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Female Founder Friday is a collection of conversations with the most interesting and inspiring female entrepreneurs and small business owners. Hosted by Lindsay White of High Voltage Leadership, these chats will be an opportunity to hear the stories of female founders; what they've learned, what they've struggled with, and what they see for the future of women leaders in business. We hope that you enjoy and are inspired!

If you're interested in being a guest on the show please connect with us at FFFpodcast@highvoltageleadership.ca today!

Female Founder Friday Lindsay White

    • Business
    • 5.0 โ€ข 9 Ratings

Female Founder Friday is a collection of conversations with the most interesting and inspiring female entrepreneurs and small business owners. Hosted by Lindsay White of High Voltage Leadership, these chats will be an opportunity to hear the stories of female founders; what they've learned, what they've struggled with, and what they see for the future of women leaders in business. We hope that you enjoy and are inspired!

If you're interested in being a guest on the show please connect with us at FFFpodcast@highvoltageleadership.ca today!

    The Reluctant Entrepreneur with Marie Garvey

    The Reluctant Entrepreneur with Marie Garvey

    Get ready to dive into the inspiring world of ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ, a powerhouse entrepreneur who's not just a one, but a two-time founder! She's the driving force behind The Garvey Group (a strategic communications firm), as well as Crazy Business Women in Balance, an executive coaching practice that empowers women to find more balance and joy in their careersโœจ.

    Join us for this weekโ€™s episode of Female Founder Friday to discover why it's time to break free from playing it small and instead, embrace the exhilarating challenges of your business journey. Marie fearlessly shares her experiences, shedding light on the stigmas she faced as an up-and-coming entrepreneur, and how she transformed them into stepping stones towards embracing power and success.

    ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž


    I had to stop playing it small (5:30)


    Figure out your superpower (16:47)


    Donโ€™t rely on handholding (24:51)



    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ


    ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž: https://crazybusywomen.com/
    ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ: crazybusywomen

    ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ!


    Hey High Voltage Leaders!ย  All of my guests have taken my Quiz to Discover their Leadership Style and so can you ๐Ÿ˜€.ย  Click here to find out what Style of Leader you really are https://highvoltageleadership.ca/quiz/


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    • 41 min
    10x Your Business with Kara Duffy

    10x Your Business with Kara Duffy

    ๐Š๐š๐ซ๐š ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฒ is a serial entrepreneur and the current founder and CEO of two companies: Powerful Ladies and Kara Duffy Coaching & Consulting. Between her multiple businesses, her podcast and her speaking events - Kara is helping CEOs all over the world thrive and increase their profit margins ๐ŸŒŽ

    Tune in this week for Female Founder Friday to hear Karaโ€™s extraordinary insights on โ€œleveling upโ€ in your business, including mastering the art of expanding sustainably and reaching your firstย million.๐Ÿ’ฐ



    ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž


    โ€œSelf- madeโ€ is a lie (9:45)
    To be successful you have to surrender (18:25)
    You can 10x your business adding one person (23:05)
    The bigger swings youโ€™re making the more mistakes (27:50)



    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐š๐ซ๐š ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฒ


    ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž: https://karaduffy.com
    ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ: @kara_duffy



    ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ!

    Hey High Voltage Leaders!ย  All of my guests have taken my Quiz to Discover their Leadership Style and so can you ๐Ÿ˜€.ย  Click here to find out what Style of Leader you really are https://highvoltageleadership.ca/quiz/




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    • 39 min
    The Next Generation with Vanessa Pannozzo

    The Next Generation with Vanessa Pannozzo

    ๐•๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š ๐๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ณ๐ณ๐จ (@vanessapannozzo) is a next gen(eration) Female Founder making waves in the Canadian real estate industry. Vanessa comes from a family of entrepreneurs, and after college, she realized there was an opportunity for her to not just join the family firm, but to take it to a new level - adding on a property management business. She now serves as the Director of Operations for said business - Executive Properties Capital - which partners with high-net-worth individuals to create a seamless real estate investing experience.

    Join us for this weekโ€™s episode of Female Founder Friday to gain insight on seizing opportunities and pivotal moments in your career. From learning on the go, to gaining confidence, to creating a dynamic team - Vanessa and I break down how to navigate these moments, and successfully build yourself a thriving business.ย 



    ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž


    How I built my property management business (4:12)
    Learn by trial and error (14:25)
    Growth never stops (20:55)



    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐•๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š ๐๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ณ๐ณ๐จ


    ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž: https://www.investwithepc.com/
    ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ: @vanessapannozzo



    ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ!


