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Rosie O’Neill – How Sugarfina Has Achieved Explosive Growth Over The Past 450 Days

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**Rosie O’Neill is the FIRST in a series of ENCORE podcast interviews we will be conducting over the next few months. We’ve been closely watching the growth of some of the women we’ve had on the show before and we’re inviting back guests who are having explosive growth and are willing to share the journey with you.

Rosie O’Neill, is an entrepreneur with a major sweet tooth for business. I had Rosie on ‘She’s Got Moxie’ back on November 15, 2017, and that episode is still today one of our most popular. Since my last interview with Rosie, (about 450 days ago), Sugarfina has grown tremendously. Today, she shares with us what business has been like and how the company has exploded with growth so quickly.

In July 2012, along with her co-founder and fiancé (now hubby) Josh Resnick, Rosie launched Sugarfina, a luxury candy boutique for grown-ups featuring the finest confections from artisan candy makers around the world. Best known for Champagne and Rosé-infused gummy bears, Sugarfina has been named one of the “World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” and “World’s 10 Most Innovative Retailers” by Fast Company as it disrupts the $200B confections industry. Sugarfina has also made the list of the “World’s Most Beautiful Candy Shops” by Architectural Digest.

 

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

I certainly have those days where I start to go into the negative self-talk, but I’m trying to be much better about catching it and turning it around. And basically, the same advice that I would give to a female entrepreneur friend, I try to give that to myself. Sometimes we’re harder on ourselves than we would be to a friend.” – Rosie O’Neill

Show Notes:

  • What’s happened in the last 450 days (it’s quite Remarkable)
  • The strategy they’ve used to grow beyond physical locations to get into the hands of their target consumer
  • The difference between hiring for the “RIGHT NOW” versus Hiring for Future Growth (Brilliant!)
  • Her Biggest Challenge (“it’s always the same”)
  • DAILY rituals have contributed to her success as a CEO and Co-Founder
  • How she handles the really tough “I’m not sure if I can go on” days
  • Her quick decision-making process
  • The things she’s outsourced in her life (this was a humorous moment for sure!)
  • Her BEST Advice for women entrepreneurs who are in the sweet spot of scaling

Do your most dreaded task first thing in the morning. It is basically like wake-up and do that disgusted ‘ugh, I can’t wait to get it over with’ thing.” – Rosie O’Neill

Connect with Rosie O’Neill:

LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | Sugarfina  |  Instagram |  Facebook

I am a big believer that you’ve got to focus on two or three things and do those things really well before you start to focus on the next thing.” – Rosie O’Neill

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

Janice Bryant Howroyd – How a Visit to Her Sister in LA and a $900 Loan Changed the Course of Her Life Forever

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I’ve been secretly ‘stalking’ Janice Bryant Howroyd, Founder & CEO of The Act One Group, for nearly 30 years. Back in the early days of my first business, I wanted to make an extra $500 per month in order to ask my roommate to move out of the loft (true story), so I went on a search for success stories of entrepreneurial women. Janice Bryant Howroyd’s name kept coming up everywhere I looked. Janice took $900 from her mom and turned what is now known as The Act One Group into a billion-dollar company.

“JBH” as she likes to be called, is #39 on the Forbes list of “America’s Richest Self-Made Women,” and in 2014 she was recognized by Black Enterprise as the first black woman to own and operate a billion-dollar company.

Along with several other incredible accolades, JBH received a special invitation from President Barack Obama to be a member of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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

Never compromise yourself personally for who you wish to be professionally.” – Janice Bryant Howroyd

Show Notes:

  • What happened when Janice “looked after the office” for her brother-in-law while he was away
  • Her creative strategy when she first started out (hear how operating her business in a rug shop was a GENIUS idea)
  • The moment she recognized she was on to something (oh the joys of a phone and fax machine!)
  • How just one conversation with a mentor truly EXPANDED her vision and a life-long seed was planted (that one conversation lead to millions in growth over the years)
  • How being 1 of 11 children shaped her life and business
  • Her BEST Productivity Tip
  • What she considers to be her SUPERPOWER
  • What it was like to receive an honored invitation from Barack Obama
  • The CLASSIC Mistake she sees Women Entrepreneurs making today
  • The SECRET to a long, healthy, marriage
  • and much, much more!

I learned more from my mom and dad, growing up in their home, than I did from any institutions, and I’ve had the advantage of some really incredible opportunities academically.” – Janice Bryant Howroyd

Connect with Janice Bryant Howroyd:

Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn| ActOne Group | Janice Bryant Howroyd

When I started my business, I had no visions of where I wanted my business. I knew where I DIDN’T want to be.”  – Janice Bryant Howroyd

Paula Rizzo – From Emmy Award-Winning Producer to Entrepreneurship as a Media Strategist

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How do you make your press pitches stand out? What’s the best approach to making the best impression for your business in the media?

My guest today, Paula Rizzo, has the answers.

Working in the news and television industry for over 20 years, Paula Rizzo is a best-selling author and Emmy award-winning television producer, and entrepreneur. Previously a producer and senior producer for media outlets like Fox News Channel, she has produced health, wellness, and lifestyle segments with a range of top experts, including JJ Virgin, Jillian Michaels, and Deepak Chopra.

Paula now runs her own business working with experts, authors, and entrepreneurs as a media strategist. On today’s show, she gives us some great advice on how to get in front of your target audience through television, video and more. 

