Hey Entreprenistas! It’s Stephanie here and we are featuring some of our favorite conversations throughout the month of December to help inspire and educate you with what you really need to know to grow your businesses all 2024. This week on Startups in Stilettos, we’re talking to founders in our Entreprenistas community who really went from newborn to new business. In today’s episode, we first jump into a conversation with Pam Pekerman, Founder of “Hustle Like A Mom”, as she shares how motherhood inspired her to pivot her career and start an interview series that later evolved into a larger business venture. After that, we hear from Jodi Klaristenfeld, creator of FLRRiSH, a support community for families of premature babies and children with special needs. Jodi talks about her own experiences with a premature child and the challenges of navigating the healthcare system, which led to the creation of her business. And then finally, we sit down with Marnie Madras, Founder of Rumbly, a subscription box service focused on pregnant women. She discusses how her positive pregnancy experience shaped her desire to build a company that helps support women through their pregnancy journey, gifting them an overall more positive transition into motherhood. So join us! As we say goodbye to 2023 and step into 2024, we’re gifting you inspiring stories of resilience and innovation packed with actionable insight to fuel your entrepreneurial spirit.
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Carlyn Bushman is a seasoned business consultant, entrepreneur, and advocate for female founders. She founded POP Business Academy to empower women entrepreneurs with tools for building sustainable, profitable businesses. As CEO of Carlyn Bushman Consulting, she specializes in helping product- and service-based business owners navigate financials, marketing, and growth strategies. With extensive corporate experience, Carlyn, a mom in a blended family and lifelong learner, has been featured on Good Morning America and in Times Square. She's here to help you make money and stay in business.
Richelle is a pharmacist with extensive management and corporate experience at Target Corporation, specializing in recruitment, acquisitions, leadership, and operations. She is the Co-Founder and Former Director of Corporate Development at American Pediatric Dental Group, which she exited for eight figures, and Co-Founder of HealthBiz Mastery, an online health business course for healthcare providers, and the HealthBiz Connect community. A recognized business expert and NBC contributor, she’s been featured on GMA, CNN, Pix 11, Good Day Washington, to name a few. Richelle is also the co-author of The Power Couple.
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Highlights
- Pivoting from a fulfilling career to the unknown of a new business venture
- Transforming the ambitions of your 20s into purposeful work in your 30s and so on
- The strength that lies in shared experiences
- Providing a network of support for parents with premature and developmentally challenged children
- Celebrating and supporting women along the pregnancy journey
- Empathy transforming into entrepreneurship
- Identity loss and Postpartum Depression support