Biz Women Rock! With Katie Krimitsos

How do you impact the world with your passion? Listen to our Interview with Sharon Lechter, Author of Think and Grow Rich For Women to find out! You probably know Sharon Lechter from the Rich Dad Poor Dad Series she had with Robert Kiyosaki. But her experience as a business woman and a passionate advocate for financial literacy is so much more! Trained as a CPA, Sharon's interest in financial literacy began when her son racked up an enormous amount of credit card debt in college. She was livid and realized she could have done a better job teaching her son about the ins and outs of intelligent financial decisions a lot earlier. This fuel led her to partner with Robert and Kim Kiyosaki in the CASH FLOW enterprise and the Rich Dad Poor Dad company, including 15 books that she co-authored. In 2007, she transitioned from Rich Dad at the height of its success to start her own company, Pay Your Family First. Her mission continues to be one of helping families and children better understand their finances and make sm

How do you leverage the POWER of LinkedIn? Listen to our Interview with Viveka Von Rosen, Founder of Linked Into Business to find out! With over 300 million users, LinkedIn is a HUGE platform that every business woman can leverage! Viveka Von Rosen started her company Linked Into Business back in 2007 as social networking was just getting out there. She has since built a very successful business as an expert just on this special platform. In this incredible interview, Viveka shares the top 5 thing every business must know about using LinkedIn AND shares some super awesome tools that you can leverage with major results! http://www.BizWomenRock.com/49

What are the biggest lessons learned from the guests of the Business Women Rock! podcast this month? Listen to Your Host of the Business Women Rock! Podcast Katie Krimitsos to find out! Katie gives some cool updates on what's going on in the Business Women Rock community...30,000 downloads in just 16 weeks! She talks about her first meeting with her mentor and lessons she learned from that experience. And, of course, she re-hashes the top 3 take-a-ways from her guests this past month: Lesson 1: Karen Hough (BWR 041): Get used to failing and be comfortable with it! Lesson 2: Bea Arthur (BWR 037): Every emotion deserves equal respect!Lesson 3: Lauren Tobin (BWR 033): Pay attention to the numbers and let the numbers tell you where to go! The BWR Connect - our private Facebook Group - is now open! Just opt in above and you'll get your special invitation! Thank you for being on this journey with me! You ROCK!! http://www.bizwomenrock.com/48

How do you have massive success in the fashion industry with a brand new product? Listen to our Interview with Noelle Nieporte, Owner of Half Tee to find out! Noelle Nieporte joined forces with Amanda Barker, Founder of Half Tee just one year after it had been launched. With their very different but complimentary strengths, the two have grown what was a business run out of a mall kiosk and had generated $160,000 in revenues to a strong brand that generated multi millions in revenues! In this inspiring interview, Noelle shares how they've grown so quickly and so robustly. They have built an amazing social media presence that is a strategy they use to educate their customers and potential customers about this brand new fashion piece in the marketplace. Just a few days before this interview, she had a super successful sell out on HSN on her very first go-round! Noelle is full of energy and it's obvious that her creativity and determination has pushed this business forward at lightning speed! You can check it out

How do you build a brand of products by telling the story first? Listen to our Interview with Kitt Shapiro, Founder of Simply Eartha to find out! Kitt Shapiro is the daughter of the famous Hollywood actress and singer, Eartha Kitt. You may best know Eartha from her role as Cat Woman in the Batman TV series, the original singer of the song Santa Baby, which was specifically written for her, and the voice of Yzma in The Emperor's New Groove, amongst MANY other accomplishments. She was an amazing, down-to-earth woman who truly loved the power of words. Kitt began her company, which takes her mother's "Kitt-isms" and places them beautifully on accessories like bracelets, candles and pillows. Kitt has done a brilliant job of building her business by telling the STORY of her mother and what the sayings mean so that clients can truly connect with her products. In this inspiring interview, Kitt tells a gorgeous story about her mother and the story of her growing business. Listen at http://www.BizWomenRock.com/46

How do you build a community of real estate investors that supports one another? Listen to our Interview with Melina Boswell, Founder of the New Wealth Advisors Club to find out! Melina Boswell jumped into the real estate investor market because she wanted to help people. After making her first deal, she was hooked. Through the down turn in 2008, Melina and her husband chose to look at the real estate as being "on sale," and capitalized on the marketplace. She focused on helping those with distressed homes, which caused her business to have massive success. As more and more people came to them asking them how they were thriving, Melina and her husband started the New Wealth Advisors Club to bring together the real estate investor community with a core of education and peer support. In this inspiring interview, Melina shares how she's created this incredible community and all the lessons she's learned along the way!

