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Cydni Tetro is a nationally renowned technology leader, record-breaking fundraiser, and consumer visionary. She has extensive experience founding …

Phoebe Yu is the Founder & CEO of ettitude, award-winning material science and lifestyle company with the mission to dramatically reduce the …

Millie is a founder, entrepreneur and loving team-builder. She is a well-rounded utility player with experience in management, full-stack software …

Elena Valentine has created partnerships with recruitment agencies that have trusted them to capture & share workplace stories for some of the …

Kendra Bracken-Ferguson is the Founder and CEO of BrainTrust which encompasses BrainTrust Agency, providing social media, influencer marketing and brand development, BrainTrust Founders Studio a membership based …

Lisa Bragg has literally written the book on bragging about your accomplishments. She is the founder of MediaFace, a Toronto-based content and …

Are you tired of the same old business talk that never gets to the heart of what's really happening in the startup world? We hear you, and we've got …

In 2019, Caroline Spiegel, Quinn CEO/Founder, was in her senior year at Stanford University. She had taken time off from school to recover from an …

Ceata Lash is a self proclaimed "independent hustler", creative with a wealth of graphic design experience, and successful entrepreneur. She has …

Stephanie Neale is a tenured sales chick, builder of high performing teams and the CEO of Blind Zebra, an elite sales and client success training company. Blind Zebra has trained, coached and advised salespeople, …

Elyce Arons is the founder and CEO of Frances Valentine, a New York-based luxury apparel and accessories company. Frances Valentine celebrates the power of personal style through clothes and accessories that boost your …

Amina Moreau is a chronic entrepreneur with a penchant for big achievements, having previously built four successful companies, sold two of them, and …

Melissa Widner is the CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer, and leader in revenue-based financing for tech start-ups and scales ups. Lighter Capital is backed by National Australia Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Voyager …

Barbara Clarke is the Co-founder of The Impact Seat LLC. and Chair of the Board of The Impact Seat Foundation. Launched in 2021, The Impact Seat …

Theresa Caragol is the founder and CEO of AchieveUnite Inc., a partner performance company that offers proven Consulting services and Education …

Erica Douglas is the Founding Partner of mSEED group, a strategic growth solutions engine catered to businesses in the beauty and personal care …

Mona Bijoor is the Founder of JOOR, the largest fashion wholesale marketplace that has raised $80M, $25M of which she raised as a SOLO woman founder. 

Bianca Tylek is the Founder of Worth Rises, a multi-million dollar non-profit that's dismantling the prison industry.

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Anna Konchar is the Founder & CEO of her namesake brand that helps people build online courses. She's scaled to 7-figures per year. 

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Tiffany Aliche is the Founder & CEO of The Budgenista.

Here's what you're going to learn from Tiffany Aliche:

• Understanding how much traction …

Tiffany Yu is the Founder & CEO of Diversability. 

Here's what you're going to learn from Tiffany Yu:

• How to practice vulnerability within your …

Pamela Zapata is the Founder and CEO of Society18, a management & marketing agency specializing in multicultural content creators & …

Cheryl is the CEO of The Impact Seat Foundation, their mission is to create a world in which women, especially women of color, can be successful …

Kishau Rogers is the founder and CEO of Time Study, a software that brings time Intelligence for healthcare to address turnover, burnout, and organizational efficiency.

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Courtney Caldwell is the co-founder and COO of ShearShare, a B2B mobile marketplace for stylists to manage and grow their small business on their terms, starting with space to work.

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Courtney Caldwell is the co-founder and COO of ShearShare, a B2B mobile marketplace for stylists to manage and grow their small business on their terms, starting with space to work.

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Jordan Taylor is the co-founder and CEO of Medley, a membership for curious, growth-minded people who want a structured, social, and accessible way to invest in themselves.

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Kate Bradley Chernis is the co-founder and CEO of Lately, an A.I. that learns which keywords get you the most engagement and then turns video, audio and text into dozens of social media posts.

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Here's what you're going to learn from Candice Cook:

• How we got to an accountability crisis.
• What the outcomes have been.
• Who has been …

Lauren Bagel, is the founder and CEO of Scale It For Me and FindKeep.Love.

Scale It For Me LLC is a full service marketing consulting firm, …

Here's what you're going to learn from Stephanie Nadi Olson:

• How to master storytelling to close more sales deals.
• How to use organic marketing to …

Elisa Camahort, is the co-founder of BlogHer, a leading content and events platform with a mission to provide economic empowerment for all women.

