Category: Podcast

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. Anna is also a podcast host, with Black Belt Selling and Sales Mastery. She shares her secrets of how she became an entrepreneur, juggling business growth with 7 kids, and how to let go of any limiting beliefs around money and sales.

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.