How do you stand out from all the others in your industry? Listen to our Interview with Becky McKinnell, Founder of iBec Creative to find out! Becky McKinnell spent her senior year of college building out a business plan for her website design company. And courageously made it a reality once she graduated. What started out as a meek, but determined young company specializing in the medical space has turned into a million dollar website design and marketing company that attracts an array of clients. Just 30 years old at the time of this podcast, Becky will astound you with her business savvy and willingness to share an onslaught of best practices and tools she's implemented to build her company! She discusses how she manages a team of 16, how she acquires - and wows - clients and all the lessons she's learned along the way! This inspiring interview will leave you with actionable take-a-ways for sure!

How do you build an entire movement that is impacting women in business? Listen to our Interview with Barbara Kasoff, Founder of WIPP (Women Impacting Public Policy) to find out! Barbara Kasoff is President and Co-Founder of Women Impacting Public Policy, Inc. (WIPP), a nonpartisan public policy advocacy organization advocating on its coalition of 4.7 million businesswomen including 75 business organizations. WIPP identifies important trends and opportunities and provides a collaborative model for the public and private sectors to increase the economic power of women-owned businesses. WIPP was founded in June of 2001. Barbara previously owned Voice-Tel of Michigan, a voice messaging enterprise, Voice Response Corporation, a database marketing company and in a global expansion opened Voice-Tel of Australia and New Zealand. She incorporated her skills in management and communications, empowering her companies to secure a solid foothold in the rapidly expanding world of communications. Prior to becoming a busine

How do you completely shift the paradigm of shopping? Listen to our Interview with Anastasia Leng, Co-Founder of Hatch.co to find out! Anastasia Leng spent much of her professional career as a Google team member. There, she focused on building out new and innovative programs and engineering how and if they would stick or not. By doing so, she was well-poised to have her own start up! In 2012, she and her fellow Google employee Ryan Hayward, founded Hatch.co, an online store that completely shifted the way customers buy. With its collection of items made from artisans and creatives, Hatch.co not only has become a powerful place for artists to showcase their work, but a place where consumers can come and find items and gifts that can be completely customized according to their desires. It's an entirely different way to shop! In this inspiring interview, Anastasia, discusses her experience at Google, her experience as a start up, her decision to re-brand just one year in and ultimately her evolution as a busines

How do you build a successful consulting practice using your skills as an actor? Listen to our Interview with Karen Hough, Founder of ImprovEdge to find out! Karen Hough is the Founder and CEO of ImprovEdge, and has been using improvisation as an engaging learning tool for over 12 years. She is the author of the Amazon #1 category Bestseller, The Improvisation Edge: Secrets to Building Trust and Radical Collaboration at Work published by Berrett-Koehler, and the Yes! Deck, a handy deck of cards packed with exercises, tips and ideas. Karen is working on her second book which will be published in spring 2014. ImprovEdge received the silver Stevie International Award for Most Innovative Company of the Year 2012 for Women in Business. She is the recipient of the Athena PowerLink Award for outstanding women-owned business, and ImprovEdge is a certified WBE (Women's Business Enterprise). In this hilarious, totally improvised interview, Karen shares all about her own personal business journey!

How do you leverage a successful corporate career into an entrepreneurial win? Listen to our Interview with Chicke Fitzgerald, Founder of Solutionz to find out! Chicke Fitzgerald started her business career as a high level executive in some of the biggest companies in the travel industry like Sabre (owned by American Airlines) and Worldspan (owned by Delta, Northwest and TWA). Before sites like travelocity.com or kayak.com existed, she was creating and implementing effective campaigns for multi-channel distribution of services (i.e. putting those of us who wanted to buy a flight together with the airline companies). She leveraged her experience in corporate to launch her very successful consulting company Solutionz. Her clients have included big names like AAA, American Express and LasVegas.com. Her most recent venture is a branch of her consulting company, focused on launching travel technology solutions. Whew! Sounds like a lot? Chicke is very diverse as a business woman and constantly evolving! In this ins

How do you create a wedding business that is FUN and EASY? Listen to our Interview with Kellee Khalil, Founder of Lover.ly to find out! Lover.ly's mission is to make wedding planning easier and more fun. And Founder, Kellee Khalil does just that with this innovative and totally off-the-wall business! After working in the wedding business, she experienced the not-so-pleasant experience of helping her sister plan her wedding. She figured if it had been so difficult for her - someone who actually worked in this industry - that certainly there were other women out there struggling! So she created Lover.ly, which is a site that curates incredible wedding related products and services and helps brides-to-be and anyone in the wedding planning process! It's visually appealing and the social interactivity on the site help you find what you need in an entirely different way! She's built relationships with some powerhouse companies like Nordstrom and Minted and has curated over 300,000 products! In this inspiring interv

