Join us on this exciting journey where we uncover the green flags that indicate a future in entrepreneurship. We discuss how identifying your strengths and leadership abilities can lead to successful entrepreneurship. So, if you feel that fiery passion, that intense dream that won't let you sleep, we're here to tell you, that's your green flag to pursue entrepreneurship! This episode isn't just about entrepreneurship, it also takes a closer look at the challenges women face and how to overcome t...
Sep 11, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 131
Ever found yourself physically exhausted and mentally drained, barely keeping up with the constant need to create, produce, and engage? As women entrepreneurs, we know this feeling all too well. It's the dreaded burnout, a beast that each of us must learn to tame. This episode uncovers the many faces of burnout and the unique ways it can manifest in our lives— from fatigue to mental weariness from incessant interactions and the unyielding pressure to show up on social media daily. We delve into ...
Sep 04, 2023•58 min•Season 4Ep. 130
In this episode, Maya and Lily navigate identifying your passion and defining your niche. We discuss the importance of recognizing what truly ignites your soul and also the need to identify your niche, understanding that it is the specific area within your industry where you can excel and meet the needs of your target audience. We highlight how crucial it is to align these two aspects for success in your business. We take a closer look at turning your passion into a business, identifying your st...
Aug 28, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 129
We tackle the big question "How do I start?”. Unleash your potential and spark your passion for entrepreneurship with our in-depth discussion about how to get started with your business! It's time to step back, reflect on your past experiences, and gather those gems that could shine in your entrepreneurial journey. It could be a job you loved, a hobby you couldn't get enough of, or even a relationship that sparked a unique interest in you. Remember, there's no one-size-fits-all in entrepreneursh...
Aug 21, 2023•56 min•Season 4Ep. 128
How does one transition from a secure corporate job to the uncertainty of entrepreneurship? Hang on to your headphones as we reintroduce Maya and take you through her personal journey of taking the leap from a conventional 9-to-5 job to becoming a multiple business owner. Get an insider’s perspective on the challenges, triumphs, and invaluable lessons. Craving the freedom of time and the power of choice, Maya ventured into the entrepreneurial world, and what a ride it's been! She used her corpor...
Aug 14, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 127
Ready to meet our new co-host! Join us on the MaYapinion® Podcast as we introduce our new co-host Lily, a passionate entrepreneur and military spouse. With a keen eye for thrifted treasures and a determination to build a successful business, Lily shares her journey of turning her love for fashion into a thriving reselling venture. Discover her tips for balancing family life, learning new skills, and finding financial independence through her inspiring story on the show. Episode Highlights: Lily'...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 126
Are you ready to dive back into the MaYapinion® podcast? Come navigate the world of female entrepreneurship with Maya and Lily. Join them as they discuss their experiences, strategies and hurdles as female entrepreneurs. Be inspired and uplifted by thought-provoking and honest discussions while celebrating the strength and resilience that defines women. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or simply fascinated by compelling stories, MaYapinion® is your go-to podcast for empowering women, one ...
Jul 31, 2023•2 min
In this episode of the "MaYapinion" podcast, host Maya introduces the shift in focus for the show. Over the past few months, the show has been about leadership for women, but with Maya now deep into her entrepreneurial journey, she has decided to change the focus of the show to entrepreneurship for women. Maya explains that this change has come as a result of her own experiences as an entrepreneur, and the realization that there are very few resources available to help women succeed in this fiel...
Feb 07, 2023•12 min•Season 2Ep. 125
I shared in Episode 111 what it means to be the leader of your life but today, I’m sharing how I actually BECAME the leader of my life and what that really looks like. The free guide that I refer to can be found here: https://www.subscribepage.com/howtobetheleaderofyourlife
Oct 17, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 124
Welcome Inbal Claudio to the podcast this week! She is the founder of Like Minded Collective - A social media platform for dreamers, creators and female founders to build genuine personal relationships and amplify their business!. Here's a bit more about Like Minded Collective and Inbal in her words: Inbal Claudio was born in Israel, and aside from a 4-year stint in North Carolina has spent the majority of her life in Southern California where she currently lives with her husband and 2 little da...
