Podcasting is one of the best ways to find and connect with your customers – now more than ever during the “physical distancing” necessitated by the Coronavirus Pandemic. Do it right and you’ll engage a growing community of loyal fans who hang on your every word and buy all your products and services. Do it … Read more Is Now the Time to Start Your Podcast? 4 Hacks to Make it Profitable.
I’ve been sheltering in place now for 13 days. Everything is different, yet for entrepreneurs like me who mostly work from home, it is eerily the same. Sure my kids are home, devouring food faster than I can replace it. And sure, I miss my hot yoga, my Orange Theory workouts, my weekly massage, getting … Read more Covid-19, Day 13: A Massive Wake-Up Call
I remember my first Kate Spade bag. Well, I’ll be honest. My first one was a knock off because as a startup entrepreneur I couldn’t yet afford the real thing. But it seemed consistent with my “fake it till you make it” strategy back then, before I knew any better. In a world with so … Read more Kate Spade: Suicide and the Emotional Struggles of the Entrepreneur
We’ve built 7, 8 and 9 figure businesses. We’ve innovated game-changing products, some to disrupt whole industries. We’ve raised millions of dollars in investment. We’ve written bestsellers. We’re making a lasting impact on our world…
When you look back on your life so far, is there something you wish you’d done differently when you were 18?
It takes many years, and many ups and downs, for most of us to find our true voice, let alone find comfort articulating our truths.
At the start of every year, all of us make resolutions and intentions, and more and more of us are picking single-word themes for the year ahead to get in the right mindset for success. Did you pick one? What was it? And if you did, how is it manifesting in your life so far? … Read more Mindset for Success: How is Your Word for 2018 Manifesting In Your Life?
We all know how hard it is for women entrepreneurs to raise venture capital. By most accounts, scalable startups founded and run by women that qualify for #VC money – because they stand a chance of getting that 10X return for investors – only get 2%-5% of the available money. So that’s why I never … Read more Women Funding Women: Venture Capital
If you are an entrepreneur – or you want to be an entrepreneur – what motivates you? What is your mission? Is it money? The desire to be your own boss? Or is it something bigger – a mission to change the world? A mission of social good? Most of those who succeed in this … Read more Evolved Mission: Entrepreneurs Change The World!
In business there is an assumption that bigger is better. Entrepreneurs obsess about making it to 7 figures, 8 figures, 9 figures … The focus is all on that topline revenue number … at the expense of building a business that fits and supports the lifestyle you want … or the social impact you want … Read more What does it mean to play BIGGER?
There I was, flat on my back on a massive banana leaf. Millions of stars filled the Amazon sky, seemingly playing ‘hide and seek’ with the scattered clouds. In the distance, the hypnotic sounds of the rainforest, teeming with exotic life hiding from human view.
The plant medicine was beginning to take effect. […]
© Melinda Wittstock 2020
CREDIT: Rachel Pesso | Alchemy + Aim
