Lindsay Pinchuk – Finding the Motherlode Through Motherhood

September 8, 2021 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Before she was even pregnant with her first child, Lindsay Pinchuk saw an opportunity in the parenting industry. She decided to go for it and Bump Club And Beyond, a parenting community was born. With just $500, she used basic, grass-roots efforts to fuel her start-up growth. Along the way, she made some strategic partnerships that led to rocket-ship visibility and success. Both Target and Nordstrom came calling.

Lindsay actually sold her company a few years ago and in this episode, we talk about why it was always her goal to sell the business. We also discuss the future that she’s really looking forward to and why it benefited her to organize events outside of the baby space.

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Flexibility is queen.” – Lindsay Pinchuk

Show Notes:

SIMPLE Grass-Roots efforts that led to ROCKET ship growth
The FIRST Question Every Start Up should ask in the beginning
The importance of forming the RIGHT Partnerships for Strategic Growth
Her Biggest GROWTH Opportunity
Why Identifying your WEAKNESSES Early on is Key to Growth
How to MOVE through the really TOUGH Days
And much, much more!

It is so important that you have support and not just from people who have done it before you, but from people who are going through it with you.” – Lindsay Pinchuk

Connect with Lindsay Pinchuk:

LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | Bump Club and Beyond

We all can always learn from our peers whether it’s motherhood, entrepreneurship, or whatever it might be.” – Lindsay Pinchuk

Noelle Randall – From the Basement to the Real Estate Boardroom

August 25, 2021 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Noelle Randall started investing in real estate in her early 20’s while working a full-time corporate job. Then 2008 happened and she lost EVERYTHING. Noelle found herself back in her parents’ basement with her husband, two children and a third on the way. Fast forward to today, Noelle is the multi-millionaire Founder and President of FDR Horizon Enterprises, a private real estate equity firm, and she teaches other entrepreneurs how to use real estate investing to create wealth.

Listen in to today’s episode to find out how to invest in real estate with bad credit and no money, why it’s important to diversify your streams of income, and what Noelle’s superpower is.

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Just like everything we do, we get better at it as we do it more and more.” – Noelle Randall

Show Notes:

The Real Estate ADVICE she offers to create real long-term wealth
Why being “CHILDLIKE” can be an asset in business
The ONE Thing she RESISTED that eventually created enormous success
Why Letting Go of VULNERABILITY is key to growth
What to know before you buy your first piece of real estate
The SECRET to raising 7 children while scaling her Real Estate Business (she’s been criticized for this)
Why Morning RITUALS are a must
Her perspective on the “GRIND & HUSTLE” mentality
Why many people fail in real estate
The TOP spots to invest in Real Estate NOW
And much, much more…

I used to be of the grind and hustle culture.” – Noelle Randall

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YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | Noelle Randall

Let people work in their skillset.” – Noelle Randall

LaDawn Townsend – Strategic Advisor & CEO of The VOS Group

September 2, 2020 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

My guest today, LaDawn Townsend, understands entrepreneurial disappointment. She was turned down 35 times for a business loan before starting her business, The VOS Group.

In other words, LaDawn knows how to handle a “no” – which is one of the reasons why she created The VOS Group, a company that helps business owners increase their revenue and streamline processes to create a stable foundation that deepens the customer base.

LaDawn is trained in Six Sigma Green Belt process improvement and Technology Project Management, delivering quantifiable results for her clients. Her “career” started early on when she was growing up working alongside her family in their business.

On today’s podcast, LaDawn shares how she survived after getting so many no’s, the reason she kept her corporate job while growing her business, how she earned the trust of business owners, all the ups and downs of her trajectory and the challenges of being a black woman in business. She also talks about the importance of your company’s annual numbers and how you should work under a positive vibration.

We also explore her thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement and her ideas on how to approach race, diversity, and opportunities for minorities in our communities.

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You are missing an element when you don’t have diversity.” – LaDawn Townsend

Show Notes:

HOW she moved beyond 35 NO’s when asking for a business loan
How her “Trust Google” strategy helped figure out the next steps in her career
WHY she kept her corporate job while growing her business
The QUESTION people avoid that’s key to growth
Simple back-to-basics Tips on Growing your Side Hustle while working a F.T. Corporate job
How and when she knew it was time to leave her Corporate Job behind and “go for it” in her business
The difference between the busy work and the productive work in your business
How to earn the trust of business owners
Her thoughts on approaching racial bias, opportunities for minorities & how she’s processing this time in the world

Sometimes when we stay too long in one position, we need to be pushed into our purpose.” – LaDawn Townsend

Connect with LaDawn Townsend:

Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | LaDawn Townsend

Everyone has a relationship with money.” – LaDawn Townsend

Amanda Tress – Founder/CEO of The FASTer Way to Fat Loss – From 11 Clients to Now Serving 110K Clients in Just 3.5 Years

October 2, 2019 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

I’m over the moon to share my guest, Amanda Tress, with you today.

