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The First With Dr. Sandi WebsterMaureen Borzacchiello - The Real Talk PodcastPodcaster Maureen Borzacchiello from The Real Talk with Maureen Borzachiello has a long list of notable firsts, including being the first of seven children and growing her business to over $1 million. She and I rang the bell together at the NY Stock Exchange where we were a part of the first all-woman team in the history of the Stock Exchange to do so.2022-09-161h 08
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloLeadership, Emotional Intelligence and ResilienceRealTalk Podcast: Episode 17 Guest: Alicia Marie Personal growth and development is critical to effective leadership. There is a huge misconception…Leaders are NOT born, they are trained, coached and developed to become great leaders. Leadership is relational, not transactional and has nothing to do with big personalities, charm or being persuasive. Those attributes are useful in interpersonal relationships, in sales but have nothing to do with what determines a great leader. Maureen’s guest is Alicia Marie, an expert in the field of leadership development. She has expertise and education and psycholinguistics, humanities, market...2022-02-241h 02
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloFrom Corporate to Entrepreneur - How a movie influenced a career pivot to creating a Top Agency for Speakers.RealTalk Podcast: Episode 16 Guest: Gail Davis It’s so fascinating how one experience can be a turning point that shapes one's career, life, decisions! Hear how the movie Alive became a catalyst for Gail Davis, corporate professional in the meetings and events space, to start her own company GDA Speakers. Listen and Subscribe on: Gail Davis is the founder of Gail Davis and Associates, a leading Speaker Bureau Agency. She is the past President of the International Association of Speakers Bureaus and has served as IASB's governor, where she devel...2021-06-0948 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloFrom Mergers and Acquisitions to Innovator and Entrepreneur - Hear some RealTalk about Patents, Products, and Getting into Big Box Retail.RealTalk Podcast: Episode 15 Guest: Francine Glick Francine Glick, founder of Echo Strategic Consultants and Water Journey, a personal care product company. Francine has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a BA in computer science from Barnard College at Columbia University. She is a perfect example of the crossroads where super-intelligent meets the super creative problem solver. Her background as an expert in Mergers and Acquisitions, specializing in the technology space enabled her to leverage her skills as she transitioned to entrepreneur and innovator when she created the category of alcohol-free ha...2021-05-1356 min
The Robyn Graham Show - Life and Health Strategies for Christian Women to Maximize Potential in Parenting and LeadershipHow to Grow and Scale a Business? The Key Pillars to Success You Need to Know Now!!Who Doesn't Want to Grow and Scale A Business? To-Do So, You Need The 6 Pillars of Success And Most Importantly, To Know Your Ideal Client Avatar! About Maureen Borzacchiello Maureen is obsessed with helping women succeed and excel in business and in life. She is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, consultant, and most importantly, a believer in the amazing power of the human spirit. Maureen helps women grow their businesses beyond what they thought possible. She helps them scale their business to seven figures or the level of profitability they wish to accomplish. Maureen spent many years in co...2021-04-1238 minThe Robyn Graham Show - Life and Health Strategies for Christian Women to Maximize Potential in Parenting and LeadershipHow to Grow and Scale a Business? The Key Pillars to Success You Need to Know Now!!Who Doesn't Want to Grow and Scale A Business? To-Do So, You Need The 6 Pillars of Success And Most Importantly, To Know Your Ideal Client Avatar! About Maureen Borzacchiello Maureen is obsessed with helping women succeed and excel in business and in life. She is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, consultant, and most importantly, a believer in the amazing power of the human spirit. Maureen helps women grow their businesses beyond what they thought possible. She helps them scale their business to seven figures or the level of profitability they wish to accomplish. Maureen spent many years in co...2021-04-1238 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloLawyer turned Entrepreneur, turned Beauty Queen, turned multiple 7 figure SERIAL Entrepreneur - hear about some best practices and mindsets that you can implement in YOUR business!RealTalk Podcast: Episode 14 Guest: Lisa Song Sutton About Lisa: Successful serial entrepreneur Real estate investor Former Miss Nevada - United States Former Congressional Candidate for Nevada’s 4th District. Former attorney who started her