All Episodes

#155: Play to Win: How Women Entrepreneurs Can Stop Leaving Money on the Table (Ellen Leikind, PokerDivas)

#154: How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal to Access $5B in Equity-Free Funding (Shawna Ruff, Inten

#153: The $5 Billion Equity-Free Funding You May Be Sleeping On (Jerry Hollister, BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting)

#152: The CPG Margin Trap: How Retail Channels Can Bleed Your Business Dry and How to Protect Yourself (Teresa Ging, Sugarbliss)

#151: She Built a $1M+ Company But Owned Nothing: How to Build a Personal Brand That Survives Your Business (Lisa Bragg, MediaFace) 2023

150: How She Built an $864 Million Empire (Mary Ellen Pleasant)

149: 150 Employees to Fractional-First: The Operating Model Founders Need as AI Dismantles Corporate America (Amy Sterner Nelson, The Riveter)

148: How to Turn What You Do for Free Into Paying Clients

#147: How to Build a Product Customers Will Fund Before It Exists (Morgan Hewett, Devin Toys)

#146: How Smart Founders Make Money While Their Business Is Still Growing (Dawn Dickson)

#145: The #1 Thing Quietly Killing Your Revenue (Rochelle Carrington, Emotional Blueprinting)

144: How Community Led to a $250K Contract Now Worth 7-Figures (Diane Strand, JDS Productions)

143: How to Scale Without Destroying Yourself in the Process (Bea Arthur)

142: Don't F**k With Our Money: The Maggie Lena Walker Story

141: How to Lead a Business Through Backlash (Christina Blacken, The New Quo)

#140: How to Unlock Your Next Revenue Stream (Alex Batdorf, Get Sh!t Done)

#139: How to Grow a Service-Based Business to 50+ Employees (Gaby Neves, Factory360)

#138: Why You Ain’t Getting Paid to Speak (Yet) with Christina Alessi

#137: How to Use Human Design to Thrive This Year (Lessons from a Founder Who Raised $160M) with Jacques Anderson

#136: When It’s Time to Let Your Business Go... and What to Do Next (Sehreen Noor Ali, Te Cura Labs & Sleuth)

#135: How to Build a Membership That 10x's Your Recurring Revenue (Mike Morrison, Membership Geeks & Membership Academy)

#134: How to Build a $100M Self-Funded Business (Tracy Holland, InnerFifth & GoodWill Brands)

#133: How Entrepreneurs Survive Mental-Health Breakdowns (And Prevent Them) (Evita Robinson & Tania Kottoor)

#132: Human-First Growth: How to Scale & Bootstrap to 80 Employees (Brooke Maclean, Marketwake)

#131: Grieving While Building: When Life Falls Apart but the Work Doesn't Stop (Nicole Staple)

#130: How to Monetize Your Content Into 5-Figure Deals in 7 Months (Dulma Altan)

#129: How to Get Acquired (Lexi Grant & Carrie Kerpen)

#128: How to Build a Referral Flywheel that Generates 80% of Multi-Millions (Caitlin Bartley, cred)

#127: How One Mom Turned $200 into $16K in 30 Days (Then a $1M Brand) (Laci Hewett, Saltwater Boys Co)

#126: The $20M Build, Burnout, & Brave Goodbye: How to Grow and Let Go of Your Business (Tracy Lawrence, Chewse)

#125: Sexual Harassment While Fundraising (Meghan French Dunbar & Helena Fogarty)

#124: How to Leverage Your Network to Unlock 10x More Opportunities (Nicole Vasquez, Momentum by Design)

#123: Co-Founder Breakups: 5 Lessons for Ending Without Burning Everything Down (Lizmarie Oliveras, Creadora)

#122: How She Walked Away from a Multi-Million Dollar Business (Corri McFadden, eDrop Off)

#121: 5 Steps to 7-Figure Government Contracts (Christine Goodwin & Julianne Skinner, banduri)

#120: How 1 Contact Turned Into a Global Business Deal: The Relationship Approach to a Multi-Million Dollar Brand (Mona Bavar, DLISH)

#119: 5 Ways to Turn Zero Ads & No Team into 300% Growth and a Multi-Million Dollar Business (Tara Milburn, Ethical Swag)

