Badass Women in Business

Send us Fan Mail If you Google search for Jade Pruett, you’ll find her name taking up all of the prime search positions. That’s what Jade and her business, HelloSEO, wants to do for your company. After years of helping start-ups grow their search engine optimization ratings, Jade went full-time with her own SEO business in 2022, and the results have been staggering. Aggie and Cristy learn about th...

Send us Fan Mail Mangrove Web designs websites that make it easier for good people to do great work. For the first time in the shows history, Badass Women in Business features four guests, including *gasp* a man! The Mangrove team started small, but has grown over a decade into a multi-faceted international team that puts accessibility at the core of their values. Aggie and Cristy learn what it me...

Send us Fan Mail Ihssane Leckey has been there before, and now she wants to help you embrace diversity, promote equity, and drive inclusion to transform your organization and the world into a place where all belong. Growing up from humble beginnings in Morocco, Ihssane has always been on a mission to include everyone from the playground to the workplace. That’s why she started Unity First Advisors...

Send us Fan Mail Kaitlin Borncamp wants to help you live your best life! Kaitlin began her career in accounting, but soon realized the corporate grind was preventing her from taking care of herself physically and mentally. She prioritized her health and the rewards were astounding, boosting her mood, energy levels, and overall productivity! Now, Kaitlin helps others find their work-life balance as...

Send us Fan Mail Arlene Siller has always had a passion for research, but after spending years in male-dominated industries, she knew it was time for a change. When she found herself in the world of grant writing, she seized the opportunity to use her background to help secure funding to help causes she was passionate about. Now, Arlene runs Ascend Nonprofit and Business Solutions, offering grant...

Send us Fan Mail Tina Weede knows that any successful business must optimize its talent and culture to deliver the best services possible. That’s why she found Gratitudes Group - a woman owned talent optimization and culture engineering agency with a proven track record of over 30 years delivering award winning and successful human capital solutions that drive positive results. After working her w...

Send us Fan Mail Layne Cozzolino and Mindy McCord have always been passionate about creating in the kitchen, but they took their hobby to the next level by starting Siren Shrub, an ethical and open-sourced beverage company. The food and beverage industry can be daunting to enter, but with the right product (and the right amount of preparation), a star can be born, even in the smallest of cities. A...

Send us Fan Mail Pam Foley is back, and she’s taking the marketing world by storm! Since joining the podcast in September of 2022, Pam has taken significant steps in marketing AOU Creative, cultivating her ideal client base, and developing the team around her. Aggie and Cristy learn about key metrics to look for when marketing your business, and they even dive into the capabilities of Artificial I...

Send us Fan Mail Erin Marcus wants to give you the tools to turn your dreams into your reality. Her knack for building successful businesses blossomed into her consulting firm, Conquer Your Business,  where she advises entrepreneurs around the country on how to craft their own sustainable business models and practices. Aggie & Cristy discover the keys to identifying the right employee for your...

Send us Fan Mail Tracy Goodwin embodies the phrase "you had me at hello".  The owner of "Captivate The Room," Tracy uses over 30 years of experience to teach clients how to harness the power of their voices simply by shifting sounds that were sending the wrong message. In today's episode, Aggie & Cristy learn how your tone, your speed, and even a pause... tell your ent...

Send us Fan Mail Desirea is a proud mom of two great kids, Claire and Anthony. Hence CLAIRANT! She was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada and now lives in New Jersey with her family, including a dog, chickens, and honeybees.  In this episode, Desirae shares how she built her agency with a focus on not being the center of the brand but building value with a team. She also shares her love of data...

Send us Fan Mail Sherry Quam Taylor has spent more than a decade transforming the way nonprofit leaders think about growth, money, and mission. After leaving a successful corporate career in architecture and design, she founded QuamTaylor LLC to help nonprofit CEOs raise the unrestricted, investment-level revenue they need to scale their impact. Sherry teaches leaders how to run their organization...