How do you build a company that offers an unbeatable client experience? Listen to our Interview with Laura Sherman of Baldwin Krystin Sherman Partners Insurance to find out! Laura Sherman insures some of the wealthiest people in the country and she does it with grace and class. Her company, Baldwin Krystin Sherman Partners Insurance (BKS Partners Insurance) is the exact opposite of what you would think an insurance company is all about! They've been in Inc. 5000 as one of the nation's fastest growing companies, her 75 "colleagues" (what they call their team) are passionate and dedicated people who's first priority is the client and their annual report, shared with their clients, shows a 97% retention rate! Laura and her team take a holistic approach to insuring their clients, making sure it's part of their financial and life plans. Her history is amazing and includes working for the Antique Road Show and the creation of the insurance plan for Ferrari. Listen to her inspiring interview and learn more about how

How do you come back after a business blow to build something BIG? Listen to our Interview with Bea Arthur, Founder of PrettyPaddedRoom.com to find out! Called innovative and inspiring by the American Counseling Association, successful psychotherapist and entrepreneur Bea Arthur has worked with a variety of populations including addicts in recovery, couples in crisis, and survivors of domestic violence. Her passion for the field of psychotherapy led her to start two wellness-based businesses and a private counseling practice all before the age of 30. With the goal of bringing peace and power to women everywhere, she founded PrettyPaddedRoom.com, a platform that is devoted to transforming traditional therapy into a more affordable and approachable experience. In this inspiring interview, you'll hear all about Bea's business journey, including her experience in the Shark Tank.

How do you build a media company with a purpose? Listen to our Interview with Alexis Wolfer, Founder of TheBeautyBean.com to find out! Alexis Wolfer started her online magazine TheBeautyBean.com as a way to give women an amazing beauty magazine with subtle empowerment to love themselves and their bodies. Having struggled with body image and an eating disorder at a younger age, Alexis was determined to have an impact on women's sense of self in a fashionable and trendy way! Her unique company has been featured on many other media outlets and she is often called upon to be a fashion or beauty expert on other media outlets. In this inspiring interview, Alexis shares how she started the company and how she's experiences such great success!

How do you build a successful consulting practice accentuating your area of expertise? Listen to our Interview with Cynthia Sanchez, Founder of Oh So Pinteresting to find out! Hands down, Cynthia Sanchez knows Pinterest. Her company Oh So Pinteresting helps business owners all over create Pinterest Strategies and Pinterest campaigns and conducts Pinterest Workshops. But how has she positioned herself to do this? Listen to our interview with Cynthia to hear about her prior career as a nurse, what her first few years as business owner has looked like and why she decided to niche herself as the Pinterest expert! Her story is Oh So Interesting and I guarantee you will learn quite a bit about what it really takes to build a business!

How do you build a successful law firm doing everything differently? Listen to our Interview with Michelle Bomberger, Founder of Equinox Business Law Group to find out! This ain't yo average law firm! Michelle Bomberger has built her law firm by doing everything backwards. She builds her team by acquiring people with business skills first and she has an amazing flat fee service model, which she goes into great detail about. She believes in having a life-long relationship with her clients so she can be a part of their leadership and strategic planning for their businesses. Michelle is very involved with her community and goes through a fantastic legal Q and A on this interview!

How do you live through a traumatic personal and professional blow? Listen to our Interview with Lauren Tobin to find out! Lauren Tobin was a very successful professional in the eye care industry. When her husband's company was going under and about to file bankruptcy, she jumped on board to help him out and totally turned the company around in 5 months! A while later, her husband fired her and filed for a divorce. Lauren's incredible roller coaster ride is an absolutely incredible and inspiring one to hear! She has been really low and has come out the other end shining! Listen to her amazing interview that's filled with great tips for turning a company around as well as her personal story of overcoming tragedy!

How do you create a super successful business the ranching industry? Listen to our Interview with Renee Strickland, Founder of Strickland Ranch and Exports to find out! Renee Strickland founded Strickland Ranch and Exports in 2007 and oversees almost 3,600 acres of land in Florida. Her two businesses consist of a cow-calf ranch (mama cows give birth to calves every season when old enough, those calves are sold around the country) and her exporting business, where she helps coordinate the purchase and delivery of livestock from the United States to countries all over the world. As one of the very few women in this industry, Renee shares her interesting vantage point about her industry, the mental toughness it takes to grow her business and how she's evolved as a business women over the years. In this amazing interview, Renee pulls back the curtains and shares some of the most intimate parts of her business experience that will totally inspire you!

How do you make Brides and Bridesmaids Super Happy? Listen to our Interview with Kelsey Doorey, Founder of Vow To Be Chic to find out! Kelsey Doorey has solved a major problem for many women. Her company Vow to Be Chic is the first ever online store dedicated to bridesmaid’s dresses for rent. That’s right…for rent! Did you know the average bridesmaid spends about $1800 per wedding and a huge chunk of that is for the dress? Kelsey has solved that problem by giving bridesmaids a unique purchasing experience. In this inspiring interview, Kelsey shares her story about her start up business, her growth and how she keeps up with it all!