Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs

By Dr. Cortney Baker, CEO of KidsCare Home Health

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Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning CEO and author of Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling, a book dedicated to educate, inspire, and empower female entrepreneurs. Now she's bringing the same information to her podcast... Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs. By highlighting female entrepreneurs who have built successful companies on their own terms, the show empowers the next generation, Millennial women, to close the gender gap in leadership through entrepreneurship. Focusing on current issues and topics, Dr. Cortney and her guests provide real-life, practical advice and strategies for successfully balancing a business and life as busy female entrepreneurs.

Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs is an entertaining, informative show that inspires women at all levels to lead with integrity and confidence.

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191: How A Chronic Disabili...

08.31.2020

Today’s guest, Keisha Greaves, knows a thing or several about overcoming obstacles. Keisha is a motivational speaker, the founder of Girls Chronically Rock, and the Massachusetts State Ambassador for the MDA. Keisha started GCR to provide inspired fashion celebrating MD ...

Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs episodes:

08.31.2020 191: How A Chronic Disability Led To Starting A Business \| Girls Chronically Rock Founder Keisha Greaves Today’s guest, Keisha Greaves, knows a thing or several about overcoming obstacles. Keisha is a motivational speaker, the founder of Girls Chronically Rock, and the Massachusetts State Ambassador for the MDA. Keisha started GCR to provide inspired fashion celebrating MD ...
08.24.2020 190: Crafting A Business On A Blank Canvas \| Lisa Pongrass, Founder of Canvas & Hyde Today we are joined by Lisa Pongrass, the Founder and CEO of Canvas & Hyde, a luxury handbag company based in Brooklyn, NY. She shares the tactical steps she took to learn how to grow her business, build a brand ...
08.17.2020 189: Intentionally Building the Right Fit In Company Culture \| Growing A Team With Erin Longmoon If you have ever felt like you are spending way too much time doing things in your business that aren’t in your wheelhouse, it might be time for you to hire out. In this episode, we sat down with Erin ...
08.10.2020 188: The LinkedIn Blackbelt \| Growing A Business On Social Media With Deborrah Ashley Today we are joined by Deborrah Ashley. Deborrah is a marketing strategist, consultant, and LinkedIn trainer who works with clients to develop B2B and B2C LinkedIn strategies to grow and develop not only their businesses, but their personal brands too. ...
07.20.2020 185: Awakening To Find Inner Confidence: Creating Inner Change With Aubree Nichols Today we are joined by Aubree Nichols. A Texas native, her intention is to illuminate the darkness so that others may live in the light. Writing for The Week, Elite Daily and Observer helped her to become a resonant voice ...
07.13.2020 184: Designing Her Way Into Entrepreneurship \| Turning Off The Inner Critic To Succeed In Business With Margaret Cogswell Have you ever felt like you could achieve so much but you just struggle to believe in yourself? In today’s episode, we chat with Margaret Cogswell. Margaret and her husband Blake run her business, MCD Business and Marketing. Margaret Cogswell ...
06.29.2020 182: The Incredible Journey of Business After Bankruptcy \| Confidently Finding Significance After Adversity With Darnyelle Jervey Harmon Today’s guest is Darnyelle Jervey Harmon. She has an MBA and is an award winning CEO of Incredible One Enterprises, a business growth consultancy in Newark, Delaware. She is best known for helping six-figure service-based entrepreneurs and small business owners ...
06.25.2020 181: Taking Care Of Yourself As A Female Entrepreneur Feel like you have been burning the candle at both ends? This is a common sentiment among female entrepreneurs. We are nurturers by nature, so we often find ourselves putting the needs of others ahead of our own, even when ...
06.22.2020 180: Igniting Your Inner Business Fire With Special Needs In Business \| The Au-Mazing Dr. Ali Griffith Dr. Alisha “Ali” Griffith is an autism parenting strategist, transformational speaker and certified professional coach. As a mom of a child living with autism, speech language pathologist and audiologist, this inspired her to become a #1 best-selling author of Au-mazing ...
06.15.2020 178: Rising Up To Lead In Crisis \| Building A Dream Business In Crisis With Jessica Zimmerman Jessica Zimmerman's story started when she tragically lost her sister in a car accident at the young age of 3. It changed her life forever and she knew that tomorrow is not promised. She decided early on that she was ...
