She's That Founder: Stop Being The Bottleneck and Lead Smarter with AI

Is your calendar full of holiday chaos and client deadlines, but you’re the one burning the midnight oil? A yes in December = resentment in January. In this Thursday rant, Dawn Andrews drops a boundary-setting truth bomb every female founder needs before year-end burnout hits. If your Slack is full of time-off requests and your inbox is brimming with client deliverables, this episode shows you how...

You’re not bad at email, you’re overwhelmed.  AI can triage your inbox before it hijacks your morning. Let’s fix your overwhelm with one simple daily ritual. In Day 4 of 12 Days of AI Quick Wins , Dawn delivers a game-changing AI workflow that helps female founders regain control of their inbox—without the spiral. Instead of stress-scanning emails and reacting to the loudest ping, you’ll learn how...

Ever asked ChatGPT for help and gotten a bland, robotic response? Yeah, that’s not AI’s fault—it’s yours. But don’t worry, there’s an easy fix. If AI’s answers sound like a bad TED Talk and not like YOU, it’s because you’re missing this one magic sentence. Add it to any prompt and your results get 10x more useful. In Day 3 of 12 Days of AI Quick Wins , Dawn reveals the #1 reason AI sounds like a b...

You opened ChatGPT… now what? If the blinking cursor of doom has ever stared back at you, this one’s for you. You don’t need 1,000 prompts. You need three that actually save you time. These are the ones that belong in your Notes app forever. Welcome to Day 2 of The 12 Days of AI Quick Wins ! If you’ve ever sat in front of ChatGPT unsure what to ask, today’s episode is your shortcut. Dawn shares th...

Still explaining your business to ChatGPT like it’s a temp with amnesia?  You’re wasting 12 weeks a year—and I’m about to help you win them back. In this tactical Tuesday workshop, Dawn Andrews unveils the three custom GPTs every founder needs to reclaim their time, sharpen their strategy, and scale like a CEO. You'll learn exactly how to build your first AI teammate—your Decision-Maker GPT—i...

Are you spinning in circles trying to figure out if ChatGPT Plus is worth the $20?  Let’s cut through the tech noise and make a clear, founder-focused call right now. In Day 1 of the 12 Days of AI Quick Wins , Dawn breaks down the only AI question that really matters for founders: Do you stick with the free ChatGPT or level up to Plus? If you’ve been stalling on getting started with AI or wonderin...

What if the tool you keep ignoring could be the thing that saves your sanity next year? This isn’t your typical "thankful" episode. In this raw and revealing Thanksgiving reflection, Dawn Andrews shares the behind-the-scenes moment she nearly broke under the weight of business, motherhood, and life. What pulled her back from the edge? Three simple (but powerful) AI workflows that helped...

Are you actually resting? Or just pretending to unplug while silently panicking about your inbox? If the holidays have you caught between client deadlines and family obligations, you’re not alone—and you’re not failing. You’re just running a business that needs smarter systems. In this episode of She’s That Founder , Dawn Andrews reveals the 3 AI-powered workflows that helped her compress business...

Is one of your clients quietly draining your time, energy, and profits? In this fiery finale of the 3-part AI Business Audit series, Dawn exposes the hidden costs of "good" clients who are actually sabotaging your business from the inside out. This episode is your wake-up call: You could be working twice as hard for half the payoff—and not even realize it. If you’ve already audited your...

Are you feeding your AI tools private info you’d never hand to a stranger? If you’re dropping sensitive data into ChatGPT, Canva, or Notion without blinking, this episode is your wake-up call. In Part 2 of our eye-opening conversation with AI ethics strategist Elizabeth Goede, we delve into the practical aspects of AI use and how to safeguard your business, clients, and future. This one isn’t abou...

Are you secretly paying a 24-hour-a-week tax that’s draining your profits and sanity? In part two of the AI Business Audit series, Dawn dives into the hidden time costs that sabotage your leadership and stall your revenue growth. Spoiler alert: your packed calendar may be killing your business momentum.  Learn how to audit your time, uncover team bottlenecks, and start shifting from “doing it all”...

Is your AI use exposing your business to risks you can’t see coming? It’s not just about saving time — it’s about protecting your clients, your content, and your credibility. In this episode, Dawn Andrews sits down with AI strategist Elizabeth Goede to unpack the real (and often ignored) risks of using AI in business. From ChatGPT to Claude, learn what founders must know about security, data priva...

