In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, you’ll get a sneak peek inside The Club and hear an excerpt from this month’s fireside chat with Patrice Poltzer. She shares the top three trends she is seeing in video content and what entrepreneurs should pay attention to moving forward. You'll hear why you should be intentional with video on social media and if you are utilizing reels/TikTok, to make sure they’re useful and relate back to your business. Finally you'll learn the three styles of video that ar...
Jun 30, 2021•25 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Ashley Wray, founder and CEO of Mala Collective, a company that works with artisans in Asia (from Bali to India to Nepal) to create products supporting a mindfulness and meditation practice. Ashley shares her journey from being a journalist covering murder trials to owning a business centered around mindful meditation. You'll hear about the burnout point when Ashley realized she could absolutely no longer be a journalist covering murder trials anymore, and where...
Jun 28, 2021•52 min
In today's Wine Down Wednesday, Shannan shares how to stand your ground and stand firm when someone speaks down to you, belittles you or mansplains you. You'll learn how to reestablish the power dynamic to enforce a boundaries, and specific questions to use in these situations that will make the person reflect on their own words and how they came across. You'll hear how even when Shannan shifted the power dynamic in an uncomfortable situation, how she moved past feelings of guilt that came up. O...
Jun 23, 2021•13 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Catriona Harris, CEO of Uproar PR, a full service public relations agency that specializes in developing strategic campaigns that drive brand awareness and create industry buzz. Catriona shares her beginnings in PR were accidental with her first job out of college where she discovered her passion to tell a company’s story. You'll learn some of the ways Catriona was able to discover balance for her family and growing business, and tips and tricks for getting noti...
Jun 21, 2021•44 min
In today's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares why we should all become comfortable with being uncomfortable. You'll hear how she pushed through her discomfort of speaking on stages and has grown in her skills over the last seven years. She reflects on an area of her life where wants to stay comfortable and another where she wants to grow and embrace change. Suneera gives questions to ask to help you think about where in life you have comfort and where getting uncomfortable will actually going t...
Jun 16, 2021•16 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Jenay Rose, an Online Business Expert who quit corporate America to follow a passion and grew a 7-figure online coaching business in under 2 years. Jenay shares her journey quitting her corporate job and following her passion to become a yoga teacher full time. She tells about dealing with the naysayers and following the small wins along the way when you can’t see the big picture. You'll hear how she pivoted into online coaching and advice for those who want to ...
Jun 14, 2021•59 min
In today's Wine Down Wednesday, Shannan shares three questions to ask yourself to identify whether or not you are making decisions from a place of faith instead of fear. You'll hear how one of the best skills that you can curate and build in your life is the ability to make competent decisions that you can really stand in. You'll learn that comfort is the enemy of growth and if you're going to stay committed to your dreams, push yourself to make decisions from a place of faith versus fear. This ...
Jun 09, 2021•10 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Lil Roberts, CEO and Founder of Xendoo, a cloud-based Fintech company based in Fort Lauderdale. Lillian shares about her childhood growing up in South Florida and experiencing tragedy from a young age that instilled perseverance. You'll learn her process of reflecting on four areas of life and whether or not it’s fulfilling and contributing to others. She also shares an exercise that will help you figure out what’s important in your life and where to spend your ...
Jun 07, 2021•57 min
In today's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares the top six things she believes we all should be quitting today. You'll hear how quitting people pleasing requires accepting the fact people will be disappointed, each of us has shortcomings and misalignment happens. You'll learn a natural self defense mechanism that we use to protect ourselves but hurts us in the long run, and one healthy way to stop overthinking conversations and actions in order to free up mental space and grow as a leader. Sunee...
Jun 02, 2021•22 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Sunny Lenarduzzi, a social media consultant, business growth coach and philanthropist who helps experts turn their experience into six-figure and seven-figure empires using video marketing. Sunny shares how she accidentally got into the world of video marketing and what happened when Sunny realized the dream she achieved was not what she wanted to do and the action she took to start a business without any expertise. You'll hear why failure is not the worst thing...