#118: How to Navigate Non-Profit DeFunding & STILL Build a Multi-Million Dollar Organization (Sandee Kastrul, i.c. Stars) (VAULT)

We Asked, You Answered...Now We’re Goin’ Deeper

#117: How to Bootstrap from $23K to $12 Million in an ‘Unsexy’ Industry (Caitlin Murphy, Global Gateway Logistics)

#116: How a $39 Pricing Experiment Turned Into $1M in 11 Months (Liz Giorgi, Soona)

#115: How She Went from $2K to $1 Million Per Employee, Raised $14 Million with NO Network & What She'd Do Differently (Lisa Curtis, Kuli Kuli)

#114: How to Scale to 6-Figures in 1 Year Then to $3M Using Fractional Talent (Amy Giggey, Talent to Team)

#113: Part 2: When to Shut Down a Business: How to Exit with Clarity (Yulkendy Valdez & Samantha Pratt Asante) (Replay)

#112 Part 1: When to Persist After Losing 50% Revenues: Leading Through a Crisis (Elena Valentine, SkillScout) (REPLAY)

#111: From Farmers Market to 100+ Stores: How to Keep 60% Margins, Scale to 7-Figures, & Own Your Supply Chain (Jenna Huntsberger, Whisked by Jenna)

#110: How a Single Mom Self-Funded 2 Businesses & Scaled to 7-Figures with a Marketing Machine that Prints $$$ (Dahlia Rizk, Buckle Me Baby)

#109: How She Bootstrapped a $1.2 BILLION Business (Liz Elting, TransPerfect)

#108: How She Became the Mac & Cheese Millionaire (Erin Wade, Homeroom Restaurant)

#107: How to Use Referrals to Drive 75% of Revenues of a Multi-Million Dollar Empire (Michelle Penczak, Squared Away)

#106: How She Turned Driving Lyft & $40,000 Into $2 Million With Big Clients like Marvel (Juleyka Lantigua, LWC Studios)

#105: How Grassroots Grew a $4 Million Community-Driven Business (Sloane Davidson, Hello Neighbor)

#104: How She Turned A Service Business Into a Tech Platform & Gained 30,000 Users (Virginia Frischkorn, Partytrick & Bluebird Productions)

#103: How to Grow 50–100% Annually Bootstrapped: Big Clients, Sales Systems & Recurring Revenue (Sharon Nouh, ProSpend)

#102: From DEI to Dollars: How to Position Your Brand for Impact & ROI (Crystal Foote, Digital Culture Group)

#101: How She Built Scalable Partnerships with Government (Clementine Jacoby, Recidiviz)

#100: How to Raise $50 Million+ & Scale Your Business by Starting Small (Laurel Taylor, Candidly)

#99: How to Build Big Vision Energy & Tap Into A $30 Trillion Opportunity (Kelly Ann Winget, Alternative Wealth Partners)

#98: From Kickstarter to $1 Million: How To Turn Pre-orders into Profits (Charisse & Vicky Pasche, Dapper Boi)

#97: How to Scale & Sell a Service-Based Business for 8-figures (Carrie Kerpen, The Exit Whisperer)

Growth F***ing Hurts

#96: How to Master Customer Acquisition through Storytelling, Precision Targeting, and Strategic Pricing (Cydni Tetro, Brandless, Inc.)

#95: How to Create A Successful Co-Founder Relationship (Phoebe Yu & Kat Dey, ettitude)

#94: How To Scale Sustainably Without Funding (Millie Tadewaldt, Brilliant) (2021)

#93: How to Successfully Navigate Economic Downturns In Business (Elena Valentine, Skill Scout) (2021)

#92: How to Craft a Brand Worth Millions: Scaling Up and Beyond $1M! (Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, BrainTrust Founders Studio)

#91: How to Use Your Social Currency & Monetize Your Brand (Lisa Bragg, MediaFace)

#90: Your Quarterly Business Breakdown: Recession or Nah?, SVB, Embracing Uncertainty, and more... (April 2023)

#89: How She Used Organic Content To Grow 30% MoM (Caroline Spiegel, Quinn)

