Sharon Lake of Coruna Medical joins us in this episode as we talk about what it looks like for her as an entrepreneur inside this journey. She gladly shares her insights, learnings and the hardships she went through building her successful company. Being a woman in the field of entrepreneurship isn’t easy. Learn how she navigated her way through it in this podcast.What You’ll Learn About:The story of how Sharon became an entrepreneur.Her definition of success in her business.Creating a 6- or 7-figure business while having the lifestyle you want.Feeling burnout in your life and what to do with it.Learning how to determine if something isn’t serving its purpose anymore.The hardest thing Sharon needed to overcome in her business.Probable issues with using terms that such as mompreneur, boss babe, etc.Communicating and talking to other people about your trigger points.Future plans and goals of Sharon for her business.The products that Sharon’s business is creating.

This is my deep-dive and thoughts about my interview with Margaret Watt-Romney of Master Speaker Lab.What You’ll Learn About:The importance of expanding your capabilities by understanding how it works for you.How being able to speak can help bring your story and journey to life.Margaret’s difference with other people I’ve worked with.Leaning into your intuitive nature as a woman entrepreneur.Putting your story and gift of translating what you do to the world in the form of speaking.

Margaret Watts Romney Founder and CEO of Master Speaker Lab is our guest for today’s episode. She is also a keynote speaker and a TedX coach. She believes that “the best speakers are clear on their message, are connected with their audience, and know the outcome they desire.” And this is why she created her business to help individuals, organizations, public speakers, leaders, teams and entrepreneurs to know their message and communicate it better.What You’ll Learn About:Margaret tells us information about her business, Master Speaker Lab and how she started it.Her entrepreneurial journey to creating Master Speaker Lab and how it has changed her.Dealing with the imposter syndrome and how she arrived at the forefront of stepping into the power of being a woman entrepreneur.The thing that triggers the Internal spark within a person to command attention from an audience and impacting with a message.The common denominator for what creates a leader.Margaret’s vision for her business.The importance of understanding speaking for entrepreneurs.Addressing the problem of Introvert business owners.Taking small steps to start speaking to an audience.

This week we got to speak with Lauren Conaway of InnovateHER KC. She is an awesome change-maker and we relate on so many levels. This is a wrap-up episode as I discuss the takeaways and my thoughts on the interview.What You’ll Learn About:The reason why I make connection calls before my interviews.Lauren’s desire to uplift a community of women entrepreneurs and the positive response of women in Kansas City.The goal of the movement.Thinking about what it means for you to build that community.The importance of helping yourself by leaning in and breaking down the trust barrier that we have inadvertently put up.John Lee Dumas advises Whitedove to put the focus back on herself.Lauren being ahead on building the community.

In this episode, Lauren Conaway, Founder of InnovateHER KC, is a driven changemaker whose passion is to help entrepreneurial women in the Kansas City Community. She created the organization to elevate women in leadership from different industries and backgrounds, advance their professional goals and connect them to others who can help them.What You’ll Learn About:Lauren’s story on creating Innovate Her.The importance of having a passion and being mission-driven for entrepreneurs.Her definition of success for an entrepreneur.The common definitions of success from the women she works with.The Desire for purpose as a driver for being an entrepreneur.Constant moving and shifting process for her organization.Steps she took and continues to take to monetize the business.Their organization’s shift in focus on women leaders.The experience of serving entrepreneurial women through InnovateHER KCThe future for InnovateHER KC.

On this first episode of the Fem-Nation Podcast, I want to set the stage for what the podcast is, what it means and what its purpose is going forward. I formed this movement for female entrepreneurs because of my desire and passion to help women rise above the noise. My journey has been so long with so many ups and downs and, today, I’ll be giving you an inside look on what brought this about. What You’ll Learn About:The context behind the FEMnation Movement.My journey and experience in how I looked at my own self-worth and business.My love for women starting businesses and how it can make differences in their lives.Making a difference by stepping into that difference now.Learning from stories of other women through the interviews in the podcast.The constant changes our versions and benchmarks of success go through.Supporting female entrepreneurs to rise above together.