CEO School with Suneera Madhani

In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera Madhani discusses her top 5 lessons in scaling to a billion-dollar business. Listen for a practical conversation and tactical tips on scaling your business and going from entrepreneur to CEO. Join The Boardoom: Your virtual mastermind membership for emerging and established CEOs who are ready to scale their income, impact & team through accountability an...

In today’s episode, you will hear from Amy Porterfield, host of the top-ranked business podcast “Online Marketing Made Easy”, digital course creation expert and creator of best-selling online courses boasting multiple 7-figure revenues, and 250,000+ loyal subscribers. Amy Porterfield went from overworked “yes girl” to helping thousands of online entrepreneurs build a life and business they love. C...

In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera discusses Mikitani’s Rule of 3 and 10 and why it’s a critical component of scaling your business. Listen in to learn why the systems in your business will inevitably stop working and, more importantly, why it’s necessary for scale and growth.  Listen for a practical conversation and tactical tips on preparing for scale.  Follow @ceoschool for inspiration...

In today’s episode, you will hear from Erin Lydon, Managing Director and General Manager of Poker Power. A quote about Ginger Rogers says, "don't forget she did everything he did... backward and in high heels." It seems women are still working twice as hard for less reward. Erin is on a mission to change that by using a game dominated by men (and often stigmatized), to help women build skills and...

In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares her experience raising capital and her number one fundraising tip for entrepreneurs. Listen for a practical conversation and tactical tips on setting yourself up to get the funding you need for your business. Sign up for our upcoming Free Masterclass with Suneera: 5 Ways to Take You From 6 to 7 Figures in Your Business: https://theceoschool.co/sca...

In today’s episode, you will hear from Sami Wunder, a multi-seven-figure love coach, on the blueprint to having healthy romantic relationships as highly successful women. Sami shares what it looks like to have a winner mentality in your love life and lets us in on the secrets of the art of pacing. She also teaches how to maximize your feminine energy and her three steps to having the best sex. Sam...

In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares four efficient ways to set yourself up for success before Labor Day and achieve the productivity you need in business and life. Listen in for a a practical conversation and tactical tips on how to set yourself, your business, and family up for success with systems that work. Shop our CEO School Planner: https://theceoschool.co/shop-planner-pink Fo...

In today’s episode, you will hear from Becca Berg, founder of Dubsado. Becca, and her husband Jake, bootstrapped their business, which began when Becca -- a photographer at the time -- needed a better way to contact, invoice, and serve her clients. She asked Jake to build a back-end system that fit her client management needs. Now, after six years, Dubsado serves over 25,000 loyal customers by hel...

In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares the lessons she learned from her mini sabbatical abroad, and the mistakes she wishes hadn’t taken her nine years to learn from. Listen in for a vulnerable conversation on the reality of burnout, the importance of taking time away, and the opportunity to recreate your life. Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-sce...

In today’s episode, you will hear from Gail Becker, founder of Caulipower. After discovering both of her sons had celiac disease, Gail was desperate for food options that were both healthy and tasty. And when she couldn’t find any, she did what every mom would do—she took matters into her own hands and made her own. Today, Caulipower is the #1 better-for-you pizza in the U.S., that has become a st...

In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares what she believes are the top six things holding us back from showing up as the best and most authentic version of ourselves as leaders and why we should be quitting them today. Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and mon...

In today's episode, you'll hear from Alyse Quinn, co-founder of Big Vision, recognized as Orlando Business Journal’s 40 Under 40, Women Who Mean Business Award, and by i4 Business Magazine for the Emerging Leader Award. Alyse shares her exit from corporate and launching Big Vision after years of working for others and why you should learn under other entrepreneurs first if you want to start your o...

n this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares the importance of big vision planning and identifying your quarterly goals and needle movers. You'll hear why you should be breaking down your goals into smaller milestones so your brain can know it’s achievable, and make sure you have the right people around you in your personal life and tell them about your goals to cheer you on and support you....

