Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
945 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsGet inspired as Eleanor shares transparent insights about her own journey bootstrapping a media and coaching company from a $5K business loan to millions in revenue.
A practical business and leadership podcast for the established woman entrepreneur who wants to go from good to great. Woman Owned brings you case-study style interviews where leading entrepreneurs and CEOs share detailed breakdowns of specific growth strategies, how they implemented them and the financial results. Host Eleanor Beaton goes beyond pop psychology and woo to deliver hard-hitting insights on how social conditioning impacts women leaders and CEOs and what to do about it. Tune in weekly for practical growth playbooks on sales, marketing, wealth building and leadership.
This show holds over 1.6 million downloads and a global top 1% ranking.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
The 4 Step Speaker Protocol That Helps Monique Bryan Make $60K+ Per Year From UNPAID Speaking Gigs
July 09, 2024 05:00 - 40 minutes - 56.7 MBThere are lots of individual components involved in building strong personal branding, but Eleanor’s guest this week believes speaking is the best way to leverage your brand. Monique Bryan is a personal branding coach for entrepreneurs, where she helps small business owners who haven’t quite figured out how to get people to take notice of their brand market themselves better. Monique has learned how to maximize the long-term marketing and brand-building firepower of speaking gigs,...
The 3 Ps of Building An Audience That Pays You
July 02, 2024 05:00 - 16 minutes - 23.4 MBYour email list continues to be one of the most lucrative assets in any modern business. Social media shoutouts are great, but people’s email lists deliver way more leads and sales. Having a powerful asset like this gives you a growth runway and new people you can sell to, and this episode outlines an insanely simple way to begin growing your email list. If you’re convinced by the power of building an audience that pays you, you’re in luck this week because Eleanor is here to share...
The Simple Google Spreadsheet That Unlocked A Multi-Million Dollar Exit with Sreejata Chatterjee
June 25, 2024 05:00 - 38 minutes - 53.8 MBIt’s every entrepreneur’s dream to start a meaningful company, build up a great team, and create innovative tech that has an impact on the marketplace, so much so that someone comes along wanting to acquire your company, leading to you and your investors getting paid. This is Sreejata Chatterjee’s woman-owned story, and it’s a case study full of gems. Sreejata Chatterjee is a self-professed nerd, programmer, and computer science genius who co-founded LeadSift in 2012 and then sold ...
How To Build Your Team Without Going Broke
June 18, 2024 05:00 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBThe decision to hire a full-time staff for your business is a huge commitment. A 2019 survey found that 55% of all entrepreneurs have gone without pay for at least six months in order to pay their staff, but unless you want to stay stuck doing everything on your own, you must figure out how to grow your team without going broke. Join Eleanor this week as she gives you five fundamental rules for being an empathetic, compassionate, and great business owner to work for while ensuring a pro...
The Simplify To Scale Solution: How Amanda Tress Cut a 7 Figure Revenue Stream to Build a 9 Figure Empire
June 11, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes - 63.3 MBIn this rather riveting second episode, we delve into the inspiring journey of Amanda Tress, who redefined her career path to build an empire. Amanda's story is rooted in over a decade of experience in the marketing and fitness world. By 2018, she was managing a 7-figure digital marketing agency while running a fitness and nutrition company on the side. Shortly after giving birth to her third child, Amanda made the powerful and painful decision to cut her lucrative marketing agency to focus...
16 Game-Changing Data Points All Women Entrepreneurs Need
June 04, 2024 05:00 - 24 minutes - 35.1 MBThere has never been more support available for women entrepreneurs than there is today, and yet, women founders are still hugely misunderstood. If you wonder what you really need at each stage of growth, or how to take the correct action at the right time to drive more sales, profits, and impact, you’re in the right place. In this very first episode of Woman Owned, Eleanor shares 16 game-changing data points that will put your growth challenges into perspective. This comes from the re...
5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started a Podcast
May 28, 2024 05:00 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBWith over 500 episodes and close to two million downloads under her belt, Eleanor has learned some major lessons about how to create, launch, and sustain a podcast that brings a financial return. After multiple iterations of her podcast and 18 months of producing Anchored Intelligence, Eleanor is closing the door on this amazing chapter in honor of new starts. In light of a brand new show for women founders coming to you next week, she’s here to share five things she’s learned as ...
