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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Jul 9, 2019 • 39min
365 The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship: Doyenne Co-Founder Amy Gannon on Diversity and Inclusion
Amy Gannon is on a mission to identify and unleash startup talent in places where no one is looking for it, that is, outside of the usual startup capitals and focusing in particular on encouraging women and minorities to start and scale businesses. Co-founder and director of entrepreneurial development for women's startup accelerator Doyenne, Amy shares her thoughts on what needs to change for female founders to excel with disruptive, scalable startups.
Jul 4, 2019 • 48min
364 Profiting from Diversity: Entrepreneur Jennifer Brown on Why Inclusive Workplaces Always Win Out
Jennifer Brown is an award-winning LGTBQ entrepreneur, diversity and inclusion consultant, and the bestselling author of Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace and The Will to Change. 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.
Jul 3, 2019 • 15min
363 MINISODE Make Fear Your Friend: Entrepreneur Amber Swenor on Living Life in Flow
Amber Swenor is a Brand Strategist and Impact Coach for purpose-driven entrepreneurs and companies wanting to create massive impact and do good through their businesses. We talk about authenticity in marketing, how to find your "truth" and how to work less to achieve more.
Jul 2, 2019 • 50min
362 Robots, You and Me: Tech Innovator Marie Smith on Connecting Us Through AI
Marie Smith is an entrepreneurial force of nature who wrote her first computer program at age 9 and went on to be a founding contributor to nearly 50 media, tech and wellness companies and projects contributing over $100 million in transactions. Co-Founder and CIO of the fast-growing AI company Data360 Solutions, Marie shares how she's never let anything stand in her way as an African American women in tech. She shares how her current machine learning startup, now 50-strong, is reducing operational costs as much as 90% for companies small and large, including Amazon and Google.
Jun 27, 2019 • 32min
361 De-clutter Your Inbox: Entrepreneur Cameron Cegala on the Mobile App That Makes Advertisers Your Friend
Cameron Cegala is the Co-founder of AdKAddy, a mobile app that enables consumers to connect with brands they love without all that email clutter. A former P&G exec, Cameron made the leap into entrepreneurship setting out to dispel the myth of "bad advertising." If there were a way for consumers to back their personal inboxes and keep their personal emails personal, those people might be more willing to actively engage with communications from the brands they love.
Jun 26, 2019 • 14min
360 MINISODE Love and Business: Entrepreneur Lena Elkins on Balancing Marriage and Partnership in Business
Lena Elkins knows what it's like to go from broke to breaking new barriers as an entrepreneur: She found the secret to building a scalable global coaching business. She's added a new partner to the business fold – her husband. She shares advice on how to partner with your partner, keep the romance alive as you crush it in business, how to live an intentional life without letting current circumstance dictate your future, and much more.
Jun 25, 2019 • 49min
359 Chief Fun Officer: Entrepreneur and Cancer Survivor Mary Dee on How to Unlock Joy in Business
Mary Dee is the Chief Fun Officer and Love-Your-Life Coach at MaryDee.com. She's been helping entrepreneurs solve their biggest problems and overcome their greatest fears for nearly 20 years. From start-up to scale up, she's helped companies grow from a
Jun 21, 2019 • 14min
358 Just DO It: Entrepreneur, Investor and Philanthropist Kisha Mays on How To Think Big and Go Global
Kisha Mays believes it's time for women in business to overcome fear and play bigger. Kisha is building a global business and in our mentoring Minisode she talks about what it means to get out of your comfort zone – and why growth happens when we're willing to take a chance on ourselves. Kisha has overcome very public failure three times – learning every step of the way – and her mission now is to help one million female founders reach $1mm+ in revenue.
Jun 20, 2019 • 42min
357 From Bankruptcy to A Million-Dollar Business: Entrepreneur and Wedding Planner Jessica Zimmerman on Secrets of Success
Jessica Zimmerman shares how her startup dreams nearly ended in bankruptcy until she figured out how to turn wedding planning and floral design business into a lucrative 7-figure success. Founder of Zimmerman Education, Jessica also now teaches others the exact systems, sales processes and other tools and techniques necessary to create a successful 6-figure floral design businesses – and earn a living from flowers, without giving up their lives.
Jun 19, 2019 • 12min
356 MINISODE Lift As Your Climb: Fashion Entrepreneur Maria Murphy on Why Women Supporting Women
Maria Murphy is the founder and CEO of Lei-Lei.net, a global and socially conscious fashion ecommerce platform showcasing handmade fairly traded products created by women artisans around the world. A longtime New York City fashion executive and VP Sales at Tahari, Maria believes in using business for social good. She shares how to apply fair trade and a supply chain policy of "reduce reuse reclaim recycle" to any business – plus how to turn a "do good" side hustle into a profitable global company.