What if the offer or service you’re most proud of is the one that’s secretly draining your profits? Welcome to Part 1 of the "AI Business Audit" series.  In this Thursday episode, Dawn Andrews reveals why most founders are flying blind when it comes to knowing which offers are actually profitable. If your bank account is growing but you’re still burned out, this episode is for you. Dawn...

Is your business secretly held together by your memory? If you walked away for two weeks, would things run—or fall apart? If the answer makes you sweat, this episode is your lifeline. We're breaking down the three essential SOPs every founder needs to scale—and showing you how to write them in 30 minutes flat using AI. Spoiler alert: You’re not writing 47 documents. You’re building three powe...

What if the only thing standing between you and next-level leadership… is waiting for permission that no one’s coming to give? You don’t need another leadership book—you need to stop playing small in your own company. In this fiery Thursday Rant, Dawn calls out a silent epidemic among female founders: waiting for permission to lead the very business they built. From shrinking in the boardroom to a...

Are you holding it all together while quietly falling apart? In this raw and radically honest milestone episode, Dawn Andrews peels back the curtain and shares what it really took to hit 100 episodes—while living through the most unrelenting year of her life. We're talking an 89% business drop, a full rebrand, marathon training, eldercare chaos, and teen parenting drama.  This is not your tid...

Is your AI tool sounding like a corporate robot with a word salad problem? It’s not broken, you’re just briefing it like an intern you secretly resent. Let’s get one thing straight: getting great AI results isn’t magic, it’s instructions. In this founder-fire Thursday episode, Dawn Andrews reveals why most female founders are getting mediocre results from AI and what to do about it.  She shares th...

Still rewriting everything your team writes "to sound more like you"? It's not your team—it's your system. If you’re spending hours editing social posts, emails, and podcast promos because they just don’t sound like you, this episode is your game-changer. Dawn Andrews reveals how to train AI and your team to write in your authentic voice—so you can stop being the bottleneck in...

What if your growth plan isn’t strategy—but just a percentage in a power suit? Let’s be real: “Grow revenue by 12%” isn’t visionary. It’s just math dressed up as leadership. This quick-hit episode delivers a $50K wake-up call—how one professional firm went from playing small to owning their entire market, just by ditching their safe goal and getting brutally honest about what they actually wanted....

Are you crushed under the weight of being the decision czar in your business?  Does your to-do list include tasks your team should handle? Then it's time for a leadership upgrade. If you're the CEO who still picks slide colors, approves every invoice, and solves all the "quick questions," this episode is your wake-up call.  Today, we break down why great decision-making isn&apo...

What if the reason your meetings suck… isn’t your team—but your system? Let’s be real: unstructured meetings are silently bleeding your business dry. In this quick-hit episode, Dawn drops a $24K truth bomb—how bad meetings drain your time, energy, and profits. But here’s the fix: a smarter meeting system powered by AI. You’ll walk away knowing how to turn time-wasting chaos into high-leverage clar...

What happens when the employee who once saved your business is now the one holding it back?  In this episode, you’ll learn how to separate gratitude from strategy, spot the signs that loyalty has become a bottleneck, and use AI to make confident decisions without the guilt spiral. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why loyal employees sometimes can’t scale with your vision The Growth or Go filter: cap...

Too many female leaders are secretly avoiding AI, downloading tools but never using them, delegating it away, or pretending it’s not urgent.  That silence is costing influence, credibility, and growth. This episode is about stripping away the perfectionism that keeps founders stuck on the sidelines of the biggest business tool of our lifetime. You’ll see why leadership has never been about having...

You don’t need 17 software subscriptions to run your business.  You need a simple AI stack that connects your clients, creates your content, and commands your systems — so you stop being the bottleneck and start leading like the CEO you are. In this episode, you’ll discover how to cut through tool overwhelm and finally build systems that actually work for you. From automation that runs while you s...

Friday afternoon chaos doesn’t actually start on Friday.  It starts Monday, when the week is designed in a way that guarantees last-minute emergencies. If your team is piling on questions at 4:47 PM Friday afternoon, it’s not because they’re disorganized. It’s because you’ve built a system that rewards procrastination and punishes planning ahead. In this episode, I’m showing you how to break that...