WomenWhoBuildEmpires

Michele Schina, President of TMS II, Inc. the only 100% woman-owned accounting firm in Philadelphia is a serial entrepreneur and regularly gives back to the local community through her work in NAWBO, PCAE and the John D MacDonald Foundation. On the show Michele shares how some of her lowest and most difficult moments have been the catalyst for her to successfully run 3 businesses and be as active as she is in the nonprofit world. She also shares what she sees as the biggest mistake most entrepreneurs make.

Be inspired, enjoy listening!

HIGHLIGHTS:

• What is Michele's background and how she was able to build 3 businesses all together?
• What was it about accounting and business finance that made Michelle want to start a business?
• What are her experiences that contributed to being able to run three businesses simultaneously?
• In her interaction with business owners, what is the number one mistake that most business owners make?
• What is the most impactful piece in Michele's life that really defined her leadership?
• What kept Michele going, after the tri-challenges?

RESOURCES:

The Financial Excellence System Course

QUOTES:

"What underlies our work is our commitment and dedication to our client's financial excellence." - Michele Schina

"With practice, you get smarter and smarter."- Michele Schina

"I walk the walk that I have talked to many and really working to empower my team to do tasks that I thought were too trivial for them to do."- Michele Schina

"The numbers for me drives action and marketing." - Emi Kirschner

"Leadership is like an evolution."- Michele Schina

"I just realized at that time that God put me here to rest."- Michele Schina

"We are responsible for training our brain to stop and be quiet so we can be creative, we can focus on our strategy, we can focus on our finances."- Michele Schina

"Life cannot be done alone. It can, please don't get me wrong. There are people out there that do life alone and are good with it, but I am a huge fan of team to really have successful life and a successful business."- Michele Schina

"Whether I think I have it or not I'm gonna let people help."- Michele Schina

"It's about the long-distance run, not the sprint." - Emi Kirschner

CONNECT WITH MICHELE SCHINA:

Email

Phone: +1 (215) 315-3969

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Michele Schina, President of TMS II, Inc. the only 100% woman-owned accounting firm in Philadelphia is a serial entrepreneur and regularly gives back to the local community through her work in NAWBO, PCAE and the John D MacDonald Foundation. On the show Michele shares how some of her lowest and most difficult moments have been the catalyst for her to successfully run 3 businesses and be as active as she is in the nonprofit world. She also shares what she sees as the biggest mistake most entrepreneurs make.     

Be inspired, enjoy listening!

HIGHLIGHTS:

• What is Michele’s background and how she was able to build 3 businesses all together?
• What was it about accounting and business finance that made Michelle want to start a business?
• What are her experiences that contributed to being able to run three businesses simultaneously?
• In her interaction with business owners, what is the number one mistake that most business owners make?
• What is the most impactful piece in Michele’s life that really defined her leadership?
• What kept Michele going, after the tri-challenges?

RESOURCES:

The Financial Excellence System Course

QUOTES:

"What underlies our work is our commitment and dedication to our client's financial excellence." - Michele Schina 

"With practice, you get smarter and smarter."- Michele Schina

"I walk the walk that I have talked  to many and really working to empower my team to do tasks that I thought were too trivial for them to do."- Michele Schina

"The numbers for me drives action and marketing." - Emi Kirschner

"Leadership is like an evolution."- Michele Schina

"I just realized at that time that God put me here to rest."- Michele Schina

"We are responsible for training our brain to stop and be quiet so we can be creative, we can focus on our strategy, we can focus on our finances."- Michele Schina

"Life cannot be done alone. It can, please don't get me wrong. There are people out there that do life alone and are good with it, but I am a huge fan of team to really have successful life and a successful business."- Michele Schina

"Whether I think I have it or not I'm gonna let people help."- Michele Schina

"It's about the long-distance run, not the sprint." - Emi Kirschner

CONNECT WITH MICHELE SCHINA:

Email

Phone: +1 (215) 315-3969

Facebook

LinkedIn

Website

CONNECT WITH EMI:

Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook

Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door! 

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Founder of Market Me, Mike Moll's journey into entrepreneurship is a bit unconventional. After deciding college and later his high-paying corporate job wasn't for him, Mike trusted his gut and started his own business. His ability to adapt to any circumstance is what gave him the ability to shift gears during Covid and align his business so that he could continue to help his clients grow their businesses with a unique lead-generating video strategy.

Enjoy listening!

