The Badass CEO

Christine Augustine, COO of Bloomreach This week, the female COO of Bloomreach, Christine Augustine joined the Badass CEO podcast to talk about reaching a C-Suite position and how important mentors are. She's a leading thinker in e-commerce and has been a manager at Bain & Company, focused on technology, retail, and strategy prior to joining Bloomreach in 2011. Christy’s an experienced computer programmer, who has concentrated on onsite search, merchandising, and payment. She will share how her technology expertise is important in arming clients with the tools needed to compete in a demanding market. “ The best place to find that mentor, typically is going to be within the company. Because it's not going to be extra effort to go out and find that mentor. You're not going to be viewing it as that extra hour. You're probably going to be meeting with them and they're going to see your work directly.” -Christine Find Christine and Bloom Reach: Bloom Reach Websit...

Caitlin Correa, Founder of CC Media & Co. Podcasting can be really beneficial for your growing or established business! If you considered starting your own podcast, this is your sign! It seems like everyone is starting a new podcast every day, but there are still fewer podcasts out there than blogs. Starting a podcast has a lot of different factors and it’s important to consider how they may benefit your business. Caitlin Correa has her own podcast management business called CC Media & Co. Her business provides high-quality, purposeful podcast production and management that shows off your value and voice. Caitlin provides tips and insights on what it takes to manage a podcast. Some of Caitlin’s reasons why to start a podcast is that it is a great way to get your business out there, people will be able to listen to you on the go, grow a connection with your audience, and network. Caitlin’s Podcasting for Business Tips: In order to understand how your podcast is doing, you should...

Alana Arnold, Co-Founder of Last Crumb Alana Arnold is the female co-founder and director of operations of Last Crumb, a luxury direct-to-consumer cookie company. Alana has grown her business by utilizing previous marketing experience and trends such as “drop culture” to build hype and popularity around the products. Through these “drops”, Last Crumb has grown a loyal following and an email list of over 125,000 people! “Just be persistent, really. If you have an idea or an idea, a product that you believe in, I think that you should stick to your guns and do everything you can to make it succeed.” -Alana Find Alana and Last Crumb: Last Crumb Instagram Last Crumb Website Alana Arnold’s Instagram Episode Contents How Alana Co-Founded The Luxury Cookie Brand Using A Drop Model To Sell Out Their Cookies Funding Her Company How She Grew The Last Crumb Following on Social Media Staying Focused and Disciplined The Process of Starting a Company is Long- Stay The Course How Alana Co-Founded The...

Nellie Akalp, Founder and CEO of Corpnet This week on the Badass CEO podcast, we had the chance to sit down again with the founder of Corpnet, Nellie Akalp to discuss why only 2% of female entrepreneurs make it to 1million in sales or even achieve the titles of CEO. We go through Nellie's story and tips on how we can better ourselves as not only businesswomen but as humans who feel confident and worthy of their success and happiness. Tune in to hear how we can use relational alignment to find our worth and become our ideal self, why our inner thoughts have to match our outer actions, and why boundaries are so important. Find Nellie and Corpnet: Nellie’s Instagram Corpnet Website Corpnet Instagram LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE Episode Contents Only 5% of Female Entrepreneurs Become CEOs Nellie, thank you for coming back. I'm so excited to talk about a subject that has been near and dear to my heart lately. And I would love to just get your opinion on it. Since, you reach the ...