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Lynn is the president and founder of Brand Now. For over 20 years, she has been the behind-the-scenes innovator for top global brands, including Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Hershey's, American Express, and UBS. A serial entrepreneur and perennial do-gooder who founded and sold two successful brands and served on the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood board for 8 years.

In this episode, we talked about:

• Lynn's philosophy about why "Staying in the Box" helps her clients

• How to represent brands in an impactful way

• How changing your mindset can transform you into a great leader

• Practical strategies for getting things done without burning out

CONNECT WITH LYNN ALTMAN

Website: https://www.brandnow.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-altman

Instagram: https://instagram.com/brand_now_

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Jen Pelka is the Co-Founder & CEO of Une Femme Wines, which specializes in women-made wines that give back to charities that benefit women. Previously, she founded the beloved The Riddler Champagne bars in New York City and San Francisco, and Magnum PR, the leading San Francisco-based restaurant PR agency. Jen has been named Forbes "30 Under 30" for Food & Wine, Details "Digital Maverick", and a Cherry Bombe "It Girl." Jen's early career was in the finance industry; she is an active angel investor with a passion for ensuring women have access to capital.

In this episode, we talked about:

• How Jen built an empowering wine company

• The community behind every bottle of wine

• How the power of presence elevates team dynamics and fuels business success

• How Une Femme Wines is expanding nationally

CONNECT WITH JEN PELKA

Website: https://unefemmewines.com/

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenpelka

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Kat McCoy is the owner of Best Kept Jewelry Concierge. She's on a mission to take the stress out of buying fine jewelry for yourself or a loved one. You can think of her as a cross between a personal shopper for fine jewelry and a private jeweler, working with the nation's top designers, jewelers, wholesalers, and collectors to source and commission special pieces across a variety of budgets and styles for her clients.

In this episode, we talked about:

• How Kat's hobby became a full-blown business

• Latest jewelry trends to elevate your style game

• How Kat built trust as an outsider in a very tight-knit industry

• How to spot the differences between lab-grown and natural gems

CONNECT WITH KAT MCCOY

Website: https://www.bestkept.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-mccoy-4211921b/

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

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Dr. Kinga Mnich is an award-winning international social psychologist, educator, and speaker, specializing in emotions, positive psychology, biohacking, and gender. Her work solves the myths of emotions by breaking down the complexity of social & cultural concepts tied up inside emotions. In her work, Kinga believes that we need to change systems to change the prevailing inequalities when it comes to cultural diversity and gender.

In this episode, we talked about:

• Why women must build businesses differently than men.

• How Amazon, Google and social media's algorithms are holding women back

• Why it's time to stop apologizing

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Dr. Kinga Mnich is an award-winning international social psychologist, educator, and speaker, specializing in emotions, positive psychology, biohacking, and gender. Her work solves the myths of emotions by breaking down the complexity of social & cultural concepts tied up inside emotions. In her work Kinga believes that we need to change systems to change the prevailing inequalities when it comes to cultural diversity and gender.

In this episode, we talked about:

• Why women must build businesses differently than men

• How Amazon, Google, and social media works

• Why it's time to stop apologizing

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Dr. Kinga's TEDx Talk

Effective Emotionality: The Space Between Emotions and Feelings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=261gwOZBp88&t=615s

CONNECT WITH KINGA MNICH

Website: https://kingamnich.com

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.kingamnich/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.KingaMnich/

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Website: https://kingamnich.com

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.kingamnich/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.KingaMnich/

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Lea Tran works with organizations and individuals who want to transform adversity into thriving opportunities with personal developments. As a former refugee who survived through a war-torn country in Vietnam, Lea has reinvented herself many times.

After several careers' transformation, Lea courageously found her voice and now shares her story on stage and through her memoir "I Did Not Miss the Boat" so she can help people break their silence and overcome their trauma, thrive and not miss out in life. Her message of resilience is that you don't ever have to miss your boat when you know how to build your own.