Oct 10, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 123
Welcome Jamie Barlett to the MaYapinion® Podcast this week. She founded PolyPay in 2013 to provide businesses with a partner who offers them honesty, transparency, customer support and savings for merchant processing. She draws on her experience in consulting, finance, HR, technology and leadership development every day at PolyPay. She is originally from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and attended Wellesley College earning a degree in English and Economics. She also received an MBA from Pepperdine U...
Sep 26, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 122
Welcome Dr. Sarah E. Brown to the podcast this week! Dr. Sarah E. Brown is leading the charge to revolutionize the self-development industry through the power of personalization. An expert on using the results of personality assessments and the author of the Book of You®, available at www.bookofyou.com, she has created a way for individuals to self-coach themselves to greater clarity, confidence and commitment to personalized career goals uniquely suited to their interests, strengths, and needs....
Sep 19, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 121
Welcome Kristin Slink, the founder and CEO of TechAF , this week to the podcast. Here's more about Kristin in her own words: Hi, I’m Kristin and I've supported hundreds of underrepresented founders to incubate and launch their tech business. Are you next? $147 billion in venture capital was invested in US startups in just the first half of 2021. Black founders received only 1.2% of those investments. Let's change that. Tech AF is a movement. We’re sick of that status quo. The tech industry needs...
Sep 12, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 120
Welcome Katica Roy to the show this week! Katica Roy is a gender economist, former Global 500 global executive, programmer, data scientist, and the CEO and founder of an award-winning SaaS company, Pipeline. CNN, CBS, Bloomberg, Cheddar, MarketWatch, and Yahoo Finance have sought Katica for her sharp and unconventional take on the day’s headlines. An award-winning business leader with more than two decades of experience in technology, healthcare, and financial services, Katica is credited as a r...
Aug 29, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 119
This week is a solo episode on on why and how we have leadership backwards. This is something I discuss often on social media but also, I mention it in my interviews and other solo episodes. Therefore, I thought it was time to do a quick episode on this topic. This topic is the basis and fundamental inspiration for "How to be the Leader of Your Life." I wish that I had the tools of leadership and understanding who I am before I ever stepped into a leadership role. Download the leadership guide "...
Aug 23, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 118
Welcome back Kerry Guard, CEO of MKG Marketing! We welcomed Kerry to the show last year to talk about her success at MKG Marketing and building remote and tactical teams. We loved her so much here at MaYapinion as an audience that we brought her back to talk about a new topic and some new challenges. On the episode today, Kerry shares a deep dive into hiring and the transitions that are happening within her own company but in the ecosystem in general. The information that she shares with us is h...
Aug 08, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 117
Catherine is a successful entrepreneur, business leader, and best-selling business author. She founded BluEra, a Profit 500 executive search, and team transformation company. As a top 200 growing company in Canada and top 10 in Alberta, and the best workplace, BluEra was a shining example of the Awakened Company System in action. With the sale of BluEra to DHR, Catherine now focuses on awakening the fire within organizations as the founder of The Awakened Company, a company aimed at awakening th...
Jul 25, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 116
Welcome Leslie Kuster to the podcast this week for Motivation Monday! Leslie is the money and freedom guide for women over 50 who also want to fall in love with life again. Leslie's message is that "It's never too late" to create success, financial wealth, and a life of freedom. Leslie’s book, 7 Keys to 7 Figures: The Women Entrepreneurs' Guide to Money and Freedom will be released in Fall 2022. It provides women entrepreneurs seven master keys to unlock a successful, money-making business. Wome...
Jul 18, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 115
Welcome Nina Simons to the podcast this week! She is Co-founder and Chief Relationship Officer at Bioneers. As a social entrepreneur, her work has spanned diverse sectors and genres, including the arts, philanthropy, the corporate and nonprofit worlds. She is passionate about reimagining leadership so that all women and girls can whole-heartedly aspire to it. And cares deeply about being a good ally, and social healing by rebalancing racial and gender equity. She co-edited Moonrise: The Power of...
Jul 11, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 114
Welcome Becca Powers to Motivation Monday! She is an award-winning Fortune 500 hi-tech sales executive, best-selling author, speaker, and Founder and CEO of Powers Peak Potential. In her 20+ year career in sales, she’s worked for large companies including Cisco, Dell, and Office Depot, achieving President’s Club 7 times while leading teams of 110+ and hitting $500 million in annual revenue. Becca intimately knows the struggles that have come as a cost to her high achievements. Through nearly los...