HIGHLIGHTS:

• What is Mike's secret sauce for success in business?
• Who does Mike love to work with? Who are his ideal clients?
• How was Mike able to grow his business? (...What is his background?)
• Even with the fear, what was it that allowed Mike to take the path of the unknown? What is his motivation?
• What's next for Mike Moll in his entrepreneurial journey?
• The video strategy that Mike Moll uses which he highly recommends. (...Why does it work?)
• The 3-Part Lead Generation Mini-Course (...The course that will give you actionable items to start generating leads online)
• What is the biggest learning experience Mike had after having pivoted many times?

RESOURCES:

Free 3-Part Lead Generation Mini-Course

QUOTES:

"For me, personality fit is the biggest piece of it beyond the business, or the person being a dream client." - Mike Moll

"When you feel emotionally bound to a client whether it is a marketing agency client or a coaching client, your motivation to like make sure they crash it, is that much higher coz you like them." - Mike Moll

"I like it when the results mean something more, I am more motivated." - Mike Moll

"I was a horrible employee because I always thought I was right."- Mike Moll

"A true entrepreneur is a problem solver that just works outside the box, for me." - Emi Kirschner

"I discovered that not only was I not the best at doing everything, that it was actually hurting us tremendously for me the bottleneck and the one who was driving every piece."- Mike Moll

"There is no business unless you are talking to people and having money coming to the door." - Emi Kirschner

"People like connecting with people. Most of the way that people are communicating these days is not the same as you would talk to a person." - Mike Moll

CONNECT WITH MIKE MOLL:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themikemoll/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/mikeajmoll6

Email: [email protected]

Website:

https://www.mikemoll.co/

CONNECT WITH EMI:

Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook

Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door!

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Founder of Market Me, Mike Moll’s journey into entrepreneurship is a bit unconventional. After deciding college and later his high-paying corporate job wasn’t for him, Mike trusted his gut and started his own business. His ability to adapt to any circumstance is what gave him the ability to shift gears during Covid and align his business so that he could continue to help his clients grow their businesses with a unique lead-generating video strategy. 

Enjoy listening!

HIGHLIGHTS:

• What is Mike's secret sauce for success in business?
• Who does Mike love to work with? Who are his ideal clients?
• How was Mike able to grow his business? (...What is his background?)
• Even with the fear, what was it that allowed Mike to take the path of the unknown? What is his motivation?
• What's next for Mike Moll in his entrepreneurial journey?
• The video strategy that Mike Moll uses which he highly recommends. (...Why does it work?)
• The 3-Part Lead Generation Mini-Course (...The course that will give you actionable items to start generating leads online)
• What is the biggest learning experience Mike had after having pivoted many times?

RESOURCES:

Free 3-Part Lead Generation Mini-Course

QUOTES:

"For me, personality fit is the biggest piece of it beyond the business, or the person being a dream client." - Mike Moll

"When you feel emotionally bound to a client whether it is a marketing agency client or a coaching client, your motivation to like make sure they crash it, is that much higher coz you like them." - Mike Moll

"I like it when the results mean something more, I am more motivated." - Mike Moll

"I was a horrible employee because I always thought I was right."- Mike Moll 

"A true entrepreneur is a problem solver that just works outside the box, for me." - Emi Kirschner

"I discovered that not only was I not the best at doing everything, that it was actually  hurting us tremendously for me the bottleneck and the one who was driving every piece."- Mike Moll

"There is no business unless you are talking to people and having money coming to the door." - Emi Kirschner

"People like connecting with people. Most of the way that people are communicating these days is not the same as you would talk to a person." - Mike Moll

CONNECT WITH MIKE MOLL:

Instagram: @mikeajmoll

Email: [email protected]

CONNECT WITH EMI:

Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook

Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door! 

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Jen O'Donnell was navigating multiple roles as a mom, as a wife, and working the night shift as a registered nurse until she met a woman who opened doors to her in Direct Sales. Wanting more freedom and flexibility in life, Jen started part-time until she could take the leap into entrepreneurship full time. Today, Jen stays connected to her WHY' became and uses it at the GPS to direct her new business as a Leadership Coach.

Enjoy listening!

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Jen O'Donnell's career journey, why she chose to nurse and how did she get into Direct Sales?
• Direct Sales is like planting seeds, it's a relationship business.
• What allowed Jen to push through in spite of tons of failures and setbacks?
• Know her biggest strength and why she is successful in talking to people?
• How is she able to bring in her skills into helping her clients and be good at it?
• The Leadership Summit in April
• Your WHY, why is it important?
• What's next for Jen for the rest of 2021?
• What has her nursing experience taught Jen in her leadership career?
• How can you master your emotions? Where can people learn to do that?

