  Springboard Enterprises: The Accelerator for Female Founders Zero Limits Ventures: Valuation Enhancement and Capital Acquisition Strategies

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Eileen Gittins’ moonshot is to create the world’s largest pipeline of female entrepreneurs with the app Bossygrl for “teenpreneurs”. She puts on the ‘Advice Wings’ to share how women can more confidently ask for – and get – the money and success they want and deserve.