Wings of Inspired Business

If you're too comfortable, you're not growing – or growing your business. I talk with health, fitness and empowerment expert J.J. Flizanes about that risky place where we challenge ourselves to try something new, flout conventional wisdom. Learn in this episode about holistic health, mindset and what it takes to succeed as a woman in business.

Allana Pratt calls herself the "intimacy expert" – inspiring entrepreneurs and women in business to be unapologetically true to themselves in life and in their business. We talk about how women found their voices in 2017, bravely stepped out of victimhood, how now it's time to leverage our authentic feminine power and "sacred sexy". More at https://wingspodcast.com   Like WINGS! https://facebook.c...

Eileen Gittins' moonshot is to create the world's largest pipeline of female entrepreneurs. The Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur has lead three VC-backed companies as CEO, including growthing the self-publishing platform Blurb to $70mm+. Now with the app Bossygrl, Eileen is helping teenage girls create and grow businesses. More at https://wingspodcast.com   Like WINGS! https://facebook.com/wings...

Ailis Tweed Kent was inspired by her patients to take different course – and now her moonshot is to change healthcare itself. A graduate of Harvard Medical School with a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, Ailis turned to entrepreneurship to found Cocoon. There she is innovating silk therapeutics to cure osteoarthritis.  We talk about opportunities for women entrepreneurs in life sciences...

Without inspiring intrigue, it's hard to inspire customers to buy from you, people to follow you, talented team members to flock to you, or investors to invest in you. Sam Horn, author of POP!, Got Your Attention? and TongueFu, is CEO of the Intrigue Agency, where she inspires one-of-a-kind TED talks, memorable business presentations and brand influence for her clients.

Kristin Maxwell puts on the 'Advice WINGS' today to help women in business overcome anxiety, which often manifests for entrepreneurs as perfectionism or indecision. "Entrepreneurship is hard…just keep going," says Kristin, who runs the coaching business Living All In Now.

JJ Virgin knows from personal experience that the most inspirational leaders and entrepreneurs went through hard times and came out stronger. JJ wants to make 1 billion people healthy, and she's built a health juggernaut around her Virgin Diet and coaching program for health entrepreneurs – and it could have been very different. When her son Grant was near death after a hit-and-run, JJ pushed thro...

If you've ever taken, or thought of taking, a leap of faith into the unknown in business or in life, this episode is a must-listen. Lauren Hall is a technology entrepreneur who has built 5 companies to exit and is now on her way to building a $1bn unicorn as CEO and founder of iVvy, an online event organizing platform. We talk tech innovation, scaling, pivots and why successful entrepreneurs thriv...

Clara de Soto has built chatbots for KIA, Starbucks, Coca Cola as the co-founder of Reply.ai, a top chatbot building platform. A serial entrepreneur, Clara founded the viral KillSwitch app on Facebook, built and sold ClearHart Tech, and is also editor of ChatbotsWeekly.com. We talk artificial intelligence and authenticity, resilience, when to sell your company, and how to triumph over adversity.

Diane Curran puts on the 'Advice WINGS' today to show why women are best suited to leverage social media to grow their businesses. The "wow whisperer" and owner of The Marketing Deal, Diane helps business owners transform their inner critic into a powerful "inner ally".

Bestselling author of Mass Influence and Entrepreneur Theresa des Grosbois shares how to become a viral influencer and thought leader. We dig deep into why some things go viral, and talk giving forward, "evolutionary business" for social good, and personal growth.

There's no glass ceiling for female entrepreneurs; there's a "sticky floor," says Danielle Tate, the founder CEO of MissNowMrs and author of Elegant Entrepreneur. We talk making the leap from corporate to startup, living a life of no regrets, and the mindset you need to soar.

Jolen Philbrook believes you need an abundance mindset to succeed in business. She puts on the 'Advice WINGS' today with suggestions of how to create a wealthy consciousness and overcome subconscious "money blocks".

Lauren Flanagan is one of the first female technology entrepreneurs to make the leap to fulltime Angel and VC investing. She's invested in 40+ female-founded and led companies from her two funds - BELLE Capital USA and Phenomenelle Angels. She shares her excitement about what's possible for #WomenInTech and how to get funded.

Sophia Wise One puts on the 'Advice WINGS' today with suggestions of how women can get past any feelings of shame, trauma, and stagnation or difficult transitions. An entrepreneur, Reiki master and 'real deal' shamanic practitioner, Sophia advises: Share your "me too" and listen to your body (aches and pains provide important clues about our mental and emotional wellbeing).

Dawniel Winningham left her executive position at JP Morgan Chase to pursue her dream – helping others pursue their dreams. We talk about the mindset and mojo women in business need to manifest money – and why women entrepreneurs often underestimate their true value.

Jennifer Hudye is a young entrepreneur who has built the most sought-after copywriting agency in the online marketing space. Founder Conscious Copy & Co, Jennifer riffs with WINGS Host Melinda Wittstock about what it means to be "authentically authentic" and shares why you must truly know yourself and your values as an entrepreneur if you want to manifest outsize success in business.

Anna Felix puts on the 'Advice WINGS' today with suggestions of how women can grow their wealth. Co-founder of NexVision Investments, Anna talks financial literacy, cash flow living and how to "be your own bank" to keep wealth in the family like the Rockefellers did.

Angel Rich is changing the game of wealth. Angel is the founder and CEO of fintech company WealthyLife where she creates games and apps like CreditStacker to make learning about money easy and fun. She shares her vision, her journey and why she'll be only the 17th African American woman to raise $1m for her business.

WINGS host Melinda Wittstock gives thanks to all the SuperSheros who have inspired her own entrepreneurial journey – and the women innovators in business who inspire every day. And as a "give forward" Melinda asks you to nominate all the enterprising women you want featured and interviewed on WINGS.

As entrepreneurs we get used to failure. It's feedback. Dawn Gluskin built a $3mm+ technology business from her living room with a six month old baby. It grew too fast, and her world came crashing down. Now she's back stronger than ever as the CEO and founder of Blissed Communications – and she shares her story of reinvention.

Meet Rania Hoteit, the serial entrepreneur who is innovating at the cutting edge of technology. Think robots, articifical intelligence and 3D printing – and a superbrain able to connect the dots across disciplines to see opportunities and value where others do not. CEO and fo-founder of ID4A Technologies, Rania is reinventing the supply chain for companies like Walmart, Steelcase and Amtrak. She's...

Some 2 billion of us suffer from deteriorating eyesight – with a condition called presbyopia. And Geeta Singh, the co-founder of MagOptics, knows it doesn't have to be this way. This entrepreneur is pioneering a cure for all of us who reach for our reading glasses. She shares her journey from the Fortune 500 world of corporate boardrooms, mergers and acquisitions and IPOs to what it's like innovat...

Meet the teenage girl who is already building a life of financial freedom! Leanna Giancola is only 16 and already this female entrepreneur has launched her Profit Playbook program to teach kids investing and financial literacy for kids aged 5-15

Sometimes as women in business we shy away from putting on our WINGS and daring to soar. Jen Dalton is a certified master brand strategist and she says women work hard, get it done, but forget to tell the world! She's the CEO and founder of BrandMirror, and also the author of The Intentional Entrepreneur , a bestselling book that shares her process for building your personal brand as an entreprene...