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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May 14, 2019 • 39min
335 Evolved eCommerce: Fashion Entrepreneur Maria Murphy on Giving Forward to Scale Social Impact
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.
May 10, 2019 • 17min
334 MINISODE Big Budget to Scrappy Startup: Sigrun Shares Advice on Scaling a Lifestyle Business
Sigrun transformed her life from corporate "turnaround" CEO to entrepreneur, doubling her revenue every year for the past four years and now headed into the 8 figures. A strategic coach, podcaster and international speaker, Sigrun shares on our mentoring minisode how to scale a lifestyle business, beat perfectionism and get the right mindset for success.
May 9, 2019 • 40min
333 Competing With Giants: Entrepreneur Stephanie Scapa's Mission To Innovate in Digital Content
Stephanie Scapa is on a mission to transform the digital economy and create a new, more equitable model for artists, creators, and consumers. She's the co-founder and CEO of WEYV, a platform that allows users to listen to music, read magazines, and listen to podcasts in a single app. She shares what it's like to compete with giants like Apple, Spotify and Amazon and what's ahead in the podcasting space.
May 8, 2019 • 18min
332 MINISODE The Power and Profit of Collaboration: Serial Entrepreneur Helen Thomas on Why We Need Mentors To Succeed
Helen Thomas is a serial entrepreneur in technology and digital media now connecting us in a more meaningful and collaborative way with a disruptive touchscreen collaboration platform enabling genuine human connection. CEO and founder of Touchjet, Helen shares her advice on overcoming isolation, building a community of mentors and supportive peers, and how to pursue big dreams with persistence.
May 7, 2019 • 45min
331 Lift As You Climb: Entrepreneur Heather Wentler on Building A Network Of Women Supporting Women
Heather Wentler is the co-founder of Doyenne, a networking group for female entrepreneurs who are committed to helping each other succeed. Also founder of the companies Fractal and Madison SOUP, Heather shares how women can best support each other, what stops women from playing bigger in entrepreneurship, and how to overcome disparities in funding and other opportunities.
May 3, 2019 • 15min
330 MINISODE Power in the Present: Retreat Leader Darla LeDoux on Alignment, Empowerment and Transformation
Darla LeDoux is a transformational retreat leader, founder of Aligned Entrepreneurs, and the author of Retreat and Grow Rich. Learn on this mentoring minisode how to get into alignment with your true purpose, why the power is always in the "now", how to leverage divine inspiration, and what it takes to play a bigger game.
May 2, 2019 • 59min
329 All In The Family: Couplepreneur Matt & Amy Stefanik Share Their Unified Vision of the Entrepreneur Family
Amy and Matt Stefanik are two entrepreneurs with a "family first" vision that has strengthened their marriage and parenting along the entrepreneurial roller coaster. They were riding high when the real estate bubble burst their dreams of financial freedom in 2007, and they share how they reinvented in business and in love with meditation and other conscious practices to improve their communication. Amy is the CEO and founder of The Entrepreneurs Wife™ and Matt is the CEO and founder of two e-commerce companies, Funnel Buildr and Futimmo.
May 1, 2019 • 24min
328 MINISODE Planning Your "FUNeral": Serial Entrepreneur Kelsey Ramsden on Playing All Out, Living Your Legacy, and Not Running Out of Cash Along the Way
Kelsey Ramsden is a serial entrepreneur in construction and real estate who builds highways, airports, bridges and communities. Along the way she's learned why it is vital to "play all out", live a full life without regret and die so happy you have what she calls a "FUNeral". Twice voted Canada's top female entrepreneur, Kelsey is also an investor, cancer survivor, mom of three and the author of the bestselling book, Success Hangover. We talk about the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, how to get the most of your time and spend it wisely, and never run out of cash!
Apr 30, 2019 • 41min
327 Instigator of Communities: Entrepreneur Kelly McCausey talks content and how it can create a loyal and lucrative following
Kelly McCausey calls herself an "instigator of communities". Founder and CEO of Love People and Make Money, she was one of the earliest pioneers of Internet Radio, founding Work At Home Mom's Radio back in 2003. It evolved into a massive community and a paid membership site – combining the affinity of community with the power to collaborate and educate. Kelly shares how she helps entrepreneurs create communities around content.
Apr 26, 2019 • 12min
326: Stop Apologizing: Entrepreneur & PR Maven Lee Caraher on Defining Your Own Business Success
Lee Caraher describes herself as the "Chief Bacon Officer" in her family, and shares why "work-life balance" is a myth. An expert in all things PR, digital content marketing, and social media as CEO and founder of Silicon Valley's Double Forte Group, Lee implores women in business to stop apologizing and define success for themselves rather than accepting someone else's definition.
