WomenWhoBuildEmpires

Jeroen is co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and fast-growing startup companies.

Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to follow up the leads for their software company in an easier way. They didn't like to keep track of their leads manually and built Salesflare, which pulls customer data together automatically and then actively helps you to follow up.

It's now the most popular CRM on Product Hunt and top-rated on review platforms like G2 for its ease of use and automation features.

Let's tune in to his story!

[00:01 - 07:32] Opening Segment

• Get to know my guest Jeroen Corthout
• "I am a biomedical engineer, so nothing to do with CRMs at all."
• Jeroen shares his shifting careers before landing in CRM
• Why does no one use CRM?
• How Jeroen took over CRM and grew it with his company

[07:33 - 31:44] The Future is in CRM

• How about growing to a Software as a Service Company?
• Jeroen talks about challenges as a business owner
• The Focus is on Solving the Problem
• An Uphill Battle: Always on a Consumer Journey
• Salesflare' Edge Against Bigger Companies
• Results and habits create an impact
• What is a CRM?
• • Why people don't use CRM outside of the time
  • What's the fundamental problem with all the other CRMs?
  • What's the fundamental problem with teams starting to use a CRM?
• "Involve your sales team!"
• It's Simple: Aligning your Processes and Teams
• The Core Value is in Better Follow-Up
• How to Create an Environment for Others to Make Great Decisions
• Building a stronger business and company

[31:45 - 33:29] Closing Segment

• Final words
• Connect with my guest, Jeroen in the links below

Resources Mentioned

• Radical Candor

Tweetable Quotes

"I like to make things work. But it is important that it is on something that you're truly passionate about solving. If not, it is hard to keep that persistence." – Jeroen Corthout

"It's really about aligning your processes, the way you see them, aligning all that as a team, and then it's okay." – Jeroen Corthout

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It's shown me that it's not so much about making great decisions, but creating an environment for others to make those

• Why people don't use CRMs and how to fix that
• Why you should organize your team around habits, not goals
• How to compete with giants as a small business

Offer for listeners: 25% off for 3 months on Salesflare plans with code "TRIBEOFLEADERS"

Website: https://salesflare.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salesflare

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroencorthout

Instagram: https://instagram.com/salesflare

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Jeroen is co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and fast-growing startup companies.

 

Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to follow up the leads for their software company in an easier way. They didn't like to keep track of their leads manually and built Salesflare, which pulls customer data together automatically and then actively helps you to follow up.

 

It’s now the most popular CRM on Product Hunt and top-rated on review platforms like G2 for its ease of use and automation features.

 

Let’s tune in to his story!

 

[00:01 - 07:32] Opening Segment

 

• Get to know my guest Jeroen Corthout
• “I am a biomedical engineer, so nothing to do with CRMs at all.”
• Jeroen shares his shifting careers before landing in CRM
• Why does no one use CRM?
• How Jeroen took over CRM and grew it with his company

 

[07:33 - 31:44] The Future is in CRM 

 

• How about growing to a Software as a Service Company?
• Jeroen talks about challenges as a business owner
• The Focus is on Solving the Problem
• An Uphill Battle: Always on a Consumer Journey
• Salesflare’ Edge Against Bigger Companies
• Results and habits create an impact
• What is a CRM? 
• • Why people don't use CRM outside of the time
  • What's the fundamental problem with all the other CRMs?
  • What’s the fundamental problem with teams starting to use a CRM?
• “Involve your sales team!”
• It’s Simple: Aligning your Processes and Teams
• The Core Value is in Better Follow-Up
• How to Create an Environment for Others to Make Great Decisions
• Building a stronger business and company

 

[31:45 - 33:29] Closing Segment

 

• Final words
• Connect with my guest, Jeroen in the links below

Resources Mentioned

• Radical Candor

 

Tweetable Quotes

 

“I like to make things work. But it is important that it is on something that you're truly passionate about solving. If not, it is hard to keep that persistence.” – Jeroen Corthout

 

“It's really about aligning your processes, the way you see them, aligning all that as a team, and then it's okay.” – Jeroen Corthout

 

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It’s shown me that it’s not so much about making great decisions, but creating an environment for others to make those

 

• Why people don’t use CRMs and how to fix that
• Why you should organize your team around habits, not goals
• How to compete with giants as a small business

 

Offer for listeners: 25% off for 3 months on Salesflare plans with code “TRIBEOFLEADERS”

 

Website: https://salesflare.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salesflare

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroencorthout

Instagram: https://instagram.com/salesflare 

If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, share, and subscribe!  

