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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Jan 27, 2022 • 47min
674 Attraction Marketing: Entrepreneur Katrina Aronson on How to Sell in Joy, Flow, and Ease
Katrina Aronson is a corporate finance drop out turned entrepreneur. She grew her own small business to 6 figures in her very first year, but not without a lot of trial and error and expensive mistakes. She now teaches ambitious women how to catapult their business as the face of their brand, with powerful and practical marketing that sets them apart from the rest. Join the conversation by following Wings of Inspired Business on the free and socially interactive Podopolo app, where Susan and will answer questions. Download Podopolo here and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
Jan 25, 2022 • 42min
673 ICYMI Get Effing Real: Entrepreneur and Podcaster Lisa Cherney on Why Unapologetic Authenticity Rules
Lisa Cherney has been mentoring millionaire entrepreneurs for over 20 years. She’s the host of the ground-breaking confession-based GFR (Get F’n Real) podcast and creator of the 12 GFR Commandments. In 2014, after 15 years in business and speaking on over 750 stages, Lisa Cherney got f’ing real and dismantled her successful 7-Figure business as the Juicy Marketing Expert. Lisa shares why just because something is successful and people like it, doesn’t mean you have to keep doing it. Join the conversation by following Wings of Inspired Business on the free and socially interactive Podopolo app, where you can share your perspectives and get advice. Download Podopolo here and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
Jan 20, 2022 • 1h 4min
672 Building a Business That Can Profit Without You: Lifelong Entrepreneur Susan Bratton Epiphanies from Suffering Long Covid
Susan Bratton, known as the "Intimacy Expert to Millions", is the co-founder and CEO of Personal Life Media, a publisher of heart-connected lovemaking techniques and bedroom communication skills and The20, a manufacturer of organic and botanical supplements that enhance sexual vitality. An early media-tech pioneer honored as a “Silicon Valley Woman of Influence” by The Business Journal, Susan shares her journey and epiphanies after almost 2 years with “Long Covid”, the realization she’d built companies that could run profitably without her, and we talk about the future of media and podcasting. Join the conversation by following Wings of Inspired Business on the free and socially interactive Podopolo app, where Susan and will answer questions. Download Podopolo here and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
Jan 18, 2022 • 1h 5min
671 Media Star to Entrepreneur: 19-time Emmy Winner Barbara Harrison on What It Takes to Make the Leap
Barbara Harrison is an award-winning television journalist, anchor, and producer, gracing NBC screens for 38 years in San Francisco, Dallas and Washington, DC. A recipient of many local and national awards for her work, including 19 Emmy Awards, Barbara created the celebrated program known as Wednesday’s Child on NBC stations across the country. Today she shares how she’s making the leap into entrepreneurship, how media disruption is leading to new opportunities for creators, and why it’s important to know your own value. join the conversation by following Wings of Inspired Business on the free and socially interactive Podopolo app, where Barbara and will answer questions. Download Podopolo here and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
Jan 13, 2022 • 1h 12min
670 Follow Your Joy So the Money Follows You: Entrepreneur Marla Diann on Leveraging Feminine Power
Marla Diann has been transforming the lives and businesses of creative entrepreneurs for the last 13 years as an international success coach, business strategist, and transformational artist. Prior to that, her love of writing and Journalism led her to a dynamic 22-year career in entertainment PR and operating her own company serving celebrities, visual and performing artists. Listen today to learn the art of balancing your masculine and feminine energy and why women succeed at wealth-building when we follow our joy – and join the conversation with Marla on Podopolo, the interactive podcasting app. Download Podopolo here and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
Jan 11, 2022 • 1h 4min
669 ICYMI Success on Purpose: Salesforce VP Karen Mangia on Redefining the Future of Work
Karen Mangia is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers in the world, sharing her thought leadership with over 10,000 organizations. As Vice President of Customer and Market Insights at Salesforce, she helps individuals and organizations define, design, and deliver the future. She serves on multiple boards, including the Racial Equality and Justice Taskforce. She is the author of four books: Success From Anywhere, Listen Up!, Working from Home, and Success With Less. and join the conversation by following Wings of Inspired Business on the free and socially interactive Podopolo app, where Karen and I will answer questions. Download Podopolo here and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
Jan 6, 2022 • 38min
668 ICYMI Billion-Dollar Secrets: Entrepreneur Galit Ventura-Rozen on How to Master Sales
Galit Ventura-Rozen began her entrepreneurial journey 25 years ago as the broker and owner of Commercial Professionals, a company she built into a $1 billion dollar business. As a sales success expert, author, and award-winning entrepreneur, Galit has made it her mission to show women how to reach 7+ figures in their businesses with sales techniques that attract clients and maximize profits. Listen to learn the “psychology of sales” and why perfectionism is the enemy of business growth and join the conversation by following Wings of Inspired Business on the free and socially interactive Podopolo app, where Galit and I will answer questions. Download Podopolo here and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
Jan 4, 2022 • 42min
667 Unbiased Artificial Intelligence: Tech Entrepreneur Dr. Nashlie Sephus on Eliminating Racial and Gender Bias from AI
Dr. Nashlie Sephus sold her innovative AI company called Partpic to Amazon, where she’s now a Tech Evangelist for Amazon AI, focusing on erasing racial bias from artificial intelligence. She’s also the founder and CEO of The Bean Path non-profit based in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi where she assists individuals and startups with technical expertise. Listen to learn how she’s changing the game for women of color in tech, also as the owner of the Jackson Tech District, 14-acres of mixed-use commercial real-estate to bring tech training and workforce/economic development to the area. And join the conversation by following Wings of Inspired Business on the free and socially interactive Podopolo app, where Sarah and will answer questions. Download Podopolo here and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
Dec 28, 2021 • 41min
665 ICYMI HeartMates: Intimacy Expert Allana Pratt on a Disruptive Innovation in Dating Apps
Allana Pratt, Intimacy Expert, supports those ready to live unapologetically and attract an open-hearted, ideal relationship. Featured on Huffington Post, People, Forbes, CBS, ABC, NBC and FOX, she’s the Author of 6 books, has interviewed Whoopi Goldberg and Alanis Morissette, Hosts the Podcast “Intimate Conversations”, has 5M viewers on YouTube and has launched the world’s first Partnering App called HeartMates where members Become the One to Find the One which Keeps the One. Download Podopolo here and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
Dec 23, 2021 • 54min
664 Investing in Women: $100mm Entrepreneur & VC Investor Sarah Dusek on Funding Early-Stage Female Founders
Sarah Dusek built her glamping company Under Canvas and exited with its sale of over $100 million. From her own experiences struggling as a female founder to get venture capital funding, and then learning that women entrepreneurs only receive 2% of all available funding each year, Sarah launched Enygma Ventures, a VC fund focused on investing in women-led businesses in Southern Africa. Enygma has now invested tens of millions of dollars in over 20 companies, and Sarah also helps women learn the ropes of getting funded. Listen today to learn the secrets of raising investment for your company, what holds women back, and join the conversation by following Wings of Inspired Business on the free and socially interactive Podopolo app, where Sarah and will answer questions. Download Podopolo here and invite your friends to connect around podcasts recommended to you by what interests and inspires you.