RESOURCES:

Register for the Leadership Summit

QUOTES:

"I am a big freedom and flexibility person, so I think when you know what you value in life it makes it easier to speak to somebody." - Jen O'Donnell

"If I help enough people get what they want, eventually things will happen for me, I just have to stay on course." - Jen O'Donnell

"I have great success here and there because I just change certain things."- Jen O'Donnell

"A lot of the things that I bring into what I do as a coach is a piece that impacted me along my journey. I am good at reflection."- Jen O'Donnell

"A lot of my pain points, a lot of my successes I kind of go back over those and figure out, what did I do differently?" - Jen O'Donnell

"You literally change the filter of the perception of different things, if you know your 'WHY'." - Jen O'Donnell

"You can start to say no, and say yes to the best."- Jen O'Donnell

CONNECT WITH JEN O'DONNELL:

Facebook

FB Group

CONNECT WITH EMI:

Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook

Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door!

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LinkedIN

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Jen O’Donnell was navigating multiple roles as a mom, as a wife, and working the night shift as a registered nurse until she met a woman who opened doors to her in Direct Sales. Wanting more freedom and flexibility in life, Jen started part-time until she could take the leap into entrepreneurship full time. Today, Jen stays connected to her WHY’ became and uses it at the GPS to direct her new business as a Leadership Coach.

Enjoy listening!

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Jen O'Donnell's career journey, why she chose to nurse and how did she get into Direct Sales?
• Direct Sales is like planting seeds, it’s a relationship business.
• What allowed Jen to push through in spite of tons of failures and setbacks?
• Know her biggest strength and why she is successful in talking to people?
• How is she able to bring in her skills into helping her clients and be good at it?
• The Leadership Summit in April
• Your WHY, why is it important?
• What’s next for Jen for the rest of 2021?
• What has her nursing experience taught Jen in her leadership career?
• How can you master your emotions? Where can people learn to do that?

RESOURCES:

Register for the Leadership Summit

QUOTES:

"I am a big freedom and flexibility person, so I think when you know what you value in life it makes it easier to speak to somebody." - Jen O'Donnell

"If I help enough people get what they want, eventually things will happen for me, I just have to stay on course." - Jen O'Donnell

"I have great success here and there because I just change certain things."- Jen O'Donnell

"A lot of the things that I bring into what I do as a coach is a piece that impacted me along my journey. I am good at reflection."- Jen O'Donnell

"A lot of my pain points, a lot of my successes I kind of go back over those and figure out, what did I do differently?" - Jen O'Donnell

"You literally change the filter of the perception of different things, if you know your 'WHY'." - Jen O'Donnell

"You can start to say no, and say yes to the best."- Jen O'Donnell

CONNECT WITH JEN O’DONNELL:

Facebook

FB Group

CONNECT WITH EMI:

Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook

Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door! 

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Co-Founder of Worth eCommerce, Dean Dutro helps business owners experience 30% growth through the use of email and SMS marketing. On the podcast, he shares what he's learned about scaling his business and how using his core values as a guidepost helps him make better decisions.

Enjoy listening!

HIGHLIGHTS:

• How did Dean get into the email marketing and SMS marketing space and began his business around it?
• How did their business' core values help in their decision-making?
• How do the organizational structure and the operations of a company move with the increase in the number of employees?
• How was Dean able to do away with the growing pains in recruiting?
• What are the benefits of using email marketing to grow your business?
• Why are some businesses still not taking advantage of SMS marketing to grow their business?
• What does a typical SMS campaign look like?
• Plans of Dean Dutro for the rest of 2021.
• Where does Dean see his leadership growing?
• About the Podcast, Relationship Commerce Podcast

RESOURCES:

Relationship Commerce Podcast

QUOTES:

"It was a rough learning lesson but I basically call it, I got my Master's Degree on what not to do in business." - Dean Dutro

"I found out that while traveling was really fun, I was just a consumer of things. I wasn't adding value to these places."- Dean Dutro

"The thing about email is, as you scale the cost to send email doesn't go up compared to driving traffic to your website."- Dean Dutro

"The driving force of the growth outside of the covid and the pandemic was, we spent two weeks doing no work except for working on what are our values, what's our mission, who we want to bring on board and what type of clients we want to work with."- Dean Dutro

"When you create your values and that 'why' you've already made your decision for future things and how you're going to operate."- Dean Dutro

"You can only really lead five direct people at once, beyond that it's really hard to lead directly." - Dean Dutro

CONNECT WITH DEAN DUTRO:

LinkedIn

CONNECT WITH EMI:

Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook

Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door!

