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 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.
Apr 20, 2018 • 9min
115 Minisode - Financial Freedom for Entrepreneurs: Katherine Dean Shares How To Live Wealthy and Worthy
Learn in this episode with entrepreneur and wealth maven Katherine Dean how to manifest money, grow it, keep it, and make it work for you so you can live a life of financial freedom with multiple income streams, and why this is important for female founders to have the runway to invest in their own business growth.
Apr 19, 2018 • 57min
114 Art and Science Through Entrepreneurship: Ping Fu, Creator of 3D Printing, Talks #MeToo, Innovation, and Women in Tech
Ping Fu is an artist and a scientist whose chosen expression is business. She talks about the 3D imaging and 3D printing technology she created as co-founder of GeoMagic – and how from Invisalign braces to NASA space missions – she has "entrepioneered" the way products are designed and manufactured worldwide. Listen to why "Bend Not Break" is the mantra that's guided her from the terror of gang rape in a Chinese prison to the fearless flow state of Burning Man.
Apr 18, 2018 • 34min
113 Artificial Intelligence Opportunity: Entrepreneur Victoria Kuleshova on Innovation and Women in Tech
Entrepreneur Victoria Kuleshova is innovating in the artificial intelligence space. Learn why, despite all the innovation – and proof it transforms profit margins of major companies AI remains hard sell. CEO and co-founder of Gallantra Business Intelligence, Victoria the challenges of educating customers AND raising enough capital to match the runway you need to educate that market. Plus, advice for women in technology.