 

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Or send me an email [email protected]  

 

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Bruce Hultgren is an engaging, positive, and enthusiastic business and community leader with a mission to make this world a better place. He is a former NBL basketballer, with a strong track record of entrepreneurism in the sports, business, and community sectors. Over the past five years, he has dedicated his life to creating a world-first wellbeing app, while also researching best-practice methods that they could include in the app. theGOYA.life is an app that envisions to improve staff wellbeing and in turn their productivity in 6 weeks!

Let's tune in to his story!

[00:01 - 05:24] Opening Segment

• Get to know my guest Bruce Hultgren
• How Bruce connected with basketball
• Personal Development at 19
• • A series of cassette tapes by Tom Hopkins
• Continuous Learning and Up-Levelling

[05:25 - 34:35] Look at One Step, One Step, One Step

• Why not? Who says? What's the worst thing that can happen?
• Bruce talks about having an imposter syndrome
• Doing what needs to be done
• • "If you want to be successful, you just only got to work half a day."
• What made Bruce retire from basketball
• • The discipline of wanting to do it
• Do I belong somewhere and does someone care?
• Human First: How Bruce hires and treats his employees
• Bruce talks about the catalyst for his companies
• The Goya Mission and Brand
• • Prevention rather than cure
  • "It's okay to talk about things."
  • Finding your purpose
• Athletes die twice
• How to Overcome the Massive Overwhelm

[34:36 - 36:16] Closing Segment

• Final words
• Connect with my guest, Bruce in the links below

Tweetable Quotes

"Why not? Who says?" – Bruce Hultgren

"You can't change the world working nine to five." – Bruce Hultgren

"If you want to go to the highest level, well, you don't have a choice in that. You must do it." – Bruce Hultgren

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Reach Bruce through Facebook and LinkedIn. Check out the following links https://mygoyalife.com/ and https://thegoya.life/.

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Bruce Hultgren is an engaging, positive, and enthusiastic business and community leader with a mission to make this world a better place.  He is a former NBL basketballer, with a strong track record of entrepreneurism in the sports, business, and community sectors.  Over the past five years, he has dedicated his life to creating a world-first wellbeing app, while also researching best-practice methods that they could include in the app.  theGOYA.life is an app that envisions to improve staff wellbeing and in turn their productivity in 6 weeks!

 

Let’s tune in to his story!

 

[00:01 - 05:24] Opening Segment

 

• Get to know my guest Bruce Hultgren
• How Bruce connected with basketball
• Personal Development at 19
• • A series of cassette tapes by Tom Hopkins
• Continuous Learning and Up-Levelling

 

[05:25 - 34:35] Look at One Step, One Step, One Step

 

• Why not? Who says? What’s the worst thing that can happen?
• Bruce talks about having an imposter syndrome
• Doing what needs to be done
• • “If you want to be successful, you just only got to work half a day.”
• What made Bruce retire from basketball
• •  The discipline of wanting to do it
• Do I belong somewhere and does someone care?
• Human First: How Bruce hires and treats his employees
• Bruce talks about the catalyst for his companies
• The Goya Mission and Brand
• • Prevention rather than cure
  • “It's okay to talk about things.”
  • Finding your purpose
• Athletes die twice
• How to Overcome the Massive Overwhelm

 

[34:36 - 36:16] Closing Segment

 

• Final words
• Connect with my guest, Bruce in the links below

Tweetable Quotes

 

“Why not? Who says?” – Bruce Hultgren

 

“You can't change the world working nine to five.” – Bruce Hultgren

 

“If you want to go to the highest level, well, you don't have a choice in that.  You must do it.” – Bruce Hultgren

 

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Reach Bruce through Facebook and LinkedIn.  Check out the following links https://mygoyalife.com/ and https://thegoya.life/. 

If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, share, and subscribe!  

