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Welcome to The IFundWomen Show, the no-BS startup coaching podcast that gives you the real real on how to start a successful business, while keeping your sanity. Each episode will feature a real-life business coaching session with Karen Cahn, Founder & CEO of IFundWomen and a member of the IFundWomen entrepreneur community. Listen in to get logical business insights, learn executable strategies, and get actionable tactics that you can use to launch, grow, and scale your business.
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Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Sometimes when you feel like your business is plateauing, it’s time to recycle that box you thought you were thinking outside of, and simply look at your data for growth opportunities.
In this episode of the IFundWomen Show with Karen Cahn, Alex West Steinman, Co-Founder & CEO of The Coven, needs inspiration on how to expand her digital platform and monetize globally. With two bustling physical spaces already rocking and a digital community platform with membership in the thousands, Alex needs advice on how to monetize outside of her entrepreneur community. This is where Coach Karen’s brilliant mind comes in - she sees one thing Alex doesn’t: the data goldmine that her existing customers have built for her. With the insights from this data, should The Coven pursue leadership and development training for corporations, or continue down the path of trying to monetize its membership base of entrepreneurs and freelancers? If we’ve learned anything from the last episode with Shauntavia Ward, it’s that founders need to pick one thing and do it really well. Which direction will AWS choose to go in to maximize her revenue, and more importantly, her impact?
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Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Focusing on being the best at one thing when your competitors are offering an array of products and services can give you major industry FOMO. But, as any great business owner knows, you have to focus on doing one thing really well before you can start to diversify your revenue streams. This, my friends, is “The Google Way,” meaning you need to do one thing and do it well in order for your business to be successful.
In this episode of the IFundWomen Show, Karen Cahn talks to Shauntavia Ward, Founder of Elemint Skin, as she stands her ground on being THE destination for facials in Austin, TX. Why? Shauntavia is an expert in clean facial wellness, has years of domain expertise and training, and is not willing to weave in other “spa services” that could dilute her brand. Shauntavia entered the episode wanting to expand her brick and mortar, and leaves with an entirely new and lucrative business idea.
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Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Your business is disruptive. You have revenue and you’ve proven demand. Now, how do you make your business go from “interesting” to “investable?” You’re confident you can raise your seed round from venture investors if you can just get in front of the right people… but how the heck do you actually do this?
In this episode of the IFundWomen Show, Karen Cahn talks to Odessa Jenkins, Founder & CEO of the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC), about how she is pitching to the wrong investors. KC empowers OJ with a new strategy on how to confidently network her way to the exact right investors to get her seed round done.
This episode was produced by Sofia Badalamenti at IFundWomen
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Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Did your passion project take off and become a real business? Do you wish it could go back to being a passion project without all the pressure to monetize? You are not alone. This gut-wrenching feeling can be isolating, loaded with shame, and something more founders face than you think. On this episode of the IFundWomen Show with Karen Cahn, tune in to hear Mikki Hernandez, Founder of MixedKids&Co, unpack her feelings about how she isn’t sure if she wants her super-innovative passion project to move forward as a business.
This episode was produced by Sofia Badalamenti at IFundWomen
Host: Karen Cahn, Founder & CEO of IFundWomen
Music: “Street Dance Hip-Hop Party” by StereoNuts from Envato Elements
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Mikki Hernandez:
- MixedKids&Co Website: https://www.mixedkidsco.com/
- Purchase Mikki’s Book: https://amzn.to/3BoWIxx
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Are you wearing too many hats in your business? Do you feel like you have to run point on every project? Is your team feeling unsupported and disorganized? It’s time to find an Operations expert, friend.
On this episode of The IFundWomen Show Podcast, Karen Cahn talks to Konstance Patton, founder of Soho Renaissance Factory, about how a microdose of psychedelics gave her the inspiration to start her art empire. Now that The Soho Renaissance Factory is running at a high rate of revenue, Konstance needs to ramp up her operational expertise on the team, something she’s lacking. We also talk about how the coaching she received through the IFundWomen Entrepreneur of the Year program helped her level up her vision and make it massive.
