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Lu Parker – From High School English Teacher to Media Celebrity to Founder & CEO of Be Kind & Co.

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Lu Parker on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

You may have seen her on KTLA or interviewing celebrities and dignitaries such as Oprah, Bradley Cooper, Aretha Franklin, Clint Eastwood, Barbra Streisand, Kanye West, Nelson Mandela, & Jane Goodall. From Miss USA to an Emmy Award-winning journalist, Lu Parker has had an incredible career.

As she continues to anchor on KTLA, Lu also took a moment of adversity in her life to start a movement around kindness and became the Founder & CEO of Be Kind & Co.

On today’s show, you’ll love her pearls of wisdom as Lu gives us a deep look into her career path and the lessons she’s learned along the way.

 

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

What are the little steps that you are taking today that build towards that goal?” – Lu Parker

Show Notes:

  • How a Moment of ADVERSITY led Lu to start a company based on KINDNESS
  • The difference between NICE and KIND and why KIND is better
  • Why it’s important to be kind to YOURSELF first
  • How women LEAD and why the world will be more ALIGNED when women are in LEADERSHIP
  • How Lu went from a 10th-grade English teacher to Miss USA and then on to anchor KTLA Health & Fitness
  • How Lu handled being in an environment where people were very “unkind”
  • Lu’s best (think super simple) advice for getting WHAT you WANT in life
  • Her best tips for productivity
  • The ONE THING you need to let go of

Don’t put so much pressure on yourself that it is not fun anymore.” – Lu Parker

Connect with Lu Parker:

Facebook | Instagram  |  Twitter  |  LinkedIn  | Lu Parker | Be Kind & Co.

I really do feel like if we can love ourselves and be kind to ourselves then, in turn, we’re able to be more kind to the stranger on the street or to a friend in need.” – Lu Parker

Sarah Naseer – Creating Good Products That Help Feed The World

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They’ve provided meals to over 100M (yep, you read that right) children in 63 countries. How? Wait for it…selling handbags.

Today’s podcast is about entrepreneurship, but it’s also a PSA. My guest, Sarah Naseer, joins us to talk about FEED, a socially conscious company working every day to fight the war against hunger in a tangible way.

Sarah, President of FEED, oversees business development and growth strategies related to product marketing and merchandising. You’ll love what she has to say about how FEED has built an amazing company while changing the world!

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

Do your best to really push through whatever decision you decided to go with.” – Sarah Naseer

Show Notes:

  • WHY the company chose BAGS instead of shoes, clothing or jewelry
  • The GENIUS decision to put a Number on every bag and what the number means
  • What the proceeds from ONE BAG can do for a child
  • How Focusing on Collaborations and Partnerships early on were the BIGGEST & BEST Key Strategies
  • Why COMMUNITY is an essential ingredient in the mission of any business today
  • Why being both Focused & Nimble are core to their everyday teamwork
  • Managing CASH FLOW while still giving back

Women owe it to themselves to go into every meeting, every opportunity, every pitch, with confidence, and you don’t need to apologize for it.” – Sarah Naseer

Connect with Sarah Naseer:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | FEED Projects

You are your best advocate.” – Sarah Naseer

Melissa Ben-Ishay – How Getting Fired From an Advertising Job Was The BEST Thing That Could Happen to Her

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Melissa Ben-Ishay on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

After getting fired from her advertising job, Melissa Ben-Ishay went home and baked some cupcakes (her go-to daily staple). Turns out this was the BEST action step she could have taken. Today, Baked by Melissa, the New York City-based brand is famous for its signature, bite-size cupcakes and treats that are only 50 calories each!

Passionate about baking since childhood with the idea that people should taste a cupcake “guilt free,” she decided to do what she loved and launched Baked by Melissa in 2008.

She’s absolutely hilarious and what I love most is her complete transparency.

 

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

You can do anything and anyone who tells you otherwise is small.” – Melissa Ben-Ishay

Show Notes:

  • HOW she started out in her apartment
  • How she prepared for her first BIG moment with a well-known Caterer in NY
  • The moment she knew she was on to something
  • Her ‘Disruption’ moment – what gave her the “advantage”
  • The MOST important mindset a woman entrepreneur with a family can have
  • How she went from her apartment to 14 stores sprinkled around NYC
  • Why it was hard to RELINQUISH CONTROL in her business
  • The great advice that Melissa’s Dad gave her when things got hard
  • Why starting and ending her day with her family is a PRIORITY
  • What she did on days when she felt like a fraud
  • What she sees as the essential ingredient in a startup business
  • Her biggest challenge and how she handles it
  • How and why YOU CAN DO ANYTHING