Amanda is the Founder & CEO of The FASTer Way to Fat Loss –the premier virtual intermittent fasting fitness and nutrition program. She teaches her clients how to burn fat and live a truly healthy lifestyle through intermittent fasting, carb cycling, macro tracking, whole food nutrition, and strategic workouts.

Amanda started The FASTer Way just 3.5 years ago with 11 people, and now the program has more than 110,000 clients who are thriving!

On today’s show, Amanda talks all about how she has grown and scaled her business. She gets very transparent with me about what her journey has been like and the #1 skill entrepreneurs MUST possess to succeed, and much more.

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

I had 11 people in my first round of the FASTer way, they had incredible results and I immediately turned around and said ‘hey listen, I want to get this program into more households – will you help me?’.” – Amanda Tress

Show Notes:

Amanda’s simple “secret” to creating a brand that’s truly becoming a movement
How a visit to Lexington, Kentucky to see 20 women (which turned into 150 women) opened her eyes wide
How Amanda gained influencers and developed her marketing technique
Why “micro-influencers” are the key to early growth
Amanda could have 70,000 certified coaches and instead has 1700 – why she chooses to keep it small
Amanda’s very FIRST Steps to create a multi-million dollar brand in just 3.5 years
Amanda’s strategies to getting through the “dark, painful” days
How Amanda has GROWN and SCALED her business
The #1 Attribute a candidate must have to be considered for a spot on the FASTer Way Team
Why Amanda has decided NOT to raise money for the company
The #1 skill entrepreneurs MUST possess to succeed
Amanda’s tips on how to juggle raising a family (she has three children under the age of 10) while running a company experiencing rocket-ship growth
What Amanda has “concerns” about in the world of female entrepreneurship right now
And much, much more!

The best professional development out there is to be a business owner.” – Amanda Tress

Connect with Amanda Tress:

Facebook | Instagram | FASTer Way to Fat Loss

If you can develop interested in middle-America with little to no marketing then you must have a good product.” – Amanda Tress

Julie Deane – She Took 600 Pounds and Turned It Into a Company Valued at 40 Million Pounds Making Satchels

September 18, 2019 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

I’m so excited to share this humorous, transparent, Encore Interview with Julie Deane, Founder/CEO of Cambridge Satchel. If you haven’t heard her past interviews on my podcast, I invite you to go back and listen because they are a few of the most popular episodes we’ve ever done!

We’re bringing Julie Deane back on the show today because her company, Cambridge Satchel, has had tremendous growth over the past 18 months, but not without challenges and I needed to pick her brain on how she did it.

On today’s show, Julie talks about what it really means to scale a business, when you should let go, and how to take the reins of your company back if things stray from your vision, and much more.

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

It was the fact that we did everything differently from the big corporates around us, and that’s why they couldn’t compete with us. Because they never knew where we were going to come from next.” – Julie Deane

Show Notes:

WHY she needed to start a business in the first place – she had a real need
She had 600 pounds to invest; she needed 24,000 pounds – in 8 weeks. Yikes!
The FIRST step she took – so simple you’ll be shocked
The ONE THING to keep with you forever as an entrepreneur
The WORST thing that can happen to an entrepreneur
How she reclaimed the culture that made Cambridge Satchel an overnight success
The GRASSROOTS marketing that Cambridge Satchel has developed in the past 18 months
Julie’s SILVER BULLETS for getting through the hard days
And much, much more

It is a very strange smoke and mirrors kind of world that was not for us.” – Julie Deane

Connect with Julie Deane:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Cambridge Satchel

I’m not going to let myself feel like a failure because what this company was set to do was to send my kids to a great school. And they have gone to a great school, so it did that.” – Julie Deane

Kim Kovacs – Founder/CEO of MyJane, Curated Cannabis Products Delivered to Your Front Door

September 11, 2019 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

When Kim Kovacs witnessed a close relative looking and acting 10 years younger (and relieved of the pain she had suffered for years from using opioids to combat the effects of cancer), she was intrigued. She found out this positive change and outlook on life was due to the use of cannabis products and at that moment, Kim decided to get serious and learn more about everything cannabis could do to help women.