May 31, 2021•55 min
In today's Wine Down Wednesday, Shannan answers a question from her Instagram DMs on how to voice your opinion in the workplace. Shannan shares why it's important to speak up and how to do so in way that gains respect, and how to approach these situations in a way that is constructive and productive. This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool ...
May 26, 2021•15 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Jasmine Star, the CEO of Social Curator, where she empowers business owners to build a brand and market it on social media. You'll hear Jasmine’s journey from law school dropout to following her creative passion and becoming a top 10 wedding photographer. She shares how her online presence began by documenting the journey via blogging and utilizing SEO to gain her first few clients. Jasmine discusses the inevitably of competition in the marketplace, how to set y...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 3 min
In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, you’ll get a sneak peek inside The Club and hear an excerpt from last month’s fireside chat with Maya Elious. Maya shares how she went from designing custom Myspace pages to running a design agency and supporting other entrepreneurs with messaging and content strategy. You'll learn tips for positioning yourself as an expert in your niche and how to come up with content ideas. Maya explains how niching builds trust with our audience and the importance of incorp...
May 19, 2021•28 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Karagan Osmann, CEO & Founder of S'moo @thesmooco. S'moo is a women's health brand designed to help women everywhere achieve optimal hormone balance and feel their best selves from the inside out. Karagan shares how her business journey began in her teens when she was diagnosed with PCOS and her mom decided to take a holistic approach instead of birth control. You'll hear the first steps Karagan took to transform an idea she had in the bathroom to building a...
May 17, 2021•49 min
In today's Wine Wednesday, Shannan shares her top three tips to creating reels that go viral and bring in new followers. You'll hear why it is important to be on top of current trends, and how to niche your account on social media apps so you can create a unique tilt on successful reel formulas. Tune in to learn why consistently posting great content that utilizes your unique tilt on formulas that are already working will help your reels succeed. This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterl...
May 12, 2021•12 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Berrion Berry, a Menstrual Health Educator, Certified Integrative Health Practitioner & the Founder of The Flo Academy. Berrion breaks down the menstrual cycle into three specific categories to help understand how to work with your cycle instead of against. You'll hear when the optimal time is to do vision casting, goal setting, and zoom out of the business and look at an overview. She shares when your peak performance will take place, and the the optimal ti...
May 10, 2021•58 min
On today's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera and Katie Rosa, customer activation team leader at Stax, share encouragement for working moms, whether own a business, are a working professional, or just getting started in your career. Katie shares how she manages her life as a working mom in a growing company and different ways to show up as your best self and do the best work in the shortest amount of time. Suneera shares how after a lot of trials and errors in motherhood she has made a shift that has ...
May 05, 2021•46 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Dr Nicole Thaxton, a Licensed Professional Counselor, speaker and educator, and the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Atlanta Wellness Collective, a private counseling and wellness practice located near Atlanta, GA. Shannan and Dr. Nicole discuss what it’s like to be ambitious women, what made us this way, and how to find peace and rest in the midst of the hustle. Dr. Nicole shares what generational patterns are and examples so you can see what these might loo...
May 03, 2021•50 min
In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Shannan shares how to navigate the moments of criticism from those you love in the early years of entrepreneurship. You'll learn her three step process for moving past negative comments from others and not letting it impact you, and how to get comfortable having uncomfortable conversations to set boundaries. You'll hear why you should surround yourself with a community of people who understand your path and how to find internal validation. Follow @ceoschool on...
Apr 28, 2021•17 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Rebecca Liu, a principal investor at Insight Partners focusing on areas such as high-growth software, marketplaces, and consumer internet. Rebecca shares how she went from majoring in politics and economics and working on Capitol Hill to entering the finance industry and discovering the world of start-ups and venture capital. You'll learn what it means to be an operator in a VC company, the role they play in your business, and how they can be an asset to your gr...
