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Episode 65: Navigating the Pressures of Entrepreneurship with Jen Proctor

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We talk with Jen Proctor, Founder & CEO of Cultivated Entertainment about Navigating the Pressures of Entrepreneurship. Jen certainly knows high pressure. She runs a full-service talent consulting firm in Los Angeles and has worked with some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry. Jen talks about leading with compassion, a mantra that fuels her. She also talks about losing her mother to suicide and how that has shaped who she is today. Jen shares tips on how she takes care of herself amidst the pressure of running her own business, managing clients and life in general.

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Episode 64: Building an Epic Empire through real estate investing – An interview with Mercedes Torres

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In this episode, we talk with Mercedes Torres, Co-Founder of Cash Flow Savvy and Epic Real Estate about how she built her Epic empire through real estate. Mercedes shares how she got started in real estate, her experiences flipping houses (she was on a house flipping TV show before they were hot) and how she has built a solid business through cash flow properties. This is a great episode if you have ever considered real estate as an investment or flipping houses! Mercedes shares how you can make your money work for you.

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Episode 63: Influencer Marketing with Marie Denee

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Our first episode of Season 3 features female entrepreneur Marie Denee, creator of The Curvy Fashionista, a respected voice in the plus size fashion arena. Marie shares her entrepreneurial journey and growing The Curvy Fashionista into the powerhouse it is today. We dive into influencer marketing, building a brand, driving website traffic, social media marketing, editorial calendars, business systems and so much more!

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Episode 62: Finding Your Brand Story — An interview with Kate Browne

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This week we talk with Dr. Kate Browne in depth about how to find or share your brand story. Kate is a storytelling strategist and writing consultant who helps entrepreneurs find and share their brand stories in an honest, unforgettable way. She also founded Taking Up Space, an online self-care advocacy project, to empower consumers to think critically about the rhetoric of health, wellness, and fitness marketing.

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Episode 57: The Women of Weed — An interview with documentary filmmaker Windy Borman

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We talk with Windy Borman, award-winning director and producer about women in the cannabis industry and her groundbreaking documentary, “Mary Janes: The Women of Weed”. She talks with us about how women are changing the face of today’s fastest growing industry – cannabis. Windy talks about how she got into documentary filmmaking and her award-winning films “The Eyes of Thailand”, narrated by Ashley Judd and “The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia“, which premiered at Sundance and on HBO.

 

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Episode 49: Digital Media for Small Businesses — An interview with fempreneur Kae Whitaker

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In this episode, we geek out on everything systems for email and other digital media with Kae Whitaker, CEO of Kae Whitaker Solutions. Kae shares some fabulous tips every fempreneur can use to build the business they want with the right marketing and digital media techniques. Her tips include an eight step process for marketing any product or service; tips for using Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter; tools and systems she uses to manage all of her digital marketing efforts, and advice for all fempreneurs broadcasting their work.

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