How To Be a Successful Entrepreneur with Mona Andrews

Mona boasts a 30-year entrepreneurial journey, having founded two successful companies. As a mother of two and a dedicated advocate for women's equity, she established her second venture, Stay In The Game, a business process outsourcing firm guided by the vision that no mother or caregiver should be forced to choose between a career and caring for their loved ones.

Welcome back to the ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast! In this episode, Beth Chesterton welcomes CEO, Entrepreneur and multiple award winner, Mona Andrews. Mona is the Founder and CEO of Stay In The Game, a remarkable company helping women stay in the game while also tending to other responsibilities. Mona saw that women were stepping away from their careers in order to have children or to take care of parents and then having a very difficult time getting back into the workforce. Being a serial entrepreneur, Mona saw a problem and then created a solution! Stay In The Game provides women the opportunity to work remotely and keep their resume current and up-to-date. Tune in to hear some of Mona’s best tips for entrepreneurs, leadership and for staying in the game!  

More about Mona Andrews and Stay In The Game:

Benefiting from the flexibility of setting her schedule as an entrepreneur, Mona encountered numerous women facing the challenging decision of balancing work and family. Over the past six years, Stay In The Game has been positively impacting lives through its commitment to work-from-home flexibility, with plans for further expansion. The ambitious goal is to hire 5,000 women and caregivers by 2027.

Our awards and honors include: 

• 2023 Stevie Silver Award Winner - Female Thought Leader of the Year - Business Services
• 2023 Stevie Silver Award Winner - Social Change Maker of the Year – Gender
• 2023 Inc. Female Founders 200 Honoree
• 2022 Silver Stevie Award for Best Female Entrepreneur
• 2022 Los Angeles Times CEO Small Business Winner
• 2020 Los Angeles Business Journal Women’s Council Nominee
• 2020 AllBright Pitch Day Participant
• 2020 University of Southern California Marshall/Greif Incubator Participant Summer
• 2019 Women Helping Women & Achievement in Promoting Work-Life Balance
• 2019 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
• 2019 American Business Awards Start-Up of the Year
• 2019 American Business Awards Best New Business to Business Service
• 2019 American Business Awards People’s Choice Favorite New Business to Business Service
• 2019 Los Angeles Business Journal Women’s Council Nominee
• 2019 DataBird Female Executive of the Year - Bronze Winner
• 2019 Start-Up of the Year Competition - Semi-Finalist
• 2018 Small Business Expos Best of Small Business Award Honoring America’s Top 100 Small Business Visionaries
• 2018 Start-Up of the Year & Best New B2B Service of the Year
• 2018 Stevie Awards for Women in Business

Mona has also been published eight times in Forbes and has been a featured speaker at both the Ellevate Southwest Conference and the Silicon Slopes Summit.

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ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast is produced by Amanda Taran.