    Hey High Voltage Leaders!ย  All of my guests have taken my Quiz to Discover their Leadership Style and so can you ๐Ÿ˜€.ย  Click here to find out what Style of Leader you really are https://highvoltageleadership.ca/quiz/




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    • 30 min
    Operational Freedom with Khadirah Muhammad

    Operational Freedom with Khadirah Muhammad

    ๐Š๐ก๐š๐๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ (@khadirahsmuhammad) became an entrepreneur at 18, when she realized she had a unique gift for understanding and implementing new technologies. As her career blossomed, she decided to create her own agency - Omnipotent Consulting - which is dedicated to helpingย  businesses find โ€œoperational freedomโ€ by implementing technologies, systems and automations that can make their lives easier.ย 

    Join us this week on Female Founder Friday for an amazing episode with Khadirah! She and I discuss the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship, and two of the most life-changing lessons you can learn as a business owner - how to lean into your strengths and why itโ€™s critical to hire a diverse team.

    ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž


    Most people canโ€™t retire anymore (3:08)
    โ€œWhy notโ€ versus โ€œWhyโ€ (9:10)
    The people I hire should be opposite of me (19:45)

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐ก๐š๐๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐


    ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž: https://omnipotentconsulting.com/
    ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ: @khadirahsmuhammad

    ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ!


    Hey High Voltage Leaders!ย  All of my guests have taken my Quiz to Discover their Leadership Style and so can you ๐Ÿ˜€.ย  Click here to find out what Style of Leader you really are https://highvoltageleadership.ca/quiz/


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    • 34 min
    Time to Reinvent with Melissa Burkheimer

    Time to Reinvent with Melissa Burkheimer

    ๐Œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ (@melissaburkheimer) is a founder who is not afraid to reinvent herself. From being an award winning graphic designer, to an expert sales page designer, to the creative director and launch manager at her own studio, Melissa has excelled in not one, but three different incredible venturesโ€ฆand she has no plans of stopping there๐Ÿ˜‰

    Join us this week on Female Founder Friday to hear Melissa's inspiring story of navigating entrepreneurship through her numerous reinventions. Melissa offers spectacular advice on embracing flexibility and creating your own unique blend of success and alignment in whatever path youโ€™re pursuing.๐ŸŒŸ

    ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž


    My first reinvention (7:54)
    The magic pill for work life blend (15:05)
    Itโ€™s good to give..but itโ€™s also good to ask (23:45)

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ


    ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž: https://melissaburkheimer.com/
    ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ: melissaburkheimer

    ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ!


    Hey High Voltage Leaders!ย  All of my guests have taken my Quiz to Discover their Leadership Style and so can you ๐Ÿ˜€.ย  Click here to find out what Style of Leader you really are https://highvoltageleadership.ca/quiz/


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    • 33 min
    Power, Poise & Presence with Dr. Lizette Warner

    Power, Poise & Presence with Dr. Lizette Warner

    ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‹๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ซ (@lizette__warner) is a speaker, author and executive coach who holds a PhD from the Mayo Clinic. Her book โ€œPower, Poise, and Presence: A New Approach to Authentic Leadershipโ€ brilliantly blends her different areas of expertise to create a how-to guide for individuals looking to unlock their full human potential.

    Join us this week on Female Founder Friday to learn about Dr. Warnerโ€™s theory on biomarkers, and how discovering them can help you improve your presence and authenticity as a leader. Dr. Warner discusses her current strategies as an executive coach, and how she helps emerging leaders โ€œget off the hamster wheelโ€ ๐Ÿน by making more intentional decisions in their career.ย 

    ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž


    It may go terribly wrong, but try it anyway (6:05)
    Learn to identify pivot points (11:48)
    How switching coaching style helped me offload stress (16:05)

    ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‹๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ซ


    ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž: https://www.lizettewarner.com/
    ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ: @lizette__warner

    ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ!


    Hey High Voltage Leaders!ย  All of my guests have taken my Quiz to Discover their Leadership Style and so can you ๐Ÿ˜€.ย  Click here to find out what Style of Leader you really are https://highvoltageleadership.ca/quiz/


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    • 28 min

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Honest Conversations

I love how honest these conversations are. I can relate so much to these womenโ€™s stories. Entrepreneurship is not all glamorous, and we all have our moments. Itโ€™s refreshing to have these discussions to know that we are all not alone in our journeys.

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Inspiring women!

I always look forward to the conversations Lindsay has with such interesting women who are showing up and making an impact. Her energy is contagious and I always leave motivated and inspired by their transparency.

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Excellent Conversation

I really enjoyed the our conversation and the opportunity to share my experience with other female founders. Lindsay asks great questions and a fantastic host

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