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It’s time to say goodbye to the Why Are We Shouting? podcast.

This is our last moment together after over 3 years of shouting into your earholes.

Why is this the last Why Are We Shouting? episode? You’ll have to tune in for the full story.

But the TL:DR of it? 🎉 THE FOUNDING MOMS HAS BEEN ACQUIRED! 🎉

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• The Founding Moms, having achieved vintage status.

• The Branch Moms, a community that supports people raising people of the future, and acquirer of The Founding Moms.

• Looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? Look no further.

Let’s Stay Connected.

• If you’re already subscribed to this podcast, well done! Sit tight. A whole new look and feel is coming your way.

• If you’re not already subscribed, go to JillSalzman.com and SUBSCRIBE STAT!

You’re not gonna wanna miss what’s up next.

Shout out to Aaron Rice who wins Best Producer of Podcasts Ever 🏆, to Lindsey Obermeier for Best Design ✨ …

…and thanks to YOU for listening.

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What’s in this episode:

When’s the last time you had an honest conversation about the money you make?

If you’ve continued to charge prices that you set ages ago, or the idea of raising your rates scares you, or what other people in your industry charge…

…then let’s do a little more sharing. Because sharing is caring.

If you’re not sure whether you’re charging what you’re worth, it’s time to listen up.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Interested in talking prices with professionals? Join friend of the pod Sheryl Hickerson’s Females & Finance community here.

• Wanna find a community that feels right for you so that talking about dollars makes sense? Search The Hive Index here.

• Need a read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here.

• Looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? Look no further.

Got Q’s? Jill’s Got A’s.

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What’s in this episode:

This one’s for the guys, the gals, and our non-binary pals.

We’re gonna talk about your hormones.

It’s time to go with the flow.

Rather than ignoring the obvious — that we ebb and flow just as much as our work does — let’s talk about real things that happen to real people that really affect our work week.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Don’t know how to track your hormones? This will instruct you.

• Get down to hormone basics with the Cleveland Clinic here.

• Need a read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here.

• Looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? Look no further.

Got Q’s? Jill’s Got A’s.

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What’s in this episode:

Do you still love Facebook?

Is your favorite place to connect still LinkedIn?

Are you still spending the majority of your bathroom time on Instagram?

Whether it’s from a purely personal point of view or a professional perspective, is spending all this time on social media helping you?

Or is it hurting you?

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Listen to The Rabbit Hole, a New York Times 6-episode podcast series and fantastic exploration of what the Internet is doing to us.

• If you haven’t seen The Social Dilemma stop what you’re doing and watch it here.

• Find out what Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin are doing to save the world at their Center for Humane Technology and get involved.

• Need a read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here.

• Looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? Look no further.

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What’s in this episode:

Insults are everywhere. Politics is rife with disrespect. Social media feeds are full of slights, slaps, and snubs. The world is at war, and most of us are battling inner demons as we speak.

Can we at least escape it in the business world?

I’m not talking about that “customer is always right” crap. I’m talking business owner to business owner. Colleague to colleague. The folks that should be on your side but decide that they’d rather duke it out instead.

Have you escaped it in your own business?

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• See? The customer is not always right.

• Listen to the episode I mention, The Ghost Story, here.

• Join The Founding Moms here.

• Need a read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here.

• Looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? Look no further.

Got Q’s? Jill’s Got A’s.

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What’s in this episode:

Where do you find folks to refer you business?

ChatGPT suggests that I can find them by creating a referral program and collecting testimonials. My mom tells me to call her. There’s gotta be a better way…

This week, I’m bringing in The Growth Coach’s own Brad Schneider to reveal just how easy it is to do the thing that you thought wasn’t gonna be so easy to do.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Check out The Growth Coach.

• Connect with Brad on LinkedIn over here.

• Join The Founding Moms here.

• Need a read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here.

• Looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? Look no further.

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What’s in this episode:

This week, it’s time to state the obvious.

There’s a lot going on in the world right now. It’s pretty heavy.

We can feel pretty POWERLESS in what we can do to effect change.

What if we dealt with it all by cheering instead? Say, what would happen if someone spent an entire episode talking about how to cheer you on…?

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Need more quotes by Unknown? Find them here.

• That gorgeous Michael Neill moment comes to you thanks to his book, Supercoach. Grab your copy here.

• Join The Founding Moms here.

• Need a read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here.

• Looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? Look no further.

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What’s in this episode:

Kevin Bacon likes to dance. How do I know?

Because I’m one degree from Kevin Bacon. You might be, too.

This week, with Kevin’s help, we’re exploring why we assume what we assume about people before we even meet them. We know what happens people ass-u-me, yes? And yet, we insist on doing it all the time. Let’s dig in to “But whyyyyyyyyy?!” so we can make it stop.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• How to beat the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

• Here’s a list of every single movie Kevin Bacon has ever been in.

• Why do we make assumptions about people? This article offers several assumptions about it.

• Join The Founding Moms here.

• Need a read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here.

• Looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? Look no further.

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What’s in this episode:

How old were you the day you forgot how to dream?

Possibility is a hard concept for us to remember how to grasp. We can easily enter a world of possibility in our sleep, but finding a door to that world during the day feels…impossible.

Can we do anything to change that?

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• 5 Ways to Play Like a Kid As An Adult

• remember How To Dream (with Pictures)

• join The Founding Moms here

• need a read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

• looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? Look no further.

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What’s in this episode:

Where were you the moment you realized that the expert you’d hired to help you was taking you for a ride?

Was it in the middle of the project you worked on together? Six months later?

Find out how legendary company Sorrelli’s legendary Lily Oswald not only led her company to profitability…

…she also reveals how hiring an “expert” shaped her into the successful entrepreneur that she is today.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• check out gorgeous handcrafted jewelry at Sorrelli over here

• they’re on Facebook here + LinkedIn here

• what makes an expert an expert? the people at Harvard will tell you here

• join The Founding Moms here

• need a hot read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

• looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? look no further

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What’s in this episode:

What's your least favorite business title?

Let’s talk about your title. The title that you added to your LinkedIn profile and your business cards.

There’s a lot at stake when you announce your title to the world, and there are plenty of your colleagues that don’t want any part of it.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• connect with me so I can check out your title and you can check out my title on LinkedIn here

• How To Be A Sleazy Salesman in 5 Easy Steps

• join The Founding Moms here

• need a hot read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

• looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? look no further

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What’s in this episode:

If you wanna conquer your confidence when it comes to selling your stuff, there’s no need to turn to the experts.

Find a first grader instead.

Kids can teach us an awful lot about how to ignore what other people might think of us. They intuitively understand that if you don’t ask, you won’t get it.

And if they’re anything like my firstborn daughter, they’ll surprise you by how easily they take to selling their own stuff.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Chicago coworking space 1871

• Subscribe to The Founding Kids’ newsletter here

• more on the real Take Your Daughter To Work Day

• join The Founding Moms here

• need a hot read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

• looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? look no further

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How many times did you ask someone to move a meeting last week?

How many times did someone ask you to shift the time of your Zoom call in the last few weeks?

ALERT! ALERT! There’s a rescheduling epidemic going on right this very minute and no one is addressing it head on. Let’s talk about it, shall we?

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• See? Google offers up thousands of results full of tips and tricks to reschedule your meeting

• Try ChatGPT to send people away for you

• Then give Steve Chandler’s Time Warriora listen so you can help to stop this madness

• join The Founding Moms here

• need a hot read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

• looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? look no further

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When you welcome a new member onto your team, what’s your onboarding process?

When you hire a contractor, how clear are you in your explanations about the work you want them to do?

When you gain a new client, are you making sure that they know what’s to come every step of the way?

This week, we’re gonna visit the wonderful world of Why-Didn’t-I-Think-of-That-Earlier as we learn from consultant Kathryn Smith that being crystal clear isn’t as obvious as it obviously should be.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• The one and only Kathryn Smith

• Atlanta-based consulting firm Walton Birch

• Black Lady Business School

• Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women program

• join The Founding Moms here

• need a hot read? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

• looking to work with a coach to transform your way of thinking? look no further

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What’s in this episode:

I really do believe in a good business blunder. They’re the helpful lessons we never wanted. The saving graces that we didn’t ask for.

But the biggest blunders in history? They’re the collective mistakes we’ve made as a society. The ones that should never have been made.

Let’s talk about a few of of the entrepreneurs that we’ve lost along the way in making these big blunders. They’re only a sample of the Lost Women, the ones we should all know by name…

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• read more about Eunice Newton Foote here

• check out Matilda Joslyn Gage here

• more on Dr. Elizabeth Wagner Reed lives here

• read more about Maria Mitchell here

• learn more about Mary Townsend here

• read more about Margaret Rossiter here

• read all about Lucille Ball here + Gene Roddenberry here

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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What’s in this episode:

There are certain gifts that keep on giving…but we’re not so interested in receiving them.

One of these gifts is COVID, which came into our lives pretty quickly and gifted us a whole host of surprises that we weren’t prepared for.