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

You first have to be thinking about the audience. Your #1 concern is – what would the audience be interested in?” – Paula Rizzo

Show Notes:

  • The moment your business is ready for a media strategy
  • How to secure a guest spot on your morning news channel
  • The “hook, twist, and takeaway” – 3 things you really need to know when making your pitch
  • The most important element when making a pitch to snag a TV appearance
  • Why video is Key
  • Paula’s Best ACTION STEP
  • List-making techniques that help you be the most productive!
  • Why you should make a DONE LIST

When you pitch, really take into mind, ‘why now?’. Why are you pitching this now?” – Paula Rizzo

Connect with Paula Rizzo:

Facebook | Youtube | Twitter | Paula Rizzo | Instagram | LinkedIn

Celebrate what you have done.” – Paula Rizzo

Carrie Tice – From Corporate to Cannabis and Known as The “Mary Kay of Marijuana”

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Carrie Tice, founder and CEO of Octavia Wellness is innovative, energetic and passionate. Her mother had been diagnosed several years ago with Alzheimer’s and through a somewhat humorous experience Carrie discovered the benefits of cannabis for seniors.

The results were so life-changing that Carrie and her mother decided to take a big moxie move; Carrie resigned from her high-tech corporate job and she and her mother together sold their Victorian home on Octavia Street in San Francisco to kick-start Octavia Wellness. Octavia Wellness focuses on providing seniors and cannabis beginners with customized cannabis therapies.

On today’s show, Carrie shares some amazing business tips and stories. She’s funny, clever, powerful and passionate.

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

Since legalization, we are seeing that more professionals are wanting to get into this program, getting on our educational platform and learning about cannabis.” – Carrie Tice

Show Notes:

  • How CBD can influence health for SENIORS
  • Her transition from Corporate Tech to Entrepreneur
  • How she’s building a company in an industry with LOTS of challenges and constant change
  • WHY she made the decision to train ‘wellness consultants’ and focus on the senior citizen population
  • The FIRST Step she took to get started
  • Her Genius Beta Move
  • WHY strategy is critical to your success
  • How she handles the Ups and Downs of a startup
  • Carrie’s best PRODUCTIVITY TIPS
  • How to SOLVE problems on the go – both innovative and inspiring
  • Much, much more

Take care of yourself and then you actually are in a better place to be a smart CEO.” – Carrie Tice

Connect with Carrie Tice:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Octavia Wellness

Let’s stay true to what our skill set is – it has served us pretty well!” – Carrie Tice

Rosie O’Neill – This Entrepreneur Has a Major Sweet Tooth

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My guest today, Rosie O’Neill is an entrepreneur with a major sweet tooth. She is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Sugarfina, a luxury candy boutique that started in Beverly Hills. Inspired by a screening of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory on a third date with her boyfriend (and now hubby), Rosie and Josh dreamed up a candy boutique for grown-ups.

Named “One of the Most Beautiful Candy Shops” by Architectural Digest, Sugarfina is a luxury candy boutique for grownups that brings a fresh and fashionable approach to those with a sweet-tooth. Sugarfina is re-introducing the lost art of high quality artisan candies made by small-batch candy makers around the world.

Before candy, Rosie played with dolls as the Director of Marketing for Barbie at Mattel where she led a global unit that sold over 50 million dolls.

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

The hardest things about running a business are cash and people. I say that if you can figure out those two things then you are ahead of pretty much everyone else.” – Rosie O’Neill

Show Notes:

  • Why she moved to a studio apartment, downsized her car and gave herself $100 a week
  • Why she left Barbie to become an entrepreneur
  • The LIGHTBULB MOMENT that led to Sugarfina’s success
  • How to deal with cash flow
  • Why Rosie EATS a FROG every morning for breakfast
  • What’s it like to work with your HUBBY
  • Why Rosie stays open to RISK
  • TIPS on how to HIRE the Right people

You really should be hiring people as though you are going to be spending most of your life with them, because you are going to be spending a good amount of your week with them.” – Rosie O’Neill

Connect with Rosie O’Neill:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Sugarfina

Even if you don’t make it, and even if you kinda fall back on this place where you don’t have a lot of money, you can still be very happy.” – Rosie O’Neill

Sound Advice For Women Business Owners and More About My Align Retreat 2017

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Today, when I was out taking my morning walk, my mind wandered to a Women’s Business luncheon I recently attended where I overheard someone giving another businesswoman advice about a subject she was obviously not qualified to give. The advice she was sharing was actually scary. I thought, “Geez, I sure hope this woman doesn’t do what she’s being advised to do.”

I then thought, while I really wanted to, it was not my place to save either of these women but I wanted to make sure I share some very important information I learned from my own experiences, with the businesswomen I can and do support.

For some sound advice, listen to my four minute audio:


When I think back to ALL the BIG leaps in success & income I’ve had over the years, I realize that a combination of two important things were present:

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A New Idea, A New Brand, And What’s Next

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After I released my first book, “What’s Next?: The 7 Steps to Discover Your Big Idea and Create a Wildly Successful Business” in the fall of 2013, I was overcome with a feeling of emptiness. I was living in my body but there should have been a sign around my neck that said “unoccupied.” I had given so much of my creative energy to the writing process for the book. Oddly enough, I was beginning to feel the “What’s Next?” question floating around inside my own head.

Here’s what I know for sure: I LOVE my business and my clients – Period. I sometimes feel like I’m in a dream and someone is going to wake me up and tell me it’s all over, get dressed and report to my cubicle by 9am.

But…something was stirring inside of me…

I knew change was on the horizon. I just didn’t know what it was.

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I took the same advice I give to all the fabulous women entrepreneurs and business owners I work with: “Don’t rush the process. Allow the idea to unfold organically in it’s own time.” Intuitively, I knew that if I rushed this evolution, I would waste valuable time, energy and effort and wind up in the wrong direction.

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