In this episode, I chat with the incredible Robin Barber, founder and owner of The Baby Fairy Shoppe . Robin shares her heartwarming journey of starting her unique gift-giving service, which delivers anonymous gifts to expecting moms throughout their pregnancy, only revealing the sender at the end. The idea was born out of a personal experience with a friend who had difficulty conceiving. Robin and her husband wanted to sprinkle some joy during her friend's pregnancy, which led to the creation o...
Nov 07, 2024•17 min
I am extremely passionate about the philosophy of photographic practice and how we can continue to become more of ourselves through this tool that is usually a trigger for most. To use photography as a tool and a portal to really get truer and deeper into our own self discovery. The portal being the pictures, the taking of the pictures- as far and as wide as you want to go with it. I feel like we have the opportunity to make every part of that process something that supports us and affirms every...
May 12, 2024•17 min
I'm so grateful to have my friend, Michelle Venorsky here with me today to talk, about content, getting off the hamster wheel and how to really market your business with ease. Michelle is amazing. She has introduced me to so many people (like Sarah and Ellen at Flipfort, Josie and Nicolette at Broadview Eye, Charity D’Amato at Studio Chartreuse and Shari Hunter at Two Cafe) and helped me reintegrate back into the Cleveland area after having a local business and then going online for two years. M...
May 11, 2024•23 min
My friend, Sara Shookman and I met a few years back in 2017, when she was an NBC news anchor and I owned my wardrobe styling business, The Style Foundry. Together we'd create style segments to help the women here in Cleveland feel confident in their clothes. Fast forward 7 years later and now we're both mompreneurs who have expanded both into new businesses of our own and families too. I was so grateful to sit down and reconnect with Sara in our studio where we not only reminisced on life and ou...
May 11, 2024•1 hr 6 min
I think having a child allows you to recognize and appreciate the little things in life. It makes you take a step back and see life through their eyes. It just makes you appreciate every day. My new tagline is: Happiness is life's tiny treasures. I think through our discussion you can probably get a feel for the little things being important to me. Itty Bitty Bakeshop is the name of my business, but it really comes down to my thoughts and feelings about the little things in life, making people h...
May 11, 2024•18 min
In this episode of the Mompreneur Guide podcast, Amy from Daisy Pops shares her journey from being a high school math teacher to starting a successful cake pop business while juggling motherhood. She talks about the growth of her business, how she integrates her children into it, and the kind of mindset it takes to maintain your own brand. We delve into important topics like growing consistently without burning out, delegating tasks so you can stay doing what you do best, and, of course, the mom...
Dec 11, 2023•39 min
In this episode of the Mompreneur Guide Podcast, Dre Wien joins us in studio to talk about community, getting to know yourself better and in doing so, creating a sustainable business that lasts. As a serial entrepreneur (she has 9 lives as she says), mom and coach I was enthralled by all the twists and turns our conversation took. Learning more about Human Design was my favorite topic though. Dre shared: Her unique approach to business and mentoring thanks to Human Design How she determined the ...
Dec 04, 2023•28 min
Business partners, optometrists, and moms Josie Kosunick and Nicolette Scott from Broad View Eye Center visit the studio this week for an insightful conversation about building an optometry empire while raising families. With one of the largest privately owned eye clinics in Cleveland, we dive into how their people-focused culture makes them different and how their families contribute. Nicolette and Josie discuss what hindsight has taught them about worry, and how they have been intentional abou...
Nov 27, 2023•27 min
My friend Isabel Pritchett made the short walk down Main Street from her women’s clothing boutique — Sanity — over to the studio to chat with me today! We talk about why she loves retail and how she made her shop a place where women can come to get some sanity (in addition to clothing, shoes, and accessories). Isabel also shares why she’s been able to stay up to date and on trend in the fashion world for all of her 15 years in business and counting. And she talks about the challenges of being wi...
Nov 20, 2023•28 min
Sisters-in-law Katie Hanna and Emily Hanna Mayock are here at the studio this week, talking about starting up the business they’ve always dreamed of running as a team. They run a marketing and communications agency together, and it really felt like this conversation was a peek behind the curtain at how fun their day-to-day operations can be! In this episode we really dove into the perspective shift from task taker to recommender. When Katie and Emily made that transition in each of their careers...
