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 22, 2019 • 43min
385 Own Your Bold: Entrepreneur Coach Melanie Benson on How to Amplify Your Influence
Melanie Benson is known as the "Profit Amplifier". Coach to conscious entrepreneurs wanting to grow their influence, impact and bottom line, Melanie is also the host of the Amplify Your Success Podcast, author of Rewired for Wealth, and co-author of Entrepreneur.com's Start Up Guide to Starting an Information Marketing Business. Featured in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Woman's Day, and Parenting, Melanie talks about mindset blocks holding women back in business plus valuable advice for how to grow a profitable business.
Aug 21, 2019 • 13min
384 MINISODE Fresh Presse: A Triple Shot of Espresso Advice for New Female Founders from Marketing Expert Sara Graham
Sara Graham is on a mission to help women get lift off in their new businesses with a 12-week training called the Espresso Program. She's abrand development and communications consultant took the leap into entrepreneurship to help women in business get their new business ideas up and running with great marketing hacks to change the game.
Aug 20, 2019 • 46min
383 How To Be An Inclusive Leader: Entrepreneur Jennifer Brown on Why There's Profit in Diversity
Jennifer Brown is on a mission to help business boost bottom-line growth with inclusive and diverse cultures. An award-winning LGTBQ entrepreneur, Jennifer has a new book out today called How to be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive. A consultant to Fortune 500s, startups and nonprofits alike, Jennifer makes the case for leaders to embrace the opportunity that diversity represents for their own growth and for the success of their organizations.
Aug 15, 2019 • 45min
382 Erotic Storytelling for Female Empowerment: Dipsea CEO and Co-Founder Gina Gutierrez on How She Raised $5.5 million in Venture Capital
Gina Gutierrez will probably ask you how you're feeling when she meets you. The co-founder and CEO of the audio storytelling app Dipsea, Gina is on a mission to use her empathy to help women feel sexually, mentally, and emotionally empowered through short-form erotic storytelling. Gina shares how she and her co-founder Faye Keegan raised $5.5 million in venture capital to help women tap into their sexuality on their own terms, unlock confidence, and develop a more holistic sense of wellbeing.
Aug 14, 2019 • 16min
381 MINISODE Moonshots and Motivation: Serial Technology Entrepreneur Bettina Hein Why A Little Naiveté Is A Big Asset
Bettina Hein is a serial technology entrepreneur now remaking what we know of the web into a decentralized 3.0 version where we own and control our own data. CEO and founder of HelloYellow, SVOX and Pixability, Bettina talks about what it takes for women to play bigger to launch moonshots and why, just like in childbirth, it helps not to know or understand all the challenges before you take the leap.
Aug 13, 2019 • 33min
380 The Glamatory: How Mimi Johnson Turned a Girlhood Love of Makeup into a Thriving Business
Mimi Johnson turned her love of makeup into a thriving business, The Glamatory. Mimi is a sought-after makeup artist and entrepreneur whose work is seen on popular TV networks such as Bravo and VH1, her high profile clients including Kenya Moore and Angela Simmons, and her followers and subscribers to her subscription box Grind Pretty now numbering 50,000. Featured in Essence and InStyle magazines, Mimi shares how her "emancipation party" set her on the course of entrepreneurship and what she's learned along the way.
Aug 8, 2019 • 35min
379 The Muse Process: Dr. Barbara Cox on Unlocking Feminine Power for Business Growth
Dr. Barbara Cox is a psychologist and executive coach on a mission to catalyze the use of the feminine archetype to build community, increase personal intuition, and create lasting change (and profit) in business. She's the author of The Muse Process: Unleashing the Power of the Feminine for Success and Fulfillment and she shares how an epiphany as a new mom allowed her to see the trap of isolation and disconnectedness women experience when they deny their authentic feminine power.
Aug 7, 2019 • 23min
378 MINISODE Mentors Matter: LGTBQ Entrepreneur Jennifer Brown on How to Grow Your Business with Mentors You Trust
Jennifer Brown is on a mission to catalyze diverse and inclusive workplaces from startup to Fortune 500 corporations. An award-winning LGTBQ entrepreneur, diversity and inclusion consultant, and the bestselling author of Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace and The Will to Change, she shares why diversity is an opportunity for faster business growth – and why every leader and CEO needs mentors they can trust.
Aug 6, 2019 • 31min
377 Getting Gription: Entrepreneur Missy Kelly on the Fast Track to Success
Missy Kelly is the Co-founder and CEO of CatTongue Grips, an innovative adhesive non-slip grip that can easily be applied to your mobile device, laptop, tablet or case to provide a layer of what she calls "Gription" in your everyday life. We talk about making the leap from stay-at-home mom to risk taking entrepreneur and how to grow and scale a consumer product company.
Aug 1, 2019 • 40min
376 Flower Power: Entrepreneur Beth Bell on Pollinating the Planet with Love
Beth Bell is on a mission to "pollinate the planet with love". Entrepreneur, Radio & TV host and "flower whisperer", Beth left 15+-year corporate career as a marketing executive to end loneliness and chaos on the planet. She recently launched her "Pollinating Love Mudra" to assist humanity in giving and receiving unconditional love. It's a simple, yet sacred mudra to re-connect to our higher selves, others and strengthen community.
