She's Off Script

After attending conferences where they felt like they didn’t make any meaningful connections, today’s guest and her mother decided to launch Mixtroz. Their app collects meaningful data at either live or virtual events and the algorithm helps you identify who you should connect with.

Before today’s guest and her co-founder launched their business, they petitioned Webster’s and other dictionaries to add the word “fourth trimester” to the dictionary. The problem their business is trying to solve is so important they created a campaign to introduce it into our everyday language.

In this episode, I’m sharing 7 business ideas that will be more relevant and profitable going forward.

Building a business takes time and effort. Along the way, we are all bound to make a few mistakes. In over 10 years of coaching, consulting with, and interviewing business owners, I've helped them avoid quite a few mistakes.

Today’s guest Kimba Williams and her co-founder Board Certified OB/GYN, Dr. Barb met on a cruise. They got to talking and discovered that even though they could find nontoxic alternatives for everything from shampoo to body lotion, they struggled to find natural options for feminine health and hygiene products.

If you’ve ever had a bad reaction to costume jewelry, you’ll understand why today’s guest, Maya Portorreal, launched Kitten Co Jewelry. After not being able to find affordable jewelry that didn’t irritate her skin, she created a custom line of .925 Sterling Silver Jewelry

Creativity is not just for "artsy people." After interviewing over 50 people from different industries, today's guest has distilled the art and science of creativity into frameworks we can all use.

New business owners are either hesitant to promote their businesses or feel unsure about where to advertise or what to say. Instead of shouting for the rooftops about the amazing thing they've built, they choose to wait and see if customers will come their way.

Once you’ve decided on a business idea and have gotten clear on who it’s for…it’s time to figure out whether or not this is a viable business. We want to know if people will actually pay for the solution we’re offering.

Not everyone is your customer and the sooner you learn that, the better for your business and your sanity as a business owner. When I ask excited new business owners who they hope will purchase their products and services, they often say "everyone!" Unfortunately, that response is the equivalent of trying to chase multiple rabbits in different directions.

When most people think about starting a business, they probably pull out their notebook and start listing out all the businesses they think would be cool to run. What you may not realize is that

Have you ever been at a nail salon and wondered what it takes to run it? All the products lining the walls; the line of people waiting; the phone ringing off the hook…What does it really take to launch and run a successful nail luxury salon?

As a business owner, it’s vital that you learn to pitch your business. Oftentimes you only have 30 seconds to convince a potential customer that you have the solution they need.

Because of her allergies to milk and wheat today’s guest Nubian Simmons, decided to learn how to make her own dessert mixes from scratch for people with food allergies to the Big 8 foods.

Have you ever wondered who owns the vending machines you come across in places like hotels, hospitals, and gyms? What if I told you every day people like you and me could own those vending machines? Today’s guest turned a $650 vending machine into a multi-6 figure business.

After getting laid off from her job, today's guest not only set up a thriving virtual assistant agency but also trained over 100 others people to launch their own VA businesses.

How would you like to be so productive that you free up 20-30hrs of your time every week? Today’s guest is going to teach us exactly how to do that for ourselves. Kierra Asnauskas is a productivity coach who gives business owners and leaders

It's February and I'm now dropping the first episode of 2022. If you've listened to the past four seasons of the show, you know that's not typical.

How does the average person come to own a hotel? Did you know that 50% of the motels in the US as owned by Indian Americans? As a 33-year-old, today’s guest purchased a Hilton hotel. Until I met Davonne Reaves, I had never thought of purchasing a hotel as a business or even as an investment.

I recently received an email from a listener who is thinking of starting her own video podcast and wanted to know how I went about creating my video podcast. So...In this episode,