Kim saw a void in the women’s cannabis space and decided to fill it by starting MyJane – a cannabis wellness community designed to help women feel better. MyJane sends a curated box of cannabis products right to your door delivered by women ambassadors who spend time educating each customer on the products.

On today’s show, Kim has a lot to share with you. She is a serial entrepreneur and investor across multiple sectors and has raised over $100 million in venture capital for companies that she has founded.

Kim talks about how MyJane got started, her best ACTION STEPS in growing MyJane thus far, her advice on fundraising, how the movie “Groundhog Day” gets her through tough times, and much, much more.

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

Let’s ask women what they want. Before we go ahead and do anything, let’s ask.” – Kim Kovacs

Show Notes:

How the name “MyJane” came about – it truly was a Perfect Storm
Why Kim decided to get her product DELIVERED in person by Female Brand Ambassadors
The GENIUS First Step Kim took that catapulted MyJane’s early growth – Simple & Easy
The MyJane model and WHY IT WORKS
The ONE thing MyJane is doing to ensure happy, loyal customers
Where your FOCUS has to be 24/7
Managing CASH FLOW in an extremely regulated industry
Her BIGGEST challenge
Why the movie “Groundhog Day” helps get her through the challenges of entrepreneurship
Her best advice on FUNDRAISING
The advice she hears being given in the entrepreneur arena that she doesn’t agree with
The Inventor versus the Entrepreneur Concept
Her Belief about Partnerships
What she wished someone would have told her BEFORE she entered the world of Entrepreneurship

Do your research as your fundraising. Find the right investors so you don’t spend time talking to people you don’t need to.” – Kim Kovacs

Connect with Kim Kovacs:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | MyJane

Once you crack that conversation about cannabis then the flood gates are open to talk about other things and we’re freely (now) talking about different things that I don’t think women used to talk about.” – Kim Kovacs

Christina Stembel, Founder/CEO, Farmgirl Flowers – A $30 Million Business Started with $49,000 in Savings

August 21, 2019 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

You do not want to miss this interview.

Originally from Indiana, Christina Stembel found herself in Silicon Valley where it seemed everyone was an entrepreneur. It was while investigating why flowers are so expensive for her employer at the time, Christina started to see potential big bucks in the flower industry. No college degree but she did have 49K in savings and that’s how Farmgirl Flowers was planted firmly in the ground.

Christina shares all of her tips and transparent insights on how she grew Farmgirl Flowers from nothing to an estimated projected 30M this year. She talks about her grassroots marketing that has grown the company, why and how to get started without investor money, and much more.

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

I wanted to take an industry and be either the first innovator or the first one doing it a completely different way.” – Christina Stembel

Show Notes:

CURIOSITY does not kill the cat; This is how Christina started out
The SURPRISING thing that happened when she was down to her last $411
Smart, Simple, Effective Tips for Grass Roots MARKETING – Truly Brilliant
The Two Most ESSENTIAL Skills You Must Develop if You Want to Grow and Scale
Bank and credit card tips for FUNDING your business
Why women should STOP waiting for investor money in most cases
How she reacted when someone told her to STUNT her Growth and “wait for the industry to catch up to her”

I wanted to test the market. I did not want to give up a decade of my life for something that was never going to work.” – Christina Stembel

Connect with Christina Stembel:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Farmgirl Flowers

I pivot all the time. We listen to our customers.” – Christina Stembel

Amy Franko – A Top Sales Blogger, Amazon Best-Selling Author, Sales Expert and Entrepreneur

July 24, 2019 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

If you don’t have all the clients or customers you want or need, you will want to block some time in your calendar to listen to this episode with my guest today, Amy Franko.

Amy is the author of the new best-selling book The Modern Seller: Sell More and Increase Your Impact in the New Sales Economy and she is also the founder of the Impact Instruction Group. The Modern Seller is an Amazon Bestseller and was also named a 2018 top sales book by Top Sales World. In addition, Amy is recognized by Top Sales World as one of the “Top 50 Sales Bloggers in the World”.

Today’s show is jam-packed with incredible business and sales advice, tips on building your network and using social media for business growth, how to write a book (even if you don’t really enjoy writing) and much more.

Enjoy the show!