The Side Effects of Setting Big Goals
May 21, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutes - 22.3 MBNot hitting your goals is part and parcel of the entrepreneurial experience, especially if you want to become a high-growth leader. While this is a relatively common experience for entrepreneurs, you might be layering extra pain and suffering on top of your perceived failure, when in reality, you’re making major leaps forward just by setting and pursuing these big goals. Tune in this week to learn the magic of setting big goals, even when you don’t meet them. Eleanor is showing you...
How The Patriarchy Impacts Modern Women Featuring Elise Loehnen
May 14, 2024 05:00 - 47 minutes - 38.3 MBEver wonder what feminists mean by “the patriarchy?” It’s presented as the boogeyman in our culture, but what is it really and where did it come from? If you’ve always assumed this is just the way the world has always been, but you’re tired of being a “good girl” and instead crave being a whole, fully expressed woman, this episode is for you. To unpack this concept, Eleanor is joined by Elise Loehnen, author of the New York Times Bestseller, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins ...
How to Build the Muscle of Saying No
May 07, 2024 05:00 - 27 minutes - 22.6 MBIf you feel like you’re drowning in all the things you could and should be doing with little time on your hands to accomplish your goals, it’s time to meet your stress with power. A lack of time isn’t a mindset issue. It’s real. However, you do have agency when it comes to how you fill and use your time, and Eleanor is here this week to show you how to become someone who does hard better. Join Eleanor on this episode to hear the impact of time stress on ambitious women, and why, while ...
How to Scale Sustainably Featuring Caitlin MacGregor
April 30, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBEntrepreneurs who have the most staying power know that there’s one skill that is critical, irreplaceable, and hard to overcome if you don’t cultivate it as a CEO, and that’s the ability to sell. No matter the kind of business you run, or how great your product or service is, if you can’t sell, it’s impossible for your company to outperform this gap. This week’s episode is a masterclass in sales techniques and sustainable selling strategies. Caitlin MacGregor is the CEO and co-founder ...
The GSD Mindset: Why Urgency Is a Game-Changer
April 23, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutes - 12.6 MBIn the fast-paced world of entrepreneurship, the ability to balance long-term slow-growth initiatives with immediate action is a game-changer. This balancing act is an essential skill all entrepreneurial CEOs and entrepreneurs must cultivate to master the art of GSD: Getting Shit Done. Join Eleanor this week as she dives into why mastering the art of GSD is the secret weapon of successful entrepreneurs and leaders. She’s exploring the importance of urgency and immediacy in business, th...
Research-Driven Strategies to Make Your Goals a Reality Featuring Emily Balcetis
April 16, 2024 05:00 - 58 minutes - 47.3 MBYou’re a driven leader who is accustomed to setting goals. But let’s be honest, they probably don’t always pan out. Is it a willpower issue? Are your targets unrealistic? Do you maybe need a new approach? Why does success remain elusive? To answer these questions, Eleanor sought out the insight of a world-renowned researcher on the topic of setting and achieving goals. Dr. Emily Balcetis is an American social psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at NYU. Her research focu...
Money Beliefs That May Be Sabotaging Your Business
April 09, 2024 05:00 - 20 minutes - 17.3 MBHaving a solid money mindset is essential when it comes to growing and scaling your business. Being a CEO and founder requires a comprehensive skill set that includes great financial management practices. However, Eleanor is here this week to talk specifically about your relationship with money. Tune in this week to hear the money beliefs that may be sabotaging your business and why you must examine if your money beliefs are helping or harming you. Eleanor hopes this list helps you see...
Build A Remarkable Personal Brand Without Trying featuring Guy Kawasaki
April 02, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 46 MBWhat does it take to be a remarkable person? In an age where there’s such a fascination with personal brands, how do you become labeled a remarkable person? And is it possible to do so without trying? To answer these questions, Eleanor is speaking to Silicon Valley legend, Guy Kawasaki. Guy is the chief evangelist of Canva, host of the Remarkable People podcast, executive fellow of the Haas School of Business, adjunct professor of the University of New South Wales, and author of 15 bo...
How To Raise Funds From Your Network When You Have A Lot Of Pride Featuring Rechelle Balanzat
March 26, 2024 05:00 - 33 minutes - 27.7 MBEleanor is exploring the art of unstoppable success inside a ‘boring’ business this week. Think businesses like vending machines or laundromats. Eleanor’s guest today is a globally recognized entrepreneur who built a laundry and dry cleaning company from nothing, self-funded it, and franchised it, and she’s here to tell you all about it. Rechelle Balanzat is the founder and CEO of Juliette: a fast-growing laundry and dry cleaning service. She’s a visionary who has revolutionized the wo...
