Victoria is the Vice President of IBM’s North American Talent & Transformation practice; she is a senior executive with over two decades of progressive experience in strategy, operations, growth initiatives, and business and talent development. She is a visionary leader with a passion for innovation, creativity and Diversity & Inclusion. In fact, Victoria has won both the 2020 Mentor of the Year award from Women in Communications & Technology AND the 2019 HSBC Diversity & Inclusion in Innovation Award. Victoria serves as a board member for several organizations; she is also a published author, in-demand public speaker and appears regularly on national TV. An inspiring professional with impeccable credentials, Victoria is a trusted voice among peers and emerging executives.

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“It’s never the differences between people that surprise us. It’s the things that, against all odds, we have in common.” ― Jodi Picoult

Not many of us were born with the proverbial “gold spoon in our mouths.”  Some of us have had to overcome many atrocities to be the person we are today.

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites  Victoria Pelletier to talk about women overcoming unspeakable odds.

Here is a snippet of what  Victoria shared:

“So for me I felt I had something to prove so with each obstacle that was put in front of me or whether it was an obstacle or just quite frankly a challenge. I knew I needed to succeed so my first job was at age 11, by 14  I was like the supervisor at the shoe store that I worked at at 16. I was the office manager for a medical practice while I was in school, I was just constantly out to prove more and more and more. And again, I just think a lot of us have to do. With nature versus nurture, I think, there’s a lot of influence and that the nature and what occurred that just drove me to become Unstoppable.”

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Liam is a serial entrepreneur who runs Time Doctor and Staff.com — one of the most popular time tracking and productivity software platforms in use by top brands today. He is also a co-organizer of the world’s largest remote work conference — Running Remote. Liam is an avid proponent of remote work and has been published in Forbes, Inc, Mashable, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Venturebeat and many other publications.

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“Trust is knowing that when a team member pushes you, they are doing it because they care about the team” — Patrick Lencioni

Building and scaling any business takes a lot of hard work. This is multiplied many times over when it is a remote business.

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites  Liam Martin to talk about how to  scale successfully.

Here is a snippet of what  Liam shared:

“Remote work will be the way that people work in the future. Most people in post covid-19 will be working remotely and this has massive socio-economic impacts towards the economy. If you do not know how to do this now You should absolutely learn how to do it. And even if you started working remotely you should really learn the ins-and-outs of how to be able to do it effectively because I believe within the next few years the people that know how to scale teams remotely versus the people that don’t will have a massive strategic advantage in the market.”

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Jana is a marketing expert and Pinterest specialist for online coaches, course creators, and service providers. She helps her clients and students systemize list growth so they can automate a steady stream of targeted leads for their courses and programs – and set themselves up for long-term business success.

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“To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.” – Stephen Curry

We perhaps know quite a bit about Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines but how much do we know about this micro-search platform, Pinterest? Apparently, there is much that we are missing out on when we decide whether consciously or unconsciously, not to include it in our marketing efforts.

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Gana Osofsky to share on how to use Pinterest to grow your email list with ideal customers – with ease!

Here is a snippet of what  Jana shared:

“For me there are four pillars of Pinterest success. I am on a mission in life to help people understand that there are always other things you can focus on, two there’s always shiny objects that you can try to focus on on Pinterest. You can say all I want to do is join group boards, or I want to do this or I want to make this new video pin. But most of my people are just starting with their Pinterest strategy. So I always try to bring it back to the things that we know work and the things that we know and are going to give you ROI. Keywords are one of them and then the second one is visuals. So it (Pinterest) is a visual platform. Creating pins, which is that graphic that some of you may have seen if you’re out there listening and you’ve been on Pinterest before – creating pins that do the right thing. There’s only two jobs with your pin, one of them is to stop the scroll, to get the person’s attention – to get the right person’s attention because they’re scrolling through Pinterest just like you might be scrolling through social media. You need to get them to stop and pay attention.”

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Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, author, business growth mentor and host of The Business Mastermind Podcast.He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs to Double their Business in a year. His new book “Survive and Thrive: How to Secure, Scale and Succeed in Business” is a collection of practical tools and techniques that he has been successfully implementing with businesses over the last decade.  Gavin has worked with a wide range of businesses and multinational corporations like Ford, Carphone Warehouse, the Royal Bank of Scotland the United Nations and even the Metropolitan Police!