#88: How to Use Organic Marketing to Scale to 7 Figures (Ceata Lash, PuffCuff) (2022)

#87: How to Deconstruct the Scarcity Mindset When It Comes To Sales (Stephanie Neale, Blind Zebra) (2022)

#86: How She Built A Billion Dollar AND Multi-Million Dollar Brands (Elyce Arons, Frances Valentine & Kate Spade)

#85: How to Use Experimentation to Find the Right Areas of Entrepreneurial Focus (Amina Moreau, Radious)

#84: Alternative Funding Sources Available to Startups (Melissa Widner, Lighter Capital)

#83: How to Navigate Business Funding for Startups (Barbara Clarke, The Impact Seat LLC)

#82: How to Build B2B Partnerships that Will Help You Leverage Business Opportunities (Theresa Caragol, AchieveUnite Inc.)

#81 How to Generate Sales with ZERO Marketing Spend (Erica Douglas, mSEED group)

#80 Go-To-Market Strategy OR Go Home: How to Craft a Successful Go-To-Market Strategy (Mona Bijoor, JOOR)

#79 How to Scale & Prioritize Impact: Building A Sustainable Business Model (Bianca Tylek, Worth Rises)

#78 How to Use Paid Ads to Scale to 7-Figures (Anna Konchar, Anna Konchar)

#77 Financial Do's & Don'ts to Grow Your Business (Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista)

#76 How Founders Can Practice Self-Care & Vulnerability (Tiffany Yu, Diversability)

#75 How To Achieve A 90% Referral Rate & Partner with Influencers to Grow a 7-Figure Business in 3 Years (Pamela Zapata, Society18)

#74 How To Build Organic Brand Awareness & Exit Your Business (Cheryl Contee, The Impact Seat Foundation)

#73 How To Use Sales Income To Bootstrap Before Funding (Kishau Rogers, Time Study)

#72 How To Develop A Mindset That Keeps Your Business Growing & Doing Things that Don't Scale (Courtney Caldwell, ShearShare)

#72 How To Develop A Mindset That Keeps Your Business Growing (Courtney Caldwell, ShearShare)

#71 How She Raised $4.9M In Capital As A Black Female Founder By Fostering Community & Building Relationships (Jordan Taylor, Medley)

#70 How To Hit 98% Sales Conversion & Scale To Seven-Figures (Kate Bradley Chernis, Lately)

#69 How Startups Crash & Burn: What Now? (Candice Cook, Attorney & Chief Strategy Officer)

#68 Understanding Customer Acquisition Unit Economics & Scaling To 7-Figures BEFORE Receiving Capital (Lauren Nagel, Scale It For Me & FindKeep.Love)

#67 How Storytelling Bootstrapped A Company Now Valued at $110 MILLION (Stephanie Nadi Olson, We Are Rosie)

#66 How to Build a Media Company, Raise $20M & Exit (Elisa Camahort, BlogHer)

#65 How Mastering the Art of Connecting Scaled a Multi-Million Dollar Services Business (Susan McPherson, McPherson Strategies)

#64 When Funders Said NO, She Scaled To $10M+ in 5 Years (Whitney Headen, Founder of 19th & Park) (2021)

#63 How She Scaled a "Lifestyle" Brand in a Highly Regulated Market (Alix Peabody, Bev)

#62 How She Bootstrapped to $1M in 12 Months through Community & Raised $3M for Another Business (Breanne Acio, Sēkr)

#61 How She Scaled A Passion Project To An 8-Figure Productized Business (Gloria Hwang, Thousand)

#60 How A Fashion Resale Founder Raised $12M, Got to an Exit & Believes in De-Growth (Nicole Bassett, The Renewal Workshop)

#59 How Focusing On The Strategic 1% Scaled a Multi-Million Business & Raised $22 Million (Sarah Smith, The Dyrt)

#58 How Building an Authentic Brand 5X Growth & Raised $10 Million (Rooshy Roy, Aavrani)

#57 How Mastering Sales Grew a Bootstrapped 6-Figure Consultancy To A 7-Figure Services Business (Stephanie Neale, Blind Zebra)

#56 How Killer Branding Built an 8-Figure Design & Innovation Company (Jacquelyn De Jesu Center, SHHHOWERCAP)