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Susan McPherson, is the founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, a boutique communications consultancy focusing on the intersection between brands …

Whitney Headen, is the co-founder of 19th & Park, an organization transforming business objectives into creative content and event experiences. *This is a replay from 2021

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Alix Peabody, is the founder and CEO of Bev, a canned wine company that is made by a community of entrepreneurs, creatives and freelancers empowering women across industries.

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Breanne Acio is the founder and CEO of Sēkr, an app that makes outdoor travel easier, safer and more connected for full-time van-lifers, …

Gloria Hwang is the founder and CEO of Thousand, an urban cycling brand that makes helmets that you'll actually want to wear and makes micro-mobility …

Nicole Bassett is the co-founder of The Renewal Workshop, a company that started to create new systems that do what is good and right for people and …

Sarah Smith is the co-founder of The Dyrt, a top-ranked camping app and open community that lets campers search, review, and book campgrounds.

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Rooshy Roy is the founder and CEO of Aavrani, a beauty brand that unites India’s ancient, handcrafted approach and clinically-proven, modern-day …

Stephanie Neale is the CEO of Blind Zebra, an elite sales and client success training company. Blind Zebra have trained, coached and advised salespeople, managers, VPs and CEOs on all things related to the revenue …

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Shiloh Johnson is the founder and CEO of ComplYant, a platform that helps small businesses manage their taxes by providing the owners with a breakdown of all the tax requirements based on what they do.

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There is a frenzy around whether or not we will experience a recession and has many people shook, especially founders. Here's the thing - the best companies are born and grow out of tough markets. This is our time to …

We're taking it back to one of our FAVE episodes on how to build your founder brand with Queen, Jessica Zweig. She is a MASTER at personal branding and will walk you through how to build your founder brand to grow your …

SaLisa Berrien  is the founder of COI Energy, a platform that enables customers to monetize their renewable energy resources by buying and selling it back to the grid.

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Tanya Van Court is the founder and CEO of GoalSetter. GoalSetter is a platform that teaches kids how to save money and set personal and financial …

Nicole Wood is the co-founder and CEO of Ama La Vida. Ama La Vida is an innovative career, life, health and leadership coaching company with a …

Kaitlynn Knopp is the founder and CEO of Pequity, a company that simplifies the complex and time-consuming process of building a competitive, scalable, and equitable compensation program.

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Mia Saini Duchnowski is the CEO and Co-Founder of Oars + Alps, a men’s skincare company founded by two women with outdoorsy husbands:

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Kerry Docherty is the CoFounder and Chief Impact Officer of Faherty Brand, a family-run business creating a high-quality, sustainably-minded, feel-good fashion brand that brings joy to wear:

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Caroll Lee is the Founder and CEO of Provenance Meals, a New York to LA-based meal delivery service that delivers nutrition-packed meals:

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Learn how Ceata Lash, founder of PuffCuff scaled a multi-million dollar beauty business.

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Learn how Sandee Kastrul, founder of i.c stars scaled a multi-million dollar non-profit. 

So here's what you're going to learn today from Sandee:

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*This is an ENCORE episode*

Kara Smith Brown is the founder of LeadCover, the #1 B2B only lead generation shop for Hubspot in the supply chain and …

*This is an ENCORE episode*

Fawn Weaver is the founder of Uncle Nearest, the fastest growing whiskey brand in American History: 

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Kristi Zuhlke is a successful serial founder.

Here's what you're going to learn from Kristi:

• How she went from the big CPG world working at P&G …

Lisa Dusseault, founder of Compaas was is a technical founder who will walk non-technical founders though how to not get screwed over building tech …

Tiffany Dufu, founder of The Cru was able to build a $50k waitlist, develop tech, THEN raised $3M not knowing VC's.

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Emily Grey, founder of Flourish Market was able to leverage organic marketing to scale a profitable multi-million dollar company in 3 years.

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Maria Boustead, founder of Po Campo Learned the Art of Partnerships to Scale a Micro mobility Movement while growing her company 182% YOY.

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Sophia Contreras Stone, founder of Indie Tech scaled a 7-Figure Service Company funded a FinTech Company.