06.08.2020 176: Feeling amazing on the entrepreneurial path \| Wholistically coaching clients to Feel Amazing Naked with Amanda Walker Amanda Walker is a Health and Life (Healthstyle) Coach who empowers women to feel amazing naked. She is the creator of the Feel Amazing Naked Program and the Feel Amazing Naked Podcast. Amanda uses a “WHOLE”istic, no B.S., approach to ...
06.01.2020 174: Dipping into entrepreneurship after a successful corporate career \| Engineering a new vision with Sherisse Hawkins Sherisse, an engineer and technologist, has a passion for driving the evolution of digital narrative content, and is now founder and CEO of Pagedip. As an award-winning business owner and accomplished international speaker, Sherisse loves helping others on their life ...
05.28.2020 173: But is it really all good? \| 8 ways to find hope in the darkness with Dr. Cortney Dr. Cortney discusses 8 ways to find hope in this dark time. Dr. Cortney Baker is a nationally recognized authority on women's leadership and award-winning entrepreneur. As CEO of KidsCare Home Health, a multi-million dollar enterprise servicing over 5,000 children ...
05.25.2020 172: How to Think Like a Boss \| Overcoming Difficulties with Confidence Coach and author of Thinking Like a Boss, Kate Crocco Kate Crocco, MSW, LCSW, is a psychotherapist, confidence and mindset coach and writer who mentors female leaders around the globe. She has coached thousands of women through one-on-one, group, and mastermind programs, as well as through her Confident Ladies Club ...
05.21.2020 171: 3 Ways to get paid with Dr. Cortney Baker Dr. Cortney discusses 3 ways to ensure you get paid in your business for the services you provide to your clients. Dr. Cortney Baker is a nationally recognized authority on women's leadership and award-winning entrepreneur. As CEO of KidsCare Home ...
05.18.2020 170: Starting a Business on Gut Instinct \| Just Thrive CEO Tina Anderson To find Just Thrive: Just Thrive Health Click HERE To register to win an on-air coaching opportunity with Dr. Cortney: www.cortneybaker.com/WIBcall To access your Cash Flow System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online ...
05.14.2020 169: Creating a Business Plan \| How to Write The Foundations of Your Business Plan with Dr. Cortney Baker Dr. Cortney Baker discusses the elements to include in a business plan. Whether you're just starting out in business or need a refresher, this episode is a crash course in writing your business blueprint.
05.11.2020 168: Speaking of Legal Services... \| Growing your company by speaking as an expert with Ashley Kirkwood Ashley Kirkwood is a dynamic speaker, trademark lawyer, and on-air legal expert for a Chicago daytime show. Her law firm, Mobile General Counsel helps entrepreneurs to trademark their brands and protect their business assets with contracts! She takes great pride ...
05.07.2020 167: What didn't kill me made me stronger \| A personal story with Dr. Cortney Dr. Cortney Baker is a nationally recognized authority on women's leadership and award-winning entrepreneur. As CEO of KidsCare Home Health, a multi-million dollar enterprise servicing over 5,000 children nationally, and host of the podcast Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of ...
04.30.2020 165: 5 Steps to a Strong Business Foundation \| Creating a Foundation to Scale Your Business with Dr. Cortney Baker To register to win an on-air coaching opportunity with Dr. Cortney: www.cortneybaker.com/WIBcall To access your Cash Flow System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook \| Twitter \| ...
04.27.2020 164: Influencing Others Through Good \| Creating a Career as a Philanthropic Influencer with Devika Dandona Having a life-altering experience can lead to some big changes in your destiny. Perhaps the most important thing to consider is that you are actually in control of how the rest of your life will pan out. I’m joined by ...
04.23.2020 163: Strategic hope during a dark time \| Navigating business in a crisis with Susie Carder Susie Carder, a globally recognized profitability coach and inventor of the Predictable Success Method, joins Dr. Cortney Baker to discuss sound strategies to navigate business decisions in times of crisis. For more information on Susie, go to: Susie Carder To ...
04.20.2020 162: Choosing Mental Strength During Trials and Tribulations \| Creating Entrepreneurial Success with Bipolar Disorder with Okay Sis Podcast host Scout Sobel The perfect path to entrepreneurship doesn’t exist. All entrepreneurs have gone through their own journey. They’ve experienced success and failure, and have changed direction in their business. My guest, Scout Sobel, is no different and she joins me to talk ...