5 Ways Scarcity Shows Up And Sabotages Women Entrepreneurs
March 19, 2024 05:00 - 21 minutes - 17.8 MBHave you ever been in a room with powerful women and started to feel less than? Why does it feel terrible when you see someone else’s success take off? Do you judge or feel the need to compete with other women who have become successful? Listen in this week to hear five ways scarcity uniquely manifests for women and how it sabotages your growth. You’ll learn the overarching beliefs in a patriarchal society that are keeping you mired in scarcity, and what it takes for women to get over t...
How To Grow Your Mailing List to 10K Without Spending A Dime Featuring Eric Lam
March 12, 2024 06:00 - 48 minutes - 39.8 MBTurning your passion into a scalable business is the path most entrepreneurs follow, but there are other ways to engineer a scalable business model. Eleanor’s guest this week is a master at uncovering scalable ideas. Eric Lam is the founder of the popular newsletter Exploding Ideas where he helps his 10,000+ subscribers discover startup ideas in million-dollar niches. Exploding Ideas is a market research and growth firm that specializes in data analytics and digital marketing to identi...
Why Your Scalable Offer Isn’t Selling: 5 Step Diagnostic
March 05, 2024 06:00 - 22 minutes - 18.5 MBYour scalable offer is a key piece of infrastructure that allows you to create more cash, influence, and freedom in your business, but what happens when you create one that isn’t selling? How do you figure out what’s wrong? And what do you fix first? If you’re running into the very common problem of your scalable offer not selling the way you hoped, listen in this week. Eleanor is here to walk you through her internal process for addressing the issues you might be facing if your offer...
How To Turn Your Business into Generational Wealth Featuring Rachael Camp
February 27, 2024 06:00 - 31 minutes - 26 MBDo you find personal finance confusing? How can you manage your money more effectively to achieve financial freedom? And how can you turn your business into a potential source of generational wealth for you and the people you care most about? To explore the topic of generational wealth this week, Eleanor is joined by certified financial planner Rachael Camp. Rachael is the founder of Camp Wealth: a financial planning firm that helps high-earners and entrepreneurs build and preserve we...
How To Convince Clients to Trust Your Team When All They Want is You Featuring Nancy Duarte
February 20, 2024 06:00 - 37 minutes - 30.9 MBOne of the challenges that comes with scaling your company is when you’re faced with clients who don’t want to work with your team; they only want to work with you. The ability to scale to the point that your clients get as much out of your team as they would with you creates a huge boom in your advancement as an entrepreneur. Nancy Duarte is the CEO of Duarte Inc., a communications expert, the author of six best-selling books, and a legend in Silicon Valley. For over 35 years, Nancy ...
Use Quiz Funnels To Generate Qualified Leads On The Cheap Featuring Chanti Zak
February 13, 2024 06:00 - 41 minutes - 34 MBOne lucrative way to provide value to your email list is through quiz funnels which perform 2-3x better than static content. My guest this week happens to be an expert on quiz funnels and is breaking them down for us. Chanti Zak is a quiz funnel strategiest, a growth consultant, and a coach who is obsessed with psychology, interactive marketing, and getting brag-worthy results for her clients. She has crafted high-yield quizzes for some of the top women entrepreneurs in the online spa...
Aggressive Implementation
February 06, 2024 06:00 - 23 minutes - 19.2 MBTo be a successful entrepreneur, you have to be willing to consistently work on your priorities. You need sustained focus and urgency, and something I like to call aggressive implementation. Tune in this week to learn what aggressive implementation is, why it’s crucial to your entrepreneurial success, and the five steps to becoming an aggressive implementor. The time to aggressively work towards your goals is now, and this episode will show you how. Get full show notes and more inf...
How to Sell 250K Books On A Miniscule Marketing Budget Featuring Rob Fitzpatrick
January 30, 2024 06:00 - 45 minutes - 37.3 MBDo you feel called to write, publish, and sell a book that makes consistent bank and has a huge impact over the long term? Or maybe you feel sick and tired of marketing, just want to sell, make an impact, and rest on your laurels. Either way, this episode Rob shares all the tips that will help you do just that. Rob Fitzpatrick is the real deal when it comes to creating books, workshops, courses, and products that turn people into super-fans. Rob has been running businesses for the past...