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Heather Udo, founder of Shoppable was able to scale a multi-million dollar company through a profit-first approach.

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Betsy Fore, founder of Tiny Organics was able to raise $11M 16 months after launching her company. They have now raised $13.5M to date. She is the first Indigenous woman EVER to raise Series A.

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Her company grew 250%, Sold $60Million in products, and Closed Series A in 2020 when womxn founded companies received $1 Billion less than the …

Meet Yulkendy Valdez & Samantha Asante - Two Black womxn Founders who chose to shut down their businesses.

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She Went from uncertainty to Increasing Customers 35% & Revenues by 30%

On this Queen of the week, Susan Perlman, owner of Dogtopia South Chandler, and a Queen in the Get Sh!t Done Tribe, will walk you through…

*This conversation took place in 2018. 

There are 3 ways to get an investor "Yes" when fundraising.

Here's what you'll learn from Jihan Thompson, …

Meet Amal Hassan, the founder of Outsource Global.

Here's what you're going to learn from Amal Hassan:

• How she pivoted her business model from …

Here's what you're going to learn from Carissa, founder of Small Business Silver Linings:

• How they pivoted from a consulting model to a training …

Meet Rach Junard, Co-Founder of You Good, Sis?

She Increased Partnerships by 60% in the Pandemic

On this Queen of the week, Rach Junard, co-founder of You Good, Sis, and a Queen in the Get Sh!t Done Tribe, will walk you …

Here's what you'll learn from Michelle Huie, founder of VIM & VIGR: 

• How leveraging data available enabled her to get hyperfocused on areas …

She Turned Community into a Thriving Business

Here’s what you’ll learn from Gesche Haas, founder of Dreamers & Doers:

• Why she decided on a …

Meet Ellie Lum, Founder of Klum House.

On this Queen of the week, Ellie,  and a Queen in the Get Sh!t Done Tribe, will walk you through…

Her cancer diagnosis Launched a Multi-Million Dollar Clean Alcohol Company.

Here’s what you’ll learn from Leah Caplanis, Founder of Social Sparkling …

"My ancestors lost businesses, homes, livelihoods.. not for me to sit around and be like "well, where can I go within reach?" Be bigger than that."

Meet, Archel Bernard, the founder of Bombchel.

On this Queen of the …

“Your mother is hunting you down with a shotgun, you need to get home.”

Paige Williams's ability to tap into and tell the story of her upbringing in Mississippi as a queer woman was the catalyst for scaling the now …

She increased revenues by nearly 1000% MOM & Earned 24% More Than Her Goal. 

Meet, Kelly Twichel, the founder of Access Trax.

On this Queen of the week, Kelly, a Queen in the Get Sh!t Done Tribe, will walk you …

**Disclaimer: This interview took place in 2019.

Farissa Knox, founder of RLM MedIA, runs 2 businesses successfully as a full-time mama & wife.

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She Saturated 95% of a Market. 

Here's what you'll learn from Joy Tang:

• How she went from high-frequency trader to building one of the leading AI …

She went from Sleeping on a Roof & Delivering Pizzas to Scaling to 7-Figures

Here’s what you’ll learn from Jennifer:

• How she went from sleeping …

She increased revenues 5000% and quit her full-time job.

Meet, Christina Broderick, the founder of IgniteEDU

On this Queen of the week, Christina, a …

She's the Modern-Day Madame CJ Walker Who Built a 7-Figure Beauty Movement.

Here’s what you’ll learn from Tendai:

• How she built a killer …

She increased revenues 30-40% with Facebook Ads.

Meet, Lauren, the founder of The TackHack

On this Queen of the week, Lauren, a Queen in the Get Sh!t Done Tribe, will walk you through…

Here’s what you’ll learn from Millie Tadewaldt, Founder of Brilliant:

• Lessons from raising $1M in her former company that still failed during it’s …

She pivoted from $6.70 in the bank account in 2020 to launching an agency in 2021 that is projected to hit 6 figures in year 1.

Candice is the founder of French Press PR.

On this Queen of the week, Candice, a Queen in …

She scaled to 7-figures in eCommerce.

There are 10’s of millions of eCommerce websites in the US but supposedly only 7% generate $1M+ ARR.

Meet Jaya Halepete Iyer, the founder of Svaha. She’s a part of the 7%, which a …

She robbed a bank but bounced back & launched in 700 stores with $300k in funding.

