She's The Boss Chats

Anusha is an amazing woman and is brilliant in every capacity. She works for a Global SAS organization called Fresh Works. Fresh Works helps businesses transform the way they reach and support their customers and employees, making this journey absolutely delightful and easy. Anusha has been doing this since 2011 but has been in the business strategy and sales world for 20 years. Growing up in India, Anusha is one of three daughters, and both her parents were professors in English Literature. Her father also comes from royalty. Anusha's grandparents and parents were huge supporters of education and started their own school. This is where Anusha began her schooling.

She had lots of pressure from her parents to study medicine so she completed a Biomedical degree before moving to Melbourne from India. In fact, she, just like her parents is highly educated and she also has an MBA in Business Administration and also achieved her Honours in Biomedical Science. But it was when she received her MBA in Business Administration that she knew this was the path she wanted to take in life. As passionate as Anusha is about her work, she also loves to go snorkeling. The ocean gives her a sense of satisfaction and relaxation and she is excited about all that lives below the water. Anusha would be a brilliant entrepreneur and this is on her radar and where she wants to land. She is definitely purpose-driven!

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Carissa Reininger is an extraordinary woman and what she's doing with her business, the "Sliver Lining' is absolutely incredible. She's really thought about every aspect of small businesses and how she can support them. Carissa is the Founder and President of Silver Lining, where she has developed the SLAP (Silver Lining Action Plan) business method to help small businesses set and hit their financial goals. Her background is in psychology and she has developed a Behaviour Change Psychology formula into her business model, to enable small business owners to succeed. At the beginning of 2021, Silver Lining launched a sister company called Silver Lining Finance because they're really focused on helping small businesses make money doing something they love.

They lend 100% finance based on the behavioural data they develop for small businesses. Carissa is disrupting the banking industry! Over 80% of Silver Lining Finance's borrowers are women and approximately 76% are non-white business owners. These are the people the banking industry don't support so Carissa is changing the system. It doesn't end there. "Thank you Small Business" is a programme where 500 small businesses are selected from marginal communities, all over the world, from every background. These 500 businesses are put on SLAP and are given optional access to SLAP loans as well as provided with resourceful connections to help them raise their profiles. Carissa truly is remarkable!

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Alicia Butler Pierre is a powerhouse! She owns her own business specializing in creating business infrastructure for fast-growing small businesses and she loves what she does. She's extremely passionate and has been doing it for 16 years. Alicia is the founder and CEO of Equilibria Inc which is really just a system that links the people, processes, tools, and technologies that are needed to keep businesses operating on a day-to-day basis. Clients range from micro-enterprises, government projects, nonprofit organisations, and large corporate organisations.

In Alicia's former life she was a chemical engineer for Monsanto but didn't want to do this forever. So Alicia went to business school because she wanted to learn the business behind engineering and the decisions required about profit and loss, demand and supply, and the language of business. Alicia is also an author, speaker, coach, and podcaster. One of her passions is learning about ancient civilisation and this passion took Alicia and her husband to Luxor, Egypt where they volunteered on an excavation and restoration project. It was life-changing for Alicia.

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Antonia Grimard is exciting, fabulous, and has a powerful drive to succeed. She's a Visual Communication Strategist and runs her own studio called AOK Creative. Her passion is to help businesses and entrepreneurs develop a compelling message for their business through graphics, story and digital (social media) so that they can excite and engage investors.

Antonia also specializes in helping women with pitch decks. She recently created a powerful step-by-step program called the Digital Impact Masterclass to give people the skills to confidently develop a business strategy. Two quirky facts about Antonia; She went to High School with Steve Irwin and they were great friends. Every afternoon, Antonia would hang out at his dad's Australia Zoo. Another quirky fact is that Antonia used to be a catwalk model from the age of 13-21 and she modeled from Australian and European designers.

