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Join Natalie for this on air coaching call with Sarahna Fernandes on expanding her business, hiring, and setting up procedures and routines that will allow Sarahna to step away from her business as needed.   Key Takeaways: [1:20] Natalie shares how she plans to unplug for a week while on vacation with her family. [4:01] The realities of preparing to leave for vacation as an entrepreneur and a moth...

Natalie coaches Sarahna Fernandes, a successful wedding planner from Trinidad & Tobago, on how to manage her business finances like a boss! Sarahna is a busy mom of a two year old daughter and her husband is also an entrepreneur. This year her business has taken off and she needs to figure out how to manage the money coming in and out of her business.  Can you relate? These topics...money, bookkee...

Join Natalie and her co-hosts at Podcast Movement ( #PM16 ) where they discuss the challenges of balancing motherhood and business. We recorded this live in a booth on the conference floor. Hear us share how we each manage childcare as busy working Mama's and how sex changes after baby. Thank you Elsie Escobar, Jessica Kupferman, Jessica Rhodes and Katie Krimitsos for your vulnerability and honest...

Are you struggling to sell your current product or service offerings in your small business? If so, you might not be solving a big enough problem. Host Natalie Eckdahl digs into how to examine your own business and turn things around. MASTERMINDS New masterminds for women entrepreneurs and women podcasters are launching in August, so be sure to apply now. If you are interested in a future group, a...

In today's episode, Natalie coaches one of her clients, Blair Green Thielemier, PharmD, about whether or not she should launch a podcast. Blair works full time as a pharmacist and is the founder of Pharmapreneur Academy, an online teaching platform that guides pharmacists entrepreneurs through the process of building a pharmacy consulting business. She is also the author of How to Build a Pharmacy...

Have you ever wondered why you can't seem to replicate someone else's success when launching your own business? Join host Natalie Eckdahl as she shares the six lies of six figure launches and how you can have the right set of expectations for your small business. Key Takeaways: [5:35] Natalie shares personal insights regarding the emails in your inbox that claim you can replicate someone else's su...

The  Small Business Reality Series  continues with Nutritionist, Julie Hefner who seeks host Natalie Eckdahl's advice on how to grow her practice. Julie has a powerful personal network, yet many of her friends and family do not know the depth and breadth of her expertise or how they can work with her. Natalie shares ways she can authentically use her personal social media channels to define hersel...

In this fourth episode of the Small Business Reality Series , host Natalie Eckdahl provides on air coaching to Tara Lynn Foster, a paid speaker, executive coach, and consultant. Tara left a multi-six figure job two years ago to launch her own business. Tara shares some of the challenges of transitioning from a structured corporate environment to the freedom of an entrepreneur. Natalie provides coa...

Product entrepreneur Sarah Snider shares an update on her business Nutty Snacks . If you have not listened to the coaching session Natalie did with Sarah, please go back to episode 218 (the one right before this) and listen first. In this episode you hear: What has happened since Sarah had a coaching session with host Natalie Eckdahl? Four months later, she shares an audio update of all that has t...

Welcome to our very first on air coaching call with Sarah Snider of Nutty Snacks .  Sarah is a single Mom of 4 who currently runs her product business part time. In this call, host Natalie Eckdahl coaches Sarah on how to prioritize her time and resources so she can grow her business. Sarah's goal is to be able to quit her day job and work in Nutty Snacks full time.   ABOUT NUTTY SNACKS I sell an a...

Two seasoned entrepreneurs and moms share their best practices for juggling motherhood and entrepreneurship.   Great for WAHM and anyone else trying to maximize their time and stay focused. Holly Home r, mom of 3 boys, and the owner of KidsActivitiesBlog.com and Business2Blogger.com  share the creative ways she organizes her home and her life around her strengths. Host Natalie Eckdahl also shares...

The  best productivity tips curated from 200 interviews of female entrepreneurs on The Biz Chix Podcast. Welcome to my new podcast series on Productivity! I have such a fantastic series planned which includes a few solo episodes from me as well as some brand new interviews with productivity experts in different facets of our lives. We are going to talk about how to be productive with our inbox, so...