Jun 27, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 113
Welcome Alinka Rutkowska to Motivation Monday this week! Alinka is the CEO of Leaders Press ( www.leaderspress.com ), a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling press, where she creates books for entrepreneurs from scratch and launches them into best-sellers with a 100% success rate. She runs a hybrid publishing house with traditional distribution (via Simon & Schuster) through which more than 500 entrepreneurs have been able to share their stories with the world. 172 of Leaders Press ...
Jun 20, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 112
What does it mean to be the Leader of Your Life? Most people believe that you must have a title like Director or Vice-President at a Fortune 500 company to be a leader. Others think you must own your business or be an advocate for a great cause. None of that is true to be a leader. In my opinion, we have leadership backwards. We put so much pressure on people to achieve a certain status before they can “lead’ that we have lost the true meaning of leadership. Before you can lead others, you must ...
Jun 13, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 111
Welcome Lori Hanson, the Success Whisperer, to the podcast this week! Lori Hanson is an Executive Performance Coach and Professional Speaker, and founder of Lori Hanson International. Her expertise as a mindset and success coach is helping talented female leaders and executives. She helps her clients amplify their voice and improve their confidence. They gain more trust & respect in the workplace, ask for what they want and reach their next-level. Her expertise as a mindset and success mento...
Jun 07, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 110
Amber Tichenor has a Ph.D. in I/O Psychology and is the founder of To Be, Coaching + Consulting®. A thought leader on the topic of women’s rivalry, Amber has 20+ years’ experience as an Organizational Change Strategy and Leadership consultant where she helped guide businesses through transformational change. Her book, “Behind Frenemy Lines: Rising Above Female Rivalry To Be Unstoppable Together,” published by Morgan James Publishing, is on sale now. Amber’s goal is to promote collaboration over ...
May 16, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 109
Welcome Kim Troy to the podcast this week! She is the Founder and CEO of Civilis Consulting, a fractional HR and culture consultancy that helps entrepreneur-led businesses reach new heights. Civilis’ seasoned consultants work alongside CEOs and leadership teams to roll out organization-wide transformations; and have deep expertise consulting companies with remote or geographically dispersed business units. Civilis Consulting, a fractional HR and culture consultancy that helps entrepreneur-led bu...
May 03, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 108
Welcome Karina Sanchez to the podcast this week! She is a powerhouse woman who is the author of "Leadership for the New Female Manager" among many other things. Which we all get access to by the way right here .... but don't forget to leave an incredible review for Karina. She is owed more than that for sharing her knowledge with us. Click here to leave your review please. Over the last 15 years, Karina has facilitated hundreds of in-person and virtual workshops internationally. Karina is a keyn...
Apr 18, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 107
Welcome Tanya Weaver to the podcast this week! Tanya Weaver is the Executive Director of American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA), a role she has held since 2005. In addition to directing AFCA’s day-to-day activities, Tanya frequently speaks about AFCA and AIDS to students, community organizations and religious organizations. In 2007, Tanya created and held the first Climb Up so Kids Can Grow Up, an international series of outdoor events that raises funds for AFCA. She has spent much of...
Apr 12, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 106
Welcome Jane Finette to the podcast this week! She is the Founder and Executive Director of The Coaching Fellowship, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of young women leaders in social change. A leadership expert and Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Jane has dedicated her life to achieving equality for women — empowering them to create impact and build the world of tomorrow, today. A 2020 Women Forward Gold Award winner from the Business Council for Peace, Jane’s...
Apr 04, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 105
Meet Faith Jones this week! Faith empowers business owners with clear and straight-forward legal knowledge so they can set their businesses up with confidence. She coaches them on a personal level to step into their power as successful entrepreneurs. She is a passionate, articulate advocate for women's’ empowerment and business leadership. Her mission is to inspire and equip women with the ability to claim full ownership over their bodies, creations, and deals to accelerate their impact and powe...
Mar 21, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 104
Leah JM Dean is the author of the best-selling book, Assemble the Tribe, and an expert on leading with a "tribe mindset." She is a former Chief Human Resources Executive and Board member who, for more than 20 years, successfully led multiple people integrations and developed leading HR strategies. As the Founder and CEO of Conduit International Ltd., Leah has worked with organizations and executives across numerous industries including insurance, reinsurance, education, not-for-profit, and busin...
Mar 15, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 103