04.16.2020 161: Key Ingredients to Growing in an Economic Downturn: with It Media founder Ashley Monk and Dr. Cortney Baker Amidst an economic downturn, Ashley Monk, founder and CEO of It Media discusses the most important aspects of running her successful business in a shaky economy. In this interview with Dr. Cortney, Ashley discusses what she sees as the greatest ...
04.13.2020 160: Googling Her Way to a Shift \| Investing in Entrepreneurship with Minnie Ingersoll If the world of venture capitalism and investment seems foreign to you, you’re going to love this episode! I’m joined by Minni Ingersoll, Partner at venture capitalist firm TenOneTen, to talk about what VCs are currently looking for.
04.09.2020 159: Maintaining success during a recession \| 5 key steps to implement in business NOW In this episode, Dr. Cortney discusses steps to take to maintain your business success even in an uncertain economy. Although the economy is always uncertain, these key principles are excellent to implement at any time. - Cortney To access the ...
04.06.2020 158: Speaking of Success... \| How an Assignment in Corporate America Led to a Lucrative Entrepreneurial Career with GDA Speakers for Gail Davis Living big and supporting the women in your network and community are some of the most important parts of building a thriving business. Gail Davis from GDA Speakers joins me to talk about how she took a measured risk and ...
04.02.2020 157: 6 Steps to Take to Survive an Economic Downturn \| How to Stay Afloat in a Sinking Economy Today Dr. Cortney lays out a step by step plan for you to follow to help you plan your next business pivot and stay afloat through this economic uncertainty. A plan is crucial, now more than ever before, and real-life ...
03.30.2020 156: Creating a Healthy Entrepreneurial Career \| Defining a Fulfilling career with Laurie Baedke Leaders need to be self-aware, able to make effective decisions, and prepared to grow their network to succeed in their careers. Laurie Baedke joins me to talk about how she helps build high-performance teams and keeps leaders at the top ...
03.26.2020 155: Finding sanity in chaos \| Creating a plan for next steps with Dr. Cortney Baker We are currently living in a world that has been hit with a global pandemic, and fear and uncertainty abound all around us. In this episode, I discuss practical tools to help you assess your situation and give you a ...
03.23.2020 154: Faithfully Sharing Sear Success \| Leadership Lessons with ShearShare cofounder Courtney Caldwell Living an intentional life absolutely can and should translate into how you run your business. When you treat your business and employees like you treat your family, the way Courtney Caldwell does with ShearShare, you’re going to create an incredible ...
03.19.2020 153: How to Prepare Your Business in a Pandemic \| What to do when sht hits the fan\| Dr. Cortney Baker, CEO of KidsCare Home Health When sht hits the fan in a global crisis, it's imperative to keep a level head and make sound business decisions. In this episode, Dr. Cortney Baker discusses easy to implement strategies to stay in business during times of economic ...
03.16.2020 152: Formula For Success in Business and Beauty \| Finding Herself Through Entrepreneurship with Savor Beauty founder Angela Jia Kim Finding your passion and asking for feedback are two of the best qualities to have when you’re starting and building your own business. Especially when you find yourself an accidental entrepreneur, like Angela Jia Kim, owner of Savor Beauty, who ...
03.12.2020 151: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? \| 10 Habits Of The Wealthy \| Dr. Cortney Baker, CEO of KidsCare Home Health As great as it would be, becoming a millionaire is not an overnight achievement... unless you’ve won the lottery. Self-made millionaires all have a set of habits they stick to in order for them to be successful. In this episode ...
03.09.2020 150: Starting a Business in a Perfect Storm \| Finding the "More" Through the Power of Entrepreneurship with Elizabeth Ward Creel Knowing what you want to do with your life from a young age is a rare gift, but when it happens, you’re absolutely unstoppable. Elizabeth Ward Creel, the owner of high-end fashion boutique Elizabeth W, joins me to talk about ...
03.05.2020 149: The Leadership Playbook for Women Who Are “Too Much” \| Why I’m Ok Being a Bitch \| Dr. Cortney Baker, CEO of KidsCare Home Health Happy International Women’s Day, you beautiful, driven souls! This episode is dedicated to you. To making waves, taking seats, and standing up for what you believe in. Because, ladies, the tide is changing. This is only our beginning.
03.02.2020 148: Not Compromising Your Calling As A Female Entrepreneur \| Owning Your Clarity of Purpose with Dr. Sharon Spano Discovering what sets your soul on fire and living every day working towards that purpose makes even the hard days that bit easier. Because when you’re walking in line with your passion and purpose, you become even more driven and ...