Let’s revisit the fun times we all had during the pandemic and what life post-Rona has been like living with Long COVID.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• The Coronavirus Community Cure episode that I released in September of 2020

• more on Long COVID from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) lives here

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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What’s in this episode:

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

But in my experience, where there’s a will, there’s a way to mess things up far worse than you ever thought possible.

You’ll be very happy to hear that I’ve done it again.

If you thought you screwed anything up at work in the past few months, think again. (I really nailed it this time, too.)

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• more on the name Christine since clearly, it can be confusing

• past Why Are We Shouting? episodes live here

• Airtable, the organizational platform that helps run my biz

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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What’s in this episode:

It’s high time that we recognize our instincts are here to serve us.

When people are hard to read, or work responsibilities are varied, or life is overwhelming on even the best days, we still can’t seem to listen to our bodies when they know things before we do.

In this episode, we’re lucky enough to learn from a wise businesswoman named Anat Yaniv. She second-guessed her first impression and we’re just not gonna let her do that, are we?

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Anat Yaniv, founder of TAG Marketing Services

• more on the different types of culture clash in the workplace lives here

• more on The Clash here

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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Thinking about making a move to your next chapter?

It’s a tough one. When you’re ready to move on to a new project, role, or business that looks very different from the one you’re in now, it can feel impossible.

Every fear in the world crawls into your mind and you stay put because doing anything else seems that much harder.

But it doesn’t have to be so scary. Let’s make it easier on you.

Oh, and I’m roping my good friend Sean Hayes into this episode to show you how moving from one chapter to the next can be done. He’s the expert.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Sean Hayes

• watch Jack’s Coffee Addiction Gets Out of Hand from Will & Grace

• the Smartless podcast

• previous Why Are We Shouting? episode, Emily’s Subtle Smackdown

• Good Night, Oscar

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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What’s in this episode:

How much time are your kids spending on their screens?

There seems to be no good answer. No matter whether our children are on screens all day or they’re limited to 5 minutes, we’re judged incessantly and we keep getting it wrong.

This week, give the judgment a rest. Take a walk through how much of a privacy freak this podcast host is…and feel better about yourself for at least the next few minutes.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• the Kidslox app

• subscribe to Miss Sunshine + Miss Roses’ newsletter, The Founding Kids, here

• Jeff Orlowski’s Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma

• TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat

• The US Surgeon General’s full report on Social Media and Youth Mental Health

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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What do actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus and climate expert Gina McCarthy have in common?

They’re both…moms. Moms that worked through the early days of their very busy careers. Working moms that had one conversation that led to a discovery about the vastly different experiences they had raising their kids.

How is that possible? Let’s talk about it.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• here’s the episode of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ podcast, Wiser Than Me, where she interviews Gina McCarthy

• all about Gina McCarthy

• the EPA

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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It’s not always easy to get the answers you’re looking for, even when they’re staring at you right in the face.

We tend to avoid using our customers and clients as informational resources because we’re the geniuses…I mean, that’s why they pay us, right?

This week, the wonderful Mary Senkowska invites you into the horrors of making what she thought was an OnlyFans faux pas…that turned out to be just a regular ol’ pas…and what you can make of the surprise interactions you have with your customers and clients.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• meet Mary Senkowska on LinkedIn

• she runs UpLiftful, the depression app that works

• she also runs My Creative Brain where you can find purpose and build your mental muscles

• remember Clubhouse? Heard of TikTok or maybe Snapchat?

• that scandalous site, OnlyFans

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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What’s in this episode:

Looking to do less and make more money? Working yourself to the bone so that you can eventually live the dream?

Yours truly gave it a go. I wanted to do less. Then I worked myself to the bone. Finally, I began to live the dream that I’d aspired to for so long.

Turns out, living it is wayyyy harder than working towards it…because you’ve gotta slow down.

Let’s pull back the curtain on what it’s really like to slow down when you’re a crazy busy mom entrepreneur because it might be hard for you, too. (Or, it might just be me.)

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Regina Carey and her Hear I Am podcast

• Psychology Today’s take on how to slow down (5 ways!)

• Mindful.org’s take on ways to slow down (7 ways!)

• Masterclass’s take on how to slow down (10 ways!!)

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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For the second year in a row, The Founding Moms teamed up with PhoneBox group to conduct a survey of mom entrepreneurs. For a second time, we wanted to understand and celebrate an often misunderstood and overlooked audience.

The results? Surprising. I’m gonna skip the fudging of numbers, hyperbolizing the submissions, and reveal what really happened which, frankly, isn’t pretty.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• the 2023 Mom Entrepreneur Survey results

• PhoneBox Group + its founder Michelle Calcagni

• sign up to take a future Mom Entrepreneur Survey here

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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Do you wanna transform the way that you do business? Wanna make a lot more money without losing your mind?

There’s a whole new experience I’ve curated for the entrepreneur that wants to charge her worth, find her focus, and make wayyyy more money than she ever has before. It’s called Worth It, and it might be just the thing that you need to make your next bold move.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Explore the Worth It experience here

• Elizabeth Lesser! (!!)

• Melissa Ford + Ellen Rogin + Taylor Elyse Morrison + Tia Ress + Shweta Shyamani + Charisse Sisou + Maria Onesto Moran

• Schedule a discovery call with me to see if Worth It is right for you (I don’t bite, I swear.)

• Need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here or Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs here

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What’s in this episode:

In this era of AI, it’s important to remind you that no matter how much you get a robot to write stuff for you, a good pitch needs a human touch.

This week, we’re talking pitch presentations, 80’s vintage feels, and justice for all - especially for this week’s special guest, Mindy Yocum. Find out how she conquered your worst fears and biggest blowbacks to make bank.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Mindy Yocum’s law firm

• Mindy’s Justice Mobile and Kind Counsel

• Find Mindy on Facebook here and here

• Find Mindy on Insta at justicemobileoh + legal4thepeople + yocum_law + kindcounsel

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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What’s in this episode:

The last time you turned an opportunity down, how’d you do it?

Did you tell them that you weren’t interested? Give ‘em a hearty “Best Wishes!”? Or did you deliver good news?

This week, I’ve got good news. But it’s not the kind of good news that you think is good news. There are a variety of ways to say ‘no’ in the world, and I’m gonna highlight a whole new take on how you can do it.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• I guess Parents are onto something because they already know about 10 ways to say no without saying no

• that good news gal, Madison

• join The Founding Moms here

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Each time a woman doesn’t get what she wants out of a negotiation, an angel loses its wings.

My mission this week is to stop these angels from losing so many wings.

Let’s examine what it takes to become a strong negotiator. Women have a lot of power, but we don’t always know how to hold on to it. There’s no better time to figure that out than right now.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Helpful articles that I didn’t actually mention but are implied because they’re on point: Become a Better, Stronger, and More Confident Negotiator + How To Negotiate Effectively

• my pal Molly

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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What’s in this episode:

Ever been conned? Bamboozled? Deceived? Duped? Ripped off?

I don’t mean that time you were taken for your allowance as a 12-year old.

I mean once you became a knowledgeable, experienced businessperson who thought you knew what you were doing.

Calling all professional speakers! There’s a very special scam that someone created just for us and I need you to know about it. Consider yourself warned.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• here’s a post about a famous “UK Church Scam”…just like mine!

• Forbes even warned us about it in 2012 over here

• my speaker site, the one that Colin likely stalked

• join The Founding Moms here

• need some summer reading? Try The Best Business Book In The World (According to my Mom) here

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The thing about hosting a live event is that it’s a very vulnerable thing.

You have to show up as…yourself…(who wants that?)…offer guidance in the way that only you do…(but isn’t that how everyone else does it, too?)…and hope for the best.

Wanna host a live event for your audience but the thought of doing it terrifies you? Let’s work through that, shall we?

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• come to my next FREE Live With Jill by RSVPing here

• check out the fab webinar platform, BigMarker

• highly recommend these bandanas for your sweat needs

• I use a lighting kit kinda like this one to turn my complexion a completely different color

• join The Founding Moms here

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When did you start your business?

I’ll bet you kinda sorta maybe know the date that you launched. But how do you define your launch – when you incorporated? Your first sale?

Turns out, too many female founders have a hard time declaring the date that they launched their businesses. We’re gonna explore why that happens…

…and what we can do about it.

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Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• apply for your EIN here

• read about registering your business in your state thanks to the SBA here

• ask ChatGPT to determine your start date if you just can’t decide for yourself

• shout your start date in the comments below if you know it!

• see how others define their start dates in The Founding Moms community by posting here

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There seem to be no two ways about it. You either like to write, or you don’t.

But no matter what camp you fall into, you HAVE to write these days. You’re a business owner. You’ve likely armed yourself with a keyboard, an inbox, and marketing messaging that needs to get out there. So where do you find the inspiration to keep writing?

Since we can’t escape the work, let’s stop fighting the good fight and remember how much we can get out of it.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• watch Jonah Hill’s documentary Stutz over here

• listen to the past episode I refer to, The Writer’s Blockade, here

• grab a copy of Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, here

• hire a virtual assistant here for the non-writer in you

• use ChatGPT to write or revise for you

• check out The Founding Moms here

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How many meetings are in your calendar for next week?

