The Female Founder

On this week’s episode, Rachel Sipperley is joined by Maggie Barton, CEO and co-founder of CuffedUp. Find out how Maggie uses her entrepreneurial skills to grow her businesses, and also to help other companies improve in and out of the workplace.

Episode Notes:
Maggie Barton is the 26 year old CEO and Co-founder of CuffedUp, an invention that keeps sleeves cuffed. She’s the co-author of The Founder’s journal, a guided journal for entrepreneurs to learn from their mistakes. She’s an investor & an analyst. Maggie is also an abstract artist, doing larger-than-life custom work (some as big as 200 square feet!). Maggie was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease last year- since then she’s been dedicated to live life to the fullest, despite being diagnosed with chronic illness. Keep up with her shenanigans by following www.instagram.com/raisingthe_barton on Instagram! 

In Today's Episode You Will Learn:

How CuffedUp sold over 10,000 units in less than a year

How Maggie landed a deal with viral marketing geniuses, The Harmon Brothers

How to build a business blueprint

How to pitch in 30 seconds

Resources/ Tangible Tips 

The Founder’s Journal 

Idea Blueprint

Elevator Pitch Template & Guide

Contact Info / Plug                                                             

CuffedUp IG: www.instagram.com/cuffedupcuffs

SPURstartup IG: www.instagram.com/spurstartup

Maggie Barton’s IG: www.instagram.com/raisingthe_barton

www.cuffedup.com

www.spurstartup.com

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Jen Hilz sits down with Rachel Sipperley and two other Dallas founders to discuss the challenges of being entrepreneurs and having each other's backs.

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On this episode Rachel Sipperley brings on the men in her life to discuss what being the guy behind the female founder is like. Trey interviews Pete and Rachel to discuss how they have been able to manage a relationship while simultaneously launching two separate companies.

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Hear from Lily and Kara, the brains behind Dallas' most popular lifestyle instagram page, Dallasites101. On this episode, Rachel Sipperley finds out how they launched their mega platform and experienced explosive organic growth after nearly losing their account for good. 
Learn more about Dallasites101 at https://www.dallasites101.com and follow them on instagram ww.instagram.com/dallasites101

Dallasites101 began with two women, Lily and Kara, organically sharing their adventures on Instagram in 2015, one year after they both moved to Dallas. As transplants, they strived to encourage fellow Dallasites to go beyond their comfort zones and find a sense of place, joy and home in Dallas, and Texas as a whole.
A few months after their start, they recognized the need to go beyond the 'gram and create real experiences between businesses and Dallasites. From happy hours to bar crawls to yoga classes and beyond, they have hosted countless events that have cultivated personal relationships, increased local business sales and awareness, and fostered a sense of community. 
After more than four years, Dallasites101 remains one of the largest lifestyle Instagram accounts in Dallas, about Dallas.
Over time, it has also morphed into a localized media company, with Kara and Lily leaving their corporate roles to pursue Dallasites101 on a full-time. Dallasites101 aims to make Dallas a more accessible and fun place to live through daily content about everything involved in integrating into life here, from events to music to food to fitness and beyond!

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Hear with Rachel Sipperley from two licensed therapists who work with startup founders to help them manage stress, decompress and work their best!

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On this Episode hear about the wiring for success and what grit really is when Amy and Rachel Sipperley swap stories on taking big risks.

About Amy Vanderoef

Amy Vanderoef is best known for her role as the Emmy-nominated host on WFAA's Good Morning Texas. Her television career has taken her everywhere from the set of Dancing with the Stars, to ABC's The View and countless red carpet events!

A proud graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City, she began her performing career with the New York USO, entertaining US military forces and veterans at military bases and hospitals. She also worked as a performer for the US Department of Defense entertaining American Armed Forces stationed overseas in countries such as Bosnia, Macedonia, Iceland, Germany and Croatia.
Amy also traveled all around US with the stage show of PBS's hit TV show "The Magic School Bus". She played the science teacher Ms. Frizzle... Encouraging kids to "Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!"

