This episode is an inside look into a recent video session we hosted with Impaction, a social impact platform. We talk with founder Shivani Chokshi about our tips, strategies and experiences as female entrepreneurs. This episode is packed with tips and tools to use to start or elevate your business in 2021. Impaction Website: myimpaction.com IDA Website: https://thinkida.com   IDA is a mobile app that makes entrepreneurship navigable and user-friendly. Get smart suggestions and recommendations on what you need to do next, connect with other founders, analyze your competitors and audience, and find mentors and investors.

This episode features Alex Friedman, CEO and Founder of Talk Howdy, a platform for virtual meetups for people with shared interests. Though her original idea didn't succeed as she'd hoped, she let go of fear to pursue new ideas, reached out to make connections, and reinvented herself to create a new business. Alex is passionate about helping people and offers valuable advice to other entrepreneurs. *After the recording of this episode, Talk Howdy was accepted into Techstars Austin! Techstars is a world renown accelerator with acceptance rates of 1%, so congratulations to Alex on truly reinventing and being resilient! Talk Howdy Website: talkhowdy.com IDA Website: https://thinkida.com   IDA is a mobile app that makes entrepreneurship navigable and user-friendly. Get smart suggestions and recommendations on what you need to do next, connect with other founders, analyze your competitors and audience, and find mentors and investors.

Priya Amin is the CEO of Flexable, a company that offers flexible childcare solutions, and more recently, virtual childcare. When COVID-19 happened, people's working lives changed, and so did their childcare needs. In her entrepreneurial spirit, Priya pivoted and adjusted her business to help companies and working parents care for their children in the remote workplace.  This episode is exciting because Priya was actually one of the first users of IDA, so it's great to hear her success story.  Flexable Website: flexablecare.com IDA Website: https://thinkida.com  IDA is a mobile app that makes entrepreneurship navigable and user-friendly. Get smart suggestions and recommendations on what you need to do next, connect with other founders, analyze your competitors and audience, and find mentors and investors.

In this episode, we talk with Brenden Kumarasamy, communication expert and Founder of MasterTalk. He shares tips and exercises to effectively communicate and pitch your business at any time of day.  Master Talk Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBYFP4mZLQovr7W6Si6sueA IDA Website: https://thinkida.com   IDA is a mobile app that makes entrepreneurship navigable and user-friendly. Get smart suggestions and recommendations on what you need to do next, connect with other founders, analyze your competitors and audience, and find mentors and investors.

Entrepreneurship isn't always all glamour and success! Join us for a conversation with one of IDA's Founders, Varika Pinnam, where she talks about an experience that happened recently at IDA. Learn from her takeaways and access tips for how to prevent the same thing happening to your business.  IDA Website: https://thinkida.com  IDA is a mobile app that makes entrepreneurship navigable and user-friendly. Get smart suggestions and recommendations on what you need to do next, connect with other founders, analyze your competitors and audience, and find mentors and investors. Bluehost: https://www.bluehost.com/ Wordpress: http://wordpress.org/ Sucuri: https://sucuri.net/ VaultPress: https://vaultpress.com/ Cybersecurity for Small Business: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/small-businesses/cybersecurity

In this episode, we talked with Afifa Siddiqui who built not one, not two, but three multi-million dollar, 8-figure companies. What inspired her? How does she manage it all? And what does she have to say to other aspiring or current entrepreneurs? Listen to this episode as we dive in into Afifa's background and journey! Career Leaf Website: https://careerleaf.com/ IDA Website: https://thinkida.com  IDA is a mobile app that makes entrepreneurship navigable and user-friendly. Get smart suggestions and recommendations on what you need to do next, connect with other founders, analyze your competitors and audience, and find mentors and investors.

In this episode, Laura DiBenedetto, Founder and CEO, Life Mastery Coach, Tedx speaker and Author of The Six Habits, shares inspiring ways to become an architect of your own future. We talk about success, happiness and how you actually have an unlimited supply of the tools you need within you. Her mission is to invite entrepreneurs and leaders into an incredible way of being. Check out Laura's book, The Six Habits at www.thesixhabits.com/ Laura's Website: https://lauradibenedetto.com/ IDA Website: https://thinkida.com IDA is a mobile app that makes entrepreneurship navigable and user-friendly. Get smart suggestions and recommendations on what you need to do next, connect with other founders, analyze your competitors and audience, and find mentors and investors.

Sales coach Meghan Lamle shares valuable strategies for how to sell to your customers with minimal objections. Join us for a conversation packed with tips to understanding your audience, building emotional connections, and generating a thriving business throughout the pandemic.   Meghan's Website: https://www.meghanlamle.com IDA Website: https://thinkida.com IDA is a mobile app that makes entrepreneurship navigable and user-friendly. Get smart suggestions and recommendations on what you need to do next, connect with other founders, analyze your competitors and audience, and find mentors and investors.

Maura is one of the mentors for IDA and an expert in sales. She's had 20+ years of experience in sales at Fortune 500 companies, has her own company, Best@Selling, and has written two books on sales. We asked Maura to be on our show as we end Season 1 of the podcast to share her expertise with you all. Listen for her amazing, actionable sales tips and insights and how she reads potential customers according and uses psychology to sell. Sales is a necessary skill for all entrepreneurs but can be daunting at times - learn how to alter your approach in this episode!  Best@Selling Website: https://www.bestatselling.com/ IDA Website: https://thinkida.com IDA is a mobile app that makes entrepreneurship navigable and user-friendly. Get smart suggestions and recommendations on what you need to do next, connect with other founders, analyze your competitors and audience, and find mentors and investors.

Ocean Morgan is a current college student and 3-time entrepreneur at the age of just 22. We talked about her journey and her work with her current company, Kaivent Media, and her tips for building a sales funnel, running a powerful, lead-generating webinar, and advertising.  One of Ocean's key tips towards the end of the episode is to "ride that wave" of confidence you get after a win to fuel your next moves.  Listen for her remaining actionable tips, insights, and favorite tools to use whether you are in consulting, coaching, or course-building industries or are just looking for ways to enlarge your audience and create more leads!   Kaivent Media: https://kaiventmedia.com IDA Website: https://thinkida.com IDA is a mobile app that makes entrepreneurship navigable and user-friendly. Get smart suggestions and recommendations on what you need to do next, connect with other founders, analyze your competitors and audience, and find mentors and investors.