5 Step Process To Scale Back 1-On-1 Work
January 23, 2024 06:00 - 34 minutes - 28.6 MBIf you’re a service provider who wants to build a scalable and sustainable business, this is the episode for you. The reality is there aren’t many resources available out there on navigating the transition from a service-based offer to a scalable one. To minimize undue suffering, Eleanor is here this week to share a powerful five-step process for effectively cutting back on one-on-one work so you can scale your business without running into any cashflow crunches. Get full show n...
Marketing Isn't Hard, It Is Misunderstood Featuring Emily Kramer
January 16, 2024 06:00 - 53 minutes - 43.1 MBIf you’re a founder who’s tired of cookie-cutter marketing solutions that don’t work, and want to take a more sophisticated approach to marketing in 2024, this is a must-listen episode. According to Eleanor’s guest this week, marketing is one of the most deeply misunderstood functions in modern business. Emily Kramer helps startups build marketing through her companies, MKT1 Capital and MKT1 Community, where she acts as an educator, newsletter writer, course creator, and investor. She...
Self-Doubt, Second-Guessing, And The Subtle Art of Self Sabotage
January 09, 2024 06:00 - 22 minutes - 18.5 MBAre you ready to bring a spirit of all-in commitment, unwavering dedication, and no-quit energy to your vision, goals, and relationships in 2024? The reality is that most entrepreneurs show up with half-committed energy, which doesn’t just slow down progress, but subtly blocks it altogether. Join Eleanor this week as she walks you through what’s required of you to create the future you want and strategies that will help you transform half-committed, self-doubting, second-guessing ener...
Shattering Misconceptions About The Gender Pay Gap Featuring Dr. Claudia Goldin
December 26, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBDespite the continuous stream of advice available on tackling the gender pay gap, progress in this arena remains frustratingly slow. So, what’s the real culprit behind this persistent disparity? To delve into the underlying forces driving the gender pay gap, Eleanor is joined by Dr. Claudia Goldin, a leading authority in this field. Dr. Goldin is a Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard. Listen in as Dr. Goldin draws from her extensive research spanning decades to highlight why th...
Uncover Intellectual Property Goldmines To Scale & Sell Your Service-Based Business Featuring Andrea Henry
December 12, 2023 06:00 - 51 minutes - 41.7 MBTo scale your business without working harder and without unnecessary complexity, you must create scalable offers. To do that, you have to package your knowledge into assets, also known as intellectual property. And when it comes to packaging, protecting, and leveraging your business’s intellectual property, Eleanor’s guest this week is the expert. Andrea Henry is a Cambridge-educated lawyer with over 15 years of experience working with business owners at every stage of the entrepreneu...
AI Procrastination, Personal Alarm Systems & Doing Work That Really Moves the Needle
November 28, 2023 06:00 - 22 minutes - 18.6 MBAre you currently working on the big projects that you know will set you up for long-term success? Or are you distracting yourself by prioritizing the little bitty things that feel predictable and safe, but leave you exactly where you are? Join Eleanor on this episode to discover what doing the work that truly moves the needle entails, and how a certain type of procrastination is preventing you from putting big projects into motion. You’ll hear the role of personal alarm systems in per...
Permission to Speak Featuring Samara Bay
November 14, 2023 06:00 - 46 minutes - 38.1 MBWhat does powerful leadership sound like to you? Is it loud and booming? Can it sound soft and steely? Are you using your voice as an instrument of communication in your leadership? This week, Eleanor is speaking with vocal coach and author of Permission to Speak, Samara Bay. Samara has been a Hollywood dialect coach for over a decade with clients all over the world, and she joins Eleanor to discuss why most of us have learned to speak from a fear-based place, how to harness a love-bas...
Goal Side Effects
October 31, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutes - 20 MBJoin Eleanor on this episode to discover the three main side effects of pursuing a big goal. You’ll hear why setting goals you don’t always achieve isn’t a problem in business, how you might be making the experience of not hitting goals more painful than necessary, and the major wins you’ll experience just by pursuing goals. Get full show notes and more information here: https://safimedia.co/ai18
The Habits That Fuel Elite Performance Featuring Rebecca Rusch
October 17, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 36.7 MBWe often talk about high performance in terms of winning, having more money, and experiencing success, but that leaves out a big piece of the puzzle. Eleanor’s guest this week is the perfect example of how high performance is about more than just what you achieve. Rebecca Rusch is an American ultra-endurance professional athlete, seven-time world champion, author, entrepreneur, speaker, and Emmy award winner. Her career has spanned a bunch of different adventure sports, and she’s here this w...
