Women Thriving in Business

Ideas for business can spring from any aspect of your life - a childhood passion, market demand, or identifying a better way to connect creatives and clients. When starting a business, we face different challenges from developing the vision or goal of your company, raising your capital or budget, dealing with competition, and many more.  As entrepreneurs, our job is to nurture our ideas as we navi...

“Every 'overnight' success has been years in the making.”  To start a business, you need to have the courage to face the fear of failure and possible rejection because it’s not always rainbows and butterflies in business. Facing your fear will be the first step toward becoming an entrepreneur. In this episode, I interview Raechelle "Rae" Johnson, Founder of Kreative Ink LLC.  ...

Since launching in January 2021, the Women Thriving in Business Podcast has been impacted by highlighting successful women entrepreneurs and sharing their accomplishments, challenges, and grand plans with our listeners. I’ve learned much from the candid conversations that allowed guests to share their entrepreneurial stories. In this episode, I reveal the five big lessons I've learned during...

Entrepreneurship can feel like an uphill battle, and courage is required in order to succeed. Courage means more than simple bravery; it is a quality that separates you from the rest - a key for effective leadership. “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela The te...

Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs is a great foundation for business ownership, but having the heart to do so is important in order to love and enjoy the work that you do. Finding your voice and developing your marketing strategies will give your business a great head start. This week, our guest is Tara Melvin, a creator of experiences who has been a professional event planner for 17 years....

Starting a business is not as easy as one, two, or three. Dreams and vision aren't enough to be successful. You gotta have a plan, a passion for what you do, and a supporting system to help you overcome the hurdles and challenges. Like any business, the wine business isn’t easy, especially during this pandemic. How you did business before has changed, and demand for your products has been aff...

Dreams and passion are not enough to build that business you’ve wanted for a long time. Executing the actual work, having the fire to serve others, and having uniqueness is what you need no matter what age, uncertainty, and doubt you have on your mind. You gotta do it! Why should you consider the time and season of your life when starting your business? How do building your network, staying connec...

Motivation mantras tell us that there should be no place for doubt in business, but oftentimes the more important something is to us, the higher the stakes can get. And if our business also happens to be our life’s passion as well, which is most likely the case for most entrepreneurs, doubt and uncertainty can creep in and cause us to lose confidence in ourselves and lose sight of our purpose. Ent...

Too often in life and in businesswomen are burdened by the expectations and examples of others and may compromise their identity, mental health, and physical well-being to please others. In the process, one may see who she is and her purpose, which is tragic. But what if we don’t have to make those awful compromises that slowly chip away at who we are and why we initially chose our career and busi...

Best-selling author and Jackie of all trades *wink-wink* Jessica Sinclair joins us for this very first episode of the Women Thriving in Business Podcast. And it’s a special one, indeed, since we talked about a very important topic that everyone in business should know! Behind every successful business is the ability to network. But how come so many business owners and entrepreneurs get it so wrong...

Anyone deeply committed to women’s advancement in the workplace will find this a great conversation. Whether you’re a business leader, a diversity, equity, and inclusion professional, or an employee who is ready for a change in business culture, then listen up and listen well! In this episode, Jackie Robinson, a reputable and highly respected success strategist, discusses the keys to an inclusive...

Let’s ring in 2021! We’re only in the first week of this new decade, yet this year is already oozing with possibilities. A new year brings in new hope, and what a perfect way to start visualizing and planning to have your best year yet - or better yet - the best year ever! But as promising as that all sounds, working without a planning blueprint is like walking in a dark room - you don’t know what...

Women Thriving in Business (WTiB) is a show that focuses on candid conversations with and about women entrepreneurs discussing their inspiration, accomplishments and aspirations.  We also discuss mistakes, lessons learned, and advice for aspiring business owners. Whether you are just starting out or you have been in business for decades, WTiB offers hacks, resources, and affirmations to help you T...