Facebook

LinkedIN

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Co-Founder of Worth eCommerce, Dean Dutro helps business owners experience 30% growth through the use of email and SMS marketing. On the podcast, he shares what he’s learned about scaling his business and how using his core values as a guidepost helps him make better decisions. 

Enjoy listening!

HIGHLIGHTS:

• How did Dean get into the email marketing and SMS marketing space and began his business around it?
• How did their business’ core values help in their decision-making?
• How do the organizational structure and the operations of a company move with the increase in the number of employees?
• How was Dean able to do away with the growing pains in recruiting?
•  What are the benefits of using email marketing to grow your business?
• Why are some businesses still not taking advantage of SMS marketing to grow their business?
• What does a typical SMS campaign look like? 
• Plans of Dean Dutro for the rest of 2021.
• Where does Dean see his leadership growing?
• About the Podcast, Relationship Commerce Podcast

RESOURCES:

Relationship Commerce Podcast 

QUOTES:

"It was a rough learning lesson but I basically call it, I got my Master's Degree on what not to do in business." - Dean Dutro

"I found out that while traveling was really fun, I was just a consumer of things. I wasn't adding value to these places."- Dean Dutro

"The thing about email is, as you scale the cost to send email doesn't go up compared to driving traffic to your website."- Dean Dutro

"The driving force of the growth outside of the covid and the pandemic was, we spent two weeks doing no work except for working on what are our values, what's our mission, who we want to bring on board and what type of clients we want to work with."- Dean Dutro  

"When you create your values and that 'why' you've already made your decision for future things and how you're going to operate."- Dean Dutro

"You can only really lead five direct people at once, beyond that it's really hard to lead directly." - Dean Dutro

CONNECT WITH DEAN DUTRO:

LinkedIn

CONNECT WITH EMI:

Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook

Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door! 

Facebook

LinkedIN

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As an entrepreneur, Andy Seely has experienced his share of challenges and failures. Instead of letting it stop him, Andy had far more empathy for small business owners as he helps them scale by successfully using Facebook and Google Ads

Enjoy Listening!

HIGHLIGHTS:

• An immigrant's story of failures, bankruptcy, and rising up in the land of opportunity.
• What the pandemic has taught Andy and how he perceived it as a great opportunity even though it was a tough 2020?
• How did the tough times help Andy start his business of Creatively Disruptive?
• The opportunity is there especially for small businesses and how to make sure they fulfill for their customers?
• How the Small Business Marketing Academy can help you get more customers and make more money?

QUOTES:

"You can only control what you control, you can't control what other people do." - Andy Seeley

"It's really important for people to know that whilst you're breathing and your heart's beating and all those good things, there's always hope for great things." - Andy Seeley

"The take away from that is perseverance, don't give up and also keep your eye on the goal." - Andy Seeley

"Going through tough times really built a lot of empathy in me towards small businesses." - Andy Seeley

"Major growth comes with client's staying with you."- Andy Seeley

RESOURCES:

"Pay-what-you-can" from $0 - $350, for lifetime access to the marketing academy courses.

CONNECT WITH ANDY SEELEY:

Website

Facebook

Instagram

LinkedIn

CONNECT WITH EMI:

Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook

Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door!

Facebook

LinkedIN

Instagram

As an entrepreneur, Andy Seely has experienced his share of challenges and failures. Instead of letting it stop him, Andy had far more empathy for small business owners as he helps them scale by successfully using Facebook and Google Ads 

Enjoy Listening! 

HIGHLIGHTS:

• An immigrant's story of failures, bankruptcy, and rising up in the land of opportunity.
• What the pandemic has taught Andy and how he perceived it as a great opportunity even though it was a tough 2020?
• How did the tough times help Andy start his business of Creatively Disruptive?
• The opportunity is there especially for small businesses and how to make sure they fulfill for their customers? 
• How the Small Business Marketing Academy can help you get more customers and make more money?

QUOTES:

"You can only control what you control, you can't control what other people do." - Andy Seeley

"It's really important for people to know that whilst you’re breathing and your heart's beating and all those good things, there's always hope for great things." - Andy Seeley

"The take away from that is perseverance, don't give up and also keep your eye on the goal." - Andy Seeley

"Going through tough times really built a lot of empathy in me towards small businesses." - Andy Seeley

"Major growth comes with client's staying with you."- Andy Seeley

RESOURCES:

"Pay-what-you-can" from $0 - $350, for lifetime access to the marketing academy courses.

CONNECT WITH ANDY SEELEY:

Website

Facebook

Instagram

LinkedIn

CONNECT WITH EMI:

Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook

Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door! 

Facebook

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