7 Money Beliefs from My Top Earning Clients
October 03, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes - 17.5 MBHaving a really solid money mindset is critical when it comes to scaling your business. Eleanor has seen a few common money beliefs among her highest-earning clients, and she’s sharing them with you on this episode. Listen in to discover the importance of harnessing the right money mindset and the consequences of not being aware of your money beliefs. Eleanor is walking you through seven money beliefs from the women entrepreneurs she’s personally worked with who have generated the fast...
Scaling Secrets Featuring Caitlin MacGregor
September 19, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBWhat skill is non-negotiable when it comes to growing revenue and building a company that lasts? As a CEO, you know that it takes pretty much everything you’ve got. However, the entrepreneurs with the most staying power know that there is one skill that is irreplaceable, and that’s the ability to sell. This week’s episode is a masterclass anchored in one CEO’s experience of scaling sales in a sustainable way. Caitlin MacGregor is the CEO and co-founder of Plum: a talent assessment prov...
How To Build Power
September 05, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 22.6 MBIn a world where ambitious women feel like they’re drowning every single day in all the things they could and should be doing professionally, layered with the additional burden of chores and childcare that typically falls on them, time stress is not just a mindset issue. It’s real. And it’s leading to a power leakage in your life. Listen in this week to discover how to rewrite your story on power, and one habit that will stop overwhelm from running your life. You’ll hear why you might ...
The Gender Biases that Devalue Women's Innovation Featuring Katrine Marçal
August 22, 2023 05:00 - 43 minutes - 35.8 MBIf you’re a woman creator or entrepreneur, you’ve likely faced the universal experience among women of having your ideas ignored, brushed off as a natural creative project, or generally having people diminish the gravity of what you have to offer. It’s time to explore the gender biases that devalue women’s innovations, and why women are excluded, underpaid, undervalued, and undercited when it comes to technical innovations. Financial journalist and best-selling author on women and innovati...
The Psychology Behind Making People Care About Your Social Mission Featuring Andrea Feigl
August 01, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes - 38.4 MBIf your business is anchored in driving social change like ours is at Safi Media, you’ll resonate with the challenge that exists around using your business as a container to drive systemic change in the world. Eleanor’s guest this week is a powerful example of a woman entrepreneur who is using the vessel of entrepreneurship to right a global wrong, specifically, the wrong that is chronic disease. Dr. Andrea Feigl, PhD MPH, is the founder and CEO of the Health Finance Institute, a forme...
The Price Women Pay To Be Good Featuring Elise Loehnen
July 18, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes - 38.3 MBModern feminists talk a lot about “the patriarchy,” but what is it really? Where did it come from? How is internalized patriarchy showing up in and impacting modern women? And what’s the true cost of women being on our best behavior in the name of enduring and thriving in a structure not meant for us? Eleanor is discussing this with writer, editor, and podcast host, Elise Loehnen. Among many accolades, Elise is the author of instant New York Times bestseller, On Our Best Behavior: The ...
The Dark Side of Business Featuring Jenny Radcliffe
July 04, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutes - 46.8 MBJenny Radcliffe is a world-renowned social engineer, a.k.a people hacker. She’s well-known in the cybersecurity community globally, and has been called a mind reader, human lie detector, and even likened to a Jedi knight. She joins Eleanor this week to discuss the dark side of business. Hear what Jenny’s expertise in social engineering entails, and how she uses her skills to help her clients who range from global corporations and law enforcement organizations to poker players and polit...
The Science of Getting Unstuck & Pursuing Big Goals Featuring Britt Frank
June 20, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 36.5 MBHave you ever been in a situation where you know exactly what you have to do, and yet, you’re not doing it? The reality is that none of us live in a world where we constantly feel confident in our ability to mobilize our dreams. However, we are experts at beating ourselves up when we get stuck in pursuit of big goals. Britt Frank is a clinician, educator, and trauma specialist. She speaks and writes widely about emotional wellness and healing, and her book, The Science of Stuck, has be...
Act With Urgency
June 06, 2023 05:00 - 15 minutes - 13 MBUrgency and immediacy are critical in an entrepreneurial business. Learning how to balance long-term slow growth initiatives with what you can do today to drive the business forward is an essential skill all entrepreneurial CEOs and intrepreneurs need, and this is the power of GSD: Getting Shit Done. Eleanor shows you why mastering the art of GSD is a key skill to develop as an entrepreneur and leader. You’ll hear what often stands in the way of bringing urgency to your work, and her t...