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“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter

We all need direction – a compass of sorts to guide us in our daily lives. This becomes even more necessary when we have a business to run.

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Gavin Preston to share on a framework to propel your business into a  huge growth Trajectory.

Here is a snippet of what  Gavin shared:

“Systems and people create leverage in your business. So in the strategy Compass model, I list five stages, the first one being systems, the second being cash…the third one being about advancing or innovating So innovate we would have to be advancing to innovate, the fourth being leadership and culture and the fifth one being personal team Effectiveness. So what systems do you need to be able to enable you to deliver consistency of quality customer experience in quality of product or service output to that customer and  enable you to replicate? Time and time again…it will come with automation whether that be technologically automation, machine automation enables you to be able to create a greater output which is important.”

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Amy Lafko founded Cairn Consulting Solutions with the knowledge that you need to grow your people to grow your business. Amy focuses her work on the employee experience that is derived from skilled leaders and aligned teams. Anchoring her work in the People 1st Paradigm, Amy facilitates workshops, team dynamics sessions and provides consulting to assist organizational growth. From hiring to engagement, she assists clients in decreasing turnover, increasing productivity and customer satisfaction. As a national speaker, consultant and facilitator, Amy leverages over 20 years of professional leadership experience in several sectors of healthcare. She is certified in DISC, Driving Forces and Emotional Intelligence as well as the 7 Stages of Growth.

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“Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

When we think about science perhaps the idea of something quite challenging and lab-like comes to mind. But what about the idea of using science to make good business decisions such as building your ideal team?

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Amy Lafko to share about how we can use science to hire the right team members. 

Here is a snippet of what  Amy shared:

“I think the biggest thing to know is that science is here to help you in the hiring process. It’s here to make things objective and take away that bias. It’s simply one part of the hiring process; it’s the tool in your toolbox. there’s things we want to keep natural and there’s things that we want to get better at that’s where EQ comes in as an opportunity to improve and I think the core thing here is don’t be afraid of the results embrace them as part of a conversation with whoever you’re looking to hire it gives you Clarity on each role when you take the time to do this.”

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Paul O’Mahony is a world-renowned entrepreneur, international public speaker, four-time best-selling author, and expert business trainer. Over the past ten years, Paul and his team at Re-Think Academy have helped over 10,000 individuals, start-up entrepreneurs, influencers and business owners build, grow and scale their businesses to 7 figures and beyond through cutting edge digital marketing and affiliate marketing techniques. Paul is also a columnist in the Sunday Independent and Examiner newspapers and is a Guinness World Record-holder for public speaking! Paul and his team of expert coaches are on a mission to empower ordinary people to lead extraordinary lives and gain financial certainty in an uncertain world.

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“The more passionate and argumentative I get the more followers and friends I make online.” ― Tasha Turner

The internet is available to all who want to leverage its many opportunities. But how many people, instead of using it to make money, are simply scrolling and switching aimlessly between windows as they observe with envy the lifestyle of others?

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Paul O’Mahony to examine how we can make money from the internet instead of wasting time. 

Here is a snippet of what  Paul shared:

“This device – the smartphone can be a liability which it is for most people or I can be your number one asset and liability for me is anything that takes money out of your pocket or time out of your life when an asset is anything to put money into your pocket and regains time into your life. So at the moment the vast majority of the people on the planet, of which there are now more phones on the planet than people by the way, the vast majority of people use this device as their Compass to give them direction about how their day should go. So, what does that mean? It means they don’t have their own focus. It means they don’t have their own North. It means ultimately they don’t have their own goals. So they are waiting for somebody else to point them in the direction of where their time should be spent on that particular day and this no doubt of course leads to massive levels of anxiety because people lose complete Focus about why they’re here.”

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Cheryl is an international empowerment speaker, 11x best-selling author, leadership expert, and master speaker development coach for women. She equips women with the tools to unleash the power of their voice and share the transformational impact of their story. Dr. Wood has trained countless women leaders & influencers across the U.S. and abroad in South Africa, India, France, United Kingdom, Canada and the Bahamas. She empowers women to get out of their comfort zone, take calculated risks, and create a living legacy using their voice.