Whether you think that meetings are helpful to running your business or you fall into the meetings-are-time-wasters camp, you’ll have to tune in to figure out what side I’m on. But real quick: tally up all the minutes you’ll spend in those meetings. Then remind yourself what your hourly rate is. Are those meetings really worth your time?

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Harvard Business Review’s take on meetings lives here

• you can find Forbes’ George Deeb here

• estimate the cost of your meetings with this calculator

• this is Slack

• dance like no one is watching when you need a break between meetings

• check out The Founding Moms here

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Are you good at letting things go?

It’s hard for business owners to let the tough stuff just roll right off our backs. It’s a practice. A practice we don’t have much time for…

…until we’re reminded by wise entrepreneurs like Jeanne Sparrow – who’s learned the hard way – why it’s the thing to do.

Let her lead you to your own realization that it’s time to let…it…go.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• the great Jeanne Sparrow

• subscribe to her podcast, Fearless Authenticity

• hire Jeanne to speak over here

• wanna get yourself one of her self-care kits? Yes please!

• sing this song to help you move forward in letting things go

• check out The Founding Moms

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“I’m busy.”

It’s the best excuse. You can avoid doing things you don’t wanna do. Get out of meetings, cancel phone calls, skip appointments…

…and by being busy, you can avoid figuring out what’s preventing you from making the progress you wanna make in your business and why you still feel overworked and underpaid.

This week, let’s slow down. Let’s take a moment and explore what being the opposite of busy is like. You can be successful and happy and fulfilled without being so busy all the time. I mean, how busy are you?

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• the great Brad Farris

• the Are You Really That Busy? workshop that Brad and I co-hosted

• track how you feel throughout your busy day with How We Feel

• slow down for a moment and have fun by playing Pac-Man here

• The Founding Moms

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What’s in this episode:

If you ever thought for even one second that your website had tech issues, at least you’re not the State of Florida running a government website that’s preventing people from accessing the billions of dollars that they’re owed.

This week, I’ve got some beef with the State of Florida, the government’s IT department, and their lottery website, considering the sorry state that it’s in. Consider yourself warned.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• my father-in-law, a lottery-hopeful hero

• the Florida lottery Winner Claim Form

• wanna claim your winnings? I dare you to try here

• the history of the Florida lottery

• If you wanna send Florida’s government this episode, you can do that here

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What’s in this episode:

Why does ‘customer service’ have such a bad rap?

You’re gonna hear alllll about how to offer your customers the service they deserve, thanks to my experience involving the audio app Headliner. (Note to selves: they didn’t pay me to say any of this. That’s how well they respond to their customers’ needs.)

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• the audio app Headliner

• a triumph: my YouTube podcast page (go! subscribe!)

• Headliner’s Twitter account, where you’ll find love and support

• Rate This Podcast…pretty please? It helps other entrepreneurs discover these episodes aaaaaand I’ll read your gorgeous review on the air

• The Founding Moms

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What’s in this episode:

“Where do you see yourself in 10 years?”

This is precisely the type of question that I can’t stand. Neither can you. Because how do we know?!????

Turns out that actor Ed Helms didn’t know either. Thanks to Conan O’Brien’s incredible interviewing skills, you’ll come to learn that famous people are just like us.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• actor Ed Helms

• Conan O’Brien and his podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

• Zach Galifianakis + Bradley Cooper

• The Hangover movie

• The Founding Moms

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What’s in this episode:

Corporate gifting is a game played by many, but rarely does anyone win. We’re still handing out useless items to our clients in the hopes that our “generosity” wins the hearts of the people that we do business with.

But this week, our guest Steve Buzogany – the Appreciation Advocate – talks about how we’re shooting ourselves in the feet. He’s figured out how to better enrich people’s lives and you can, too.

Folks + tools mentioned in this episode:

• Steve Buzogany, the Appreciation Advocate

• Giftogram.com

• Jonathan Locke Huie who’s on Twitter here

• The Founding Moms (join us!)

• The last gift I got for a business colleague 🐐

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You know how much more expensive it is to acquire new customers than it is to keep the ones we’ve already got.

But…is it?

Let’s get more comfy with bringing customers back into the fray. Even if you’ve gotten really good at going out and finding new customers, you’ll wanna cater to the folks that enjoy your products and services the most. They’re the ones that you’ve already got.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• your customers

• your clients

• Markinblog’s Marius Kiniulis

• Harvard Business Review

• a Founding Mom named Stacy

• The Founding Moms

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*Are you a working mom with a lot going on? How do you juggle it all?

(*Have you been asked this question? It’s 2023. Are people finally gonna stop asking the working women of the world how they get it all done???)

I’ve got a bone to pick with Smartless podcast hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes due to an exchange they had with Emily Blunt on their show. Even celebrities get it wrong sometimes, and it’s time we talk about it – no matter how much we absolutely adore the Smartless hosts.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Emily Blunt

• Jason Bateman – click to tweet this episode to him!

• Will Arnett - click to tweet this episode to him!

• Sean Hayes - click to tweet this episode to him!

• yes, that’s Sean Hayes playing the piano at the end of the episode

• the Smartless podcast

• Emily Blunt’s Smartless podcast interview

• Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Smartless podcast interview

• James Cameron’s Smartless podcast interview

• The Founding Moms

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What’s in this episode:

We’re told all the time to figure out our precise target market. To understand the patterns of the people buying from us – from daily habits to average incomes to average heights to average ages.

But what about how able our audience is?

This one’s all about inclusion. We’re gonna make sure that you’re addressing accessibility when you’re creating your marketing fodder. That you’re addressing usability when you’re designing your websites. That you’re considering things you might never have noticed before…because it pays to pay attention.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• microphones, for amplification

• how to add captions to your YouTube videos

• how to add captions to your Facebook videos

• Headliner, for creating videos with captions

• the Clips app for Apple users who create videos for Instagram

• the InShot app for Droid users who create videos for Instagram

• Renderforest, for adding captions to full videos

• Guidance on web accessibility and the ADA

• The Founding Moms, of course

Reviews! We love reviews.

A lovely person named Cathy left a new podcast review and we heart her for it.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐? So grateful.

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When you run a business, you need people to learn about it. The power of the spoken word can go a long way, particularly when it’s infused with the energy of a live audience. But what happens when your presentation involves worms?

This week’s big business blunder comes to us from Cathy Nesbitt, founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters. She helps folks to laugh, to cry, and to understand how to compost. Her story is the kind of experience you’ve always wanted and never wanted, all at the same time – particularly if you’ve ever presented what you do for a living to a live audience.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Cathy Nesbitt, speaker and founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters…

• …and founder of Cathy’s Chuckle Club…

• …and founder of Cathy’s Sprouters

• The Toronto Condo Show

• the knob that goes to 11

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Wanna know the best way to get-rich-quick?! How about my proven 3-step process for making $48 million in 48 hours? 100% satisfaction guaranteed!

It’s alluring. I know. But to think that people truly believe this crap…and attempt to grow their businesses that way?!

If you wanna stay in business for the long haul, this one’s for you. We’re gonna skip the shortcuts and alternate routes for the right – albeit slightly longer – ways to grow your business.

Folks + things mentioned in this episode:

• Carol

• Routine efforts

• Growth Experiments

• The Founding Moms

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Remember that time when an advertiser asked you what your newsletter’s CPC or RPM or CPM was? Did they ever ask how your audience felt upon seeing their ad?

It’s time to set things straight about the ways in which we interact with the people that might pay us. The next time you talk to a sponsor that’s looking for exposure to your audience and they’re focused on calculating clicks, may this episode serve as your reminder to remind them that people are not stats, no matter how much the world’s tried to convince us all that we are.

Folks + Things mentioned in this episode:

• that ad guy, Jeff

• The newsletter I reference – subscribe here

• The Founding Moms

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Have you heard all the buzz about ChatGPT? It’s the future right now, folks. The robots have arrived…and I already have a bone to pick with them.

There’s a pretty big bot bug that’s apparent if you ask ChatGPT about a certain kind of entrepreneur. I don’t have a fix for this one, but maybe you do. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it in the comments below.

Folks + Things mentioned in this episode:

• ChatGPT – create a free account to try it out

• Spike Jonze’s flick Her

• Alex Garland’s flick Ex Machina

• Personal.ai, Copy.ai, Dall-E

• ChatGPT’s favorite mom entrepreneurs: Jessica Alba of The Honest Company | Michelle Phan of IPSY | Rachel Zoe, celebrity stylist | Gwyneth Paltrow of goop | Halle Berry of rē•spin | Cindy Crawford | Martha Stewart | Tory Burch | Gisele Bundchen | Lisa Price of Carol’s Daughter | Susan Wojcicki, of YouTube | Oprah Winfrey (yes, you read that right)

• Techno-racism documentary, Coded Bias

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When you love somebody, you overlook that person’s flaws. You accept them because their mistakes are a part of what makes them so lovable.

