Biz Women Rock! With Katie Krimitsos

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Pam Hendrickson of Pam Hendrickson Consulting to find out! Holy cow, Pam Hendrickson is amazing! Formerly the person in charge of creating products for the Robbins Research Institute (yes, that's Tony Robbins), she learned a thing or two about product creation during her "corporate career." Since she went out on her own in 2010, she's built up an amazing company consulting with people who want to better leverage products to scale their businesses! In this inspiring interview, Pam shares how she almost quit working for Tony Robbins many times, how she built up her clientele and what YOU should definitely do when creating your own products! She turns the Favorite 5 around on my at the end that creates an amazing conversation! You do NOT want to miss this episode! http://BizWomenRock.com/110

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Maggie Patterson of Maggie Patterson Communications to find out! Maggie Patterson will rock your world with her attitude! After working corporate PR for years with the sole purpose of learning the skills she needed to start her own company, her own Marketing and PR agency has thrived. She's also the creator of the Marketing Moxie podcast. In this inspiring interview, she discusses the different phases her company has been through (going from all corporate clients to small business clients), how she delegates so effectively, and how she creates amazing content herself that gets featured in places like Richard Branson's blog, the Huffington Post and Duct Tape Marketing! http://BizWomenRock.com/109

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Julie Whiteman of GrooveBook to find out! Julie Whiteman and her husband own the super cool business, GrooveBook, a free app that allows you to send 100 photos from your phone each month and receive a beautiful photo book...all for just $2.99/mo! They went onto Shark Tank and their business was changed forever! What was once a small startup is now a $15 million company! In this inspiring interview, Julie goes into her business actually works, how she and her husband have managed such fast growth and how their business runs on auto-pilot! http://BizWomenRock.com/108

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Lori Steele of Everyone Counts to find out! Lori Steele will blow you away! Her company Everyone Counts has created a powerful technology that is making it easy for you to vote in elections! Whether it's a government election, the Emmy's or a national association, Lori's technology allows you to have on-demand, secure voting capabilities. In this inspiring interview, Lori shares about what it's like trying to gain market share within the government's system, what it takes to have a culture of excellence and how she continues to grow as a business woman! http://BizWomenRock.com/107

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Edna Ma of BareEASE to find out! Edna Ma is an Anesthesiologist who was looking for a way to make waxing a lot less painful! She came up with an idea and created BareEase, a specialty kit that helps numb the skin before waxing. She took her product to Shark Tank and her story is truly amazing! In this inspiring interview, Edna shares about her Shark Tank experience, what it's like growing a product-based business, how she acquired an investor who takes care of the bills and the operations (heaven!) and what her vision is for Bare Ease and her sister product for men Numb Nuts. :) http://BizWomenRock.com/106

How do you become a Business Woman who Rocks? Listen to our Interview with Megan Gage of Hot Tot Haircare to find out! Megan Gage is the founder of Hot Tot Haircare, hair products for kids and babies that are all natural and have no chemicals! From social worker to entrepreneur, Megan has built her company by hustling and asking for help along the way. When she appeared on Shark Tank, Megan walked away with a deal with Mark Cuban and discusses how that's impacted her company. In this inspiring interview, Megan reveals how hard it is sometimes, how she can't always be perfect and what it's really taken to build her brand internationally! http://BizWomenRock.com/105

How do you become a business woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Karen Collacutt of Make Friends with Your Money to find out! Karen Collacutt's financial career began as a result of her own financial hit she took in her personal life. Her company Make Friends With Money has thrived because, as a financial planner and money coach, she saw the need in the market place to help people get real with where they are now and how they can plan for the next 30 days and 30 months, rather than just the next 30 years. She has evolved her 1on1 coaching business into a thriving online business. In this inspiring interview, Karen shares how she creates and packages products and how she build an online community that allows her to reach so many people with her financial information! http://BizWomenRock.com/104

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Susan Petersen of Freshly Picked to find out! Susan is a powerhouse! She started her company Freshly Picked after she was desperate to find a moccasins for her son, since they were the only shoe that would actually stay on him! But, when she couldn't find anything, she made her own. Though she admits she was not the best sales person nor designer, her company has skyrocketed as her unique design has found a huge audience of moms who are loving them! In this inspiring interview, Susan shares really intimate details about how she went from having panic attacks because she was doing everything herself to hiring her first employee to building a $5 million business! She was also featured on Shark Tank and her business has boomed! http://BizWomenRock.com/103

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Pam Christie of DemGen Inc. to find out! Pam Christie created an amazing "business operation in a box" for entrepreneurs! A business owner with an operational mind, Pam created DemGen to be a one stop shop for any support services a business might need - sales, managers, developers, graphic artists, etc. And her team is the ultimate manager! Her story is incredible of how she went from mom of 4 to leader of a tremendous business! In this inspirational interview, Pam reveals her secrets to building her business! http://BizWomenRock.com/102

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Kate Marie Grinold Sigfusson of Babies4Babies to find out! Kate Marie Grinold Sigfusson (whew, that's a long name!) is a true powerhouse! She has given birth to a new baby and a new business all within the past year and done it with true style and success! Her company Babies4Babies sells incredible baby swaddles, but it's her business model that makes it so special. In this inspiring interview, Kate shares how her unique and giving business model works (retail philanthropy), how she's balanced being a brand new mom with a brand new business and how she's gained tremendous traction on social media! http://BizWomenRock.com/101

