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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Feb 22, 2019 • 13min
290: Failure Is Opportunity: Entrepreneur Ruby Fremon on Overcoming Fear and Taking Ownership
Ruby Fremon is a “breakthrough” coach helping thought leaders align with their true authentic purpose. Creator of the 3-day leadership training intensive Amplified Soul Live® and named an “Inspirational Woman” by the Huffington Post, Ruby shares how to embrace and overcome failure: Why it is an opportunity for learning and growth, why all entrepreneurs must embrace risk and take ownership.
Feb 21, 2019 • 55min
289 Law of Attraction: Entrepreneurs Natalie Ledwell and Glen Ledwell on the Profit of Relationship
Natalie Ledwell and Glen Ledwell are serial entrepreneurs and co-founders of the hugely successful and revolutionary personal development company Mind Movies. Married young and founding myriad businesses together before Mind Movies exploded on the scene in 2008, Natalie and Glen divorced 5 years ago yet maintain most friendly, respectful and effective executive relationships in business. How do they do it? They share how they navigated the crosscurrents of love and business plus the secrets of building a great team, and creating profitable and sustaining joint venture and affiliate agreements.
Feb 20, 2019 • 12min
288 MINISODE: Idea Mania: Entrepreneur and Customer Experience Strategist Jill Raff on Focus, Intuition, and Alignment
Jill Raff is a customer experience strategist obsessed with helping businesses Transform Transactions Into Interactions™, by putting people first. Founder of The Jill Raff Group, she shares her advice for entrepreneurs: Focus on the ONE thing that feeds your soul AND your wallet. We talk intuition, self-value and how to focus when you have too many ideas.
Feb 19, 2019 • 49min
287 ‘Go’ Mode or ‘Flow’ Mode: Mother-Daughter Entrepreneur Team Gigi & Makena Sage on How To Achieve Fulfillment AND Financial Success
Gigi and Makena Sage are founders of Lumina Life, a global coaching and seminar company helping go-getter women reach their full potential for financial success AND fulfillment. They share how to build a business on your own terms, why giving back unlocks an abundance of wealth and freedom, and how to balance our masculine “go mode” with a feminine “flow mode” to avoid burnout. Learn too how Gigi as a single mom with 5 homeschooled kids traveled the world to build her empire on her own terms – and how Makena started helping her mom at age 7.
Feb 15, 2019 • 13min
286 MINISODE Scaling Fast: Entrepreneur and Beekeeper Carly Stein on Letting Go of Mastery
Carly Stein is the CEO and founder of a fast-growing nutraceuticals company called Beekeeper’s Naturals. A former Goldman Sachs trader, Carly left it all behind and is now scaling quickly. She shares the conundrum of having to let go of all the skills she mastered in order to take her company to the next level. We talk fear, freedom and why conscious capitalism is the future.
Feb 14, 2019 • 53min
285 Opposites Attract: Entrepreneurs Lena Phoenix and Steven Sashen on Love, Business and Turning Down a Shark Tank Check
Lena Phoenix and Steven Sashen are sprinting with their fast-scaling business Xero Shoes, and today on Valentine’s Day we get a peek inside the lives of a “Couplepreneur”, how they manage their love of business and the business of love, and why they rejected Kevin O’Leary’s offer of $400,000 on Shark Tank. This episode is the first in a series of weekly Wings Of Inspired Business interviews with married entrepreneurs. What is it like to juggle it all? What makes it work?
Feb 13, 2019 • 14min
284 MINISODE What It Means To Prosper: Anna Scheller on Motivating Women Entrepreneurs to Play Bigger
Anna Scheller is known as the “black belt of sales” helping entrepreneurs master selling with confidence by building trusted relationships and leading customers to value. Also the host of podcasts Black Belt Selling and Sales Mastery Anna shares tips on how to transcend limiting beliefs that keep us playing small, trust our intuition, and view our mistakes as opportunities for learning.
Feb 12, 2019 • 49min
283 Breakout Buzz: Entrepreneur and Visibility Expert Ashley Crouch on Winning Coverage in National Magazines and Media
Ashley Crouch knows how to build buzz for women entrepreneurs and experts by crafting compelling storylines that capture the imagination of national editors. Founder of Appleseed Communications, Ashley shares why it is never too soon to go for placement in the top titles: It creates instant credibility and a proliferation of “as seen on” logos that make everything else easier from there, whether landing clients, raising your prices, or getting that Facebook ad campaign to convert. We also talk about her passion lifting women in the developing world as the first 1-for-1 agency.
Feb 8, 2019 • 13min
282: 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.
Feb 7, 2019 • 32min
281 Femtech Revolution: Entrepreneur Estrella Jaramillo on Raising Venture Capital for Women’s Health
Estrella Jaramillo is the co-founder of femtech platform B-wom, serving women in all stages of life from pre-fertility to menopause with health education, tracking tools and personalized care. She shares the challenges of raising venture capital investment when your product is geared only to women, plus important advice for women in technology.
