

CEO School with Suneera Madhani
Suneera Madhani
Less than 2% of female founders ever break 1M in revenue. We’re on a mission to change that. Welcome to CEO School. I'm your host, Suneera Madhani, and each week, you’ll learn from incredible mentors who’ve made it to the 2% club and women well on their way. But first, a few class rules. Grab your seat because we’re here to get sh*t done. We’re one team, one dream. And we believe that we deserve to have it all because nothing bad happens when women make more money. You’re a real business now. Class is officially in session.
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Aug 16, 2021 • 51min
112. Lisa Song Sutton on Managing Multiple Businesses, the Importance of Teaming up with Others, and Learning from Your Failures
In this episode, you'll hear from Lisa Song Sutton, an entrepreneur, real estate investor and former Miss Nevada. From the pageant stage to the boardroom, Lisa shares her journey and secrets to becoming an entrepreneur, and it all started with cupcakes. Lisa explains why she ventured into real estate the importance for women to capitalize on every opportunity we have. You'll learn why Lisa is a big believer in throwing yourself into hands-on experience in the industry you’re investing in. Lisa gets candid and explains some of the failures and lessons she has learned over the years, including being overlooked and undermined in a male-dominated space. You'll hear why Lisa and Suneera believe finding the right people in business, the right mentors, and the right support network, are sure-fire ways to develop and grow and be successful. Connect with Lisa: Lisa's IG: @lisasongsutton Lisa's Website: https://www.madisontinderllc.com/ This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. If you've enjoyed today's episode, please leave us a five star rating telling us what you enjoy the most. We will be sending CEO School swag for the next 100 reviews so don't miss out. Write a review and send us a screenshot at podcast@theceoschool.co to claim your swag.

Aug 11, 2021 • 30min
111. Madison Tinder on being Multi-passionate, Paying Attention to Social Trends, and Starting a Product-based Business
In this episode, you'll hear from Madison Tinder, owner of Madison Tinder LLC and Soulful Scrunchies who has built a 7 figure brand online before the age of 26. You'll hear how Madison started her journey in marketing and entrepreneurship after graduating with a degree in journalism and communications. She talks about about the entrepreneurship landscape of 2021, what we social trends we should be paying attention to, and shares her advice about using Instagram and Pinterest for small online & product based businesses. Madison explains how she got her start selling scrunchies and how she scaled her product into a subscription service by understanding what her audience needed. Madison shares her number one tip entrepreneurs should know about e-commerce and product based businesses. Connect with Madison: Madison's IG: @madison.tinder Soulful Scrunchies IG: @shopsoulfulscrunchies Madison's Website: https://www.madisontinderllc.com/ Soulful Scrunchies Website: https://www.shopsoulfulscrunchies.com/ This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. If you've enjoyed today's episode, please leave us a five star rating telling us what you enjoy the most. We will be sending CEO School swag for the next 100 reviews so don't miss out. Write a review and send us a screenshot at podcast@theceoschool.co to claim your swag.

Aug 9, 2021 • 50min
110. Nisha Dua on Supporting Women Founders, What Makes a Business Investable, and the Perfect Pitch
In this episode, you'll hear from Nisha Dua, managing Partner at BBG Ventures, an NYC-based, early-stage fund leading investments in companies built by underestimated founders that are transforming our collective and lived experiences. Nisha shares how she got into the financial sector and into venture capital and how her company, BBG - Built by Girls, is founded on sharing a message that women around the world can learn and grown and be part of the fin-tech world. You'll learn three super important insights that led Nisha and her co-founder to address an overlooked demographic in the fin-tech world and start-up BBG. Nisha explains how the different funding levels work with VC and Angel investments sound super promising and they’re often glorified but there’s a lot of unsuccessful stories and lessons to be learned. Connect with Nisha: IG: @nish67 Twitter: @bbgventures This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. If you've enjoyed today's episode, please leave us a five star rating telling us what you enjoy the most. We will be sending CEO School swag for the next 100 reviews so don't miss out. Write a review and send us a screenshot at podcast@theceoschool.co to claim your swag.