Send us Fan Mail She's back, and the discussion about Mergers and Acquisitions is better than ever. Trusted M&A advisor Natalie Roberts of iKadre rejoins the program to give listeners the inside scoop on how to create your own legacy for your business. Aggie and Cristy learn what scenarios lead a business to M&A, and what pieces should be in place to set the transition up for success....

Send us Fan Mail How can a business create long-lasting relationships with their clients? Carolyn Seeger is here to answer, joining the program to share how she created a successful career in promotional marketing. Carolyn explains how her nonlinear career path allows her to bond with clients, and Aggie and Cristy dive further into the highs and lows that come with running a business.    - Learn m...

Send us Fan Mail According to Kelly Maxwell, there are two things that every woman is looking for: a good hair stylist, and a good OB-GYN, in that order. Maxwell is a world-renowned hair stylist who has launched a website that allows customers to search for a hair stylist in their area that fits the specific needs for their hair. Aggie & Cristy learn why declaring a niche is the future of the...

Send us Fan Mail Alison Arnoff wants to be your champion. After a successful career in engineering, which featured her becoming one of the first women to serve as an application engineer for Intel, she used her talents of navigating the workforce to become an executive coach and strategy consultant. Aggie and Cristy learn how having champions along your journey can motivate an employee through a t...

Send us Fan Mail Kristi Robison needed a change of scenery. Originally based in Texas in the oil and gas industry, Kristi totally overhauled her career trajectory by moving herself to a small town in Wyoming and opening her own consulting businesses specializing in IT services. Aggie and Cristy learn more about life is life in Wyoming and how Kristi adjusted to a significant and rapid location cha...

Send us Fan Mail Pam Foley has always been a storyteller. From her early days working in marketing, to becoming an attorney and even through selling real-estate, she recognized the power words had to provide solutions and create opportunities for the clients she worked with. Aggie and Cristy discuss with Pam her journey through these variety of fields and how she decided to take each new step to p...

Send us Fan Mail Reclaim. Reimagine. Rebuild. Those three words are not only at the center of Cora Lee Poole's nonprofit Undestructable, they represent a journey that consumed her throughout her career in the fashion industry. Aggie and Cristy learn why Cora Lee hires survivors of intimate partner violence to help create environmentally sustainable products and fosters an environment of econo...

Send us Fan Mail Esther Weinberg has left her mark around the world. From her time with Disney, to working with NGO's in Africa, and now operating her own Leadership Development service, The Ready Zone, Esther exemplifies what it means to be a bad ass woman leader. Aggie and Cristy find out how these experiences around the world shaped her vision of how a workplace should operate efficiently,...

Send us Fan Mail Shira Yevin of Gritty In Pink, a platform that promotes women artists in the entertainment industry and connects them with other professionals around the world, joins the program. Shira rose to fame as the leader of Shiragirl, a punk band whose powerful sound backed up their legendary story of crashing the Vans Warped Tour circuit in the early 2000's. Aggie and Cristy learn w...

Send us Fan Mail Aggie and Cristy are joined by Sara Calvarese, the jack-of-all-trades owner of The 8th House, currently located in Southern New Jersey. Sara specializes in astrology, tarot reading, illustrating tarot decks and she even is the author of her own book "Magick (IRL)."  Sara and the hosts dive into the challenges current small business owners face as they try to establish th...

Send us Fan Mail October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to honor the women who face one of life’s hardest battles with courage, strength, and heart. It is also a time to spotlight those who are changing what support, healing, and empowerment look like for women navigating life after cancer. For many across South Carolina, that change began sixteen years ago with Sherry Norris and her com...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Buino, current owner and founder of Head/Heart Therapy, joins the program to discuss how she grew her own business in the field of mental health care. Based in Chicago, Sarah has evolved her venture to the point where she is now handing over business operations to her colleague to pursue more opportunities in the future. Aggie and Cristy learn how Sarah managed the ups and d...

Send us Fan Mail The two hosts of Everyday Bad Ass Women Leaders, Aggie Chydzinski and Cristy O'Connor, discuss their backgrounds and what made them want to create this podcast. Both women have a plethora of experience working alongside businesses around the country. It was their experiences with real business owners, just like our listeners, that inspired them to give a platform to these bra...