Learn how to say I love my business, it couldn't be any better and really mean it! Let's take a break from comparing, regretting and goal setting and just be thankful for what we have and acknowledge where we are at. You've come a long way baby! If you have not subscribed yet, please click subscribe so you never miss an episode. It also tells iTunes that we are popular and helps us get featured in...

Today we’re wrapping up our series on Masterminds networking and teams with some quick tips and final thoughts on masterminds. 1) Choose smart people. 2) Mastermind with people who are different from you 3) Members need to be headed in the same direction at a similar pace 4) All have a strong commitment to the group and to each others success 5) You get out what you put in 6) Your group may make y...

Ever want to start your own mastermind? Host Natalie Eckdahl shares the step by step process to design your ideal group and get started. Please click the SUBSCRIBE Button so you never miss an episode. Click to join the Biz Chix Community  or text 33444 and get access to our Private Facebook Group for female entrepreneurs ----------------------------------------------- Get the free Quick Start Guid...

Click for Shownotes Welcome to a special Father's Day edition of the Biz Chix podcast where I have a surprise announcement for you so stay tuned.   Hey Biz Chix, this is your host Natalie Eckdahl and I am joined today by my husband Mark Eckdahl.   Listen to the next part of the story at Wisdom From Dad's . Help support this new show by subscribing and leaving a rating and honest review.  This help...

Click for Shownotes As the copywriter + strategist behind  Kira Hug Inc.  — and your fellow Pirate —  Kira  is your rebellious curator, your storyteller, your art director, and your challenger. And sometimes, she’s even your therapist. Under Kira’s care + wordsmithin’ wizardry, your story will be translated into copy that highlights the shiniest parts of your personality to the umpteenth degree AN...

Click for Shownotes Ladies this is message to you, but the truth is it is first a message to myself because it is what I need to hear most right now. You know how they tell you on a plane to put your own oxygen mask on first before you help anyone else. It seems so counterintuitive. As women we are raised to think of others before ourselves. But if we don’t follow those very important instructions...

Click for Shownotes Roseanne Cook is a teacher, wife, mother, best friend, grandma, sister and admired home maker. She is also host Natalie Eckdahl’s Mom and Mimi to Natalie’s three kids. Join this special conversation as Roseanne shares how she created efficiency in her home from the time she was in college through her current empty nest stage and everything in between.     Inside This Episode Mo...

Click for Shownotes Joanne Miller  has been married to a serial entrepreneur for over 47 years.  She and her husband, author Dan Miller, are often asked how they manage to keep their family strong through the pendulum swing of financial, emotional and physical changes ever present in their chosen lifestyle.  In answer to these questions Joanne is currently working on her new book, Creating a Haven...

Click for Shownotes I Wanted a Million Dollars and Instead Got a Million Dollar Network   Recently I had the honor of interviewing Racheal Cook for The Biz Chix Podcast and we had a very real and at times raw conversation on what it is like to be a Work at Home Mom, run a business, a home and take care of our children.  I felt immediately like I had connected with a kindred spirit across the count...

Click for Shownotes                 I have been podcasting for over a year now. I did not have a background in radio or TV or journalism. I just believed I could do it and went for it! As a consumer of podcasts and an entrepreneur myself, I loved hearing the journey of other entrepreneurs. In the lonely world of my own  software startup , these stories kept me going. But what was missing for me wa...

Click for Shownotes   Inside This Episode Join host Natalie Eckdahl and her husband Mark Eckdahl (who edits and produces and edits the show) as they celebrate 1 year of podcasting. They share the ups and downs of getting started and continuing the journey.  In addition they reveal how they have dealt with difficult guests, requests for show edits from guests and why not every download is created e...

As a best-selling author, Zig Ziglar Motivational Speaker, business owner of multiple companies, wife of 16 years and mother of two young boys, Michelle Prince had to learn the art of juggling her personal and professional life successfully.  Most people are juggling too many things, procrastinating and not getting as much done as they want, which leads to a life of frustration and unfulfilled goa...

Sharon Lechter  is the bestselling co-author of the Rich Dad Poor Dad series, editor of Napoleon Hill’s Outwitting the Devil, and the author of  Think and Grow Rich: Three Feet From Gold . She is also the founder and CEO of  Pay Your Family First , a financial education organization and has served both presidents Bush and Obama on the first President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. Her n...