Well, unless you’re the host of this podcast. Then all bets are off.

I figured there’d be no better way to start 2023 off right as a marketing expert than to introduce you to my husband, The Marketing Sucker. Find out how Grammy-nominated jazz trumpeter Victor Garcia is as incredible at playing his horn as he is at getting sucked into marketing schemes.

Folks mentioned in this episode:

• Victor Garcia – hear his music on Spotify + follow him on Instagram here

• The bandleader who shall not be named because he doesn’t deserve it

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Why aren’t you saying NO to more meetings and YES to more media interviews? Everyone seems to have it backwards these days.

There aren’t enough women business owners doing media interviews and I’ve had enough of it. I wanna get you to see why the world needs to hear from you. 

Folks mentioned in this episode:

• Doris Nagel, wise sage and host of The Savvy Entrepreneur

• The full interview of the Doris clip lives here

• Morris, who declined linking to his biz here because I told everyone how old he is

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Have you ever conducted a social media experiment that involved 39 words, a bold ask, 1 cute emoji, and a holding of the breath in the hopes of bringing in the big bucks for your business?

This week, I’m gonna share the full details of my recent Twitter experiment that led to real cash money. What resulted STILL surprises me. 

Folks mentioned in this episode

• Kevon, who lives on Twitter here (follow him for inspiration!)

• My Twitter account here (follow me, maybe?)

• women everywhere

• This is that ad I’m talking about (notice the incredible emoji usage):

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Jealous much?

We spend way too much time feeling bad about ourselves and our businesses when we see that somebody’s doing better than we are. We tend to make up alllll kinds of stories to convince ourselves that we’re not doing well. 

Let’s examine the things that you convince yourself about your competitors so that you can stop comparing yourself to their supposed greatness. You’re already great.

Folks mentioned in this episode:

• my friend Mary

• my other friend Dan

• a speaker who shall not be named

Reviews! We love reviews.

Cara left a podcast review and we heart her for it.

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

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How grateful are you to these pandemic times for giving us all permission to build our businesses in sweatpants?

You might know exactly how to conduct yourself in a media interview. What about the ways not to conduct yourself in an interview…especially when you’re not entirely exactly sure what you even signed up for?

Folks + Things Mentioned in This Episode

• Episode 17, “The Twitter Betrayal”

• These are the sweatpants I was wearing during that TV interview

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What are you supposed to do when everyone around you seems like they’re more successful than you are?

Let’s feel all the feels and really dig into why it hurts when our competition beats us. I mean, it’s not a competition. (But isn’t it? Just a little bit?)

Folks mentioned in this episode

• Siddhartha Khosla, This Is Ustheme song composer

• Karen O, lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s

• Q Park, TikTok + Instagram sensation

• Macaroni KID, guide for families

• Liquid Palisade, a product of Kiesque

• Mrs. Meyers, household cleaning brand

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If you could do it over with the first client that ever hired you, what would you do differently?

Cara Chace knows a thing or two about overdoing it with a client. She wants you to pay attention to the ways in which you give yourself away because, well, while we all know that in theory you’re not supposed to do this, it’s so hard in practice. Sound familiar?

Folks mentioned in this episode

• Cara Chace, who helps entrepreneurs withoverwhelm + burnout by guiding them to find a different way to prioritize and plan their weeks

• Megadeth, heavy metal band

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Do you still believe that magical things only happen to other people and somehow you’ve always been missing out?

If you haven’t figured it out  yet: You’re magical, too. Let’s get you all the permission you need to think wayyyyy outside the box make things happen for your business ways you’d never dreamed possible…until now.

Folks mentioned in this episode

• Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999

• My roomie, American flower-holder who served as the first roommate of mine in South Africa

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How often do you try and manufacture success?

Entrepreneurs work really hard. They also work a little too hard at making it look like they don’t work that hard at all. Because the magical things that happen to hard-working people aren’t just happy little accidents. We make them happen, don’t we?

Folks mentioned in this episode

• Paul Rudd, who’s featured on this podcast’s very first episode

• Gwen Stefani, who’s featured in episode #16, too

• Rosie O’Donnell who’s currently an Insta star

• Randi Zuckerberg – check out her book, Dot, on Amazon

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When someone uses a word to harness its power, it can unleash the opposite effect, too. The folks that don’t understand its power are the same folks that think they’ve just gotten permission to misuse it.*

This week’s massive business blunder shouldn’t ever happen to any woman in any business setting. It’s a tough subject that too many of us have experienced. May hearing this story help you talk about the sensitive stuff that happens to youmore openly and honestly so that the next generation doesn’t ever have to experience any of it.

(Heads up! This week’s episode comes with a warning that the language used in this episode may not be suitable for your kids.)*

Folks mentioned in this episode

• Here are the two clips referenced – the ones where you heard amazing women talk about the origin of those powerful pinks hats:

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Ever lose $90,000? 

A creative and inspiring business man named Russ Riendeau bravely shares his big blunder. It’s a really big one. He lost a lot of money. But it’s not the amount that matters, and that’s not what he wants you to take away from his experience.

Folks mentioned in this episode

• Russ Riendeau

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If connection is intrinsic to who we are as human beings, why do we always meet that special someone who doesn’t understand when to swap contact info, or how to go about making new connections?

This week we tackle our first future business blunder so that we can figure out a way to save ourselves at future networking events. 

Folks mentioned in this episode

• Barbara

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There are more mom entrepreneurs out there than most realize. The demographic is unparalleled. It’s not defined by skin color, geography, or household income. It’s made up of women building businesses at the same time that they’re raising families. They’re mom entrepreneurs that have unique needs.

Do we know what they are? We do now, thanks to the results of the 2022 Mom Entrepreneur Survey.

Find out what The Founding Moms and Phonebox Group uncovered in its first-of-its-kind survey of mom entrepreneurs since no one had ever surveyed them before.

Folks mentioned in this episode

• Michelle Calcagni, the incredible founder of Phonebox Group

• Lord Google

Things mentioned in this episode

• Jill Salzman’s TEDx talk, Why Moms Make The Best Entrepreneurs

• The 2022 Mom Entrepreneur Survey, the results of which you can download here

• Subscribe to participate in next year’s 2023 Mom Entrepreneur Survey over here

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How do you address people when you contact them?

If you’re still writing emails that start with “hi there!” and you’re still making phone calls that begin “heyyyyy…how are you?” then I’m gonna argue that you’re missing the boat. This week, we’re gonna up your name game. It’s time to start paying attention to the little things in your business that make a BIG difference to an awful lot of people.

Folks mentioned in this episode

• Regina Carey and her podcast, Hear I Am

• Dale Carnegie

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• The Food Foundry (and their super cute website!)

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How do you address people when you contact them?

If you’re still writing emails that start with “hi there!” and you’re still making phone calls that begin “heyyyyy…how are you?” then I’m gonna argue that you’re missing the boat. This week, we’re gonna up your name game. It’s time to start paying attention to the little things in your business that make a BIG difference to an awful lot of people.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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If someone told you that you didn’t have to work so hard to run your business, would you listen to them?

It’s time to re-examine how much effort you’re pouring into your day-to-day and WHERE you’re focusing your energy. Guest star Frank Agin will walk you through his big business blunder, which may very likely be one that you’re still making right this minute.

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Do you spend a lot of time on your phone or your laptop when you’re around your kids?

We’ve all heard about the parents that throw their phones away when their kids need their attention. But it’s not realistic. How can you get work done and continue to maintain a gorgeous relationship with your kids? Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How slowly or quickly do you get things done?

Everyone works at a different pace. Some folks prefer to take their sweet time. Others speed through their work days without looking back. Jill’s speed-of-lightening pace has gotten her into terrible awful no good very bad blunders, one of which left her stranded in the middle of Uganda. Let her blunder be a lesson to you.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do you throw the kitchen sink at potential customers and clients when you’re trying to make a sale?

It’s time to meet Josh Hall, web designer and founder of In Transit Studios, who once wanted you to know eeeeeeeverything there was to know about him. But why was that his big business blunder? Josh'll tell you all about it.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Remember slipping up on that pitch you sent to that sponsor that one time?

Let Jill help you out of the messes that you might make in the future when pitching to sponsors — and if you haven’t ever pitched a sponsor for your business yet, may this episode be the driving force that gets you going and creates a whole new stream of revenue for you.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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What do Weight Watchers, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Peloton have in common? To answer that question, Jill wants to introduce you to a few of her friends that are WAY into their hobbies for one very specific reason. It’s a reason that might be the same for you and how you do what you do, too.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do you have too much work to do? Too busy to plan a vacation or even a staycation? Too complicated to coordinate days off or to figure it out with your kids’ crazy schedules?

Excuses, excuses. It’s time to stop overlooking the best remedy for all your work woes. We’re not built to work and worry 24/7, so why not finally do something about it?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Why is it that we entrepreneurs often walk on the sunny side of the street? Is it because we’re risk takers? Optimistic? Persistent people who get carried away?

