How She Went Global

Scientist and entrepreneur Diana Yousef, founder and CEO of change:WATER Labs Inc., a mission-driven cleantech venture developing disruptive technologies to increase safe, sustainable, and scalable access to clean water and sanitation, discusses how she came up with a low-cost and entirely waterless portable toilet, where it is made, what countries she plans to serve, and how women and girls will benefit the most from her innovation.

Allison Maslan, founder and CEO of Pinnacle Global Network, a company that helps founders scale their business, fast-track their success, and create a more meaningful life, discusses the difference between scaling a product-based versus a service-based business, the one thing people get wrong when it comes to scaling a business globally, and how she was able to involve Magic Johnson, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, and Barbara Corcoran in her enterprise.

Ruth Hughes is founder and CEO of MVP One, a woman-owned cloud software company that is revolutionizing how the world does maintenance. In this episode, Ruth discusses her company's offerings, the industries she serves, the 25+ international markets she has entered, and why maintenance is essential to business growth and excellent customer service.

Jenny Jing Zhu, founder and CEO of Lush Décor Home and author of the forthcoming book "OVERCOMING," discusses how she went from a small, electricity-challenged village in China to the founder of Lush Décor Home, now a $100 million enterprise; how she navigated the various stages of business growth; her international expansion plan; and what makes her most grateful.

Gina Diez Barroso is president and CEO of Diarq Holdings, a Mexican company of construction and design with 9 affiliated companies and more than 700 employees. A self-proclaimed "serial entrepreneur," Gina discusses why she started her companies and educational organizations, the advantages of being a Latina in business, how she navigates cultural challenges, why failure does not matter, and how women already have the power within them to succeed.

Mercedes Enrique, president and owner of CMS Corporation, a Department of Defense construction contractor with worldwide contracts, shares her customer-first philosophy, her international business experiences, why being a Latina business owner has its advantages, and her single greatest life-changing business moment.

Dee Dee Martin, founder and owner of Soothe Our Souls, a luxury loungewear brand that believes by changing one life we change many, discusses where her products are made, how her products are packaged, how many countries she sells in, and what is possible for women of a certain age.

Merrilee Kick, CEO and Founder, BuzzBallz / Southern Champion LLC, the only woman-owned combination distillery, winery, and brewery in the United States, discusses how she manufactures ready-to-drink cocktails as well as spirits such as rum, vodka, gin, and bourbon; comes up with her cocktail formulations; sells the products in all fifty states and twenty-seven countries; and offers different languages on her website and product labels.

Lisa Sun, CEO and founder of New York-based GRAVITAS, a company offering innovative size-inclusive apparel, styling solutions, and content designed to make over women from the inside out, discusses what it means to be on a mission to catalyze confidence, how her clothes are made and sold, what percentage of her business is international, and why she wrote the book GRAVITAS: The 8 Strengths That Redefine Confidence.

Seasoned engineer, market and technology executive Valarie King-Bailey is founder and CEO of Chicago-based OnShore Technology Group, an independent consultancy specializing in validation and verification services and solutions in the life sciences industry. In this episode, King-Bailey discusses the experiences that became game changers for her business, her customer base, the sectors in which she operates, and how OnShore tracks progress.