WomenWhoBuildEmpires

Many see the world of professional builders as a man's industry, but women are starting to play an even bigger role, and they're breaking all the rules and driving success. Emi Kirschner is joined in conversation by the co-founder of the Association of Professional Builders, Sky Stephens . Sky talks about starting up a business, partnering with her father and their early missteps and how they addr...

If you're a business owner with no end plan, you're not in it for the long run. Michelle Seiler Tucker  joins Emi Kirschner to explain what a merger and acquisitions advisor is and how they're beneficial to business owners. Michelle is the founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker, Inc. , and she's the best person to talk about businesses and how entrepreneurs can work towards selling them in the years to...

In this digital day and age, can you imagine PR without a website nor any marketing material? Probably, not. But just because it seemed impossible doesn't mean it is. My guest for this episode was able to overcome the odds. Andrea Holland , the founder and CEO of Remote PR Jobs , became a PR Goddess even after starting her business without a website and any marketing material. What she had was her...

Great leadership is more than just making orders and micromanaging your team. What most people find toxic about the corporate world is dealing with an environment that makes them feel undervalued and not fulfilled. For James Hilliard , business coach, public speaker, and CEO and founder of The Impact Mastery Blueprint , the cost of unfulfillment is venturing out, leaving the corporate world, and l...

Nick Cavuoto is a human potential expert and helps entrepreneurs unlock the voice of their brand authentically. Precovid his business operated mostly through live events. Like many business owners, his clients vanished almost overnight.  Nick could have gotten a J-O-B and been fine. But he didn't.  Instead, he recommitted to serving entrepreneurs differently and in a way that meets their needs, ri...

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...

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 bus...

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 busi...

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 ar...

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 h...

Nick Bonitatibus helped his company attain huge success and when the choice became clear that he could continue to contribute to the company's success or build his own success, he chose to start Digital Champions where he helps entrepreneurs recognise the value of using video in their business. In this episode of the Tribe of Leaders podcast, Nick shares how he intentionally built his dream busine...

What if everything you wanted to be could happen? My guest, Thought Leader, and Keynote Speaker, Adele Spraggon, share her insights on how our brain works and how we can unlock limiting beliefs to change behaviours that have been stopping us for years. HIGHLIGHTS: How did Adelle become a behavioral change expert? What is coming first, the decision to take action or the action itself? (...Why do we...

This episode is super special for me because it's my first solo episode. This is something that I've wanted to share for a while and will definitely help turbocharge your business. Find out why:  Why self-care isn't enough How being a micromanager will keep your business small What's it's like to go be off social media - cold turkey  What I'm doing differently for 2021 HIGHLIGHTS: Why is this cult...

Michael Levitt thought he HAD to work 6 am to 11 pm in order to succeed at the company he was at. It wasn't until he had 369 of the worst days ever that it dawned on him that something had to give because he was completely burned out,  After his wake-up call Michael overhauled his life and started Breakfast Leadership Network, as the Chief Burnout Officer. Listen as Michael shares how he learned t...

Serial entrepreneur, Luca Senatore is the CEO of Genie Goals where he helps his clients make a difference in the world. Luca's story is an incredible one where at the age of 25 with only £65 in his pocket and not speaking a word of English except 'hello', he left Italy and moved to the UK. Luca shares how he started as a dishwasher, then a server and then he became an entrepreneur.  He also pays i...

To be a great leader you want to focus on diverse perspectives, not only performance metrics to determine success.  It's the social and emotional aspects of what we know as the human factor that can tie a team together or drive it apart.  Today's guest, Michelle Reines, Founder of MDR Coaching and Consulting, Inc experienced her biggest (12 all at once) leadership lesson when her entire team walke...

LisaBeth Thomas had it all. A profitable 7 figure business, the spotlight, a great house, and family. Or so it looked on the outside. When it all crumbled beneath her, LisaBeth or LB as she's known to friends and family, was too embarrassed to ask for help. What would people think?  It wasn't until she started letting people in and stopped blaming others for her current circumstance did she realiz...

Wendy Weiss, known as the Cold Calling Queen and the President of ColdCallingResults.com is an author, speaker, sales trainer and sales coach. She is at her best when she can help business owners and their sales teams bridge the gap in their sales processes and increase sales closed.  She attributes her love of sales to the three principles she learned in ballet:  Warm-up Rehearse Perform This sys...

This episode of The Tribe of Leaders is super inspiring.  Stephanie Hess, climbed the corporate ladder as a Fortune 500 leader only to realize that she felt completely unfilled. She left corporate, started her own business and now helps other business owners reclaim their true purpose so they can grow profitable businesses.  Enjoy listening! HIGHLIGHTS Stephanie Hess' journey, from a Fortune 500 l...

Jordan West is the founder and CEO of Mindful Marketing, a revolutionary marketing agency that helps e-commerce brands grow exponentially by using ads to not only drive revenue, but also build a raving fan base of loyal customers who buy from them again and again.  Enjoy listening! HIGHLIGHTS From a franchisee of Taco Del Mar to growing their children's clothing company from a small home operation...

When Alison Pena's husband Dave was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in 2016 and essentially given a death sentence. With his passing and experiencing grief and loss of her love and partner, Alison was devastated and depressed. Her life seemed shattered Alison shares her story of boldy reclaiming her life and her purpose through disrupting the norm of how she was "expected to grieve" and n...

When you listen to thought leaders and motivational speakers speak on stage and your life changed around because of their inspiring message, you can hear a voice within you saying that you, too, have a story to tell. The truth is, all of us are called to share a message that matters, to use our own voices of transformation and the lessons learned to serve others. But most of us are petrified for f...

We are continuing the conversation with Megan DiMartino on today's episode. She has so much to share, I had to have her back on and in Part II we talk about taking one step at a time, how to start small, scale, and what step you want to take to sustain your business. Megan talks about how having a definitive purpose drives your decision making and growth.    HIGHLIGHTS The definitiveness of purpos...

When my guest, Megan DiMartino started her Tupperware business, she never imagined that she would become a serial entrepreneur including launching her own skin care brand that's sold to salons, spas and medical spas, on her own website and Amazon? It was, however, her Tupperware business where she learned to build teams, helping people work together and actualize their successes.   I'm so grateful...

On today's show my guest is Dr. Andrea Greiner, known to many as Dr. G, a naturopathic doctor, acupuncturist, energy healer and the creator of  an energy healing modality called Ray of Light Meridian Therapy (™).  We dive into Dr. G's story of how she shifted from corporate medicine to opening her own practice and how she created Ray of Light Meridian Therapy (™). Having had one session with Dr. G...