The Art of Rapid Growth Featuring Nicole LeBlanc
May 23, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes - 42.9 MBIf you’re an entrepreneur, working in a high-growth company, or simply a human being going through a period of rapid transformation in some area of your life, chaos is something you’re probably well-versed in. While chaos doesn’t feel great, it produces a ton of innovation. Eleanor is speaking to seasoned venture capitalist Nicole LeBlanc to explore the controlled chaos of high-growth companies. Nicole is walking us through her career path, and offering her insights on the art of rapid...
How Are Men Doing In The Age of Women Featuring Connor Beaton
May 09, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBGender equity, particularly on the advancement of women, is a topic that is discussed often on this show. However, is it possible that in our commitment to advance one gender, we’ve ignored, demoralized, or shamed another? Eleanor is speaking to Connor Beaton, a coach, teacher, and speaker who has been working for almost a decade to help men and women walk through their darkness and grow in the realms of mental clarity, relational communication, and actualize their potential and sexual...
A PRACTICABLE Skill That Will Make You More Money Featuring Dr. Ellen Peters
April 25, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutes - 47 MBNumeracy is the foundational skill at the heart of so many of the money-making decisions you make every single day as an entrepreneur. From figuring how much to pay your staff, interpreting financial statements, to pinpointing whether you’re getting any ROI on your expensive hires, this is the skill that not only helps you make more profit, but live a better life. Eleanor is speaking to Dr. Ellen Peters, the Philip H. Knight Chair and Professor in both the School of Journalist and Comm...
What Everyone Gets WRONG About the Gender Pay Gap Featuring Dr. Claudia Goldin
April 11, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBModern women receive a lot of instructions about how to address the gender pay gap. We are told to fight harassment. We are encouraged to “know our worth.” We are instructed to negotiate hard for more money. But the difficult truth is that closing the gender pay gap is moving slower than we want. So, what is really driving it? As one of the world’s foremost experts on the gender pay gap, Dr. Claudia Goldin’s work is behind many of the studies and ideas we talk about when it comes to gl...
How To Think Like A World Class Innovator Featuring Julia Rivard Dexter
March 28, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutes - 43.1 MBWhether you’re experiencing low sales, poor product-market fit, or inefficiency, the root of the problems you’re facing in business might be anchored in a lack of innovation. In the midst of massive change in our post-crisis world, the ability to devise smart new solutions to pesky or long-standing problems is especially vital, and it’s a sign that innovation is needed. Eleanor’s guest this week is Olympian, entrepreneur, innovator, and mom of four, Julia Rivard Dexter. Julia competed ...
How to Create Products That Millions Will Love Featuring User Research Expert Ximena Vengoechea
March 14, 2023 05:00 - 50 minutes - 41.4 MBOne of the biggest fears entrepreneurs face is that their offers won’t sell, and it’s not an entirely irrational fear. When your service, consulting or coaching offers aren't designed with users in mind, you can experience low to no sales, especially on group programs. This is where the discipline of user research comes in, and Eleanor’s guest today is a legitimate pro. Ximena Vengoechea was a UX researcher, mentor, and manager at LinkedIn, Twitter, and Pinterest. She shares the bigge...
Evidence-Based Tools for Setting and Achieving Goals Featuring Dr. Emily Balcetis
February 28, 2023 06:00 - 58 minutes - 47.3 MBAs an ambitious, high-achieving leader, you’re likely in the habit of setting goals. However, it’s also highly probable that you don’t always achieve them. Why is that? Is it a lack of discipline or motivation? Are you aiming too high or too low? Do you need to be setting different goals altogether? American social psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at NYU Dr. Emily Balcetis is here to offer her expertise on goal pursuit and her take on striving. She’s sharing evidence-...
Introducing: Anchored Intelligence
February 28, 2023 05:55 - 59 seconds - 1.4 MBAnchored Intelligence is the show that teaches entrepreneurs how to THINK BETTER and MORE DEEPLY about business growth, strategy and leadership. Each week we bring you actionable insight from leading academics, authors, innovators and globally recognized entrepreneurs. Our aim? Equip you with the wisdom, tools and expertise to build a world class company, culture and life. Join award-winning journalist and entrepreneur Eleanor Beaton for an astute, funny show that combines big ...