There is actually a very, very specific attitude that built this company, which is seeing challenges as opportunities to learn and grow.” – Melissa Ben-Ishay

Connect with Melissa Ben-Ishay:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Baked by Melissa

You have to kind of embody the person you want to be.” – Melissa Ben-Ishay

Jean Chatzky – Women. Money. Investing. A real conversation about MONEY and Women with Financial Editor of NBC’s TODAY Show and Award-Winning Personal Finance Journalist

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Jean Chatzky on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

Today’s show is all about MONEY with the financial editor of NBC’s TODAY Show (she has been on for 24 years, so you probably know her!) and AARP’s personal finance ambassador, Jean Chatzky.

Jean is an award-winning personal finance journalist and Founder & CEO of HerMoney, a multimedia company changing the relationships women have with money. You may have also heard her popular podcast HerMoney with Jean Chatzky.

On today’s episode of She’s Got Moxie, Jean shares some incredible tips and tricks to living a financially robust life.

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

Start by looking at where you are today, because that it is what it takes to figure out where you want to grow and how you want to get better tomorrow.” – Jean Chatzky

Show Notes:

  • Why women need more money than men
  • The ONE thing women don’t feel comfortable with and what to do about it
  • The FIVE THINGS you can do to have a robust financial life
  • WHY physical and financial health have a lot in common & led Jean to co-authored a book with Dr. Michael Roizan (if you watch Dr. Oz then you know him!)
  • The BEST ACTION step to advance her powerful career in media
  • What she did when someone told her “you don’t have the chops”
  • The Surprising PRODUCTIVITY Tip that Jean uses to stay on top of things
  • What she wished someone would have shared with her early on in her career
  • And much, much more

As you age, good health without financial strength doesn’t work, and neither does financial strength without good health. You absolutely have to have both.” – Jean Chatzky

Connect with Jean Chatzky:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | HerMoney

I make money make sense. That is my superpower.” – Jean Chatzky

Ianthe Mauro – From SNL to Telling Stories Through Fragrance as the Founder & CEO of Objects With Purpose Candles

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Ianthe Mauro on She's got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

Ladies, you do not want to miss this interview. It’s real, raw and illuminating : -).

She was dealing with a serious health challenge combined with going through a divorce. Ianthe Mauro, CEO & Founder of Objects With Purpose Candles found that lighting a candle was the one action step she could take every day to soothe her soul.

But an interesting thing occurred during this time. Ianthe soon found out that the ingredients used to manufacture many candles weren’t good for her. So she did what most entrepreneurial women do; she saw a problem and she set out to solve it. It’s been over a decade now and the results have been amazing.

Ianthe’s candles have appeared in the Oscar Swag bag, The Hollywood Medium, The Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda, Dr. Oz, Let’s Make a Deal and The Price Is Right. Her candles have become the “go to” gift in Hollywood.

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

I’m allowing myself to be ok just focusing on a few things in my business rather than trying to do everything at once.” – Ianthe Mauro

Show Notes:

  • How going through both an illness and a divorce put her on a path to creating her own eco-friendly luxury candle.
  • How she made her very FIRST candle.
  • Her BEST Action Steps to be featured in major media and have her candles in over 200 stores.
  • The tried and true marketing method that got her noticed in Hollywood.
  • WHY taking imperfect Action is Key to Growth.
  • How she became known as the “scent expert.”
  • How she continues to overcome her Biggest Business CHALLENGE.
  • The MOMENT she almost gave up (this is vulnerable, transparent and involves $24 and “fancy glass” milk bottles.)
  • Her Best PRODUCTIVITY TIPS.
  • AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.

‘No’ is extremely powerful.” – Ianthe Mauro

Connect with Ianthe Mauro:

Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Objects With Purpose

Fragrance is an opportunity for me to tell the story in a product that is outside of me.” – Ianthe Mauro

7 Business Essentials for Explosive Growth in 2019

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You will cross the threshold to 2019 in less than 90 days.

Is your business ready?

Right now, you’re probably hard at work on accomplishing all the goals you set for yourself in 2018. And, you’re also probably beginning to ask yourself: “What changes or course-corrections do I need to make in order to start 2019 on a path to faster profits serving my treasured clients and customers?”

Your business or product is like a vehicle. You, the creator, the founder, are the driver of that vehicle.

On today’s show, I’ll walk you through the 7 Business Essentials for Explosive Business Growth and also how you can “fine tune” your leadership for uber success in 2019.