Meet employee-turned-entrepreneur Naa Ardua Flohic, founder of Paper Flo Designs, who got herself into a big business back-up plan blunder. She’ll remind you why it pays to listen to advice of the experienced and why having a fallback is always a good idea.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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When you’re running a business, you have to consider a LOT of words. It’s tedious, it’s exhausting, and you could argue that writing for business is its own form of insanity. But when you take Stephen King’s advice to heart and blend it with decades of experience writing newsletters, marketing materials, articles, emails, and blog posts, there’s a way to figure out what works for you.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Wanna know just how interconnected the world really is? Find out what dentists and Meetup.com have in common, why it’s important to tell your hairdresser what you do for a living, and how your business problems don’t have to be solved by your lonesome.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Haggling. Bargaining. Hammering out a deal. Negotiating is an age-old practice that goes back to the before times – and then before that – because we are human and communicating is what we do best. So how come we’re slow to realize that negotiation is always an option?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Messaging is tough. You can certainly overdo it. You don’t wanna underwhelm, either.

How do we walk that fine line somewhere between the two and give people the confidence they need to buy what we have to sell?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Are you a word nerd?

Whether you like it or not, you need to arrange and rearrange words in a particular order to convey what you sell. You use spelling and grammar all over social media, your website, and in your emails on the daily. So what happens when you hire a contractor to write things on your behalf and she makes mistakes that you couldn’t even have anticipated?!

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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When you make changes to your business and ask your customers or clients to come with you, how smoothly do things usually go?

Nobody likes change. Founders fight it regularly. So do their customers. But the next time you wanna placate to your people, is there a way you might be able to introduce the changes you’d like to make by enticing them in an enjoyable way to make the shift along with you?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How much of your ego is attached to the moment that a client fires you?

We can all learn a little something from the folks that fire us. Let’s pay more attention to the next time someone lets us go, shall we? In that act, they’re offering important information to us so that we can improve the way we do business.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Have you ever hired someone who came highly recommended to you by someone you deeply trust? What happened next?

There was that one time Jill hired a really great website developer and, well, you can guess how this one went. (Spoiler alert: it wasn't good.)

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Remember that time that you showed up for work and scared half the people in the room?

Let’s explore all the gory details of Jill’s most recent public speaking engagement and how she royally screwed it right up by saying all the wrong things…so that you don’t have to.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Have you ever considered investing money in something that you really believe in?

When you take a gamble, it’s obviously a risk. But the more seasoned an investor you become, the less of a gamble you take. So what happens when a really seasoned investor – like The Real Estate InvestHer’s founder, Liz Faircloth – experiences such a big business blunder that it costs her hundreds of thousands of dollars?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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When you prep to step away from the office, do you get busy crafting the perfect away message?

Let’s dig in to the way we communicate with people when we can’t communicate with people. More often than not, entrepreneurs just love to make this one complicated. But it doesn’t have to be.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do you work breaks into your weekly work schedule?

Where there’s a will, there’s a way, they say. But Jill’s found that the will to take a rest from all the doing in an entrepreneur’s work week is superseded by the desire to succeed. That’s why she’s talking about the longstanding epidemic that’s called The Fear of Not Doing. It hits entrepreneurs hard, and we need a way out of it.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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When’s the last time you gave some thought to those micro moments that your customers have when they interact with your business?

It’s the little things, the ones often ignored, that can make the biggest difference to your customers. Jill had a related revelation recently all about shopping carts and it may very well help you to see your business entirely differently from now on.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do you ever wonder what it would take to make 100 episodes of a podcast?

This week, we’re celebrating! And by celebrating, Jill means she wants to highlight all the things that have gone so very wrong in the making of this podcast.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do you celebrate technology day in and day out? Sure, it’s changed our lives. But when it comes to our businesses? It’s the worst. You might experience a bit of PTSD as Jill rehashes the many things that can go wrong with the tech that makes our companies go. Lucky for you, she also suggests several preventative tactics to help alleviate the stresses that this stuff brings on.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How hard can it be?

That’s a question you might be asking yourself more often than not. It’s a question that the inimitable Joyce Shulman asks herself often, even after decades running successful businesses. She lets you stand in her shoes for a sec to help you see how even the brightest minds can’t always leave it to reason to figure out what’s gonna work for you business.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How are you presenting yourself to people? Because how you do it matters.

There’s a lot of ego and fear and guilt and self-doubt and negativity that gets in the way of what you could be putting out there. A lot of us are making mistakes and assumptions that lead us to present a lesser version of ourselves. Might that be you?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Why is it that the people who believe their suggestions are the best often give the worst advice? And more importantly, why is it that we believe them?

Jill walks back the years to the time that she attended the ABC Kids Expo to grow her baby jewelry company. In theory, it was amazing advice to bring in some big business. In reality, it turned out to be a big, fancy mistake.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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The children are our future, right? If that’s the case, it’s time to get pumped about what’s in store for the rest of us because Jill’s three kiddos are budding entrepreneurs who have a lot of ideas.

Miss Sunshine, Miss Roses, and Mister Giggles want you to know who they are, how they understand entrepreneurship, and they even share their top secret ideas for businesses that they may or may not launch in the coming years.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do you have contracts in place with all of your clients?

You’ll never guess what happens when you decide to work with someone and don’t sign a contract and then they change their tune. (Spoiler alert: it’s not good.) Guest Sherene Strausberg of 87th Street Creative shares her big business blunder about that time she skipped signing contracts with her clients – and since everybody’s doing it, Sherene and Jill wanna take a moment to remind you why that’s a really bad idea.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Are you telling people the truth about your entrepreneurial journey?

So many of us edit out our bizarre or unique experiences because we think that no one will understand how it all fits together. Jill examines her time spent in South Africa where she co-founded an organization to help empower women in need…and why it’s been left out of her story.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How do you say no without saying no so that you can make a million bucks?

It’s hard to decline any opportunity that miiiiiiight possibly in some way bring you the fame and fortune you’ve dreamed of having…until someone like speaker extraordinaire Sally Hogshead teaches you how to stop giving yourself away.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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We all know that trust is the foundation of any solid transaction that happens between a small business owner and its buyer.

But what happens when you take that trust all the way through the Twitter platform to engage with an international superstar like, say, famed organizer Peter Walsh, and things go a weeeee bit awry? Let Jill fill you in on this true story that turned her world upside down.

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Did you ever pass on hiring a working mom because she had needs that extended beyond your workplace?

Meet Lisa Curtis, founder of Kuli Kuli, whose big business blunder highlights an all-too-common assumption about working moms that so many of us make. Find out what came of her experience and how it changed the way that she does business.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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When was the last time you cleaned up that never-ending task list, those piles of docs, or your desktop madness?

If you’ve been considering ways to organize and create systems within your biz, this one’s for you. It’s time to stop talking about it and finally DO something about it so that you can make real progress in growing your biz.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Have you ever spent money that you didn’t have?

What about money that you do have…except that you don’t really have it? Go on a fun conference sponsorships ride with Jill to find out just how badly things can go when you’re a very trusting person who believes in people and what they tell you.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Have you ever updated your customers too soon?

You know the ones. The folks that have hired you to do a job for them and well before you’ve finished it, you give them an update that gets you into hot water? Marci Brennan certainly knows. She shares her big business blunder that taught her, and will teach you, what not to do the next time you wanna update your clients on your progress.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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When someone in your business goes rogue, what do you do about it?

It’s one thing to invite someone into your world to work with you and it ends up being a bad fit. But it’s an altogether different thing when someone that’s responsible for your business decides to do something you never even anticipated…EVER…at all…anywhere…anytime. Oh, and this true tale involves none other than God Himself. He once showed up in Jill’s business in a very mysterious way and it’s not at all in the way that you’d think.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How can you tell if the person who’s offered to help your business isn’t gonna help your business?

It’s time to spill the tea about a woman who promised to help Jill and then didn’t. She lied. Except she didn’t mean it…so does that make it a lie? Jill highlights the very simple conundrum that we all find ourselves facing when we think someone didn’t tell us the truth: is it their mistake, or is it ours?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Are you ready to take on all of the tasks that 2022 is already demanding of you?

Before you dive into all of the work that’s piled up, it’d be a good idea to figure out if you’re even ready for all the things that you’ve tasked yourself with. Why rush into business-building madness when you can examine what, exactly, is gonna work best for YOU?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Is it really the end of the year already? How’d we get here so fast?

In this time of reflection, and celebration, and egg nog, Jill wraps up the year for you in some gorgeous Hanukkah paper with a big Christmas bow, adds a few Kwanzaa streamers and pairs it with Festivus-flavored egg nog because…well…’tis the season.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How much do you really know about your customers and clients?

This week’s big business blunder is thanks to Dorothy Kolb who bravely goes where so few entrepreneurs go, admitting she knew so much about finance when she launched her business that she forgot all about the whole going-and-getting-customers thing. Find out how understanding your customers deeeeeeeply can really change the game for your business.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Remember back in January of this year how Jill talked about going and getting the big bucks to scale The Founding Moms fast and furiously in The Funding Question, Pt. 1?

