Fabulous Fempreneurship - Business Podcast

Do you take care of your health?  Entrepreneurs are always on the go, with irregular hours.  Couple that with poor eating habits, and continuous stress, there are many reasons why you you might not take time to take care of your health.  For Antonietta Botacelli, the stress of being in an abusive relationship that started after her marriage, put her life in jeopardy.

In this episode Antonietta talks about

• Her health diagnosis with a 20% chance of dying
• How she was able to get her health back on track
• The one thing that keeps her motivated to stay on track with her health
• Antonietta's four tips for those who are searching for a healthier lifestyle

If you feel trapped and want to know how to escape your 9 to 5 and become an online entrepreneur, this podcast is for you!  Rachel Smets, from the Netherlands, has been able to do just that.  She has had the opportunity to travel and live and many different countries and happily shares how to escape your 9 to 5.

It all begins with a plan!  In this podcast Rachel covers:

• Why an escape plan?
• Who is this life for?
• Many people are afraid to do this at 40+, how to overcome the fear
• How do you get confident to build your business online?
• Is it still possible at 40+?

Our guest, business consultant Anna Yu, shows us how some of the key ideas from the Corporate world can help small and medium business sustain and grow their business in 2021.

In this podcast "Are You Ready for 2021", Anna talks about:

How we need to tighten the lens to a much shorter time frame when assessing our business.  Instead of planning 12 months or 18 months out, we should be looking at the next 30 days to:

• Evaluate your business as to where you should spend your time
• Consolidate
• Be proactive, plan and make the tough decisions about
  • Your workforce
  • Suppliers
  • Government Assistance Plans
  • Cash Flow
• Innovate in growth areas
• Collaborate

Are women pre-programmed to think they have to be perfect in every way? Looking after your health and lead a fulfilling life, is the most important goal, so it's time to stop dieting and start listening to your body.

Our podcast guest, Amanda Gazzola had to go through her own transformation to understand the importance of health and she now has a brand new best selling book "Finally A Diet That Works for Me".  In this podcast Amanda talks about

• What are women currently facing on a daily basis that triggers their brains into thinking "my body isn't good enough"?
• Is body image something that needs to be dealt with on a constant basis?
• How to help people make their health a priority
• If you people struggling to commit, what help is available to make health a priority

When COVID-19 completely wipes out your business, what do you do?  Linda Barnett, Founder of this popular business, explains how the Travelling TeaRoom became a virtual business during the pandemic.  Linda is a retired banker who followed her passion to start a brand new business serving high teas, using many of her mother's recipes..  She didn't expect to have pivot so dramatically when the pandemic hit.

In this podcast Linda talks about

• How her business evolved from the Travelling TeaRoom to a group of related businesses
• New advertising platforms she embraced to stay in touch with current customers and expand her customer base.
• Which social platforms does she use to promote her business
• How she overcame some initial fears to go live on Zoom and Facebook to hold virtual events showcasing a selection of her jewellery and accessories
• How Linda collaborated with other female entrepreneurs to expand her line and hold joint virtual events

Belle Niba talks about the balancing act of a fempreneur and how to prioritize and stay focused on the right items in your business.  Living a hectic life in Los Angeles, California, Belle talks about how to juggle entrepreneurship with parenting young children.

In this episode, Belle discusses

• If you could go back in time, what would I do differently when starting my business
• Handling the many tasks in front of me
• Balancing parenting and business
• How to prioritize
• Staying motivated
• Daily Habits to be more productive
• 3 books that every fempreneur should read

• How we can use our passions to guide our talents that lead to growth
• How can talent development lead to creating distinct competencies
• What is the importance of embracing the unknown as opportunities to find new business pathways?
• How can embracing the unknown lead to niche markets with reduced competition
• With so much change in the world right now, how can entrepreneurs discover fast, but solid solutions in difficult situations that lead to new opportunities?
• What role does gratitude and joy play developing your passion and talent to a capitalize on the the unknown?

Our podcast guest, Kristina Shea has some wonderful insight to share on female leadership in the entrepreneurial space. Kristina has a wealth of experience as a female leader both working as an employee for Fortune 500 companies and also running her own entrepreneurial enterprises.

In this podcast Kristina shares:

• Great leaders “listen”
• Share your power!
• Support the front, back and sides of your organization
• Hire amazing people to support your weaknesses
• Be a mentor to your organization
• Help employees on their growth path

Sales expert Roshni Baronia from India, steps us through the 5 strategies that will increase your sales conversions.  In this podcast, Roshni will help you fall in love with selling.

In this podcast, Roshni talks about

1. Identifying the need by using the techniques of asking quality questions and active listening
2. Link their need to their business goals
3. Objection Handling Strategies
4. Make The Offer
5. Understand that selling is a human science, a people skill, not transactional.

Stephanie Slocum is a graduate engineer from Penn State University. After working full time as an engineer for 15 years Stephanie felt trapped.  She wrote a best selling book while working 50+ hours a week as an employee and also raising 3 young children.  This led to starting a business while working full time.   The self-published book started her on the paid speaking circuit and then she created a step by step systems based approach to starting a side business (without quitting your day job) for other women professionals who wanted to explore entrepreneurship.

In this podcast Stephanie talks about starting a business while working full time

• The biggest challenge she had to overcome
• Time management
• The advantage of starting a side gig before leaping full time into entrepreneurship
• The common challenges Stephanie encounters with her clients wanting this lifestyle and her advice to them