Ep 285 Interview Sessions with Anne McGinty | How I Built My Small Business

Anne McGinty is the host of the How I Built My Small Business Podcast. Prior to this, Anne co-founded and led San Francisco Holiday Lighting, Inc., the leading professional holiday lighting company in the Bay Area, until it was acquired in 2020. Anne also co-founded and ran The Pop Nation, a gourmet ice pop brand that catered to various events and clients, including Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival, Fleet Week, Off The Grid, Salesforce, Google, Facebook, and many more, until it was acquired in 2015.   In this episode you will hear:   00:00:00 Intro 00:02:30 Why Anne started her podcast 00:07:30 Daughter of immigrant parents from the Philippines 00:13:42 Oral history culture 00:20:45 Anne’s business ventures 00:23:10 The journey to understand and heal her autoimmune conditions 00:26:27 A Heartbreaking WhatsApp message 00:29:00 Experiencing a state of transcendence and Father’s legacy lives on 00:35:34 Running a business with your husband 00:44:44 How Anne would run a business today knowing what she knows now 00:59:20 Anne’s Heartprint    Those with ears, let them hear.   Always love Ryan     Connect with Anne Website: https://www.annemcginty.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemcginty/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annemcgintyhost/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-my-small-business/id1723848765 Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Website: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weareabty   Join our mail list here for exclusive content here: https://abty.co.uk/contact     Sign up for our coaching here: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Thank you to our supporters Exhale Healthy Coffee.   Exhale is the first coffee to be sourced, roasted and lab tested specifically to maximise its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potency.   An independent lab test showed one cup of Exhale coffee has the same antioxidant power as 1.8kg of blueberries or 55 oranges!   Get £10 off your first bag when you visit https://exhalecoffee.com/abty   Please email your questions and comments to [email protected]   #AnneMcGinty #SmallBusiness #HowIBuiltMySmallBusiness