• How to take action to reach your goals
• How to overcome scary thoughts and negative mindsets
• How to let go of imposter syndrome

An ebook of Five Tips to Maximize Your Business Through Public Speaking. https://www.leatran.com/freemium

CONNECT WITH LEA TRAN

Website: https://www.leatran.com

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

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

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

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Ysaline Rozier is a time management coach helping female purpose-driven professionals to learn how to confidently master their time and productivity so they can scale up their businesses and life.

Women entrepreneurs face unique challenges in managing their time, as they often juggle multiple responsibilities, including running a business, caring for their families, and maintaining their personal lives. However, women entrepreneurs can successfully balance these demands and achieve their goals.

In this episode, we talked about:

• Mastering and time discipline

• Breaking the cycle of overwork

• How to set boundaries

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CONNECT WITH YSALINE ROZIER

Website: https://ysalinerozier.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/masteryourtimeloveyourlife

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

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Almira is one of Canada's leading experts in brand building and communications. Throughout the past 20 years, she has worked with numerous domestic and international businesses, such as Flight Centre, Granville Island Brewery, Nike, Best Buy, Future Shop, Molson, and TELUS, to develop compelling tales.

Moreover, Almira is a business & visibility coach. She's working with female entrepreneurs to grow and scale their businesses (to 6+ multi-6 figures) and their visibility. She is motivated by a fierce desire to help women succeed in both their personal and professional lives and to end inequity at all levels.

In this episode we talked about:

• Why PR is the #1 marketing tool to use during a recession

• Why being a thought leadership will help you to build your authority, expertise, tribe, client base, etc

• Why women NEED to grow, scale, and get more visible

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CONNECT WITH ALMIRA BARDAI

Website: https://almirabardai.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/almira.bardai

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Dina is currently the Director of Business Strategy for the High-End Client program which specializes in helping business owners, contractors and entrepreneurs generate more, quantity, and quality, high-end clients. She holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology as well as Certifications in Life & Business Coaching, NLP, and Sales Training and Development. She has traveled across the US and Canada helping individuals find their true path and purpose to reach their full potential.

In the episode we talked about:

• The elements that create business success

• The mindset every business owner needs to grow.

• How to have authentic not salesy sounding sales conversations

• How to serve your clients and your team at a higher level

CONNECT WITH DINA BUCHANAN

Website: https://coredm.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dina-buchanan

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Jordan Scott is a decision-making entrepreneur and content creator. She is the Founder & CEO of Cobble, an app designed to help people make better, faster decisions together.

Decision fatigue is a common phenomenon that affects individuals from all walks of life, from business executives to homemakers. It is important to understand the causes of decision fatigue and develop strategies to overcome it, as it has a significant impact on our personal and professional lives, especially women leaders.

Jordan has been profiled in the New York Times, Forbes, FOX 5 Good Day New York, and more. She has won the NYU & New York Jets No Huddle Challenge and Entrepreneur Magazine's LIVE 5-minute pitch competition.

In this episode, we talked about:

• How decision fatigue can impact your life and how Cobble can help

• Jordan's view on procrastination and fear and way to get outside of the box

• How Content is Queen – converting content into high-quality leads

CONNECT WITH JORDAN SCOTT

Website: https://www.trycobble.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-scott-354aa458/

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Having started her career in finance 20 years ago when she was frequently the only woman at the conference, not just in the room, Melissa Widner has blazed the trail as a leader and the CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer in revenue-based financing for tech start-ups and scales ups.

In this episode we talk about:

• What revenue based financing is and whether or not it's an option for you business

• Who is a good candidate for venture capital funding

• Why more women are needed in leadership roles

• How Lighter is bringing their remote team together to build stronger relationships.

• What it's like to work and live bi-contentally

CONNECT WITH MELISSA WIDNER

Website: https://www.lightercapital.com/

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

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