This week Gretchen had the opportunity to talk with Kalyn Johnson Chandler, founder of Effie’s Paper out of Brooklyn, NY. Kalyn shares her experiences going from being an environmental attorney to running a successful online business. She offers great tips on how to start an online business and what she wished she knew before starting her own business.
[Read more…] about Episode 22: Running an Online Business — An interview with Kalyn Johnson Chandler
We had the opportunity to talk with entrepreneur Kristian Grant about how she embraced her entrepreneurial spirit from a young age and what she is doing now to encourage youth to build their own businesses.
Kristian talked about how to be your own boss and how she uses her daily planner to document ideas and keep on track. Kristian also shared how many of the women she coaches through business building and visioning come to her with fears that they will not be able to make their dreams happen. Kristian says that often “we bury what we love under what we think we have to do,” which leads many women entrepreneurs settling for unhappiness in their work. To push through that she says, you need to own your confidence and check in with yourself at least once a week or every day to affirm yourself that you are heading in the right direction.
[Read more…] about Episode 21: Be Your Own Boss — An interview with Entrepreneur Kristian Grant
This week we had the opportunity to talk to entrepreneur and advocate Shannon Garrett about civic leadership and knocking through doors traditionally closed to women.
Shannon shares her experiences from time spent advancing equity and inclusion in civic life throughout the United States, and working alongside thousands of candidates, elected officials, social activists and civic-minded organizations.
Shannon runs her own consulting firm, SMG Strategies, is founding partner of Civicize.Me, and serves as a board member and trainer of VoteRunLead, a national tech nonprofit unleashing the power of women as leaders in democracy.
This week we talk with entrepreneur Brook Powers about the art of the side hustle and the internal drive to build businesses. Brook offers great advice to other women entrepreneurs on how to trust your instincts in business and be confident in your own abilities. This is a conversation we know we needed and we’re certain you’ll also find some wisdom from Brook.
Brook is Chief Operations Officer of Griffin Properties, a residential real estate firm in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In just 5 years at Griffin, Brook has doubled the size of the team, added expansion partners, and grown sales volume from 27m to 60m. In this episode, Brook talks about how she has embraced leaning out and how she got her start as an entrepreneur with a myriad of side hustles or hobby jobs as she calls them, while working a full time job in the publishing industry in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her drive to build businesses always kept her going and she lept out of a job she’d known for over 20 years to be an entrepreneur full time.
[Read more…] about Episode 19: Side Hustles — An Interview with Entrepreneur Brook Powers
In this episode, we talk about women entrepreneurs coworking with Amy Keys and Barbara Wescott, the co-founders of Women Wednesdays in Tallahassee, Florida. The two co-founded Women Wednesdays after connecting at a luncheon where they noticed that not many women were taking advantage of coworking and incubator spaces in their community. Women Wednesdays offers a warm welcome for women entrepreneurs into a coworking space and offers an opportunity to learn from one another and connect with other women entrepreneurs at various stages. In addition to co-founding Women Wednesdays, Amy Keys is owner of The Digital Capital Company and Barbara Wescott is the CEO and Founder of Swellcoin.
[Read more…] about Episode 18: Coworking — An interview with Amy Keys and Barbara Wescott
This week we talk with entrepreneur Giovannie Espiritu about how to market yourself. We talk about how we can gain the clarity and confidence needed to run our businesses successfully. Gio also offers the advice to “develop your inner ‘old white male’ to stop giving any fucks about what other’s think about your work.
Gio is founder of the SF Actors Workshop, a school for kids and adults who are serious about working in film & television, and Academy Award Nominee for the Best Supporting Actress at MethodFest.
