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Cathy Alessandra – Serial Entrepreneur, CEO & Founder of YES I CAN!

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My guest today, Cathy Alessandra, is the real definition of a serial entrepreneur who has started and built several successful businesses to help women and families.

Cathy started her very first business in 1995 out of a need she saw in her community. From there, she caught the entrepreneurial “bug.”

Along the way, Cathy faced some life altering moments which included her son’s struggle with substance abuse, challenges in her marriage, and personal health concerns. She overcame those challenges by using her “YES I CAN” mantra and her daily rituals. Now, she has turned her mantra into a business, and she is currently the Founder & CEO of YES I CAN coaching.

On today’s podcast, Cathy talks all about her experience coaching women, the philosophy behind YES I CAN, her best productivity tips, and much more.

 

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It was all built on a need of my own and figuring that other people needed it as well.” – Cathy Alessandra

Show Notes:

  • Great examples on Pivoting in business
  • The personal tools she used to move through a health challenge, her son’s substance abuse and an unraveling marriage – all at the same time
  • Cathy’s SECRET to overcoming challenges
  • The moment she got the idea to birth YES I CAN
  • Which daily routines helped her achieve success
  • Why Strategic YES’s and Abundant No’s have become a guiding light
  • Cathy’s best productivity tips as an entrepreneur
  • The Worst advice she hears in the Start-up arena

As my business has grown, I need to think ahead of the curve and outside of the box.” – Cathy Alessandra

Connect with Cathy Alessandra:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Cathy Alessandra

Don’t worry about all the others. Be focused on who you are so that you attract people that are meant to work with you.” – Cathy Alessandra

Stacy Blackman – Serial Entrepreneur and CEO/Founder of Stryke Club Acne-Fighting Skincare

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My guest Stacy Blackman, CEO and founder of Stryke Club, is truly a serial entrepreneur.

She’s been at the helm of three different (quite successful) start-up companies in three different industries – wedding, MBA consulting and now skin-care for teenage boys.

 

 

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

No one really knows the way, we are all flying a little bit blind.” – Stacy Blackman

Show Notes:

  • The #1 QUESTION to ask yourself before diving into your next venture
  • How 9/11 shaped her second start-up and what we can learn in this time of COVID-19
  • The one “HABIT” she had to break to keep going every day
  • Why we always need to be ready to PIVOT
  • How you can make the most of difficult situations
  • How to build a VIRTUAL team committed to your business vision – there’s one ESSENTIAL Ingredient

I’m very organized and I really do map out most of my day.” – Stacy Blackman

Connect with Stacy Blackman:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Stacy Blackman

Begin before you are ready.” – Stacy Blackman

Charlene Simon – Serial Entrepreneur & Founder/CEO of Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium

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I think that you’re going to absolutely love my guest today, Charlene Simon, who is the Founder & CEO of Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium.

She’s a serial entrepreneur who started her first business very early on in life. She didn’t finish high school taking the traditional path (she eventually got her GED), and became a wife at 15 and a mother of three by the time she was 20 years old.

It was after a visit to a soap shop that left Charlene feeling mesmerized by the whole process. She spent hours in the library teaching herself the science of making soap so she could fulfill a dream of one day owning her own shop. Today, she has expanded her business to five retail locations across the U.S. and is also getting into cosmetics as well!

In 2019, Charlene was crowned Mrs. Arkansas America and went on to compete in the famous Mrs. America competition in Las Vegas, placing Top 15 in the nation and bringing home the coveted trophy for “Mrs. Fabulous Face.”

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

Take your power and own it.” – Charlene Simon

Show Notes:

  • Her FIRST steps to turn her Passion into a money-making business for her family
  • What Charlene Trusts most when it comes to DECISION MAKING
  • Her BEST Action Step to grow Bathhouse Soapery
  • WHY it’s important to “jump” once in awhile; She credits “taking a leap” to much of her success and why you must never get comfortable
  • The problem with Competition & Comparison and why it has been a challenge for her
  • A real, raw, transparent story that personally ROCKED her world (cue the fetal position) and how she overcame this tough time
  • How her experience as an entrepreneur was a (surprising) boost to her journey in competing for Mrs. Arkansas
  • The process Charlene uses to access the direct line to her creative genius
  • How to build CONFIDENCE and feel beautiful
  • The advice she wishes someone would have shared with her early on – POWERFUL beyond measure

Courage and confidence has come to me over the failures.” – Charlene Simon

Connect with Charlene Simon:

Facebook | Instagram | Charlene Simon | Villainess | Bathhouse

It has been always been following the gut even when other people have said that it is a bad idea.” – Charlene Simon

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

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Kim Kovacs on She's Got Moxie with Joy ChudacoffWhen 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

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