 

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

 

Connect with me through Emi Kirschner Business Coach, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Or send me an email [email protected]  

 

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Thanks for tuning in!  

Ellen Snee has been at the forefront of women's leadership for more than 25 years. Dr. Snee brings strategy, research, and executive experience to global companies and their top female talent. Her original research at Harvard University on women's experience in roles of authority formed the foundation of her consulting and coaching work with Fortune 500 companies such as Cisco, Goodyear, Marriott, Pfizer, and Schwab. She is also the author of Lead: How Women in Charge Claim Their Authority.

Let's tune in to her story!

[00:01 - 10:26] Opening Segment

• Get to know my guest Ellen Snee
• A Real Trailblazer: Ellen's Story
• • How Ellen became a nun
  • Finding her place to make a difference for women
• A Kind of Rebellious Side
• The Reluctant Entrepreneur

[10:27 - 41:07] How Women in Charge Claim Their Authority

• A Model for Coaching Women
• • How to Listen to Women
• From Convent to Corporate
• Ellen shares her life as a nun
• • Nothing like the movies!
  • "Much more normal than most people think."
• Starting a Business with No Business Experience
• • What Not to Do, What to Do
• Always Finding Ways to be Supported
• • "Know your strengths, know the things you're not good at, or you don't want to do."
• Ellen's inspiration and journey for Lead: How Women in Charge Claim Their Authority
• How to Claim Your Authority as a Woman
• Why networking has been a hard word for women

• Women Working with Each Other
• • Unspoken Expectations
  • A Different Mode of Communication
• What about the Balance?

[41:08 - 45:59] Closing Segment

• Ellen's Three-Step Process on Claiming Authority
• How men can support women to claim their authority step into leadership
• Final words
• Connect with my guest, Ellen in the links below

Tweetable Quotes

"Once I feel called for something, once I have clarity on something, nothing stops me." – Ellen Snee

"Of course, a woman can be a leader. And of course, she can hold a role of authority." – Ellen Snee

"Everywhere, there is an opportunity." – Ellen Snee

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Reach Ellen her website https://www.ellensnee.com/.

Grab a copy of her book, Lead: How Women in Charge Claim Their Authority!

If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, share, and subscribe!

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Ellen Snee has been at the forefront of women’s leadership for more than 25 years. Dr. Snee brings strategy, research, and executive experience to global companies and their top female talent. Her original research at Harvard University on women’s experience in roles of authority formed the foundation of her consulting and coaching work with Fortune 500 companies such as Cisco, Goodyear, Marriott, Pfizer, and Schwab.  She is also the author of Lead: How Women in Charge Claim Their Authority. 

 

Let’s tune in to her story!

 

[00:01 - 10:26] Opening Segment

 

• Get to know my guest Ellen Snee
• A Real Trailblazer: Ellen’s Story
• • How Ellen became a nun
  • Finding her place to make a difference for women
• A Kind of Rebellious Side
• The Reluctant Entrepreneur

 

[10:27 - 41:07] How Women in Charge Claim Their Authority

 

• A Model for Coaching Women
• • How to Listen to Women
• From Convent to Corporate
• Ellen shares her life as a nun 
• • Nothing like the movies!
  • “Much more normal than most people think.”
• Starting a Business with No Business Experience
• • What Not to Do, What to Do
• Always Finding Ways to be Supported
• • “Know your strengths, know the things you're not good at, or you don't want to do.”
• Ellen’s inspiration and journey for Lead: How Women in Charge Claim Their Authority
• How to Claim Your Authority as a Woman
• Why networking has been a hard word for women

• Women Working with Each Other
• • Unspoken Expectations
  • A Different Mode of Communication
• What about the Balance?

 

[41:08 - 45:59] Closing Segment

 

• Ellen’s Three-Step Process on Claiming Authority
• How men can support women to claim their authority step into leadership
• Final words
• Connect with my guest, Ellen in the links below

Tweetable Quotes

 

“Once I feel called for something, once I have clarity on something, nothing stops me.” – Ellen Snee

 

“Of course, a woman can be a leader. And of course, she can hold a role of authority.” – Ellen Snee

 

“Everywhere, there is an opportunity.” – Ellen Snee

 

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Reach Ellen her website https://www.ellensnee.com/. 

