Wings of Inspired Business
Melinda Wittstock
Women entrepreneurs are changing the game of business, stepping into our authentic feminine power and growing consciousness to start and scale great companies. Listen to Wings to learn from women who've "been there, built that" with 7, 8 and 9-figure businesses, even billion dollar Unicorns. You'll learn how to manifest the mindset, mojo and money to create, grow and scale a business aligned with what makes your heart sing. Wings is hosted by Melinda Wittstock, a 4-time serial entrepreneur, tech visionary and award-winning journalist. Melinda focuses where personal and business growth meet, her insightful interviews with inspiring female founders and businesswomen providing actionable tips to help listeners to real and tangible results. These innovators, influencers, and investors all share their success secrets, epiphanies, and practical advice on how to get the confidence, connections and capital so you too manifest the success of your dreams in life and in business.
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Aug 1, 2023 • 57min
Modern GenX Woman: Entrepreneurs Mimi Bishop and Jackie Ghedline on Relational, Emotional and Linguistic Intelligence to Boost the Wealth of 40+ Women
Jackie Ghedline and Mimi Bishop are the co-founders of Modern Gen X Woman and MGXW Consulting, on a mission to help women build wealth, lead confidently, and refuse to accept the unacceptable. Both are former senior corporate executives turned certified coaches, Jackie the former Associate Publisher at AdAge and Mimi the former Vice President of Marketing at a division of News Corporation where she led messaging strategy and content creation. They host the Modern GenX Woman and have been featured on NBC’s Today, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Wired and Fast Company.
Jul 27, 2023 • 31min
Early-Stage Bootstrapping: Entrepreneur Rachel Hicks on Resilience and Learning as You Grow
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.
Jul 25, 2023 • 46min
Success with Soul: Entrepreneur Kate Kordsmeier on Aligning with Feminine Energy to Succeed in Business
Kate Kordsmeier is the CEO of Success with Soul, the coaching incubator program that helps female founders align with their feminine energy and cycles to grow businesses without burnout. Kate is an ex-journalist turned life coach and creative entrepreneur. She has founded several coaching programs for female entrepreneurs, and hosts the podcast Success with Soul.
Jul 20, 2023 • 37min
Honeytrap Marketing: Entrepreneur Deirdre Tshien on Podcasting and Generative AI
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.
Jul 18, 2023 • 32min
Emotional Eating: Entrepreneur Jessica Procini on Why It Impacts Resilient High-Achieving Women in Business Most
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.
Jul 13, 2023 • 33min
Secrets of Aromatherapy: Amy Anthony on How Entrepreneurs Can De-Stress
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.
Jul 11, 2023 • 46min
Mind Magic: Entrepreneur Tracy Litt on How to Leverage the Divine Feminine and Quantum Law for Wealth and Impact
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
Jul 6, 2023 • 38min
Food Innovation: VC Investor Jennifer Stojkovic on Why the Future of Food Is Female
Jennifer Stojkovic is a General Partner at Joyful Ventures, an early-stage VC fund focused on disrupting the $1.4 trillion meat and dairy industry with sustainable protein. She’s also the founder of Vegan Women Summit (VWS), a platform of over 60,000 women professionals in the future of food, and author of the award-winning book, The Future of Food is Female. Prior to her career in food technology, Jennifer built her career in Silicon Valley under Ron Conway, Founder of SV Angel, and worked with the world's largest tech companies including Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
Jul 4, 2023 • 44min
Uncertainty of Rapid Transformation: Entrepreneur Kamales Lardi on Managing Change in the Era of AI
Kamales Lardi is a strategic thinker in digital and business transformation. Honored as “Top 10 Global Thought Leaders in Digital Transformation” by Thinkers360 and “International 40 Over 40: The World's Most Inspiring Women” by CapGemini Invent and Female One Zero, Kamales is the founder of Lardi & Partner Consulting. There, she advises many multinational companies across various industries in Europe, Asia, and Africa as well as startups. A believer in the transformative impact of emerging technologies, Kamales has deep knowledge and practical experience in emerging technology, such as AI, virtual and augmented reality, 3D-printing, IoT and sensor technologies, and robotics.
Jun 29, 2023 • 42min
Ask For What You Want: Entrepreneur and Investor Kareen Walsh on Building Trust and Aligning to Your Zone of Genius for Great Leadership
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.