A LOT has happened since then. This week Jill closes out her thoughts about all of the funding stuff that entrepreneurs chase after when they begin to learn about angel investors and crowdfunding options and accelerators, oh my. She’s got a lot to say about fundraising for your business and what direction you should take.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Has anyone ever signed you up for something without your knowledge?

Sounds like a really basic oversight that should never happen to anyone. Then there's Jill, who shares her story about the time a woman meant well but ended up putting her company into debt for thousands of dollars. Find out what happened and how she avoided a major lawsuit.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How, exactly, do you get out of a bad situation with a customer or client when you’re in the middle of said situation?

This week’s big business blunder features MyMovementality’s Jordan Wentz who tells her scary story about that one time she was on tour overseas and it wasn’t going so well because she was promised some pretty basic things but management couldn’t get its act together and…well, it unfolds like a movie…only this was her reality, and not one that you ever wanna find yourself in.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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When the going gets tough, how can we entrepreneurs rest assured that we’ll be alright?

The media, our colleagues, and even our parents can make us feel pretty badly about how we’re doing as we grow our businesses. If we don’t grow them faster stronger smarter better, those insecurities can really start to pile up. So do you have a firm grasp on how you’re measuring your own success? It might be time to make sure that you’re using the right measuring stick.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How often do you think about how you do the things you do to run your business?

We don’t often take a close, hard look at how we run our businesses. Maybe some things used to go well. Perhaps a couple of things might be popping right now. But is everything working exactly the way it should, or are you continuing to run your business the way you’ve always done it?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Why do companies agree to pay us and then try to back out of it when it’s too late?

Small businesses are taken advantage of all the time. There’s a whole host of reasons that companies decide they don’t need to pony up and the loss falls squarely onto YOU…the entrepreneur that has more to lose than they do. It’s unfair, uncalled for, and something that we may have more power in undoing than we realize.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Ever notice that the money is flowing – on paper – but something just doesn’t feel right?

When the going gets tough, especially when it comes to income, entrepreneurs tend to justify decisions through the magic that we call math. MomSub.com’s Diane Moca knows it all too well. She shares her business blunder about the time that she created a paper money problem and what she learned the very hard way so that you don’t have to.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Ever notice that the money is flowing – on paper – but something just doesn’t feel right?

When the going gets tough, especially when it comes to income, entrepreneurs tend to justify decisions through the magic that we call math. MomSub.com’s Diane Moca knows it all too well. She shares her business blunder about the time that she created a paper money problem and what she learned the very hard way so that you don’t have to.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Hormones. Who need them?

And yet, those little chemical messengers mess with our systems all the time. They affect our moods. They affect our work output. We can’t escape them, and they carry on rain or shine depending on the day, the time, and the client. So why aren’t we talking about it more often? Let’s explore why our hormones are out to get us and more importantly, what we can do about them.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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What happens to you when folks can’t find things on your website?

Do you go to a dark place? Blame it on the rain? Wonder why you ever bothered to build a website in the first place? Jill wants you to really think about all those users who stop by and can’t do the things you want them to do. It might be your fault. It might be their fault. It might be Mark Zuckerberg’s fault. How can we founders handle this one a bit better than we often do?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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There are graphic designers who’ll create your logo for $5. You can find accountants who’ll crunch numbers for $10 an hour. What about lawyers that charge $35 per hour?

Meet Bold City Legal’s Larissa Bodniowycz. She’s an attorney who launched her firm with incredibly low rates because she thought she’d grow her clientele easily that way. You can probably guess how that worked out for her...but the root of her big business blunder? It may feel a bit too familiar.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Some people will do anything to appear smarter than they really are.

In this day and age of audio and video media, it’s very easy to edit out the things you don’t know, cut together the things that you do know, and make the world believe that you’re a genius. Why can’t we stop all the cutting and pasting and filtering and tweaking and just let it all hang out?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do you avoid conflict at all costs?

Soooooo many of us are conflict avoidant. When it comes to running your business, I’d bet that you’re more avoidant than you even realize. We don’t like friction. We want things to go smoothly, and some of us will do anything to skip ahead past the upsets and misunderstandings to pretend that everything is ok 24/7. But when you’re feeling stuck and missing out on making real progress with your company, it might be time to examine what’s going on under the hood.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do you ever wonder why you attend networking event after networking event hoping to find clients and it just doesn’t happen? Your network may be huge. You might have a lot of likes and followers. But nothing you do seems to move money out of other people’s pockets into your own. In this episode, guest Antonette Taylor shares her big business blunder to help you understand why that’s happening.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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It’s a big week. A really big week. Jill and her team launch the new FoundingMoms.com! If you think website relaunches are NBD…if you think tech hurdles ain’t no thang…if you think that interactive websites for mom entrepreneurs frequently appear all over the web…think again. Get thee to a browser and tune in to hear all about it.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Are YOU still running your business? Or do you hand off tasks to other people, tasks that you shouldn’t be doing?

We hear a lot about virtual assistants these days and a growing number of entrepreneurs are hiring them. But what do you hand off? How do you figure out how to WORK with a VA? When’s the right time to hire one? Will they steal your stuff? So many questions. So little time. SO much work. Let’s figure it out, shall we?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How do you handle it when someone badmouths you or your business?

We all strive to keep our reputations clean and clear. We who worry about online reviews are even more on alert when it comes to making sure that folks know we’re good people who run great businesses. But what about the people that attack you anyway? Let Jill tell you all about that time she was publicly blasted...and it's not even over yet.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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When life gives you lemons, what do YOU do with them?

Pat Day-McCray learned how to make the sweetest lemonade. She's a successful entrepreneur who went through the hardest of hardships after experiencing the loss of her child. Her big business blunder? Figuring out how to tell the world about it.

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Why do we ever explain our pricing to people?

We want people to like us. And we certainly don’t want to lose them if the price isn’t right for them. So we negotiate or lower or discount or coupon code it up for them. But it’s a practice that’s doing more harm to your business than good. We’ve gotta stop the madness.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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It’s hard to know when to send out a pitch. What’s the right time? Is there a better day? A better hour?

There are countless articles online that tell you how to write the “perfect” pitch. But there is no perfect pitch and there’s no one way to pitch it. No matter, Jill wants to inspire you to keep pitching people anyway. It’s not easy to figure it out because there’s no one right way to do it, but it’s not rocket science, either.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do you keep track of all the creativity that flows outta your brain?

You likely don’t. You’re creative. Creative folks don’t enjoy creating processes — it's not very creative, is it? But when you don’t, a special kind of chaos shows up in your business and the havoc it wreaks can take quite the toll on any business owner.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Have you ever gotten sucked in to a social media ad and made a purchase that sent you straight to Buyer’s RemorseLand?

This one’s a tough story about Jill’s experience buying a piece of crap online. It’ll be hard to get through but she tells her story so that you don’t have to.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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The last time you were presented with a partnership opportunity, did you ask the right questions before diving in?

When we’re asked to do something promising, it’s rare that we ask the tough questions to make sure that it’s a fit for us. But it’s oh so important. Christine Rose knows it all too well. Her big blunder reveals how even the most experienced entrepreneurs can get carried away by their own optimism and forget to do their due diligence.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Have you ever spoken up about something that sent you to regretsville?

When we make bold statements or stand up for what we believe in during, say, an interview, there’s often a moment of shame or embarrassment that accompanies the giant leap we just took. This episode is about weathering that internal storm so that you can go boldly where no woman has gone before…and stop retracting the incredible things that you have to say.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Have you ever tried to hire someone and it went horribly wrong? Bringing someone into your work world is always a rollercoaster ride full of excitement, anxiety, optimism…and a lot of baggage.

This week, Jill talks about how she tried to hire someone recently and…surprise surprise, it didn’t work out.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do screens get in the way of spending time with your kids?

There’s a lot of advice out there about when to pick up your phone and when to put it down. Screen time causes a lot of friction in many an entrepreneur’s homes. Can we change the conversation about these guilt-creating gadgets so that we can feel at ease around our children and get more work done?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Know how to write good copy?

Entrepreneurs that write marketing copy often second-guess every sentence that they construct. But what about folks that write for a living? Erin Pennings is a copywriting pro who proves that it's not just you. Her business blunder will help anyone who’s ever had to come up with copy to promote her business.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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How are you telling your story?

One of the best ways to get the word out about your business is to interview with media outlets of all kinds. When someone learns about you through their trusted source, they’ll be more inclined to check out your website or even buy what you sell. But a lot of entrepreneurs are doing it wrong. Jill wants to help you achieve greatness during your next media opportunity because your confidence will skyrocket, you’ll have social media fodder for days, and your business will finally get the attention it deserves.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Are you one of those people that’s good at predicting the next big business craze?

Jill’s lived through plenty of fads – those products and people and exercise regimens and diet suggestions that have come and go. We know what they are once they’ve gone bust, but it’s hard to tell a hot trend from something sensational that’s here to stay. Can we ever learn how to predict these things so that we know where to pay attention while we’re building our businesses?