Nov 13, 2023•31 min
"Let it be easy" came through in a meditation for me the other day. As a recovering perfectionist, over-achiever high-achiever.... this is not always the easiest phrase. But I've been leaning into it and after a day with nothing specifically "productive" scheduled I watched the power of this phrase unfold.... and felt compelled to get on the mic and share the story with you. Let me know what you think on IG! DM me @mompreneur_co SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW SO YOU DON’T MISS A THING Apple Spotify Check ou...
Nov 08, 2023•12 min
Our friend Molly stops by for a chat about how she founded the first non-alcoholic bar in the city of Cleveland. We talk about why we love the atmosphere of the workspace-cafe-meets-neighborhood-bar, plus we get into how we’re relaxing and being social sans the dated pressures of alcohol. Molly also shares a kismet story from her pre-shop days that gave us the chills! She had seen this type of spirit-free gathering space in New York City -- was there a market for it in Cleveland? Yes, she discov...
Nov 06, 2023•34 min
Abby Beach, founder of the RV Social Lounge, hung out with us at the Mompreneur Co. Studio this week to share the story of how she turned the concept of “I wish I could go out with my friends, but… we don’t want to get dressed up, but… we also don’t want to be at home” into a full-blown business. It was a wild and impossibly quick ride from the initial idea until she had her first client book her beautifully curated and Instragrammable RV for a girls night. We’re talking less than one month betw...
Oct 30, 2023•29 min
🎙️ Join me this week on the "Mompreneur Guide" podcast as we dive deep into a transformative conversation with Amy Traugh, founder of Moms on a Mission and the host of the Motivated Mompreneur Podcast. Amy, a fellow Northeast Ohioan, shares her remarkable journey and insights into the world of mompreneurship. In our engaging and lively discussion, we explore the essence of balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship. Amy's perspective is a shining example of how family always remains our top prio...
Oct 16, 2023•38 min
Five female filmmakers from the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival joined us for a panel discussion about a common thread in each of their films: agency. We talk about the control the people in their stories had over their lives and their bodies -- and the consequences when that control falls into someone else's hands. We also dug deep into how this manifests itself in the film industry and what these women are doing to change it "so that documentary filmmakers can tell the stories that need to b...
Oct 09, 2023•41 min
Kathy Cruz from the Savvy Shopkeeper is sitting in the cozy pink chairs with us at the Mompreneur Co. Studio this week! Kathy is a retail business consultant for brick and mortar store owners, sharing what she's learned from nearly a decade of balance, profit, and growth at her own home decor boutique. We talk about how much has changed since we met in 2017 when Kathy was gathering up the courage to leave her job as a detective and go into business for herself. Back then, she said the fear of fa...
Oct 02, 2023•23 min
Soul Yoga owner and teacher Ylonda Rosenthal-Greene sits down with us at the studio this week, sharing how (and why!) she runs the most soulful yoga studio in the city. She tells us what she learned from taking classes at every single yoga studio in Cleveland before starting her own, and how she recognized she needed to create a space that said more than just “you’re welcome to be here” to students and instructors. It had to say “we’ve been expecting you. We’re prepared for you.” It’s a small sh...
Sep 25, 2023•35 min
Professional gift-wrapper and gift-giver extraordinaire Bethany First is in studio today, sharing everything you never knew you needed to know about gifts! We’re talking gifts for all kinds of occasions and all kinds of people; friends, family, clients, or anyone else who makes an impact in our lives. She shares her creative process for gift selection, wrapping, and making the unwrapping an event and experience in and of itself. We also go deep below the surface-level “here, I got this for you” ...
Sep 18, 2023•30 min
Chagrin Falls local Kristen Thalman is in studio this week! We talked a little business, then we hit on a topic that flowed so naturally into an open and honest “mom talk” conversation — intuition. We got philosophical about what it means to be our own highest authorities in our businesses and in our lives. Plus we dove into how we’ve become so much more aware of the how we do our work and how we use our words as our kids have become our audiences, watching and learning from our every move. Kris...
Sep 11, 2023•34 min
Imagine knowing exactly when it’s time to try something different for your business. Or when it’s best to keep going and not make a change at all. You would know you’re always spending your time and energy as efficiently as you can. But it’s surprisingly even more valuable than that. Ashley Rector joins us at the Mompreneur Co. Studio this week and tells us how she’s built a thriving digital marketing agency on the back of knowing when “next” needed to become “now.” She talks about her first bus...
