The Badass CEO

Want to start a Home-Based Business? If you're thinking of starting a home-based business, then you’re in good company, what with the change that's happening regarding work culture and achieving a better work-life balance that comes with working from home. So if that's you, and you've always envisioned starting a business from your home, The Badass CEO reveals how to build a home-based business that you can be proud of. Deciding on a business that you can start from home Of course, the brilliant part about working from home is that it allows you to have more flexibility when choosing what type of business you want to pursue because you won't have to worry about paying rent, transportation costs, etc. You're also sure to feel more comfortable because you don't have to abide by the stricter rules of running your business in an office block, for instance. That's said, you still have to consider any zoning laws in your area and whether you have to ap...

Emily Vaca Emily Vaca, Founder of MINNIDIP Luxury Pools Emily Vaca is the founder of MINNIDIP and La Vaca Design House, a non-toxic inflatable pool design that she self-funded and spent over two years working on before officially launching! Her company is family-run, ethically sourced, and operated in her hometown of Chicago. Tune in to learn more about how she started her design company, manufactured and launched the first designer inflatable pool, and her advice for creative female entrepreneurs who want to self-fund their business. Find Emily and MINNIDIP: Website Instagram Episode Contents Starting MINNIDIP and The Inspiration Behind It Sourcing and Manufacturing The Highest Quality Materials Emily’s Legal Advice as a Female Founder and Preventing Knockoffs Self Funding Her Ventures as a Female Founder Lessons Learned From Working with Family Have Thick Skin and Hear the Nos Starting MINNIDIP and The Inspiration Behind It Mimi: Emily, thank you so much for coming on today, I really...

Mital Shares Her Tech Startup and Legal Experience with us! Are you a tech startup looking for legal tips? Mital Makadia is an expert in working with tech startups as she's a Partner at Grellas LLC. From the beginning of a tech startup, founders should make sure to avoid some mistakes. What are these mistakes? Legal Mistakes Founders Make: Not making sure that the IP is your business's. You'll have to ensure that the IP belongs to your company and that you document anyone who helps you along the way. Not having an exit plan. You'll have to think of a plan for yourself and your company based on any relationship you or your company may get into. You may be asking what an exit plan is? An exit plan is put into place just in case the business partnership doesn't work out, plans change, adjusting to ownership, and much more. You'll have to discuss your venture plans if you want to go public, how you want to grow, and other methods. Having an exit plan will also ...

Marcela Sapone, Co-Founder of Alfred Marcela Sapone is not only the co-founder of an innovative and groundbreaking company but she has also made the elusive Forbes 30 Under 30 list! Marcela is the co-founder and CEO of Alfred, a company with a mission to create universal utilities in every home. Marcela has led the company since 2014 and under her leadership, Alfred has grown to serve more than 135,000 residents across the US and Canada. Marcela has also prioritized Alfred to be at the front of fair wage compensation with all service workers. She talked to us about what it is like to lead such a fast-growing company why she hired every employee as a W-2 and her advice for women in the tech industries. Find Marcela Sapone and Alfred: Marcela’s INSTAGRAM WEBSITE Alfred Instagram Episode Summary Why She Started Alfred and Her Mission as Female CEO Building Community and Making Up For Lost Time in the Every Day Starting Alfred Straight Out of Business School - Take the Leap and Succeed Th...

Esther Weinberg Esther Weinberg, Founder of The Ready Zone These days work from home jobs are so common, but what happens if you want to transition your employees to work in person again? Esther Weinberg provided amazing advice on how to work with these challenges. Creating an inspirational workplace will help you work towards making your company more resilient to these changing work environments, and inspire employees. You’ll have to create a portable culture that is inspirational, creates resilience, and reinvents workplace culture. Esther points out that employees value and see it as the bottom line. They also want their workplace culture to be made of respect, trust, and safety. Focusing on this will also help you with employee retention as nowadays employees have much more options. These two factors together create a resilient company that can face different challenges. Esther’s Advice on a Creating a Resilient Company: Examine yourself and if they’re in alignment with your workpl...

Melissa Clayton, Founder and CEO of Tiny Tags Creating a meaningful business that celebrates mothers across the country is the exact mission Melissa Clayton set out to achieve when she left corporate America and started Tiny Tags. Tiny Tags is an online jewelry store that designs and creates fine, personalized jewelry. Clayton left her secure CPA job in order to pursue entrepreneurship and has now turned her dreams into a multimillion-dollar business. Tune in to learn about her jump from CPA to female founder, why strategic retail partnerships are crucial for sustained growth, and her advice for female entrepreneurs starting out! To Find Melissa and Tiny Tags: WEBSITE INSTAGRAM From CPA to Female Entrepreneur Mimi MacLean: Melissa, thank you so much for coming on today. I really appreciate it. I'm excited to learn about Tiny Tags and how you built your company and all the press that you've received from it. I love your product. Anybody who hasn't checked out Tiny Tags, yo...