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Are you working really, really hard to build your business – so hard that you don’t have time for much else?

9 out of 10 doctors agree: you’re gonna need to buckle up for Minessa Konecky’s big business blunder. If you’re an entrepreneur who finds herself constantly working towards more money, more vacation time, and that private jet that’ll fly you to your new home in the Cayman Islands, you’re gonna hear this story and wonder if you should rethink how you’re proceeding…and you’ll very likely do it a lot more thoughtfully than you’ve ever done it before.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Is social media overwhelming your day, every day?

We already have so many tasks to do as small business owners that we can’t keep up with all of the demands that Facebook and Instagram and Twitter and Pinterest and YouTube and LinkedIn require of us. It can be too much. That’s why Jill will help you out with 3 easy to-do’s that you can focus on to get through the week feeling a-ok about your business’ social media presence.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Let's get legal. Should you hire a lawyer to create a contract? What about whether to sign one? Is it better to just close your eyes, hold your breath, and sign everything?

You’re invited to dip your toes into the scary legal waters that involve a lot of paperwork, some Latin, and a large pile of legal jargon that no one Jill’s ever met actually enjoys — all for the sake of figuring out if we really need to sign all the paperwork that flies back and forth in the small business world.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Ever think about doing a tech detox? You know that it’s good for you. You’ve heard about other people doing it. But you can’t find the time to step away from the technology thats’s at your fingertips 24/7 to take a mental health day, amirite?

Corbett Barr, Fizzle founder and internet iconoclast, has gone a lot farther than you ever thought possible. Find out what he’s doing about the years of content he’s created online and how he’s taking control back from the Internet.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Wanna become a YouTube sensation? Then don’t do it the way that Jill did.

In Jill’s efforts to become an overnight Internet star and have one of her videos go viral, a turn of events made things go in a very different direction for her. Find out how she attempted to game the system and it ended up backfiring. Bigtime.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Are you happy with the name that you gave your business or did it turn out to be a rookie mistake? What about giving away the stuff you sell in an effort to entice new customers?

We don’t always know exactly what we’re doing when we’re in the startup phase. Sure, we’re supposed to work it out before launch day, but it doesn’t always work that way. Kim Cook boldly goes where few entrepreneurs have gone before, admitting her rookie mistakes – particularly the one about valuing what you sell.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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If you have to make a choice between a fun job and a less fun resume builder, and the pay is the same for both options, which one would you choose?

Find out what Jill did when she had to decide between two insanely different internships and how she recommends that you make up your mind when you’re faced with a tough decision.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Ever forget to check your work and make an unthinkable, unforgettable error?

This week’s Big Business Blunder comes from Laura Best, founder of Passion Collective and marketing expert extraordinaire who overlooked one simple phone number. That ended up causing her some serious hotline havoc that led to a very important lesson we all need to remember: check your work.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Words matter. What we choose to say can impact people in a myriad of ways. Do you ever stop to consider that what you say to your business colleagues might be misconstrued?

Jill learned this one the hard way. She discusses a popular phrase that we’ve all heard before, one that got her into big trouble for including it in her marketing materials. Find out what she did to remedy the situation and what you can do to avoid it, too.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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Do you have a mentor in your life? Maybe it’s an advisor, a colleague, or a friend. If you do, you’re ahead of the curve. For most entrepreneurs, we have a hard time finding folks that can support us.

That’s why Jill rehashes her experience working with a mentor. She never ever ever thought she’d be the person who’d have anything to say about mentors, and she wants you to know how she learned that mindful collaborations with supportive people are invaluable to anyone building a business.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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What if you had the opportunity to receive a call from your favorite celebrity…and they told you exactly what you wanted to hear?

There’s an app for that. It’s called Cameo, and Jill’s review of her experience on it details exactly what it takes for app creators to do things right. She also makes a magical connection with Netflix magician Justin Willman whose penchant for entertaining humans knows no bounds.

Jill Salzman turns the mundane into inspiration and transforms the impossible into the achievable. Through defying expectations and breaking the rules, she succeeds in inspiring entrepreneurs to figure out what works for them by using meaningful action to create positive results. Jill is the author of The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) and the Amazon best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu among others, and professed her love of Eddie Vedder in her TEDx talk on 11/11/11. She hosts the top-rated entertaining business podcast, Why Are We Shouting?, a question she asks herself daily. CNNMoney calls her a “mommy mogul.” MSN Live says she’s a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love.” Forbes rated her a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer and voted The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. When she's not speaking to audiences in patterned leggings or podcasting from her basement, she fruitlessly tries to convince her daughters that cassette tapes actually existed.*

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There’s a very short person in Jill’s household who has a lot to say about how people should conduct business. Her name is Miss Roses and she wants to make sure that founders are doing the right things so that they can sell more stuff.

She’s eleven years old. She notices things. Things that are seemingly obvious, incredibly simple, and that we forget all the time. Find out what she thinks you could be doing better as she talks you through her 6 Business Techniques for Business Owners.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Remember that time an investor courted you for months and then decided it was in his best professional interest to ghost you?

Oh wait. That was Jill. She recounts her story from the very scary year of 2020 when an investor showed up and offered to acquire her company. It’s a detailed inside look at what went on behind the scenes when an investor tried to take advantage of a small business. Let her ghost story be a warning to you.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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What’s the best way to tell your story?

It’s a blessing and a curse. You have a great story, but you can’t figure out how to tell it. Customers wanna know all about you. Clients wanna understand who you are before they connect with you. If you can tell the right story, you can get folks to trust you and hand over the big bucks. But what words should you use, and in what order?

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Listen, Stephen. I know you’re reading this. After 11 years of waving the proverbial flag and sending up technological smoke signals to have you invite me onto The Colbert Report and The Late Show, it’s time that you give this mom entrepreneur a chance.

We could make history together. Of what kind, I’m not entirely sure. But it would be relatable history, not Napoleonic or Idi Aminish in any way. Have a good, hard listen. Maybe you’ll come to your senses and invite me on. With Evie’s approval, of course.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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How’s a business owner supposed to get butts into seats? It’s one of the great small business mysteries of our time. When there’s an event to fill, a seminar to host, or any event, online or off, that involves inviting people to RSVP, how do you lure them there?

This week, Jill will walk you through 5 ways to get customers and clients to show up. If we could just study others who’ve had success at doing this, we’d all stop wondering and do what they do. But it doesn’t work that way. There’s an art to curating and seating an audience. Jill’s gonna help you figure it out.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Entrepreneurs are creative people. We see new business ideas all the time. What’s stopping us from launching all of them?

The day always comes that we wanna jump ship from the business we’re currently running and launch a new, better one. But it’s not usually feasible. Is there a way to make sure that you can keep your creative juices flowing without being stifled by the responsibilities that your current company demands of you?

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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No one likes do to one-on-one outreach. It takes up too much time. People don't respond. And yet, it can be a real boon to your business.

We work hard to find ways around the tedious tasks that we have to do. Small business owners enjoy finding other folks to do the grunt work for them. But if feeling like the big boss is more important to you than meaningfully connecting with potential customers and clients that can make you more money, then what does “doing business” really mean to you?

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Why don’t we credit the people that help us get to where we are today? Why does going it alone make for a better story?

It’s easy to leave out the folks that lift you up. Entrepreneurs like to look good by making it sound as if they succeeded allllll by themselves. But it’s not true. Jill reveals who really helped her break into the Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 1995 in an effort to meet Eddie Vedder because she certainly didn’t get there all by herself.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Does being a more successful entrepreneur directly correlate to making mistakes less frequently?

Jill wants to bust the myth that the best entrepreneurs know what they’re doing at all times. Decades in to running several businesses, she continues to be surprised by just how much goes wrong in a regular work day. Let her take you through several recent tech fails to illustrate that entrepreneurs should stop pretending that they know everything and that nothing ever goes wrong.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Should you raise money to fund your business?

This week, Jill reveals the goose chase that she’s currently on in an effort to find funding and explore the wide world of VC’s, angel investors, and accelerators. She highlights the pitfalls, feedback, and interesting anecdotes that abound throughout her money hunt. It’s been a wild ride and it’s not even over yet.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Why does age matter so much when it comes to making decisions for our businesses?

We let judgment about age impact our business decisions an awful lot. Entrepreneurs often think they’re too young or too old to do business the right way and judge others about it as well. Ageism is real. Does it show up in your work?

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Do you ever consider global events to have had an impact on you as an entrepreneur?

We may or may not know where we were when Kobe Bryant died or when we first learned about COVID-19, but we do know that world events impact us. This week, Jill highlights several world events she participated in and how they impacted the work that she does today. Tune in to find out how she survived two bombings, one tsunami, 9/11, and ended up an honorary Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Has anyone ever hurled an insult at you during the course of your business day? What did you do about it?

Insults are hard to deal with, especially in an industry that wants us to ignore them and move on because it’s not business-appropriate. This week, Jill talks about the many different ways that folks have offended her and what you can do about incoming insults during the course of your work day.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Why aren’t we founders talking about the customer experience more often?