#55 Tackling Founder Money Trauma & Using Grassroots Marketing to Build a Multi-Million Tax Compliance Platform with $5M in Funding (Shiloh Johnson, ComplYant)

#54 How to Recession-Proof Your Business: 4 Different Ways to Get it Done

#53 How to Build Your Founder Brand (Jessica Zweig, Founder of SimplyBe) (2019)

#52: How To Achieve 0% Churn Through Customer Delight & Scale to the MULTI-MILLIONS (SaLisa Berrien, COI Energy)

#51: How To Gain Over 500k Downloads & Raise $20 MILLION as a FinTech Platform (Tanya Van Court, GoalSetter)

#50: How To Bootstrap a MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR Coaching Business (Nicole Wood, Ama La Vida)

#49: How To Raise $19 MILLION, Recruit Amazing Talent & Make it Equitable (Kaitlynn Knopp, Pequity)

#48 How She Scaled & Exited In 36 MONTHS (Mia Saini Duchnowski, Oars + Alps)

#47 How To Build A Nationwide Retail Movement (Kerry Docherty, Faherty Brand)

#46 How to Bootstrap Your Startup and Hit 7-Figures In Under 10 Years(Caroll Lee, Provenance Meals)

#45 How Word of Mouth Was The Secret Weapon To Growing A 7-Figure Business (Ceata Lash, PuffCuff)

#44 How to Scale a Successful Non-Profit (Sandee Kastrul, i.c stars)

#43 How to Find Your $10,000 Hour: Prioritizing Time, Customers & Nailing Pricing (Kara Smith Brown, LeadCoverage) (2020)

#42 How 99% Earned Media Scaled a MASSIVE Legacy Company (Fawn Weaver, Uncle Nearest) (2020)

#41 How to F**k Up, Grow Sales, & Get to an Exit (Kristi Zuhlke, KnowledgeHound)

#40 How to NOT Get Screwed Spending $$$ Building Tech Products (Lisa Dusseault, Compaas)

#39 How She Built a $50k Waitlist Then Raised $3M (Tiffany Dufu, The Cru)

#38 How Organic Marketing Drives 50% of a Profitable Fashion for Good Empire (Emily Grey, Flourish Market)

#37 How to Build Partnerships & Scale a MicroMobility Movement (Maria Boustead, Po Campo)

#36 How to Scale a 7-Figure Service Business & Self-Fund Your Next Business (Sophia Contreras Stone, Indie Tech)

#35 How Profit Scaled a $Multi-Million Dollar Digital Company (Heather Udo, Shoppable)

#34 How to Raise $11M in 16 Months Post-Launch through Community (Betsy Fore, Tiny Organics)

#33 How Staying Ready Prepared Her to Raise Series A (Somdutta Singh, Assiduus)

#32 When Shutting Down Your Business is Success (Yulkendy Valdez, Forefront & Samantha Asante, KlickEngage)

QOW: From Uncertainty to Increasing Customers 35% & Revenues by 30% (Queen of the Week: Susan Perlman, Dogtopia South Chandler)

#31 ENCORE: 3 Ways to Get an Investor "Yes" (Jihan Thompson, Swivel Beauty)

#30 She FAILED 3X then Scaled a Multi-Million Dollar Empire in Nigeria (Amal Hassan, Outsource Global)

#29 How She Raised $3.5 Million from Sponsors (Carissa Reiniger, Small Business Silver Linings)

QOW: How She Increased Partnerships by 60% (Queen of the Week: Rach Junard, You Good, Sis?)

#28 How She Built a Profitable Multi-Million Dollar Company in 3 Years (Michelle Huie, VIM & VIGR)

#27 How She Turned Community into a Thriving Business (Gesche Haas, Dreamers & Doers)

QOW: How She Invested $4k & Bootstrapped Her eCommerce Business to 20X Growth (Queen of the Week: Ellie Lum, Klum House)

#27 How Her Cancer Diagnosis Inspired a Multi-Million Dollar Clean Alcohol Company (Leah Caplanis, Social Sparkling Wine)

QOW: How Her Brand Grew from $20k ARR to $250k ARR During the Pandemic (Queen of the Week: Archel Bernard, Bombchel)

