Feminist Scaling Advice vs. Traditional Scaling Advice
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
Release Date: 10/07/2025
The CEO Who Trains Like An Athlete And Why Your Business Needs You To
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
Eleanor is training for the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim this May: a legendary hike that's 25 miles, 11,000 feet of elevation change, all in one day. But here's the thing: she’s not doing this simply because she loves to hike. She's doing it because her business cannot afford anything less than a well-rested, deeply recovered CEO. This week, Eleanor is sharing why she's creating her body like a business operating system in 2026. This isn't a health journey episode - it's about what happens when a CEO becomes the weakest link in her own company. Tune in today to understand why your...
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The Most Undervalued Hire in a Scaling Company: Your Executive Assistant feat. Anna Dearmon Kornick
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
Are you secretly wondering if you’re the bottleneck in your business? If you're hovering around the $250K-$500K mark and feeling overwhelmed, here’s some good news: it's not you. You just don't have the infrastructure yet. One of the most misunderstood - yet most catalytic - hires that creates that infrastructure is an executive assistant. This week, Eleanor is joined by time management expert and host of the It’s About Time podcast, Anna Dearmon Kornick. Anna runs a successful business with just one full-time employee (herself!) while managing programs, clients, and her family,...
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Why I’m No Longer in the Business Coaching Business but Why Coaching Still Matters More Than Ever
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
Have you ever felt like, despite all the coaching, the mindset work, and strategy sessions, you're still the bottleneck in your business? After training more than 25,000 women entrepreneurs and gathering over 100,000 data points on how women lead, make decisions, and scale their businesses, Eleanor discovered something that might surprise you: most women founders don't need more advice. They need structure. The business coaching industry has served its purpose in awakening ambition, but the next decade demands something different. Tune in this week as Eleanor shares why Safi...
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Getting Paid to Build Your List: The Co-Branded Partnership Strategy Behind Boss Project's 10,000+ Leads with Abagail Pumphrey
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
What if brands paid you to bring leads into your business? Does that sound way too good to be true? This is exactly what CEO of Boss Project, Abagail Pumphrey, has been doing: generating tens of thousands of qualified leads through co-branded partnerships where she gets paid to create experiences that convert. And in this episode, she shares the exact strategies that helped her build Boss Project into one of the world's leading online business education companies. Tune in this week as Eleanor and Abagail unpack three game-changing strategies: the co-branded partnership model that...
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How To Keep Your Buyers Buying in Winter 2025/26 (Economic Outlook for Women Founders)
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
Are your deals taking longer to close lately? Economic uncertainty has created a perfect storm for B2B sellers. Deals that closed easily last year now stall indefinitely, buyers ghost after months of relationship building, and budget conversations end with requests for huge discounts. The good news is that you're not doing anything wrong. However, the frustrating reality is that this pattern is playing out across industries as CFOs tighten their grip on every purchase decision, creating longer approval cycles and more complex buying committees. If you want to stop getting ghosted...
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The "Scaling Lean & Slow" Method to 1M+ Youtube Subscribers feat. JESSICA VALANT
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
Do you feel the pressure to scale your business at lightning speed? Like if you're not doubling your revenue every year or building a massive team, you're somehow falling behind? In this episode, Eleanor sits down with online Pilates and health instructor, Jessica Valant, to explore her intentional approach to building a lean business. After experiencing burnout from managing a team of 19 in her brick-and-mortar studio, Jessica made a conscious choice to scale differently. Her journey from physical therapist to online entrepreneur reveals a different path to success - one that...
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The Margin Stack: 4 Numbers That Tell Me Everything About Your Business Health
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
Revenue looks great on paper, but you still feel broke. This disconnect between what the numbers show and what your bank account reflects is one of the most frustrating experiences for women entrepreneurs. You're working harder than ever, your sales are growing, yet somehow there's never enough left over to feel truly secure or to invest in the things that would actually move your business forward. We so rarely have frank conversations about where money actually flows in our businesses. While the entrepreneurial world loves to talk about growing revenue and scaling teams, nobody's...
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The “Small Room” Event Marketing Strategy that Built 7 Figures+ in ARR feat. KRISTINA BARTOLD-SORGOTA
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
What if the most powerful marketing strategy for your business isn't happening on social media, but in small rooms with 25-50 people? This week, Eleanor is joined by CEO and co-founder of The Social Snippet, Kristina Bartold-Sorgota, who built a 7-figure agency with over 80 active clients using an unexpected approach: small, intimate events. She's mastered the art of building relationships first and letting business naturally follow, and she’s here to tell you all about it. If you're tired of constantly feeding the algorithm without seeing results, this episode will show you a...
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Feminist Scaling Advice vs. Traditional Scaling Advice
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
There’s scaling advice, and then there’s feminist scaling advice. And here’s the truth: these two things are actually quite different. If you’ve ever received business advice that felt off, like it wasn't accounting for your full experience as a woman leader, there’s a reason for that. In this week’s episode, Eleanor is pulling back the curtain on why traditional scaling advice often falls short for women entrepreneurs, and what we really need to consider when building scalable businesses. Listen in this week to learn why gender matters deeply in scaling advice. As...
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How She Turned a $60 Micro-Event into 6 High-Ticket Clients (No Reels Required) feat. LILY SHEPARD
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs
Ever feel like you're stuck on the content creation hamster wheel? Posting. Scrolling. Posting again. Meanwhile, your ideal clients are right there in the real world, asking for exactly what you offer. That's what happened to Lily Shepard, founder of Body Intelligence Academy and a former professional dancer who now helps leaders and CEOs become more grounded and embodied through movement. She was spending countless hours creating content when she realized something powerful: real people were already asking for her next event. Tune in this week to discover how Lily broke free...
info_outlineThere’s scaling advice, and then there’s feminist scaling advice. And here’s the truth: these two things are actually quite different.
If you’ve ever received business advice that felt off, like it wasn't accounting for your full experience as a woman leader, there’s a reason for that. In this week’s episode, Eleanor is pulling back the curtain on why traditional scaling advice often falls short for women entrepreneurs, and what we really need to consider when building scalable businesses.
Listen in this week to learn why gender matters deeply in scaling advice. As someone who has mentored over 750 women leaders, Eleanor has seen firsthand how transformative the right kind of scaling advice can be. If you're ready to scale without sacrificing yourself in the process, this episode is for you.
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