Support is Sexy

In this episode I share the beauty of realizing that you have the power to "skip a chapter." You don't have to be tied down by something that's not working just because it's what you think you're "supposed" to do. Give yourself to freedom to go where the inspiration leads you.

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Keep showing up! Even when no one is there. Are you showing up just for others or are you showing up for your vision and yourself? Whether others are watching or not, the Universe sees you and knows that you. Show. Up. Be the example for yourself and for others in your commitment to your vision. Here, I share how a run in the park (and a missing truck) reminded me about the importance of showing up!

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Lucrezia Bisignani is a social entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of London-based Kukua, an entertainment and education company founded in 2014 to produce educational content for children in Africa to help battle illiteracy throughout the continent's 200 million children. Kukua reaches these children through the use of mobile apps, toys, an upcoming TV franchise and Super Sema — Africa's first animated child heroine.

Named in 2019 as Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs, Lucrezia and Kukua has developed more than 40 mobile games that kids and families engage with throughout Africa and they're just getting started! To expand her Super Sema vision globally, Lucrezia recently raised $2.5 million in seed funding for Kukua from Africa's and Europe's leading venture capital funds."If you're not willing to fail big, you're not willing to win big."

On this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, Lucrezia shares the importance of daring to dream big and having a moonshot, why you have to push yourself beyond your perceived limits, the power of exposure and opportunities and how to be the "chief learning officer" of your company.

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On this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, I share what I learned from listening to Ed Mylett's podcast about the value of doing just one more. One more rep, one more step, one more minute working on that project not only puts you way ahead of the competition in the long run, it gives you more confidence and a sense of accomplishment than you had the day before. So do it: Just. One. More.

Listen to how getting up earlier and committing to my accountability group with the Support is Sexy mastermind was my "just-one-more" moment.

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Today we're celebrating three years of the Support is Sexy podcast! Here are three key things I've learned during this journey, which has taken me around the world interviewing women entrepreneurs and sharing their stories -- from Morocco to Spain to Prague and more.

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Lesley Jane Seymour is a legendary magazine editor, who has been editor-in-chief of some of the most well-known women's magazines in the world, including Redbook, Marie Claire and most recently More magazine. Full stop. And when More magazine closed up shop and folded in 2016, Lesley opened herself up to what might be next after a long, successful career in media -- an industry that was constantly changing.

Enter CoveyClub, of which Lesley is the founder. CoveyClub was created when hundreds of Lesely's loyal readers approached her on her personal social media channels, asking her to create something new for them. 627 followers took a 54-question survey that allowed Lesley to create a roadmap to the CoveyClub offerings.

CoveyClub is described as a virtual and IRL (in real life) club platform built by — and for — members and has generosity and "welcomeness" at its heart. All members believe that the more you give, the more you get. Hence the CoveyClub hashtag: #LearnGetConnect.

On this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, Lesley shares what it's been like to go from longtime employee to entrepreneur, how entrepreneurship pushes you to confront your vulnerabilities, why she was uncomfortable -- at first -- accepting support and what you need to do to reinvent for your next act.

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Stefanie Gass is the host and creator of The Mompreneur Mastermind Show Podcast and Podcast Pro University. As she says, "fueled by iced coffee, oversized lounge clothes, mom buns, and snuggles from her littles… she is a wife and mama on a mission."

Stefanie has six online, self-study courses covering social media marketing, sales, funnels, and podcast creation, and through private coaching she teaches other mompreneurs of online marketing, niche discovery and how to create passive income products.

On this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, Stefanie shares her sometimes-bumpy journey from top-level network marketer to creating a business that allows her the freedom and sense of balance she has today, plus how online courses could be the key to passive revenue for your business.

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Traditional startup advice doesn't always apply to female or minority founders. Nontraditional founders don't always have the same resources as other entrepreneurs -- but investors, business books, and blogs assume you do. They won't know you're the first person to go to college in your family. They won't know you don't have access to a "friends and family" funding round. In her new book, Mechanical Bull, serial entrepreneur Cheryl Contee identifies and helps you prepare for those speed bumps.

Cheryl Contee is an award-winning CEO and her latest entrepreneurial venture, Do Big Things, brings together a diverse team that uses new narrative and new tech like blockchain, AI, bots and machine learning to make the world a better place for everyone. Previously, Cheryl was the co-founder and CEO of Fission Strategy, which helped the world's leading non-profits, foundations and social enterprises design digital ecosystems that create change globally. She is also the co-founder of groundbreaking social marketing software Attentive.ly at Blackbaud, the first tech startup with a black female founder on board in history to be acquired by a NASDAQ-traded company.

Cheryl not only has receipt, she has unique insight into what it takes, and what women experience, when raising capital for a startup you believe in despite what sometimes clueless, sometimes insensitive investors think. And on this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, Cheryl shares her journey building her startups and being in the room to pitch her ideas, why pivoting is inevitable and authentic relationships are crucial, and how mechanical bulls tell us a lot about gender inequities.

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It's that time, mid-year already, when we start to reflect (and probably beat ourselves up) about the things we said we were going to commit to doing at the start of this year but we have yet to even start.

It happens. What will separate you from the rest and get you to take the first step is that you have to commit to recommit, and you may have to do that again and again. Stumbling or never starting that goal isn't anything to be ashamed of. What matters is what you're going to do TODAY.

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