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

You need to make sure that you’re working in your genius and your highest level of creativity.” – Joy Chudacoff

Show Notes:

  • Simple tips to make sure you are accessing your GENIUS every day
  • The ONE thing you can easily do to bring more profit to your bottom line
  • The BEST strategy for your business
  • The INVISIBLE BLOCKS I see plague many women entrepreneurs and how they hold you back
  • Productivity Rituals to help you be at your best as a leader
  • WHY your business may be ‘satisfactorily underperforming’
  • How to build the team culture of your dreams
  • Your ticket to freedom as an entrepreneur
  • And much much more!

When you give yourself permission to take the time to prepare and plan for that next level of business growth, that next level of leadership, incredible leaps happen almost immediately.” – Joy Chudacoff

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It’s about being able to communicate that vision on a day-to-day, week-to-week basis to the people who are in this with you.” – Joy Chudacoff

Jessica Principe – From Dreading Her Shower Shave to Founder & CEO of All Girl Shave Club

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Jessica Principe on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

Great ideas come to many people in the shower, and that was absolutely true for the Founder & CEO of All Girl Shave Club, Jessica Principe.

All Girl Shave Club is a subscription service and online store started in 2016. In the first 12 months, the company had blockbuster growth (surpassing the six-figure mark in sales) and now serves customers in all 50 states and Canada.

What started out as a passion project to transform the chore of shaving into a treat, has become a female-focused shaving and grooming business. Ladies who join the club receive high quality, premium razors, coupled with unique, specialty shaving and body products in the mail every other month.

On today’s show, Jessica talks about her company’s rapid growth, secrets to cash flow, and her best tips for women entrepreneurs while juggling a family.

 

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

I’m really realistic about the time that it takes to accomplish things, and that helps me stay motivated.” – Jessica Principe

Show Notes:

  • The FIRST Step Jessica took BEFORE launching All Girl Shave Club – Genius!
  • The moment she knew she was on to something
  • Her Biggest Challenge (she’s learned that every new level of growth brings a new challenge)
  • Why it’s ok to start SLOW
  • How she managed cash flow during an intense time of growth (simple, doable strategies!)
  • The time she went into what felt like a three-day coma over a difficult business dilemma
  • Jessica shares some wise words from a mentor during a very dark time
  • Why focusing on a specific niche is the key to dramatic growth
  • Her BEST advice for women who want to just Go For It (you may be surprised here)
  • Her favorite app for productivity
  • And much, much more!

There’s nothing wrong with starting your business while your working full-time, and you don’t want to quit your job too early when you’re not generating enough income.” – Jessica Principe

Connect with Jessica Principe:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | All Girl Shave Club

It is ok not to get everything done overnight. It is ok to take your time, to make strategic decisions and give yourself time to think through things.” – Jessica Principe

Sheryl Palmer – Rising to the TOP -The Only Woman CEO Rated in the Top 20 Home Building Industry

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Sheryl Palmer on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

Home building is long known for being a very male-dominated industry, but my guest today, Sheryl Palmer is the only female CEO in the Top 20 home builders rated by Glassdoor.

Sheryl is the chairman and CEO of Taylor Morrison, a leading national home builder and developer based in Scottsdale, Arizona. With more than 30 years of building experience, she has led Taylor Morrison into the top ranks of America’s largest public home builders. Under Sheryl’s leadership, Taylor Morrison recently became the first home builder to appoint a majority female board of directors. 

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

It is hard to be your best when you’re pretending or trying to be somebody different.” – Sheryl Palmer

Show Notes:

  • WHY it’s critical to hone your unique leadership style for business success
  • Her BEST Action Steps on how to succeed as a woman in a male-dominated industry
  • Sheryl’s “shoe-off” style of leadership and why it works so well for her
  • Why the customer ‘experience’ is essential in business today
  • How to create the best customer experience – it’s about “aligning” everything
  • What Sheryl does with her one “selfish hour” each day and how it makes her more productive
  • The #1 thing that holds many women back
  • What she always relies on when it’s decision-making time
  • Her A-List
  • Her Superpower
  • The Choice She Makes Every Day and how it helps her in business

As a leader, it really is OK to be humble and vulnerable if that is who you are.” – Sheryl Palmer

Connect with Sheryl Palmer:

Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Taylor Morrison

I’ve never been the smartest person in the room, but I’m the most passionate, hardworking, and I have the ability to bring out good stuff in great team members.” – Sheryl Palmer

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