Wings Of...inspired Business

Melinda Wittstock has grown four successful businesses from startup to 6, 7 and 8 figures, and today on International Women’s Day she shares the secrets of success for women in business. Today Melinda interviews some of the most accomplished female founders about their Mindset, Mojo and Money secrets. Guests include Kara Goldin, Alllison Maslan, Jennifer Love, Jules Schroeder, JJ Virgin, Teresa de Grosbois, JuliAnn Stitick, Natalie Ledwell, and Christy Whitman.

Meaghan Connell and AJ Connell are business partners, adventures partners and life partners. Co-founders of data company Praxis Metrics, the couple shares how they scaled their business and their lives by being data-driven in everything they do. AJ and Meaghan run their business remotely, automate most of their life, keep their bodies fit and healthy, stay productive, and grow their relationship, all while traveling the world and coming back to a bank account that had more money than when they left.  We talk personal growth and geek out on data, automation, and balancing the masculine and feminine energies within ourselves.

Alexis Neely is a legal entrepreneur bringing consciousness and artistry to business, the law, wealth building and legacy planning. Known also by her artists’ name Ali Shanti, Alexis shares her advice on overcoming fear, stepping into your true mission, and overcoming limiting beliefs like “money dysmorphia.”

Dame Doria “DC” Cordova has inspired some of today’s greatest wealth experts – including Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield and Robert Kiyasaki – and  touched the lives of millions globally with her Money & You® program. She’s the owner and founder of Excellerated Business Schools®, a global organization with over 118,000 graduates since 1979. Bestselling author, philanthropist, transformational leader, and speaker, Doria shares her mission of encouraging entrepreneurs to use business as a canvas for social good – and what it takes to move from scarcity thinking to abundance in all areas of our lives, lifting as we climb to eradicate global poverty.

Michele Williams is a certified “Profit First” professional who helps creative business owners and entrepreneurs focus on the financial health and profitability of their companies. CEO of Scarlet Thread Consulting, Michele shares actionable tips on how to know your true value, why you need to know your numbers, and why you have to let go of the inner control freak to grow and scale a business.

Christy and Cody Burch have three young kids, two businesses and a lot to juggle. Cody is the creator of the One Hour Funnel and Christy is the founder of boutique event management company Your Branded Event. Learn how they set out to build businesses that fit a flexible lifestyle with lots of travel and time with their kids, and why they are constantly reinventing themselves and their businesses.

Baeth Davis is an entrepreneur, coach and expert in scientific hand analysis known as the Palm Pilot for the Soul of Your Business™. Baeth draws on her intuition and extensive shamanic experience, as well as her 20 years as an entrepreneur, to help entrepreneurs and leaders align with their life purpose and get paid for their passions. Today Baeth shares her advice on how to delegate the “busy work”, find your true voice as a communicator, and let go of traumas that hold us back in business and life.

Sheri Orlowitz is a leveraged buyout specialist and investor who has raised over $100mm to build, buy, and sell companies across manufacturing, real estate, and now the fast-growing cannabis industry where she is starting a venture capital fund. Founder of the private investment firm Artemis Holdings Group, Sheri is also a former Justice Department prosecutor perfectly placed to help her portfolio companies in the cannabis industry navigate the legal and regulatory minefield. We talk investing, what it takes for women in business to raise money, plus the mindset of a successful entrepreneur and why abundance thinkers and problem solvers get ahead.

Ruby Fremon is a “breakthrough” coach helping thought leaders align with their true authentic purpose. Creator of the 3-day leadership training intensive Amplified Soul Live® and named an “Inspirational Woman” by the Huffington Post, Ruby shares how to embrace and overcome failure: Why it is an opportunity for learning and growth, why all entrepreneurs must embrace risk and take ownership.