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

People with strong networks can rise above the noise.” – Amy Franko

When you know those one or two very significant goals, that is going to give you the track to run on so that you can better prioritize your time.” – Amy Franko

Show Notes:

The Five Modern Selling Skill Sets
WHY your RELATIONSHIPS are the GOLD
WHY it’s essential to pivot between strategy and tactics
How to overcome the “I don’t have time to network” feeling you may be having
TIPS on how to create better business relationships (HINT: you don’t need to be an extrovert)
How to use SOCIAL MEDIA to build your business
How to write a book (even if writing doesn’t come easily to you)

If you want to build the skill, you can. It is the habits that you put into your everyday relationship building that becomes the ‘how’.” – Amy Franko

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LinkedIn | Twitter | Amy Franko

People who really get it (who are really intentional about building the RIGHT strategic relationships); they are focused on a big significant goal and that helps them make good choices about where they invest their time in building their networks.” – Amy Franko

Gail Becker – On Track to $100 Million in Just Two Years….Selling Cauliflower

May 1, 2019 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

She had no food or nutrition experience. What she did have was two sons with Celiac disease. This is another Epic Encore interview with Gail Becker, the genius, Founder and CEO of Caulipower, a company that offers tasty, affordable and nutritious alternatives to highly-processed foods.

CAULIPOWER is on track to reach $100 million this year and her pizzas are in 22,000 retail stores… on their 2nd BIRTHDAY!!! They’ve had explosive growth in the last 575 days (since she was FIRST on the show) and Gail gets real, raw and transparent about her journey so far. She’s both funny and serious about her path and her attitude is infectious.

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

When you become an entrepreneur, you are betting on yourself – hook, line and sinker.” – Gail Becker

Show Notes:

The people she listens to most when deciding on new product lines
Her BEST Advice on how to handle fast & furious business growth
Her perspective on how to build an A+ Team
The Challenges that go along with being a Disrupter in your industry
Gail admits she has DAILY Struggles as an entrepreneur and how she copes
What really drives her (it’s not about Money for her)
Why a personal mission is important in business
How she went from a high-paying successful career one day to making nothing the next

You have to have people that are as passionate about the business as you are.” – Gail Becker

Connect with Gail Becker:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | CAULIPOWER

Always know what you don’t know and hire against that.” – Gail Becker

Joanna McFarland – How HopSkipDrive Literally “Hopped and Skipped” Into a New Market That Has Resulted Into Explosive Growth Over the Last 500 Days

April 24, 2019 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

I’m excited to have Joanna McFarland back with us for an Encore interview! I interviewed Joanna back in October of 2017 and since that time, HopSkipDrive has literally “hopped and skipped” over their sales goals and catapulted themselves into a brand new market opportunity!

Joanna is the CEO and co-founder of HopSkipDrive, which is a safe and dependable ride share company for kids. After brainstorming with some frustrated parents at a child’s birthday party, they came up with a better way to provide transportation for their kids and HopSkipDrive was born.

On today’s show, Joanna talks about how HopSkipDrive KEPT their core message while uncovering a brand-new market that was craving what they had to offer.

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

Embrace it. Buy the ticket and take the ride and know that there are going to be moments when it is really hard. And know that you’re going to need to over-communicate and make sure that expectations are understood and that expectations are being met.” – Joanna McFarland

Show Notes:

The NEW MARKET that HopSkipDrive uncovered which led them to explosive growth (this is PURE Gold)
The person who has had a massive influence on her life and kept her going after 100 NO’s when she first started out
Why SAFETY is their #1 Core Value and the 15 point system they use to ensure safety on every ride
The mantra that keeps Joanna going (wise words from her hubby)
The secret to effective communication with your team during the scale-up phase
And much, much more…

Everything that we had put into solving this problem for consumers made the platform very easily extensible to schools as well.” – Joanna McFarland

Connect with Joanna McFarland:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | HopSkipDrive

It is really important to focus. There are so many opportunities that you can pursue and so it is really important to think about what are your best opportunities and make sure that you’re really focusing on those.” – Joanna McFarland

Lindsay Pinchuk – Finding the Motherlode Through Motherhood

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Noelle Randall – From the Basement to the Real Estate Boardroom

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LaDawn Townsend – Strategic Advisor & CEO of The VOS Group

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Amanda Tress – Founder/CEO of The FASTer Way to Fat Loss – From 11 Clients to Now Serving 110K Clients in Just 3.5 Years

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Julie Deane – She Took 600 Pounds and Turned It Into a Company Valued at 40 Million Pounds Making Satchels

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Kim Kovacs – Founder/CEO of MyJane, Curated Cannabis Products Delivered to Your Front Door

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Christina Stembel, Founder/CEO, Farmgirl Flowers – A $30 Million Business Started with $49,000 in Savings

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Gail Becker – On Track to $100 Million in Just Two Years….Selling Cauliflower

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Connect with Gail Becker:

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