#26 How Storytelling Scaled Her Company to $1M ARR (Paige Williams, Audpop)

QOW: How She Used Pre-Orders to Increase Revenues Nearly 1000% MOM (Queen of the Week: Kelly Twichel, Access Trax)

#25 How to Master Delegation to Maximize Your Time & Team's Talent (Farissa Knox, RLM Media)

#24 How She Saturated 95% of a Market (Joy Tang, Mai)

#23 How She Scaled a 7-Figure Period Products Company After Delivering Pizzas (Jennifer Eden, Tampon Tribe)

QOW: Increasing Revenue 5000% & Quitting Your Full-Time Job (Queen of the Week: Christina Broderick, IgnitEDU)

#22: The Next Madame CJ Walker: How She Scaled a 7-Figure Hair Care Movement (Tendai Morris, Healthy Hair Solutions)

QOW: Increasing Revenues 30-40% with Facebook Ads & Acquiring a Company (Queen of the Week: Lauren Garvey, The TackHack)

#21: How to Scale a $Multi-Million Empire with Positive Unit Economics (Millie Tadewaldt, Founder of Brilliant)

QOW: How She Grew From $6 in the Bank to 6-Figures in Year 1 (Queen of the Week: Candice Smith, French Press PR)

#20 How to Scale Your eCommerce Company to 7-Figures through Authenticity & Guerrilla Marketing (Jaya Halepete Iyer, Founder of Svaha)

QOW: How She Got Her Product into 700 Stores w/ $330k in Funding After Robbing a Bank (Queen of the Week: Chantel Calloway, Ryhme Antics)

#19 How to Scale to $27 Million Through Exceptional Service (Jen Leech, Founder of Truss)

QOW: How to 25X Revenue w/ $2.3 Million in the Sales Pipeline (Queen of the Week: Nassim Abdi, Storybolt)

#18 Persisting After Losing 50% of Your Revenues (Elena Valentine, Founder of Skill Scout)

QOW: How to Gain 50k Customers, $1.5M Seed, Close Checks for Series A (Queen of the Week: Farah Allen, The Labz)

#17 How to Find Your $10,000 Hour To Scale Sales (Kara Smith Brown, Founder of Lead Coverage)

QOW: How to 5X revenue & Find a Co-Founder Post-Launch (Julie Schechter, Small Packages)

#16 How to Scale to $10 Million+ Bootstrapped in 5 Years (Whitney Headen, Founder of 19th & Park)

Season 2 Sneak Peek

#15 Turn an Investor "No" into a "Yes" (Jihan Thompson, Founder of Swivel Beauty)

#14: How Startups Scale Unintended Consequences (Kate O'Neill, Founder of KO Insights)

#13 Sexual Wellness for Womxn Founders (Ashley Cobb, Founder of Bedtanicals)

#12 How to Bounce Back from Being Screwed Out of a $7 Million Partnership (Deborah Tuggle, Founder of Bite Me, Inc)

#11 How to Build Generational Wealth (Carolyn Leonard, Founder of Dymynd Angels)

#10 How to Build & Scale A Legacy Business (Fawn Weaver, Founder of Uncle Nearest)

#9 Founder PR: How to Build FREE Brand Awareness (Stephanie Benedetto, Founder of Queen of Raw)

#8 How Brands Can Stand in Their Purpose (Emma Mcilroy, Founder of Wildfang)

#7 How Founders Can Find Meaningful Mentors (Janice Omadeke. Founder of Mentor Method)

#6 How to Be the 1st to Market & The Best - Building the Minimum Lovable Product (Judith Erwin, Founding CEO of Grasshopper Bank)

#5 How to Build Your Personal Brand as a Founder (Jessica Zweig, Founder of SimplyBe)

#4 Lessons from Raising $22 Million & Failing (Shruti Shah, Founder of Move Loot)

#3 You Good, Queen? How Female Founders Can Practice Self-Care & Vulnerability (Tiffany Yu, Founder of Diversability)

#2 How to Raise $6 Million from Investors (Rachel Renock, Founder of Wethos)

#1 Tiffany Aliche: Financial Do's & Don'ts to Grow Your Business (Founder, The Budgetnista)

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