Courageous Dreamers Win

Did you know 40% of Americans who make $200k or more live paycheck to paycheck? Today's guest on Piece of the Pai knows one of the most important life skills people can learn early is financial literacy.

George Kroustalis is a finance expert and author who left a job with one of the country's biggest banks to become a financial advisor, mentor and published author. George works with entrepreneurs and young adults to help create strong money habits as early as possible by showing them the foundations of saving and building wealth.

George joins Nesha on today's episode of the podcast to talk about his journey from the big banks to entrepreneurship, what some of the biggest money mistakes he sees are, tips and fundamentals that every young investor should know, and his new book, Secrets to Becoming a Financial Badass.

Click here to get your copy of George's book Secrets to Becoming a Financial Badass.

Over the past eight years, Page Fehling has built a profile in Charlotte as the anchor of Good Day Charlotte, a morning news show that Fehling helped make a top ranked program of its kind. Audiences were drawn to her larger-than-life personality and endearing relatability. However, in 2021 Page made the decision to leave the career in TV she had known for more than 15 years to become an entrepreneur.

On today's episode of Piece of the Pai, host Nesha Pai sits down with Page to to talk about her big jump into small business ownership. Page talks about her rigorous TV work schedule which included wakeup calls at 1:30 am, and how the effect that had on her family life made her consider the change. Page also acknowledges the efforts of her husband, Jake, who helps bring the stability needed to make everything work.

Find Page Fehling on Instagram at @pagefehling, or at pagefehling.com.

Host Nesha Pai has a profound respect for people who are overcoming ordinary obstacles (so much so that she wrote a book with that title). Today's guest on Piece of the Pai overcomes obstacles both ordinary and extraordinary, and is able to not only succeed but come out strong on the other side.

Natasha Hemmingway is a sales coach, mother and a devoted person of faith. Her faith and resilience are what helped her overcome the loss of her first son during pregnancy, as well as a shift from pharmaceutical sales to entrepreneurship.

Natasha joins Nesha on today's episode to talk about facing up to those challenges, the profound importance of faith, and why every business owner needs to sharpen sales skills.

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Follow Natasha at @NatashaHemmingway on social media, and find her and her exclusive sales coaching courses online at NatashaHemmingway.com.

Entrepreneurs come from all different places, and the inspiration for a great business idea can come from anywhere. Today's guest on Piece of the Pai is Tiffany Marino, owner of Confetti Castle, a Charlotte-based company that specializes in creating fun and unique balloon designs for parties, events and more.

Tiffany wasn't always an entrepreneur. She began her career in the pharmaceutical sales industry, before a relocation from Nashville to Charlotte forced her hand. She started Confetti Castle in 2019 and has since become the go-to designer for clients such as The Carolina Panthers and Spectrum Center.

Tiffany talks to host Nesha Pai about her journey to entrepreneurship from pharma sales, not knowing anything about balloons before starting her business, and how she approaches leadership with her team.

Find out how Tiffany overcame not knowing anything about balloons to becoming one of the country's top experts!

Visit Confetti Castle online at theconfetticastle.com, or find them on Instagram at @confetticastle.

Few people have known host Nesha Pai for as long as today's guest, Anna Roop White. Anna and Nesha became friends in kindergarten and stayed in touch through the years as both have grown into successful entrepreneurs.

Anna joins Nesha on today's episode of Piece of the Pai to talk about her business, Rest & Heal, a curated care package company which supports women facing life challenges.

Anna talks about her journey to entrepreneurship after a career in investment banking, and the bouts with burnout that led to her exploring small business ownership.

She is also the co-founder of Type C Toolbox, an online health community for women who are pathologically nice and need to lessen the burden of guilt to become more assertive.

Order your own curated care package from Rest & Heal at restandheal.com.

There's nothing more that Nesha Pai loves than a female business owner succeeding in a traditionally male-dominated industry. Today's guest on Piece of the Pai knows that world as well as anyone. Katie Schindler is the owner of Fine Grit, a custom cabinet and furniture shop based in Charlotte, NC. Since 2015, Katie has been creating bold, original new designs for her clients based on their unique visions. Katie's work can be seen in Charlotte at establishments like The Waterman, Lilbelle, Selenite Beauty, and The Golden Carrot in Atherton Mill. Katie joins Nesha on Piece of the Pai to talk about her own vision as a business owner in her industry, the challenges of working in a traditionally male-dominated field, and what some of her favorite projects are.

Connect with Katie and Fine Grit on Instagram at @fine.grit and on her website, finegritclt.com.

Lindsey Regan Thorne, beauty maven and lifestyle influencer in Charlotte has reached a mass following from starting a very organic blog when blogging was a new thing and social media was a baby. LRT, as she is affectionately known, turned her career of interior design into creating works of art on women through make up and hair styling.

Her biggest WHY is that she loves making women feel confident and beautiful and her encounter with a fan who had breast cancer changed her life. Listen to this amazing entrepreneur, who I get to call friend, talk about how she and her partner pivoted during the pandemic to bring beauty to the masses and on a digital platform.

Lindsay Anvik was living in NYC and a business coach traveling the world and speaking to big audiences before a one-time charcuterie board made for a Charlotte non-profit changed her life. Listen to this fairly new entrepreneur talk about her success and the pain it has taken to get there. Her company, Babe & Butcher, is killing it and while it looks glamourous on the pages of a glossy magazine, Lindsay gets real with us. One thing we know for sure, is she loves what she does!

Dominique Sensabaugh is more than a NFL athlete's wife. She has taken her platform in her own hands and been on a fast track to support other wives, young athletes, all women, and entrepreneurs by sharing her talents, vision, and time and creating seats at her table. Listen on to learn more about the foundation she created with her husband, Coty, as well as her #DSLBInspired mission!

Melissa Herriott, an artist and interior decorator in Charlotte NC, has made a name for herself while working on her side hustle during her corporate America reign in the space of IT recruiting. She finally jumped the cliff and went out on her own full time.

In this episode, we cover how to find balance as an entrepreneur, how and when Melissa made the decision to go out on her own, and what brings her the most joy in her work.