business career working in a top Las Vegas law firm, specializing in business litigation. Started her first business, Sin City Cupcakes in 2012. Companies: Sin City Cupcakes Ship Las Vegas Elite Homes - Christie’s International Real Estate Liquid and Lace Swimwear Lisa often publishes articles for periodicals like Forb...2021-03-2548 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloHear how this entrepreneur who created a $100 million + business, partnered up with her daughter to create a new company that tackles issues facing 20 somethings as they navigate their journey of adulthood.RealTalk Podcast: Episode 13 Tori Ganahl and Heidi Ganahl The mother-daughter, founders of Shefactor, an online platform for young women looking to create a life they love. Heidi Ganahl is a serial entrepreneur. She gave up a successful, but slightly unfulfilling career in pharmaceutical sales while turning a personal tragedy of being widowed, super young in life into an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people and their pets. As the founder of camp bow wow, the largest pet care franchise in the US which grossed over $100 million. She sold that company and is li...2021-03-1952 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloWhat you MUST know when Marketing Your Business GloballyRealTalk Podcast: Episode 12 Guest: Wendy Pease Wendy Pease is on a mission: to unite people across languages and cultures. In this episode of the RealTalk podcast, Wendy shares insights, tips and strategies to help entrepreneurs evaluate and consider marketing globally, as well as the benefits of investing in proper, high quality translation to market in different languages. Key Takeaways: Exporting Advise: Consider leveraging grants from the Federal Government to grow and scale through exporting Marketing Globally: 90% of people would rather spend time on a site that is in their...2021-01-131h 06
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloLeaving Corporate Events to Create Her Own 7 Figure CompanyRealTalk Podcast: Episode 11 Marissa Sams Her family's international work gave Marissa a multi-dimensional view of the world and a wider viewpoint for strategy building Marissa’s mission: help people create spaces where all can feel comfortable and heard. Key Takeaways: Create a professional sphere of influence and make sure that it’s a give/get relationship - give more that you are looking to get from the connection Be curious when networking, focus on meeting a few key people and have quality conversations as opposed to making contacts for th...2020-12-1757 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloAn Apparel Company with a Purpose - How a Mission for Confidence and Inclusivity Drives This BrandRealTalk Podcast: Episode 10 Kiki Rozema In this episode of the RealTalk Podcast, my guest Kiki Rozema shares how a simple problem...led to the creation of her company and a movement. Creating a brand around confidence takes courage - hear how she took her life’s mission to help others, from being a middle school teacher...to a confidence business - that happens to sell apparel for women! Her philosophy is different from others Her products are Eco friendly Her POV is Inclusion - with sizing ranging from...2020-12-1152 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloGoing from a Product Idea Made at Home, to Global Manufacturer Selling to the LARGEST Retailer in the WORLD!Hear how these Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Business Owners were inspired to create a product line that launched a NEW market category while making people feel good about themselves... and learn how they got their product into one of the largest global big box retailers in the world. Do you want to know what the most important elements of working with a global retailer is? Are you curious about where to start regarding manufacturing overseas, this episode will give you some amazing tips! Lisa Harrington and Kimberly Martinez of Bonitas International and their newest company Bondy Worldwide, share in...2020-11-121h 25
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloHow Nora Tobin used grit, resilience, determination {and LinkedIn!} to land some of her biggest, GLOBAL corporate clients and become a Wellness Expert! Did you ever meet someone whose energy and light shines so bright that you can’t help but want to know this person… well, that’s Nora Tobin! This incredible human being will inspire you with her journey of how she went from couch surfing and living out of her van chasing her dreams of being a professional volleyball player - and turned it into a super successful, global business including her role as The Health and Wellness Partner for Marriott International and other Fortune 500 companies! Hear how LinkedIn played a role. ...2020-10-2347 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloBreaking through the Glass Ceiling of the Art World and Creating a Business that Ranks in the Top 