In 2001, she took on a much different challenge when she was crowned Miss Connecticut USA, and became the state's representative at the Miss USA Pageant. 
Amy has appeared in dozens of commercials in TV and Print, and is also a well accomplished voice over artist. Amy has been a guest star in two ABC daytime dramas: All My Children and One Life to Live, and has worked as a guest correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America.

Currently, Amy is a lifestyle expert contributing on Network TV stations nationwide and is also a Beauty Expert contributing on HSN, The Home Shopping Network. She also speaks at dozens of live events each year, acting at MC for many charitable causes. Amy V currently resides in Dallas with her son, Wyatt and is represented by the Campbell Agency.
For more information about Amy Vanderoef, please visit https://www.amyvanderoef.com/

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Hear with Rachel Sipperley from the brilliant brains behind the media content creation company that started with a sorority promo video project and in two short years blew up into a multi-million dollar, full-scale creative agency. Get the inside scoop on how to create content for your brand, and more importantly how to implement it properly.

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Hear with Rachel Sipperley from two of Dallas' Millennial Mavens on how influencers are disrupting the retail, e-commerce, and fashion industries and aren't backing down any time soon. 

About Karis Renee:Digital influencer and creative director Kris Renee has been creating a stir in the fashion industry. After trading in her technical design skills and resigning from a multi-million dollar fashion company as a marketing executive, Karis found her true passion styling photoshoots, ghost writing for influential women and brands, creating her killer content, and inspiring more women to explore their personal style. Her diverse experience and world view attracts more than 350,000 followers across all of her channels. Karis has over 300,000 poshmark followers, 100,000 Instagram followers, and is a brand advocate for Rent My Wardrobe. 

About Trey Stewart: Trey stewart is a prominent millennial influencer and entrepreneur in the Dallas startup and socialite scene. At just 23 years old, and barely old enough to drink himself, Trey operates a multi- Million dollar expansion project in the prominent Cedar Springs neighborhood and owns the crafty cocktail lounge Mr.Misster. You can find him on the current season of the Real Housewives of Dallas and co-hosting episodes of the fellow Yea Network Production, Weekly Dose of BS with Brandi Redmond and Stephanie Hollman.

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This week Rachel Sipperley sits down with the sister duo Brittney and Tinsley Merrill to discuss everything from how they started their respective companies, Akola and Pairr, to tips on how to launch a new concept. 

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So you think you're ready for retail? Ready to launch your product? Bring your ideas to Life in this episode jam packed full of tips to launching into retail stores as Rachel Sipperley talks with Michelle Pitre, former Director of sales of Poo-Pourri turned Broker / Entrepreneur.

Michelle Pitre has had the heart of an entrepreneur since giving up a full ride athletic scholarship to launch her first business at 19 years old. Three years of hard work and dedication allowed her to walk away from her corporate job at the age of 22 investing the next 4 years speaking all over the country to tens of thousands of people. Ready for her next challenge she walked back into the corporate arena as a VP of Marketing. She loved how trade-shows could take a timid entrepreneur and turn their company into an established brand - virtually overnight. She increased the firm’s media partnerships by 333% in 6 months and developed an exhibitor-training program to teach companies how to maximize profits. This led Michelle to published her first book at age 27 on how to increase ROI through trade-shows. In 2016 at the age of 29 she launched Texi Boots, LLC – The Original Pink Sole™ Cowgirl boot brand while taking the role as Sales Director for the International brand Poo-Pourri. Through her close relationship with Poo-Pourri founder, Suzy Batiz, Michelle learned the complicated world of manufacturing and her love of entrepreneurship flourished. This inspired her to launch her own foundation in order to start giving back. With the example of great women who came before her, Michelle decided that her company Texi Boots would give back a portion of its profits to help other female entrepreneurs, and she has begun the launch of The Pink Sole Foundation. At age 31 Michelle Pitre is the founder of Texi Boots and owner of a retail based consulting and brokerage firm, Pink & Associates. She specializes in training companies how to launch their product into the mass market of retail. She also sits on the board of directors for the Gift Home & Trade Association as well as the Gift For Life foundation. 

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