How do you become a Biz Woman who ROCKS? Listen to our 100th Behind the Scenes Episode and Find Out! In this special episode, Katie celebrates by calling up her mom, dad, sister, her first guest Joy Gendusa, and long time listener and Super Fan Tara Anderson. Through these revealing conversations, you'll hear some funny behind the scenes moments that have made this show possible! And...of course it ends with some hilarious outtakes! http://BizWomenRock.com/100

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Laura Mignott of Digital Flash to find out! Laura Mignott and her partner Sarah Walker-Santana are the epicenter of digital media and advertising in New York City. Their company Digital Flash is a boutique company who helps companies and brands have meaningful digital experiences. An advertising agency that is an amalgamation of social media, internet and offline events, Digital Flash has earned a reputation for innovative thinking. In this inspiring interview, Laura discusses how she and Sarah have built an entire community around regular technology and innovation-focused events in the New York City area and how that's built a powerful pipeline that has fed their business! http://www.BizWomenRock.com/99

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Shelly Ehler of ShowNo Towels to find out! Shelly Ehler is one of the most passionate and heart-centered women I've interviewed! She came up with the idea of the Show No Towel in order to fix a problem that all moms have - not enough hands to dry off their kids! After being featured on Shark Tank, Shelly's business has boomed! In this inspiring and moving interview, Shelly shares her experience building a product-based start up, the impact Shark Tank has had on her business and some of the not-so-pretty parts about her business. She has done a tremendous job building this company and staying true to herself! http://www.BizWomenRock.com/98

How do you build a $10 million company even when you have Cancer? Listen to our Interview with Cindy Moses of Total Pharmacy Supply to find out! Cindy Moses knew nothing about the pharmacy industry when she bought the company Total Pharmacy Supply. She did have prior entrepreneurial experience, however, which lent itself to her success! Her $10 million is a great example of what can happen when you build great company culture, find common ground with your business partner/spouse and fight through some of the most challenging moments, like breast cancer. In this incredibly inspiring interview, Cindy shares how she's built such a spectacular company! http://www.BizWomenRock.com/97

How do you create products that will be great revenue generators? Listen to our Interview with Farnoosh Brock of Prolific Living Inc. to find out! Farnoosh Brock will Blow. Your. Mind. Discontented with her "cushy" job, she made the leap into entrepreneurialism and has become a very savvy business woman! Her company Prolific Living provides products, programs and services that help clients live purposeful, prolific lives! In this inspiring interview, Farnoosh gives a a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into how she's built a solid six figure business with blogging, producing products and coaching. She talks about self-publishing on Amazon Kindle, how to produce products and how to constantly create great content! http://www.BizWomenRock.com/96

Heddi Cundle has an impressive - and effective - marketing background! She's taken her expertise and built a huge company called MyTab. During this inspirational interview, Heddi dives in deep about why she's had ridiculous success as a marketing director for major companies (she shares her special secret!), how MyTab is completely shifting the paradigm on how people gift others for travel and how her overall positive and determined attitude have brought her to where she is today! http://www.BizWomenRock.com/95

How do you build a company passionate about science education? Listen to our Interview with Laurie Kreindler of It's About Time to find out! Laurie Kreindler's underlying skill has always been telling impactful stories through a variety of platforms. Her history of art and filmmaking lent themselves to her current business It's About Time, which creates curriculums for educational programs. Their major focus is to publish scientific programs that are in line with how real science works in the mainstream classroom! In this inspiring interview, Laurie shares what STEM is (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) how she secured a contract with the NSF (National Science Foundation) and how she's grown her business through selling it, buying it back and completely rebranding it! http://www.BizWomenRock.com/94

How do you start a successful consulting practice at the age of 40? Listen to our Interview with Anna Carroll of Everyday Feedback to find out! Anna Carroll started her first company when she was 40 years old. She took her consulting experience and built a tremendous consulting practice, helping companies with their team communication and organizational flow. For the past few years, she's become well-known for her expertise in the area of feedback. From Anna's standpoint, creating a culture of open feedback can dramatically impact leaders of companies built strong teams! She's just released her book The Feedback Imperative. In this inspiring interview, Anna discusses how she manages her pipeline as a consultant, what kind of leaders she is and the pros and cons of niching herself out. http://www.BizWomenRock.com/93

How do you build a local service that can scale globally? Listen to our Interview with Lynn Perkins of Urban Sitter to find out! Lynn Perkins is a seasoned entrepreneur. After she had her twin boys, she was constantly looking for trustworthy babysitters, always asking for friends' referrals. She realized there was a need in the market place to make this process easier and digital! Urban Sitter is a digital and mobile service that matches parents looking for babysitters with babysitters looking for jobs. The automation she's built into her business is incredible and her growth has been tremendous! Though it focuses on a local geographic area (you want to hire a babysitter in your town), her "playbook" for scaling into other cities is giving her global potential! In this inspiring interview, Lynn pulls the curtains back from her journey and shares why UrbanSitter.com is every mother's dream! :) http://www.BizWomenRock.com/92

How do you build a community that will feed your business? Listen to our Interview with Sarah Walker-Santana of Digital Flash to find out! Sarah Walker-Santana is in the epicenter of digital media and advertising in New York City. Her company Digital Flash is all about helping companies and brands have meaningful digital experiences. An advertising agency that is an amalgamation of social media, internet and offline events, Digital Flash has earned a reputation for innovative thinking. In this inspiring interview, Sarah discusses how she and her co-founder have built an entire community around regular technology and innovation-focused events in the New York City area and how that's built a powerful pipeline that has fed their business! http://www.BizWomenRock.com/91