Grab a copy of her book, Lead: How Women in Charge Claim Their Authority!

If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, share, and subscribe!  

 

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

 

Connect with me through Emi Kirschner Business Coach, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Or send me an email [email protected]  

 

Check us out on Apple Podcasts.

 

Thanks for tuning in!  

 

Whitney Freya is an expert in Inspired Living, providing practical tools & practices that free your mind from limitations and scarcity to create more in your life that lights you up from the inside out. She is the author of three books to inspire the art that is your life, an inspirational speaker, and leads a community that circles around the fire of inspiration & personal freedom through her online programs and coaching training.

Let's tune in to her story!

[00:01 - 04:34] Opening Segment

• Get to know my guest Whitney Freya
• Professional wannabe artist
• • Opened an art center with zero art training zero art experience

[04:35 - 33:43] Do Business Your Creative Way

• The best plan and training for Whitney's business
• How the Lack of a Business Plan can be Beneficial
• "There was tremendous power in what we paint."
• Let's do it with awareness!
• Entrepreneur Sandtrap
• How to Redefine Your Relationship with Money
• Just make stuff. It's freeing.
• Waking up the inner artist in you
• Not a success overnight: Whitney's Ups and Downs
• We have nothing but time
• 30 Days to Unstoppable
• Tend to your vibration!

[33:44 - 37:09] Closing Segment

• Final words
• Connect with my guest, Whitney in the links below

Tweetable Quotes

"I think one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves as entrepreneurs is to really nurture that big idea that is bigger than us." – Whitney Freya

"It's not possible to stay in flow. If you are depriving yourself of what gives you energy." – Whitney Freya

"The things that aren't making you happy are portals and invitations for you to create and transform that into something that does all right, let it go." – Whitney Freya

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Reach Whitney through Facebook and Instagram. Check out her website https://whitneyfreya.com/. Join her masterclass, Life Artists Masterclass!

If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, share, and subscribe!

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Whitney Freya is an expert in Inspired Living, providing practical tools & practices that free your mind from limitations and scarcity to create more in your life that lights you up from the inside out. She is the author of three books to inspire the art that is your life, an inspirational speaker, and leads a community that circles around the fire of inspiration & personal freedom through her online programs and coaching training.

 

Let’s tune in to her story!

 

[00:01 - 04:34] Opening Segment

 

• Get to know my guest Whitney Freya
• Professional wannabe artist
• • Opened an art center with zero art training zero art experience

 

[04:35 - 33:43] Do Business Your Creative Way

 

• The best plan and training for Whitney’s business
• How the Lack of a Business Plan can be Beneficial
• “There was tremendous power in what we paint.”
• Let’s do it with awareness!
• Entrepreneur Sandtrap
• How to Redefine Your Relationship with Money
• Just make stuff.  It’s freeing.
• Waking up the inner artist in you
• Not a success overnight: Whitney’s Ups and Downs
• We have nothing but time
• 30 Days to Unstoppable
• Tend to your vibration!

 

[33:44 - 37:09] Closing Segment

 

• Final words
• Connect with my guest, Whitney in the links below

Tweetable Quotes

 

“I think one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves as entrepreneurs is to really nurture that big idea that is bigger than us.” – Whitney Freya

 

“It's not possible to stay in flow. If you are depriving yourself of what gives you energy.” – Whitney Freya

 

“The things that aren't making you happy are portals and invitations for you to create and transform that into something that does all right, let it go.” – Whitney Freya

 

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Reach Whitney through Facebook and Instagram. Check out her website https://whitneyfreya.com/.  Join her masterclass, Life Artists Masterclass!

If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, share, and subscribe!  

 

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

 

Connect with me through Emi Kirschner Business Coach, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Or send me an email [email protected]  

 

Check us out on Apple Podcasts.

 

Thanks for tuning in!  

Pattie's background runs the gamut of careers from teacher to corporate president. Her corporate career extended from New Jersey to New York to Boston and included roles from an Editor to a Director to President of a multi-million dollar publishing company.