This episode was produced by Sofia Badalamenti at IFundWomen
Host: Karen Cahn, Founder & CEO of IFundWomen
Music: “Street Dance Hip-Hop Party” by StereoNuts from Envato Elements
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Why do founders with a social mission often feel guilty collecting profit? In case nobody has told you today, running a woman-owned business that does good for the world and making money at the same time is totally badass. In this episode of the IFundWomen show, Elizabeth Gay, founder of Ípàdé, gives us an exciting update on how she starting charging real money for her valuable services, after giving away so much during the pandemic. Karen and Elizabeth also talk about equity crowdfunding, and making your customers and fans investors in your business. Take a listen!
This episode was produced by Sofia Badalamenti at IFundWomen
Host: Karen Cahn, Founder & CEO of IFundWomen
Music: “Street Dance Hip-Hop Party” by StereoNuts from Envato Elements
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Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
What do Meghan Markle, ULTA Beauty and IFundWomen have in common? They all adore Lamik Beauty.
Not only is Kim the CEO of LAMIK, she is also the CEO of turning lemons into lemonade. On this episode of The IFundWomen Show, Karen Cahn talks to Kim Roxie about her upcoming venture capital raise, how taking desperation out of the equation will lead you to the right investors, and how Kim turned lemons into lemonade during the pandemic.
This episode will cover:
- What you need to consider before embarking on a venture capital raise
- How to maximize your resources so you can focus on raising your round
- Choosing the right investors
This episode was produced by Sofia Badalamenti at IFundWomen
Host: Karen Cahn, Founder & CEO of IFundWomen
Music: “Street Dance Hip-Hop Party” by StereoNuts from Envato Elements
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Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Pitching to people who do not care, warding off the Ku Klux Klan, being told that in order to raise funding, we need a “glam squad,” and other horrific things that female founders need to go through to run a normal business can start to make us think lots of things, like Why TF am I doing this? Or Am I the chosen one to solve this systemic problem for my community? Who and where are the people who want to support me? Because I know they are out there. Tune into this episode of the IFundWomen Show to hear Karen Cahn, Founder & CEO of IFundWomen get an honest update from Wanona Satcher, founder of Mākher's Studio, about her entrepreneurial journey.
This episode was produced by Sofia Badalamenti at IFundWomen
Host: Karen Cahn, Founder & CEO of IFundWomen
Music: “Street Dance Hip-Hop Party” by StereoNuts from Envato Elements
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- Read “Building Atlanta: How I Broke Through Segregation to Launch a Business Empire” by H.J. Russell: https://amzn.to/356R9Ih
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Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Ladies and gentlemen… The IFundWomen Show is BACK and making a return in a big way in 2202. We launched our beta season to see if people would find our live startup coaching valuable, helpful, and maybe even somewhat entertaining. Guess what? You all made it very clear that you liked what we were throwing down. So with that, strap in for a new wave of the IFundWomen Show. Starting in 2022, you can expect a new episode every Wednesday. If your new years resolution is to get your business soaring, you’re in luck. Stay tuned and fingers crossed that 2022 is nothing like the past two years. JK. Kind of.
This episode was produced by Sofia Badalamenti at IFundWomen
Host: Karen Cahn
Music: “Street Dance Hip-Hop Party” by StereoNuts from Envato Elements
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Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Over the last 18 months, as the world is still in the midst of both a pandemic and the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s clear why a new business owner who is serving a market of social entrepreneurs and activists feels charged to provide free services during these “unprecedented times”. For Elizabeth Gay, Founder of ìpàdé, this is her reality. She graciously provided a free, safe space for social entrepreneurs and activists to cowork and collaborate. Now she’s ready to convert them to paying customers. Tune in to hear Karen Cahn, Founder and CEO of IFundWomen, coach Elizabeth on how to create a sales funnel that drives revenue and sustains the business while remaining sensitive to the needs of her community.
Read the episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3mOJZyV
This episode was produced by Sofia Badalamenti at IFundWomen
Host: Karen Cahn
Music: “Street Dance Hip-Hop Party” by StereoNuts from Envato Elements
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- Learn more about ìpàdé: https://www.ipade.online/