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 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.
May 1, 2018 • 49min
120 Building Mass Influence: Bestselling Author and Entrepreneur Teresa de Grosbois Shares Her Secrets
Bestselling author of Mass Influence and Entrepreneur Teresa des Grosbois shares how to become a viral influencer and thought leader. We dig deep into why some things go viral, and talk giving forward, "evolutionary business" for social good, and personal growth.
Apr 27, 2018 • 48min
119: Fran Hauser: Women Investing in Women – How to Get the Capital Your Business Need
Fran Hauser is a startup investor, longtime digital media executive and celebrated champion for women and girls. Known for mentoring hundreds of women around the globe, Fran also has a book coming out in 2018 called "The Myth of the Nice Girl". We talk inspiration, challenges and what it takes for women to raise angel and venture capital.
Apr 26, 2018 • 49min
118 Sharon Kan – Mentoring 'MomPreneurs': A Serial Entrepreneur and a Platform To Teach Moms Entrepreneurial Skills
Serial entrepreneur Sharon Kan is on a mission to help moms learn entrepreneurial skills and create lucrative microbusinesses with her new platform, Pepperlane. A four-time founder and three-time CEO with four exits to her name, Sharon believes moms can help other moms – high performing female founders and executives need more help, and stay at home moms who want to return to the workforce need opportunities.
Apr 25, 2018 • 52min
117 How Hard Could This Be? Kara Goldin of hint® on Building a $1bn Unicorn
Kara Goldin broke her Diet Coke habit by putting fruit in her water. It was the 'aha' moment that lost her 50 unwanted pounds and she's now on target for $1bn unicorn status. Kara is founder and CEO of hint®, a healthy lifestyle brand that produces unsweetened water. Melinda Wittstock talks to Goldin about what inspires and frustrates her as a female entrepreneur, and why the biggest obstacle to success are the walls we build ourselves.
Apr 24, 2018 • 34min
116 JJ Virgin: Inspiration in Adversity, Strength in Vulnerability, and Why It's Easier to Play Big
JJ Virgin knows from personal experience that the most inspirational leaders and entrepreneurs are those who went through hard times and came out stronger. JJ wants to make 1 billion people healthy, and she's built health juggernaut around her Virgin Diet and coaching program for health entrepreneurs – and it could have been very different. When her son Grant was near death after a hit-and-run, JJ pushed through with tenacity, learning in that devastating moment and in the days after the accident that there is strength in vulnerability.