Pattie realized that she did NOT want to retire and she knew she should not have to retire. Pattie calls herself a Renegade—a Renegade for good…a disruptor of Ageism, an advocate of succeeding at any age, an advocate of living powerfully at any age, and an advocate of pro-aging!

Let's tune in to her story!

[00:01 - 07:32] Opening Segment

• Get to know my guest Pattie Dobrowski
• Pattie's majestic life and business journey
• Love is Key and Laughter is the Medicine of Life

[07:33 - 34:41] Be a Renegade at Any Age

• The Key Element of a Leader
• Why That's the Choice
• Being a Renegade and Ageism
• • Retirement is not for me
  • Pattie's Six Item Self-Care Kit
• "I want to live powerfully and be a force in the world."
• Why you should focus on what you've done, and not what you didn't do
• You don't have to be a superager!
• The older you are, the wiser you are, you can't help yourself
• Older People are Resources, Too
• What is the Most Important Thing for Pattie?
• • "Trust myself."
• The highlight of Pattie's career
• Get your own A Renegade Life Card Deck

[34:42 - 36:51] Closing Segment

• Final words
• Connect with my guest, Pattie in the links below

Tweetable Quotes

"It's so important when you're young to take care of yourself in so many different ways." - Pattie Dobrowski

"We have the power within us to change our situation. And to always make it the best that it can be." - Pattie Dobrowski

"You don't have to be perfect, you don't have to do everything, the perfect way." - Pattie Dobrowski

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Be a Renegade at any age—the way you want to, the way you choose to, the way you aspire to.

Check out Pattie's motivational card deck at ARenegadeLife.com.

Tune in once a week to the Renegade Escapades for tips, ideas, and motivation to live life powerfully—as a Renegade—at any age!

Email: [email protected]

Text: 617-948-2323

If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, share, and subscribe!

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Connect with me through Emi Kirschner Business Coach, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Or send me an email [email protected]

Check us out on Apple Podcasts.

Thanks for tuning in!

Pattie’s background runs the gamut of careers from teacher to corporate president.  Her corporate career extended from New Jersey to New York to Boston and included roles from an Editor to a Director to President of a multi-million dollar publishing company.

 

Pattie realized that she did NOT want to retire and she knew she should not have to retire.  Pattie calls herself a Renegade—a Renegade for good…a disruptor of Ageism, an advocate of succeeding at any age, an advocate of living powerfully at any age,  and an advocate of pro-aging! 

 

Let’s tune in to her story!

 

[00:01 - 07:32] Opening Segment

 

• Get to know my guest Pattie Dobrowski
• Pattie’s majestic life and business journey
• Love is Key and Laughter is the Medicine of Life

 

[07:33 - 34:41] Be a Renegade at Any Age

 

• The Key Element of a Leader
• Why That’s the Choice
• Being a Renegade and Ageism
• • Retirement is not for me
  • Pattie’s Six Item Self-Care Kit
• “I want to live powerfully and be a force in the world.”
• Why you should focus on what you've done, and not what you didn't do
• You don’t have to be a superager!
• The older you are, the wiser you are, you can't help yourself
• Older People are Resources, Too
• What is the Most Important Thing for Pattie?
• • “Trust myself.”
• The highlight of Pattie’s career
• Get your own A Renegade Life Card Deck

 

[34:42 - 36:51] Closing Segment

 

• Final words
• Connect with my guest, Pattie in the links below

Tweetable Quotes

 

“It's so important when you're young to take care of yourself in so many different ways.” - Pattie Dobrowski

 

“We have the power within us to change our situation. And to always make it the best that it can be.” - Pattie Dobrowski

 

“You don't have to be perfect, you don't have to do everything, the perfect way.” - Pattie Dobrowski

 

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Be a Renegade at any age—the way you want to, the way you choose to, the way you aspire to.

 

Check out Pattie’s motivational card deck at ARenegadeLife.com.

Tune in once a week to the Renegade Escapades for tips, ideas, and motivation to live life powerfully—as a Renegade—at any age! 

 

Email: [email protected] 

Text: 617-948-2323

If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, share, and subscribe!  

 

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

 

Connect with me through Emi Kirschner Business Coach, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Or send me an email [email protected]  

 

Check us out on Apple Podcasts.

 

Thanks for tuning in!