Scale Her Up: Female business stories and expert tips for business growth and success

This week I have Diana Muzzall from Jotolio Photography and Video Marketing Confidence. She talks about her experience of running her business for 22 years and what she has learnt along the way. She also shares some tips of what you can do to help you with making and marketing your videos, as well as some of the things you can expect to see when starting.

Video Marketing Confidence: videomarketingconfidence.com

This week I have Gillian Martin, an MSP for Aberdeenshire East in the SNP. She is the founder of the Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire branches of Women for Independence and is on the podcast today to talk about the enterprise gap in Scotland and the UK, her experience in running a business and what we can do to help bring change to the current gender gap in self-owned businesses.

This week on the Scale Her Up podcast I have Nicola Davidson from Optimul and The Success Formula Academy. We talk about Creating a good work culture for your business and employees, dealing with burnout and about her newly launching Business The Success Formula Academy.

This week on Scale Her Up I have Laura Friedl-Hirst, Managing Director and Principal Consultant at LFH Regulatory Limited. We talk about her journey as a business-woman, the importance of her team to her business and some tips for people looking to start and grow their businesses.

This week on Scale Her Up I have Claire Middlebrook of Middlebrooks Business Recovery & Advice. We chat about managing a team, the flexibility of working on your own business and selling businesses.

Wendy Harris from Making Conversations Count LTD is with me this week on the podcast. We talk about conversing with customers, and telemarketing, as well as her story of becoming an entrepreneur, and how she balances running her business and living her life.

Making Conversations Count: wagassociates.com

This week Adriana Alvarez joins me on the podcast. Adriana is the CEO and Founder of AMA Publishing where she teaches women how to start highly profitable publishing companies. Her goal is to create 10,000 female owned publishing companies by 2027. She talks about how she got round to stating her business, personal challenges she dealt with and how she overcame them, and how to incorporate your business online(and if you need too!).

Adriana's Website: adrianamoniquealvarez.com

In this heartfelt episode of Scale Her Up, Brenda is joined by Abi Clarke, founder of MISS – Miscarriage Support. Abi shares the story behind starting and running a non-profit organisation that supports women and families through pregnancy loss, and the realities of building and sustaining a mission-driven organisation.

Abi talks openly about the emotional and practical challenges she’s faced along the way, from doing “all the things” herself in the early days to learning how to delegate, build a team and create more sustainable ways of working. She and Brenda explore the differences between running a charity and a traditional business, and the similarities when it comes to leadership, vision and resilience.

You’ll hear about the impact MISS is having in communities, how Abi looks after herself while holding space for others, and her hopes and plans for the future of the organisation. This is an inspiring listen for anyone running – or thinking about starting – a non-profit, social enterprise or purpose-led business.

In this episode, we cover:

• Abi’s personal journey to founding MISS – Miscarriage Support
• The realities of starting and growing a non-profit
• Learning to delegate and trust your team
• Balancing passion for the cause with the demands of running an organisation
• Why boundaries and self-care matter for founders in the caring space
• Abi’s vision for the future of MISS and the support it provides

Perfect for you if:

You’re a female founder or leader in the non-profit or social impact space, or you’re considering starting a charity or community organisation and want a real, honest insight into what it takes.

Abi's Social

https://www.linkedin.com/in/abi-clarke/

MISS - Miscarriage Support

https://miss-support.org.uk/

To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of The Scale Her up Podcast, our host Brenda Hector has the microphones turned on her this week as Wendy Harris from ‘Making Conversations Count’ podcast asks her about the route to entrepreneurship and Business coaching. Brenda opens up about her biggest business challenge which is her personal battle through peri-menopause and how she has helped other entrepreneurs cope with menopause in business.

Scale Her Up: https://www.facebook.com/groups/scaleherup

Wendy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyannharris/

Wendy's Podcast: https://makingconversationscount.com/

This week I am joined by Anne-Lise Kadri, a woman who switched her career to her hobby after working as a teacher for over 20 years. She Talks about how her experience as a teacher has helped her to coach other voice actors and use timetabling to manage her work week, as well as what you can do making the switch and how others could benefit .