Dr. Wood has been featured on ABC, Radio One, Forbes Magazine, Huffington Post, ESSENCE, Black Enterprise, Good Morning Washington, Fox 5 News, Fox 45 News, The Washington Informer, The Baltimore Times, Afro-American Newspaper and numerous other media outlets. She has delivered keynote presentations for a host of large and small organizations including NASA, FBI, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Agriculture, The United Nations, Verizon, National Association of Legal Professionals, Federally Employed Women, Women’s Council of Realtors, Women in eDiscovery, Blacks In Government, PR News and the Congressional Black Caucus, to name just a few.

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“To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.” – Stephen Curry

What the mind can conceive, it can achieve. Sometimes our biggest enemy is what lies between our ears. Our mind is very powerful so we must be very intentional about speaking positive things in our lives. This week guest on The Entrepreneurial You podcast , Dr. Cheryl Wood reminds us to  have a positive mindset as she inspires us from her journey.

Here is a snippet of what  Cheryl shared:

“The most negative mindset is I’m not good enough. I’m not capable. I’m not worthy just as I am. I need more. I need something more. So they keep  going out trying to find the next thing and the next thing and get more and get another degree and get another certification; and believe me, ongoing education and knowledge is so critical so important right? We have to continue to add. However, someone somewhere is waiting on what you already know, that they’re waiting for right now. So you gotta get out of that mind frame that you are not good enough.  Just because there are people who are already 20 steps ahead of you, everybody’s not at that level where they’re ready to invest in that coach who’s already placed ahead of you.

There are some people who are at the beginning of their journey who need what you know right now because you know more than they know. Just get that out of your mind that you’re not enough. You are enough. You are capable and you are worthy just as you are.”

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Jordan is the founder and creative director of A Good Day, a bespoke experience studio specializing in custom stationery, events, branding and user experience. Getting his start in advertising, he’s spent the last 13 years building a foundation in digital & consumer strategy with a focus on enhancing user experiences across the physical & digital worlds. He launched A Good Day in 2014 to marry his passions for paper & user experience, working on a wide range of projects from small business branding & custom wedding invitations to website redesigns & digital transformations for large multinational brands.

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“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. ” -Zora Neale Hurston

Testing and measuring are absolutely essential to the growth of any business. In order to test and measure, consumer research is important. In this episode of The Entrepreneurial  You Podcast, Jordan  Kentris shared his knowledge on the value of user testing and consumer research to improve products and website conversion.

Here is a snippet of what  Jordan shared:

“So many different ways you can do research; so there is that usability testing that we just talked about; there is contact testing and product testing where you’re testing a physical item or in the case of simply putting something in front of them and seeing how it is resonating. Then there are some broader research like market research so you can look at the competitive analysis. Some broader category level research…so If you for example you design household goods, what are other household good companies looking at? Or if you are doing custom wedding stationary, what are other stationery and wedding professionals doing in the market space and what kind of products do they have out there? And what are consumers looking for and how are they being engaged with their audiences?”

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Elle McCann, owner and designer of Curious Themes web development studio, creates online classes that cover how to launch and grow Shopify stores quickly. She has been listed as a Shopify Expert for over seven years and in that time has created over 150+ Shopify stores.Elle is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs grow their online business without the overwhelm. She posts weekly videos on her YouTube channel that currently has over 27,000 subscribers and is growing fast. Elle lives in Nashville, TN.

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“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” ― Robert H. Schuller

Shopify is indisputable one of the most popular  eCommerce hosting platforms. Since this option was created predominantly for product-based merchants around 10 years ago, it has only grown in popularity with vendors. This episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast looks at how to set up a Shopify store for success.

Here is a snippet of what Elle shared:

“They (Shopify) do have a lot of different sales channels. The most popular ones are definitely Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest but they also have abilities to LinkedIn and Amazon to sell your products there as well. I think it’s really nice that you can set up your products once on your Shopify store and then just connect them to these other platforms where your customers may already be hanging out. So it makes it an easier process to get them to purchase from you and you’re not having to try to introduce people to your website every single time.”

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