Sep 04, 2023•35 min
Everybody has an opinion about chartreuse. Try this: mention the color to the next person you talk to -- we bet they'll tell you precisely how they feel about it and give you a detailed backstory why they feel that way. Somehow everybody has a chartreuse story. “Great branding and design strategy makes someone want to do something. It makes movement." That's how Charity D'Amato-Crawford described her creative philosophy to us when she stopped by the Mompreneur Co Studio this week. Her design stu...
Aug 28, 2023•46 min
I'm SO pumped to share this episode with you! I had the pleasure of hosting the brilliant Kaitie Nickel in studio (a.k.a. the creative mind behind Cleveland Vibes .) We had an engaging conversation about our shared love for Cleveland, the power of local businesses and the unique bond we share as mom entrepreneurs. Here are some highlights from our conversation: Cleveland: A Love Story Kaitie, originally not from Cleveland, moved to the city seven years ago and fell head over heels for it. Her hu...
Aug 21, 2023•43 min
Today's episode is an inspiring conversation with two extraordinary women, Andria Loczi and Anne Hartnett . They are the founders of Harness Collective (a commercial real estate and business consulting firm for brick and mortar businesses), the Vitrolite Building (an 18,000 sqft neighborhood space for local makers, professionals and families in the heart of Hingetown) and Harness Cycle . These ladies have breathed new life into the historic Vitrolite Building- a space formerly closed to the publ...
Aug 14, 2023•49 min
In this inspiring episode, I had the privilege of sitting down with Shari Hunter of Two & Company, a family-run, mission-driven company based right here in Chagrin Falls, OH. Let me tell you…. her story is truly inspiring. Shari's journey as a mom and entrepreneur started with a love for her son, Derek, and a mission to make sure his medical diagnosis of Downs Syndrome never defined who he is. In supporting Derek, Shari realized there are so many other amazing men and women in our community ...
Aug 07, 2023•36 min
In this episode, I had the chance to sit down with Ellen Velez and Sarah Filipovitz from Flipfort in our FIRST in-studio interview- kicking off our Cleveland Mompreneurs Season. These amazing ladies are not only Cleveland moms but also insanely creative entrepreneurs. I loved chatting about: the wild ride of launching a business during a pandemic what it's like finding the right business partner and, of course, the struggles of finding that "perfect" balance between motherhood and entrepreneursh...
Jul 31, 2023•39 min
🎉 Kicking Off Season 5 in Style… Cleveland style that is! I can’t believe that we're already launching our fifth season! 🤯 It's been an incredible two-year journey of growth, inspiration, and celebration of the mompreneur journey, and I'm so grateful to have you along for the ride.🥰 This season we’re switching things up and going local! 📍 We're focusing on the amazing Cleveland-based mompreneurs who are making waves in our community. Their stories, insights, and practical tips have left me w...
Jul 24, 2023•8 min
Book on your heart but no clue where to start? That's what Nena Madonia Oshman from @thenominategroup is here for 🎉 As a literary agent and mom of 3, Nena sees firsthand how important publishing is... Which is why she joined us today to share: What it really takes to publish a book (as a mom) Why she believes everyone should write one And her secret sauce for closing 300 book deals to major publishing houses and earning over $7 million dollars in advances per year for her authors, most of which...
May 08, 2023•43 min
Memberships are not a new topic of conversation... however, I'm guessing when you hear that word a specific business model (that you're not interested in comes to mind.) The low ticket, high effort, never-ending content kind... @presentprofitablemom Tabitha has good news for you- Membership models are changing for the better which is why she joined us today to share: How memberships in 2023 are different (+ now completely unique to you- the mompreneur) The 3 basic pillars that successful and pro...
May 01, 2023•44 min
In just a few days we're getting the keys to the studio 😍 We're beyond excited and also felt it was about time to share the behind the scenes scoop not just on how we've made this happen but how we executed so quickly. So in this episode I share: How to go from filling up your notes doc with shiny idea syndrome to getting them done How to enjoy the messy middle when the initial excitement wears off And where we're at now as we pivot from trusting in our idea to sharing it so amazing women like ...
Apr 24, 2023•33 min
My friend @sarah_marie_bilger of the @entering_motherhood and I were recently chatting about mom life when she shared a powerful statement with me. 👇🏻 "My mom passed when I was 9. So when my first child, my daughter, was born 20 years later so much disconnect came up for me. I went into motherhood thinking: What does being a Mom look like? Who am I? Who should I be? What do I want to be? I have memories of me and my mom, but it's not those long lasting ones. And it left me thinking: How can I ...
Apr 17, 2023•31 min