Aug 4, 2021 • 46min
109. Bernadette Girvin on Being a pro Athlete in a Male Dominated Sport, Best Tips for Budgeting, and Planning for Future Investments
In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, you'll hear from Bernadette Girvin, a former LPGA Tour player and Chief Executive Officer with Gambin Financial Group. She shares her transition from professional golfing to financial services and how her exit from professional golfing left her with a hefty debt, sparking a new path to money management. If you are currently tackling the debt cycle, Bernadette shares some advice on bridging that gap and thinking about your wealth and the future. You'll hear some recommendations and challenges by a money expert for balancing a budget and how entrepreneurs can begin to think about their future investments as part of the bigger picture. Connect with Bernadette: How to find the right financial advisor + questions to ask: https://gambinfinancial.com/how-to-find-the-right-financial-advisor/ IG: @@women_in_wealth This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. If you've enjoyed today's episode, please leave us a five star rating telling us what you enjoy the most. We will be sending CEO School swag for the next 100 reviews so don't miss out. Write a review and send us a screenshot at podcast@theceoschool.co to claim your swag.

Aug 2, 2021 • 47min
108. Mich Turner on Creating an Exceptional Customer Experience, Building a Business off of Referrals, and the Future of Baking
In this episode, you'll hear from Mich Turner,Founder of Little Venice Cake Company, a pioneer and authority in the baking world as well as a qualified Food Scientist. You'll hear how Mich embarked on the journey of cake making, and her strategy of sending a letter to every 5-Star hotel in London to secure her first clients. Mich tells how she leveraged her corporate experience as a supplier in the bakery and pastry department to learn more about running her own business, and her experience making the decision to break away from a full-time job to start Little Venice Cake Company. You'll learn the importance of being involved first hand with the first 100 customers and what Mich believes is the future of baking and cake culture. Connect with Mich: www.littlevenicecakecompany.com https://www.instagram.com/michturnerlvcc/https://www.instagram.com/littlevenicecake/ This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. If you've enjoyed today's episode, please leave us a five star rating telling us what you enjoy the most. We will be sending CEO School swag for the next 100 reviews so don't miss out. Write a review and send us a screenshot at podcast@theceoschool.co to claim your swag.

Jul 28, 2021 • 26min
107. Suneera Madhani on A New Season for CEO School, Top Lessons Learned, and Looking Forward to What's Ahead
On this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Shannan and Suneera share about a big transition happening at CEO School. Suneera shares her top five lessons learned as she has built CEO School over the last 18 months and her vision for the CEO School brand moving forward. This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

Jul 26, 2021 • 42min
106. Dr. Tracy Alloway on How Women Think and Learn, Being Authentic as a Leader, and What Drives the Decisions That We Make
In this episode, you'll hear from Dr. Tracy Alloway, an award-winning psychologist, professor, author, and TEDx speaker who has published fifteen books and over one hundred scientific articles on the brain and memory. Dr. Alloway shares how she embarked on her journey to being a psychologist, and her two primary discoveries about the way women think. You'll learn how we make decisions when we are under stress, and how we can unlock the rational side of our brain when needed. Dr. Alloway shares how being inauthentic leads to higher levels of stress, and how we can lean into “feminine energy” in leadership. She also discusses whether there are cultural differences globally to the way women make decisions. This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

Jul 21, 2021 • 39min
105. Suneera Madhani on Starting Stax, Guiding Principles for Hiring, and the Value of Mentors
On this week's Wine Down Wednesday, you'll hear Suneera's interview on the Leaders in Payments podcast. This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

Jul 19, 2021 • 42min
104. Jill Osur on Using Wine as a Solution to Social Justice, Challenging the Status Quo, and Elevating Women by Inspiring Change
In this episode, you'll hear from Jill Osur, CEO and Founder of Teneral Cellars, an empowerment community that supports women’s causes and industry inclusion through the production and sale of phenomenal wine. You'll hear how Jill uses her privilege for the betterment of others, especially women, and her her journey into the wine industry. She shares how she uses her skills as a connector to give back to the community and how as women, oftentimes we’re made to fit a certain box but we don’t always want to follow tradition Jill explains the moment she realized she wanted to challenge the status quo and address social justice issues, and shares a time faced backlash from one of the largest investors over a political statement. Jill talks about the series of belief statements she created when she first started her company, and why we all need to have body, mind, emotional, and spiritual connection. Check out Teneral Cellars: https://teneralcellars.com/ IG: @teneralcellars This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

Jul 14, 2021 • 20min
103. Suneera Madhani on Holding Yourself Accountable, Breaking Down Your Goals, and the Importance of Having a Support System
In today's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares the importance of big vision planning and identifying your quarterly goals and needle movers. You'll hear why you should be breaking down your goals into smaller milestones so your brain can know it’s achievable, and making sure you have the right people around you in your personal life and tell them about your goals so that can cheer you on and support you. Suneera talks about the impact of finding a tribe of like-minded people to surround yourself with who can help hold you accountable to your goals. Join the vision boarding workshop on 7/15 at 8 PM EST:https://info.theceoschool.co/register-vision-boarding-workshop This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.