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Ainslee Hooper is a woman on a mission! As the founder of Ainslee Hooper Consulting, Ainsley works with organisations to assess and remove any hidden (or not so hidden) barriers that may exclude people that identify as disabled. She is also currently undertaking a PhD where she is looking at the effects COVID had on the disabled identity.

Ainslee was born in Geelong, Victoria with a disability that made life very difficult for her at school where she was bullied and made to feel 'less than'. Then she went looking for a job. Her story of how she got her first job will shock you as she was treated like her intellect was impaired rather than her physical challenges, and things didn't get much better over the next 20 years while she worked for government organisation and was relentlessly bullied and picked on. Then she left and started her own consulting business and now there is no looking back!

Ainslee's story is inspiring and frustrating as you hear what she has had to go through in her life. But this woman has so much to give. It's an interview you won't want to miss.

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Mim is a total inspiration! She is an executive leadership coach and consultant these days, working with leaders from a variety of industries to empower them to be their best selves. Her story is fascinating! Her career starts with her earning a degree in law and Chinese in Melbourne to becoming a qualified psychotherapist.

She has worked in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore (she is fluent in Chinese) and is now based back in Melbourne where she has embraced working remotely (after a lot of initial reluctance) and has created her consultancy and Change Up program.

Mim is a really lovely, generous, and approachable woman with an amazing story to share!

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Lisa Vincent, Co-Founder of HowToo and Savv-e is extraordinary! She and her business partner Jenny have created an online learning tool that allows you to take your content and turn it into compelling online courses in a simple and easy-to-manage way. Starting off as an accountant, Lisa hated it and very quickly moved into HR for Ernst and Young. She stayed there my years before moving with her husband to Malaysia for a few years.

It was while she was there that she worked for a company that specialized in online learning, headed up by a dynamic, entrepreneurial man which gave her a taste for entrepreneurship. After arriving back in Australia, she and Jenny set up their bespoke online learning agency, Savv-e Australia which eventually led them to create a software solution that solved the problem of the expense and time it takes organizations to create online learning tools and programs.

Lisa and Jenny have now raised over $2M for HowToo, and are looking to expand to the US later this year. This story is so inspirational if you have a global vision for your business. You will be totally hooked on the story!

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Diana is an extraordinary force of nature! The day of the interview she had just been named Overall Asian Australian Top 40 Under 40 Influencer 2021, which is just one of the many accomplishments she had under her belt.

And who has over 75k+ connections on LinkedIn when they are in the entertainment game? Diana doesn't do things by the books!

This extraordinary woman, named after Princess Diana, is the daughter of a woman who escaped Vietnam after the war and came to Australia for a better life. Oh boy are we lucky she did!

Diana is an actor with a twist. She decided to become a comedian to get more work and she now hosts two live LinkedIn shows, The Snortcast (she's a snorter!) and The Laugh Off. She also has a reputation for dancing and being joyful (or as she calls it, being a Joy Fool!) and for her Phi and Me Show.

There is so much packed into this interview. You'll love Diana!

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Amanda Thompson is an incredibly inspirational woman who has been through a lot in her life, and yet has emerged with a strong and positive outlook. From the boardroom of Australia’s biggest banks as a leading financial advisor; to qualifying three times for the ironman world championships despite health issues, she has never been afraid of a challenge.

As an award-winning Financial Planner and the Founder of Endurance Financial, Amanda has, for the past 16 years, specialised in offering strategic financial guidance for individuals and businesses with complex matters requiring more than textbook advice.

As a dynamic keynote speaker, Amanda is able to captivate audiences with her intelligent wit and real-life stories. She is particularly driven to help men and women overcome the gender biases that stand in the way of personal achievement; lessons learned after thriving in typically male-dominated environments. Her areas of focus in life include resilience, determination, and dedication to something bigger than self.

Amanda is a Member of the Association of Financial Advisers, Women on Boards, Australian Institute of Company Directors; and Elite Triathlon Performance Australia.

She lives in Melbourne with her two daughters and is convinced training for a triathlon is easier than parenting at times! You'll adore this woman.

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