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 17, 2018 • 45min
130 From Debt to A Multi-Million Credit Consultancy: Arnita Johnson on Mindset, Mojo and Money
Arnita Johnson got to the point where she had so much credit card debt she had to choose between feeding her baby or herself. Now she runs a multi-million dollar business, as founder and CEO of AMB Credit Consultants. Her transformation came when she told God that if she turned her life around she’d help others. She shares her inspiration, her financial literacy tips and proof that we can all overcome adversity.
May 16, 2018 • 42min
129 The Vagipreneur™, The Venture Capital Firm and the $100 bill: Rachael Braun Scherl on Innovating in FemTech and Healthcare
Rachel Braun Scherl calls herself the Vagipreneur™, with a new book out called Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Health and Wellness. She shares stories about innovating on the frontier of female sexual health, from startup to exit. Raising VC money is hard enough without talking arousal, menstruation or fertility: Listen to how Rachel got investor buy-in for her company Semprae, makers of Zestra® Essential Arousal Oils, and now helps other women in FemTech.
May 15, 2018 • 58min
128 From Paycheck to Passive Income: Reinvention, Networking and Investing with Entrepreneur and Tech Influencer J Kelly Hoey
J Kelly Hoey is a former attorney turned early stage investor, technology influencer and author of a great new book, Build Your Dream Network. Her storied career is one of transformation, and can only be explained by her unique ability to tap into networks and make valuable connections. Learn how to leverage your expertise, your networks and your finances to build a lucrative passive income.
May 11, 2018 • 6min
127 MINISODE Mentor and Be Mentored: Advice for Entrepreneurs from Lauren Le Munyan
A lot of women in business don’t ask for help, and it stands in the way of scale. Lauren Le Munyan is an entrepreneur coach who helps her clients “kick ass” – by aligning their true authentic purpose with their business. She shares advice on how to ask for help, get inspiration from quieting the mind and having fun!
May 10, 2018 • 1h 6min
126 Innovation and Integrity: Award winning Entrepreneur Rania Hoteit on Women in Tech and How to Get Funded
Rania Hoteit is the serial entrepreneur who is innovating at the cutting edge of technology. Think robots, articifical intelligence and 3D printing – and a superbrain able to connect the dots across disciplines to see opportunities and value where others do not. CEO and fo-founder of ID4A Technologies, Rania is also a recognized leader in women’s empowerment and gender equality, and she shares how women in tech can get noticed – and funded.
May 9, 2018 • 25min
125 Meetups for Marketing Influence: Crowdskout CMO Shana Glenzer on Building a Huge Following in the Tech Startup Scene
Shana Glenzer has been the Chief Marketing Officer of successive hot Washington D.C. tech startups – SocialRadar, MakeOffices, Aquicore and now Crowdskout. Along the way she built a huge following using the power of meetups. Now the DCFemTech Meetup has more than 13,000 members. We talk about women in tech, paying it forward to women coming up and how to grow your influence.
May 8, 2018 • 55min
124 Gratitude, Intentions, and the ‘Do Not Say List’: Entrepreneur Mary Shores on How to Get Unstuck
Entrepreneur Mary Shores built a $40 million collection agency, overcoming tragedy and adversity with gratitude, and now helps entrepreneurs and businesses “defeat the freakout”, get into alignment and create their ideal life. Author of Conscious Communications, Mary explains how her “do not say list” transformed her business and shares other techniques to change the game in your business and life.
May 4, 2018 • 8min
123 MINISODE Why It Pays To Be Polarizing: Advice from Financial Marketing Maven Maribeth Kuzmeski Standout Messaging
Entrepreneur Maribeth Kuzmeski got tired of being the proverbial “only woman in the room” serving the financial services sector as President of Red Zone Marketing. She created a foundation to provide women in business witth female role models and mentors they need to succeed. Today she puts on the “advice wings” to talk personal brand and how to command a room.
May 3, 2018 • 37min
122 Why Your Brand Comes First: Marketing Mavens Mary Cochran and Alison Werning Share Tips For Women Entrepreneurs.
How early should entrepreneurs invest in branding, marketing and earned media? It’s never too early according to marketing mavens Mary Cochran and Alison Werning, partners in the startup and hi-tech PR firm Launching Labs. We talk about how to create a differentiated message and story in a crowded and noisy marketplace – and why its a prerequisite of success in business.
May 2, 2018 • 42min
121 A Venture Catalyst for Social Impact: Investor and Entrepreneur Karen Rands shares investing tips and how women can lift other women.
Investor and Entrepreneur Karen Rands describes herself as a venture catalyst and compassionate capitalist – and specializes now in teaching women how to invest in mission-driven entrepreneurs to do good in the world as they built wealth. We talk crowdfunding, angel investing and investor education.