In today's episode, you'll hear from Helen Martinez, attorney, serial entrepreneur, and founder of WKND WYFR. Helen shares how she combined her multiple passions for law, design, and business to pave the way for her serial entrepreneurial journey. You'll learn the steps Helen took to self-fund a software product, her experience selling the company before it hit the market, and a beautiful, colossa...

In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares what a 1:1 is, why it's essential, and how to have an effective 1:1. Whether you are a professional with a few direct reports, a CEO with a large team, or a solopreneur with a couple of contractors, you'll learn why effective 1:1s are beneficial to driving business results. Suneera shares why it is our job as leaders to check in, ensure the team i...

In today's episode, you'll hear from Kay Rawlins, founder and owner of the Orlando City Soccer Club. Kay shares her path of getting two college degrees at age 31, moving from England to America, the challenges she faced to start the soccer club in Austin, TX and her ultimate move to Orlando. You'll learn how she built a raving fan base for the Orlando City Soccer Club and how her team used grassro...

Stax, formerly Fattmerchant, is consistently featured on Inc.’s Best Workplaces, one of Suneera’s proudest accomplishments. Today’s Wine Down Wednesday episide features a throwback of Suneera sharing how she established mission-centric values that have led to building a culture that drives business success with over 300 employees. Join us for the exclusive CEO School Conference September 16-18, 20...

On today’s episode Suneera shares her conversation with the OG Girlboss, serial entrepreneur and New York Times Bestselling Author Sophia Amoruso. Over the past 16 years, she has built big companies and failed hard on the grand public stage. Sophia Amoruso founded Nasty Gal, a women's fashion retailer, which went on to be named one of "the fastest growing companies" by Inc. Magazine. In 2016, she...

Welcome back to Wine Down Wednesdays. This week, Suneera shares a recent poll she asked on IG stories about mom guilt. The overwhelming response? We all feel it. In this episode, you'll learn how mom guilt is physiologically wired into our brains because society, since the Neanderthal times to today, identifies mothers as the ones responsible for the nurturing of children. Suneera shares her perso...

How do we reach success that doesn't just look and sound good, but actually feels good? In this final conversation of our Summit Series, Suneera welcomes CEO and Best-Selling Author, Jenna Kutcher for a conversation where they discuss being empowered to show up as your whole self, developing into the leader you are called to be, setting boundaries and taking back the definition of success for your...

What are the key components of a successful launch? In this episode we will be learning from the Launch Queen herself, Laura Phillips, founder of Love to Launch and responsible for multiple 7-figure launches for some of the industry's top leaders. As a 20-year-old single mom of two, Laura Phillips set out to build the most amazing life she could possibly have for her family. She had a thriving car...

In today’s episode Suneera shares her conversation with CEO of Built To Impact and expert personal branding strategist, Maya Elious on how to lean into your value and charge your worth. Suneera and Maya also discuss what it takes to show up as an authentic leader and the challenges of scaling from founder to CEO. Maya Elious is a personal branding strategist and the CEO of Built To Impact, a coach...

After fundraising $245 million series D with a $1 billion valuation and reaching unicorn status, leading a business with over $100 million in revenue, hosting a top 100 podcast, launching my first course, leading in person retreats, being wife and mommy to my precious girls... this year alone.. I am ready for a much deserved break. In this solo episode I am letting you in on all the details of why...

What would it look like to align your purpose to your life's work? In this episode, Suneera welcomes Sahara Rose to the CEO School Summit where they discuss discovering your dharma (soul’s purpose) and activating your fullest expression as a female CEO. Sahara Rose has been called “a leading voice for the millennial generation into the new paradigm shift” by Deepak Chopra, who wrote the foreword o...

Join the conversation as Suneera welcomes Arlan Hamilton to the CEO School Summit. Arlan shares her journey from being broke to investing in over 200 companies led by unrepresented founders and the power of being someone else's first "yes". Arlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm investing in founders who are people of color, women, and/or LG...