Natalie Ledwell and Glen Ledwell are serial entrepreneurs and co-founders of the hugely successful and revolutionary personal development company Mind Movies. Married young and founding myriad businesses together before Mind Movies exploded on the scene in 2008, Natalie and Glen divorced 5 years ago yet maintain most friendly, respectful and effective executive relationships in business. How do they do it? They share how they navigated the crosscurrents of love and business plus the secrets of building a great team, and creating profitable and sustaining joint venture and affiliate agreements.

Jill Raff is a customer experience strategist obsessed with helping businesses Transform Transactions Into Interactions™, by putting people first. Founder of The Jill Raff Group, she shares her advice for entrepreneurs: Focus on the ONE thing that feeds your soul AND your wallet. We talk intuition, self-value and how to focus when you have too many ideas.

Gigi and Makena Sage are founders of Lumina Life, a global coaching and seminar company helping go-getter women reach their full potential for financial success AND fulfillment. They share how to build a business on your own terms, why giving back unlocks an abundance of wealth and freedom, and how to balance our masculine “go mode” with a feminine “flow mode” to avoid burnout. Learn too how Gigi as a single mom with 5 homeschooled kids traveled the world to build her empire on her own terms – and how Makena started helping her mom at age 7.

Carly Stein is the CEO and founder of a fast-growing nutraceuticals company called Beekeeper’s Naturals. A former Goldman Sachs trader, Carly left it all behind and is now scaling quickly. She shares the conundrum of having to let go of all the skills she mastered in order to take her company to the next level. We talk fear, freedom and why conscious capitalism is the future.

Lena Phoenix and Steven Sashen are sprinting with their fast-scaling business Xero Shoes, and today on Valentine’s Day we get a peek inside the lives of a “Couplepreneur”, how they manage their love of business and the business of love, and why they rejected Kevin O’Leary’s offer of $400,000 on Shark Tank. This episode is the first in a series of weekly Wings Of Inspired Business interviews with married entrepreneurs. What is it like to juggle it all? What makes it work?

Anna Scheller is known as the “black belt of sales” helping entrepreneurs master selling with confidence by building trusted relationships and leading customers to value. Also the host of podcasts Black Belt Selling and Sales Mastery Anna shares tips on how to transcend limiting beliefs that keep us playing small, trust our intuition, and view our mistakes as opportunities for learning.

Ashley Crouch knows how to build buzz for women entrepreneurs and experts by crafting compelling storylines that capture the imagination of national editors. Founder of Appleseed Communications, Ashley shares why it is never too soon to go for placement in the top titles:  It creates instant credibility and a proliferation of “as seen on” logos that make everything else easier from there, whether landing clients, raising your prices, or getting that Facebook ad campaign to convert.  We also talk about her passion lifting women in the developing world as the first 1-for-1 agency.

Lee Caraher describes herself as the “Chief Bacon Officer” in her family, and shares why “work-life balance” is a myth. An expert in all things PR, digital content marketing, and social media as CEO and founder of Silicon Valley’s Double Forte Group, Lee implores women in business to stop apologizing and define success for themselves rather than accepting someone else’s definition.

Estrella Jaramillo is the co-founder of femtech platform B-wom, serving women in all stages of life from pre-fertility to menopause with health education, tracking tools and personalized care. She shares the challenges of raising venture capital investment when your product is geared only to women, plus important advice for women in technology.

Brandee Powell is a conscious entrepreneur helping others step into higher consciousness is the Co-Creator of the Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica, where she infuses ancient and modern wisdom, plant medicine and breakthrough technologies for healing and inspiring entrepreneurs to conscious leadership. Brandee shares what it is like to connect deeply within to understand your true genius and purpose, balance the masculine and feminine energies, get into flow and surrender to inspiration.

Yvonne Silver is an entrepreneur who helps women in business gain confidence, and she believes women entrepreneurs flourish when we harness the authentic feminine energy of flow and collaborate with each other with an abundance mindset. Bestselling author of "Words, Women & Wisdom: The Modern Art of Confident Conversations", Yvonne shares her process for growing your confidence in business and life.