02.27.2020 147: 5 Business Tips Every Successful Female Entrepreneur Needs to Know \| Dr. Cortney Baker, CEO of KidsCare Home Health Starting your own business is such an incredible feeling! I want you to start on the best footing possible: by giving you give business tips every female entrepreneur needs to know. These tips will help you avoid the common mistakes ...
02.24.2020 146: Dancing Her Way Into Launching an Agency \| the Story of How She Did That With the Launch Guild's Tasha Booth Launching and growing a virtual assistant agency is the perfect study of why it’s so important to have your process and SOPs in place. Tasha Booth, founder of The Launch Guild, joins me to talk about how she’s achieved the ...
02.20.2020 145: 5 Habits of Successful Women \| The Empowering Side of Boundaries \| Dr. Cortney Baker, CEO of KidsCare Home Health Succeeding in business isn’t just about the service or product you provide. It’s about the kind of woman you are. Are you someone that can G.S.D? Today, I’m talking about the 5 habits of successful women you HAVE to cultivate.
02.17.2020 144: Finding your Confidence in You \| Julie Reisler, CEO of Julie Reisler International and Host of the You-est You Podcast You don’t have to be a naturally confident person when you start your business, but you do need to learn how to be more confident in order to have true success. Julie Reisler, CEO of Julie Reisler International and host ...
02.13.2020 143: Scaling to Six Figures in Second Year in Business \| How to Scale your Company Faster with Weddings by Weaver CEO Kara Weaver Investing in a mentor to help you transition and scale is one of the best ways you can start having massive success with your business. Kara Weaver of Weddings by Weaver joins me to talk about how working with a ...
02.10.2020 142: How to Attract Qualified Buyers \| The Key to Solid Connections with Amber Vilhauer In this age of digital disconnection and overwhelm, making personal connections with your audience is more important than ever. After smashing into the online business scene back in 2007, Amber Vilhauer has seen all the shifting trends of the industry, ...
02.06.2020 141: Organize Your Way To Success \| How To Get Sht Done! \| Dr. Cortney Baker, CEO of KidsCare Home Health When you organize your business, there’s no limit to how much you can get done. In this episode, I’m sharing the 5 steps you need to take in order to G.S.D. (Get Sht Done) so you can take control of ...
02.03.2020 140: Changing Careers in Mid-Life \| How Mary Claire Haver's Health Prompted her Second Career When you know you have a winning business idea, you need to stick with it, even if the initial launch isn’t as successful as you’d like. That’s what Dr. Mary Claire Haver discovered when she first started teaching others about ...
01.30.2020 139: What Doesn’t Kill You Can Grow You \| How Confrontation Can Make you a Stronger Biz Owner \| Dr. Cortney Baker, CEO of KidsCare Home Health Confrontation. Even just the word itself can cause some people to break out in a cold sweat, dreading the conversation they have to have. And, I promise, every business has moments of confrontation at some point or another, and not ...
01.27.2020 138: Balancing Love as a Female Entrepreneur \| The Myth of the Work Life Balance and How to Achieve Relationship Success with Anna Osborn Do you ever feel like you’re walking a tightrope between commitment to your business and commitment to your partner? You are definitely not alone - this predicament is common with entrepreneurs who find so much joy in their business. Anna ...
01.23.2020 137: How to Let Go of Control \| The Secret to Scaling your Business Beyond Solopreneur \| Dr. Cortney Baker, CEO of KidsCare Home Health Successful companies consist of more than just one adventurous solopreneur. True success comes from building a trustworthy team around you who can work independently to help your company grow. The most important thing you, as the solo entrepreneur, can do ...
01.20.2020 136: Women Supporting Women in Being Confident in Business \| Radical Conviction with Eleanor Beaton When women live in their truth and share their stories through business, success happens. Connection happens when you share; your audience will feel like they know you and this connection definitely helps your business grow. Eleanor Beaton is here to ...
01.16.2020 135: How To Be 100% Legit When Starting Your Biz \| 5 Steps To Take For Your Protection \| Dr. Cortney Baker, CEO of KidsCare Home Health Is there anything worse than running your business for almost two years and hearing that someone else has registered the exact same business name as yours? This happened to one of my clients, and she is, unfortunately, not alone. But ...

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