Apr 26, 2021•53 min
In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares the importance and impact of having an accountability structure in your business whether that is a board of directors, mastermind, peer community or coach. You'll learn what the function of a board of directors is, how it can help grow your business, and considerations when forming one. Suneera discusses how you can utilize a customer advisory council if you have a smaller company to help as you build out products and think through things you ma...
Apr 21, 2021•26 min
In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Shannan shares the primary needle movers in each stage of business as you grow from zero to 7 figures You'll hear what your priority should be at the very beginning if you haven’t hit six figures yet or have inconsistent income months, and the importance of getting proof of product. Shannan gives considerations when hiring team members and how bringing people in to your business that will help you take it to the next level. You'll learn why should optimize you...
Apr 14, 2021•22 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Avani Desai, a Partner and President at Schellman & Company, LLC, the largest niche CPA firm in the world that focuses on technology and security assessments. Avani shares her journey from majoring in computer science, landing a job growing her career with a top accounting firm, and then choosing to step away to focus on being a mom. You'll hear her share the reality of being a working mom, creating a different narrative and how the low point she hit exiting...
Apr 12, 2021•50 min
In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares the weekly scorecard process she uses so she can successfully manage being a mom and CEO and achieve work/life integration. You'll learn that the trick to work life balance, and how to zoom out and identify the three buckets of your life that are most important to you. Suneera breaks down how to build out the weekly habits in each bucket to help create the energy maintenance required to have the balance we seek. You'll hear how to think about yo...
Apr 07, 2021•21 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Trudi Lebron, a diversity, equity and inclusion coach who teaches individuals and institutions how to build successful, anti-racist businesses. Trudi shares how her professional background in nonprofit led her to teach entrepreneurs and business how to make a good living and be socially responsible in business. You'll learn how we can find a balance between fighting for we believe in and making sure that we still mentally and emotionally have the capacity to kee...
Apr 05, 2021•54 min
In today's Wine Wednesday, Shannan celebrates her 10 year entrepreneurial anniversary and shares what she would do if she were to start again from scratch today. You'll hear why the very first thing that Shannan would do is to triple down on social media and how to do that in today’s market. Shannan emphasizes he importance of owning a niche and becoming as specific as possible in order to stand out, and why learning how to sell is integral to your business. Get on the waitlist to be first to kn...
Mar 31, 2021•26 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Arlan Hamilton, Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Arlan shares her journey from being broke to investing in 100 companies led by unrepresented founders. You'll hear the mindset and impact of someone raised in a home with abundant love, laughter and support but unsure where the next meal or roof w...
Mar 29, 2021•59 min
In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares her own quarterly planning process she uses to set goals and map out how to achieve them. You'll learn how to assess the year so far and then create tangible and attainable, as well as exciting, goals for the quarter ahead. Suneera gives listeners a walkthrough of the zoom out process used in CEO School, available in the CEO School Planner, to identify next quarter’s goals. Suneera explains her why behind using the goal planning method in every ...
Mar 24, 2021•21 min
In this episode, you'll hear from Molly Fienning, CEO of Red Clay Hot Sauce, a modern, Southern hot sauce and hot honey company that brings a new kind of heat by putting flavor over fire. Molly dives right in and shares what it’s been like to run a food service company during the pandemic and survive all the changes. She shares the background story of how Red Clay hot sauce came to be with a date night and Molly’s industry experience with consumer packaged goods. You'll hear her three biggest le...
Mar 22, 2021•44 min
In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Shannan and Suneera share the lessons they have learned the last year as their business and personal lives pivoted during the pandemic. Suneera discusses learning to let all the expectations and pressures go, and how the pandemic helped her to stop and smell the roses and positively changed views on professionalism. Shannan shares that her first lesson from the pandemic is to stay true to the vision but flexible on the details. She also speaks to the impact an...
Mar 17, 2021•40 min