I first met Chantel when she applied to the Get Sh!t Done Accelerator.

I was blown away by her.

I’ll joke and tell her she’s like …

She scaled to $27 Million with 400% growth in the last 3 years self-funded. 

Meet Jen Leech, the founder of Truss. 

Jen's journey has common …

She’s had 25x growth in revenue with $2.3MM in the Sales pipeline.

Nassim Abdi is the founder of Storybolt.

On this Queen of the week, Nassim, a …

How do you bounce back after losing 50% of revenues?

I’ve never cried during a podcast interview until I interviewed Elena Valentine.

I wanted to interview Elena on how she scaled her company to 7-figures bootstrapped.

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Black Womxn Founders on average generate $24k annually & receive less than 1% of funding.

Farah, has built the “Industrial Revolution for Events”

"If I’m spending time on a $10 task, I’m stealing $9,990 from my business."

Do you know what the $10,000 hour is for your business?

According to Kara …

“We 5X’d revenue and I brought on a co-founder”

Our Queen of the Week is Julie Schechter, Founder of Small Packages.

When I first met Julie, I …

"I had a credit score of 800 and we had revenues of $2.5M and banks STILL said NO."

I sat with this message with a big ass smile on my face.

 I remember throwing my head back, snapping my fingers, and SHOUTING - “…

Imagine having $1M in the bank but can’t get a $50k loan.

Imagine having $50 in the bank then start delivering pizzas and sleeping on your roof to Airbnb your place to make rent and run your business.

Imagine losing 50% …

*This interview was originally recorded in 2018.

 I have been rejected by TONS of investors!

From my 1st business at 19 to my last company where I raised from VCs.

At some point, we started putting conversion rates on …

“Purpose is the shape meaning takes in business.”

This should be the motto for 2021 for ALL companies.

From Facebook to Google to The Wing, the …

Sexual wellness will be valued at $108B. People need it but entrepreneurs run away from talking about it.

When we talk about wellness in the …

What would you do if you got screwed out of $7M in your business by a “partner”?

Sadly, bad business partnerships happen often, especially for eager …

“Every woman needs to be her own CFO because we are the stewards of Family Wealth”

This may be an unpopular opinion but 🤷🏾‍♀️

Women can't afford to …

“My end game is not to sell to one of the big guys. My end game is to BE one of the big guys.”

The entrepreneurial ecosystem has become intoxicated with the idea of fast exits.

Oftentimes, founder’s aren’t really about …

Many founders have a “corporate” mindset about PR.

Somewhere, someone along the way, who doesn’t know sh!t about startups or actually built one gave …

“If you’re an Authentic Brand, You’re gonna F*ck up.”

We are 7 days away from one of the most important elections in my life so far and probably yours too.

Many things led us here in 2016 but one of those things was …

“He’s given me all of the cheat codes for the Old Boys Club.”

The majority of my mentors as a young entrepreneur were guys in finance. I did not plan it that way but it’s exactly what I needed at the time.

If you’re …

“I ended up with 110 investors & $133 Million in Total.”

I learned about Judith Erwin through a friend that works for her a couple of months ago.

I stopped dead in my tracks when I found out that she is the founding …

“People will invest in you because they believe in the equity you’ve built in yourself.”

Here’s the Get Sh!t Done brand in a nutshell - It’s Alex AF.

I’m clear on why we exist, what our values are, how we live into …

“We raised our seed round of $2.8M in 2 1/2 weeks”

Sounds sexy, right?

One of the saddest things I see from some founders is an excessive focus on fundraising as their “saving grace”. Yet, they have no traction or lack …

Tech is not the most important asset in your company. Physical assets are not the most important asset in your company.

YOU are the most important asset in your company. PERIODT.

"It's okay not to be okay sometimes" - …

Rachel Renock, Founder of Wethos, raised her 1st $1M (At the time. She has now raised close to $5M) She didn't know any investors. Not long after launching without much money, without coming from money, without going to …

The #1 reasons company's fail is because they run out of cash. 75% of companies ONLY have 27 days of cash on hand.

In order for your business to grow and scale, your finances have to be in order. Similar to a sturdy …

Have you ever listened to podcasts about entrepreneurs, feel super-inspired, but get back to your computer and have no idea where to focus so you can grow too? On Get Sh!t Done, join Alex Batdorf, three time …