6% of all Women Owned US Businesses!Sarah shares about her journey and success path as a young professional and discusses how she overcame business challenges like managing cash flow and making strategic spend decisions... to societal expectations in a male dominated industry... to creating a business that ranks in the top 6% of all women owned businesses in the US - by the age of 30! The RealTalk with Sarah includes: Challenges of multiplying her time as a newer, but growing company and how staffing up too fast created a financial burden that became overwhelming. How she recalibrated, learned her financials and her break...2020-10-1439 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloHow to QUICKLY and EASILY Generate More Revenue and Maximize Cash FlowIt’s all about the cash. In times of crisis, and in particular the recent Covid-19 Pandemic, you need to have a secure handle on cash flow, a backup plan and know what to do in case of emergency. As you know, cash flow starts with the money coming in - generating revenue quickly, especially in challenging times. It also requires getting strategic and lowering your costs, expenses and slowing down how fast the cash goes out the door. There are five key strategies that you can utilize to QUICKLY and EASILY generate sales rev...2020-10-0238 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloSurviving and Thriving through Imposter Syndrome and Covid-19!Kathryn Epps Roberson is a busy woman getting things done, as a CEO and Entrepreneur of a successful company and the Executive Director of a not-for profit organization - in addition to being a Mom and Step-Mom. She shares how she went from a buyer for luxury retailer Neiman Marcus to creating a start up small business during the recession of 2008 and how she leveraged her business and finance background from Howard University and her transferable skills, reapplied toward a part-time job which turned into a side hustle business in event planning and management, into the successful co...2020-09-231h 00
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloHow Cedar Lakes Estate jumped into action to survive Covid-19 AND keep employees working!Called NY's "Perfect Covid-19 Retreat" by Forbes, how Cedar Lakes Estate jumped into action to survive AND keep employees working! Cedar Lakes Estate's co-owners (and sisters) Stephanie Baynton and Lisa Karvellas share how they pivoted their business model to become an all-inclusive boutique hotel during what should have been their peak luxury wedding and group retreat season. Hear how their 100-yr old campground became one of the most sought-after upscale event venues in the Hudson Valley, right outside of NYC. The sisters also share some critical lessons regarding confidence as entrepreneurs, the importance of s...2020-09-0147 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloTurning the proverbial lemons into lemonade - a pivot that could take Jen Crompton's business from local to globalImagine owning a boutique fitness company and being shut down due to Covid-19. Jen Crompton CEO of FUEL Cycle Fitness shares her inspirational story of rallying around her community during the pandemic and turning the proverbial lemons into lemonade with a pivot that started as a way to survive and now takes her business from local to global. Jen is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for working with women and girls on using mindset to overcome challenges and she’s juggling it all as a mamma of a sweet little boy! Jen gets real about t...2020-08-2546 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloHow Dr. Sandi Webster survived and then scaled a business during a crisisHow do you keep a business going in a failing economy? Can you really have a multi-million dollar business and work from home? Dr. Sandi Webster and her partner Peggy McHale not only started their business as a result of 9/11 amidst a corporate layoff from American Express - they then survived the financial crisis in 2008 grew, scaled and sold a multi-million business and Sandi shares some of her key challenges and learnings. So, if you are navigating your business through the Covid-19 crisis, you’ll want to listen to this interview - you’ll get some...2020-08-2549 min
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen BorzacchielloWhy Maureen Borzacchiello Created a Business Growth Platform for Women EntrepreneursI’m Maureen Borzacchiello. I’m here to help YOU take your business to the next level! I share how I got to this point and how I'm going to help you. I’ve created and scaled my own multi-million dollar businesses and I help growth-minded, in-the-hustle, women entrepreneurs avoid some of the stumbling blocks and frustrations associated with business growth ...and No sugar coating here - we’re bringing you the RealTalk! I’ll be helping you gain clarity and develop strategic plans to tackle your biggest challenges and create more ease in your li...2020-08-2521 min