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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Nov 8, 2017 • 42min
16 Yvonne Silver: Flourish with the Growth Catalyst
Yvonne Silver is a growth catalyst, helping women in business flourish as CEO and founder of We Flourish. An entrepreneur with 8 startups to her name, she shares with WINGS' Melinda Wittstock how she helps social enterprise entrepreneurs transform themselves, their business and the world.
Nov 8, 2017 • 46min
15 Arnita Johnson: From Debt to A Multi-Million Credit Consultancy
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 now shares financial literacy tips at her blog Luxurious Credit.
Nov 8, 2017 • 41min
14 Natalie Perkins: Work-Life Balance with Bella Ballerina
The proverbial 'work life' balance is more like a dance. And who better to share all things dance than the CEO and founder of Bella Ballerina. Natalie Perkins shares how her franchising model empowers women and moms to create companies that fulfill their business and entrepreneurial ambitions while allowing a flexible lifestyle that enables a wonderful personal life.
Nov 8, 2017 • 31min
13 Sophia Yen: Innovating Women's Health #PeriodsOptional
Meet Sophia Yen, an entrepreneur and doctor who has figured out that women don't need to bleed every month. CEO and co-founder of PandiaHealth.com, Sophia shares with WINGS the latest medical innovations for women's reproductive health that can also make women more successful in business.
Nov 8, 2017 • 32min
12 Bassima Mroue + Team: Why Real Beauty Food Never Tasted So Good
How many times have you heard that "you are what you eat" or that "beauty comes from within"? Meet the three female entrepreneurs walking this talk: Bassima Mroue, Amy Bader and Elizabeth Zieg. They combine their SuperShero powers to make collagen yummy – and share with WINGS' Melinda Wittstock how they're creating a great team and culture.
Nov 8, 2017 • 40min
11 - Sally Hogshead: Personal Brand and How to Fascinate
As entrepreneurs we talk about doubling down on ours strengths and hiring our weaknesses. Sally Hogshead, the award-winning advertising copywriter and marketing genius, has entrepioneered an algorithmic system that helps us capitalize on how the world sees us. She shares with WINGS host Melinda Wittstock The Fascination Advantage and how we as women can get past the omnipresent media message that we have to "fix" ourselves.
Nov 8, 2017 • 47min
10 Gitte Pederson: Personalizing Cancer Treatment
Gitte Pederson co-founded Genomic Expression with her brother Morton after their parents were diagnosed with cancer. It turns different people need different types of treatments depending on their RNA. Gitte's entrepioneering innovation takes on Big Pharma, which she says wastes $70 billion per year on inffective oncology drugs. We talk about her journey as a female entrepreneur, how to eliminate your fears and what it was like on Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island.
Nov 8, 2017 • 56min
09 Eleanor Beaton: Fierce Feminine Leadership
Eleanor Beaton grew up wanting to be a "supermodel investment banker" and now she helps women in business stand tall in their fierce feminine leadership. Eleanor is 6' tall and never forgets her heels: She credits competitive sports for helping her claim her power, resilience and confidence. We talk about the importance of giving voice to each other as women.
Nov 8, 2017 • 46min
08 Susan Bratton: Women, Business and Sex
"Tenacity" is Susan Bratton's favorite word, and when you're running a fast-growing online business teaching passionate lovemaking, it's a quality that's served her well. Susan shares with WINGS' Melinda Wittstock how she came to be the "Dear Abby of Hot Sex". She talks about her new book "Sexual Soulmates", YouTube censorship, and what women need (including orgasms) to succeed.
Nov 8, 2017 • 38min
07 Kay Koplovitz: $8bn Raised, 177 Exits, 15 IPOs
There are not a lot of women who can say they've helped 600 other entrepreneurs raise $8 bn in venture capital. Kay Koplovitz, the game-changing founder of USA Networks, shares with WINGS' Melinda Wittstock how she came to co-found Springboard Enterprises, the accelerator for female founded tech companies. We talk what it takes to get funded and how the game has changed.