This week, Jill gives you two sides of the app-developing coin: what it’s like when a founder puts a new idea into app action, and what it’s like when a user puts the app to the test. Tune in to find out all about her experience using the new app, Shmeal, and what she (literally) took away from it.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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To go or to not go out for coffee: that is the networking question.

This week, Jill enters the universal debate about meeting people for coffee, virtually or otherwise. She explores whether it’s a waste of time, what purpose it really serves, and how her business has benefited over the years thanks to the kindness of strangers.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Why don’t more parents talk about the work stresses of our kids’ sick days?

This week, find out what shenanigans ensued on a day that Jill was forced to take her kiddo to work. Not only does she share the parental perspective but she invites said kiddo to talk about what she recalls from that day so many years later.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Is there really so much to self-publishing a book? What if you’ve self-published your own work twice and still don’t have the process down pat?

This week, Jill regales us with her adventures in crafting her first book, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs and how the release of her follow-up, The Best Business Book In The World (according to my mom) went so very wrong. Tune in to find out how you can avoid her big blunder in getting it wrong the second time around.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Business isn’t supposed to get personal. Business is business, they say, and we’re supposed to keep our personal lives out of it. But can we? More importantly, should we?

This week, Jill calls up three colleagues to find out just how personal business can get, if at all. She speaks to business guru and game changer Melissa Ford, KazSource founder, CEO, and podcast host Eric Kasimov, and award-winning social media speaker and course author, Marki Lemons-Ryhal. They have very different backgrounds and business experiences but what they reveal may surprise you.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Hiring is hard. What do you look out for when you’re hiring someone to ensure the most productivity and the least risk of turnover?

This week, Jill walks you through 2 checklists that every entrepreneur needs to make when they consider a new hire. She learned what to look out for the hard way. Tune in to hear the story of the worst hire she ever made and just how badly it impacted her business, The Founding Moms.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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When someone gives you their word in business but doesn’t follow through, should you do anything about it?

This week, Jill talks about how she got a musician signed to a major record label. She was promised that she’d be rewarded if the artist got famous. He did. But what followed was not at all the outcome that she expected. Tune in to find out her story of Jason Mraz’s signing many years ago and why she hasn’t talked about her story for decades.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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How is it that you can plan and plan and plan a major launch for your business and epically fail to successfully launch it anyway?

This week, Jill talks about all the hard work she put into creating and hosting a business conference. One small oversight and it turned into a complete and utter failure. Find out what she forgot to consider, what resulted because of it, and how you can avoid creating your own failure to launch.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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How do you know when enough entrepreneurial education is enough?

Carey On founder and Plyovation creator Regina Carey has been running her business for 4 years and she’s become exhausted by educational information overload. Tune in to hear Jill help her out with 3 tips for getting off the roller coaster ride that’s made up of virtual courses, online workshops, big events, small events, webinars and roundtables and summits, oh my!

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Testing things out by trial and error is a method that a lot of entrepreneurs use to run their businesses. But how do you actually put it into practice?

In this very meta episode, Jill switches things up and tries the trial and error method in realtime. She asks that you weigh in and help guide her to the preferred format for this very podcast. Can you help her out?

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Do you hire interns? Their contributions can be invaluable to small businesses. So why don’t more companies bring them on?

This week, learn about Jill’s journey as a serial intern prior to her career as a serial entrepreneur. Hear how her run-in with the titan of restaurant reviewers led her to single-handedly change a multi-million dollar company forever.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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When you talk to your family, friends, and loved ones on social media, does the conversation feel real? Is it?

This week, Jill tells the tale of her obsession with Oprah’s favorite professional organizer, Peter Walsh, and how her first ever TV appearance gave way to an alarming Twitter betrayal.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Has your business ever gotten a great press hit? We often see fellow entrepreneurs land big features or top-10 lists but we don’t often get to hear about how it happened.

This week, Jill walks us through how she got the biggest press hit that she ever landed, and how Gwen Stefani, a gossip blog columnist, and her cousin helped to set the stage for her overnight success.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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What’s the recovery like for an entrepreneur that’s contracted a novel coronavirus?

Jill got COVID-19 in the spring of 2020. The aftermath of her illness took the left turn that so many “long-haulers” have experienced. She reveals a cure that carried her through it and how craving for connections extends well past the boundaries of a virus.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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What do young business owners think about communicating with older generations? For the second episode of her 2-part series, Jill continues to questions whether age matters when it comes to business communications between generations.

Find out how Millennial word guru Amanda Ahrendt handles interactions with older generations and how another Milllenial’s reaction to the question took a very strange turn.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Every generation is influenced by its own set of language rules. So does age matter when it comes to communication between generations?

Find out how Danny Schuman, founder of Twist Your Thinking and young Boomer extraordinaire, handles interactions with younger generations. You’ll also find out how a baby horse completely changed Jill’s generation communication forever.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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We know that we need to review our business’ branding periodically. If we step back and look at the bigger picture — how our website looks, what the feel of our newsletters provides — we can redo how we do things so that we can draw in more customers.

But do you ever think about what you’re wearing?

This week, Jill wants you to know that attire matters. Our relationship with clothing is complicated. Even so, paying attention to an area so often overlooked can make major change for you and your business.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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This one’s for the kids.

It’s rare that entrepreneurs get the inside scoop on their work life from the people they’ve created. This week, tune in to hear Jill Salzman’s daughters, 10-year old Miss Roses and 13-year old Miss Sunshine, explore what it’s like to be the children of an entrepreneur. The kids also share how they’re faring in this strange new world and talk about what it’s like to be entrepreneurs since they launched The Founding Kids newsletter.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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If people are the foundation upon which our businesses are built, why aren’t we paying more attention to them?

This week, Jill focuses on how real relationships can catapult your business in a way that online connections cannot. She recounts a pivotal moment she shared with the indelible New York Times music critic, Jon Pareles, thanks to Lollapalooza and a Honda Civic.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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It’s a new era. We’re not caped crusaders but we’re masked, flying solo socially, and unable to congregate in the ways we did B.C. — Before Coronatimes. Networking remains crucial to running a business. So how are you doing it these days?

This week, Jill responds to listener Nedra Rezinas who asked how we can network in this new, no-touch world. She offers 5 tip top tips on how to keep up with customers so that we can continue to keep sales up.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Does public speaking scare you? Presenting to a crowd is not everyone’s first choice, but between pitches, demonstrations and presentations, entrepreneurs have to do an awful lot of it.

This week, Jill walks us through what it’s like to give a TEDx talk. She shares the bizarre experience she had when she told the world Why Moms Make The Best Entrepreneurs and she lets you in on what will make your future talk a memorable one.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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What do you do when the product that you worked so hard to prep, produce, and launch doesn’t sell? Do you panic, do you quit, or do you cry and shout and let it all out?

This week, Jill talks about a business she launched that turned out to be an epic fail. Find out what she launched (it was amazing), why it failed (it was stunning), and how The Educational Piece can help you avoid what happened to her.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Moving during a pandemic? Who’d attempt such a thing??

This week, Jill talks to sex therapist Lisa Katona, LCSW, CST, who blazed a very hot trail moving across the country to relocate her business…and lived to tell the tale. Hear how she managed to do it, what she’s learned along the way, and tips she has for you to improve your sex life rn .

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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What do you do when someone gives you unsolicited advice about how to run your business? Hug them? Punch them?

This week, Jill covers the mystery that is unsolicited advice. She talks trade shows, audible anklewear, and how one woman’s judgment about pricing products became a gamechanger for the rest of her entrepreneurial career.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Ever apply for a trademark and fail miserably? Know what it's like to pay for a beautiful new logo only to have it backfire in the biggest way?

This week, Jill tells the tale about the time that her company's trademark was denied by the USPTO, why she ran into serious branding issues surrounding a picture-perfect logo, and how understanding cultural norms are pretty key to building a better business.

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What happens when you take a brand new entrepreneur, mix in a huge opportunity, a tablespoon of naïveté and a hint of a really famous rock band?

This week, Jill reveals her first -- and biggest -- business blunder in her early days of entrepreneurship. Find out how one tiny oversight cost her some big bucks.

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Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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It's a wild time in our lives. Jill decides to find out what it's like for Eraina Ferguson and Dr. Charity Hughes who have unique experiences as Black mom entrepreneurs trying to continue running their businesses and manage their kids' emotional roller coaster rides all while attempting to take care of themselves.

Get Jill's tip top tool of the week, very honest revelations about allll the feelings rn (anger? exhaustion? hope?) and and ways that you can cope with the apocalypse that has hit us all.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

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Jill Salzman lets you in on a little secret. (Spoiler alert: it's the best way to grow your business, mom entrepreneurs.) She shares a surprising story never heard anywhere else about famed actor Paul Rudd that highlights why she's shouting.

Get her tip top tool of the week, her foray into TV show stardom, and the ridiculous experiment that can help you grow your business.

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.