Biz Women Rock! With Katie Krimitsos

A happy solopreneur for 10 years, Andrea Heuston finally made the move to build her own team to fulfill the demand for Artitudes Design. Engrossed in 15-16 hour days, she was forced to let go of her control freak nature when she almost died during a medical procedure that took her out of her business for 8 months. Her ability to delegate has allowed her company to grow to $1.7 million in revenue and be super involved in giving back to the community. She has also started up two new businesses that allow her to be creative. She is constantly challenging herself and shares with us her belief in a positive attitude.

After attempting suicide as a teenager, Amy Clover turned her life around and fell in love with fitness. She built her personal training business and started a blog, which has attracted a huge audience. She knew she wanted to do something BIG, so she started the 30x30 Project, which was a Bootcamp tour in 30 cities before her 30th birthday in 2013. She led a super successful crowdfunding campaign and continues to build her business so she can have massive impact!

Melissa Thompson has been mentioned by Bill Gates as one of the people to watch who is out to change the world. Her startup company TalkSession is an innovative platform that allows patients who need mental health services to connect with providers who can help them. It's the future of teletherapy. Only two years into her business, she has acquired great knowledge on how to build her company to make a big impact on the healthcare industry and how to be an investor for other businesses herself!

In 2008, Shama was a college student fascinated with social media. She wrote a paper on why people use Twitter (back when Twitter had just 2,000 users!) and ignited a flame of interest that has only brightened since. Out of sheer curiosity and passion, she began speaking and writing on the topic and quickly earned a reputation as someone who really got it. Her book, The Zen of Social Media Marketing, is one of Amazon's best sellers and is used as a part of the curriculum in many universities. She's been named one of the top 30 under 30 Entrepreneurs in America and Entrepreneur Magazine has labeled her THE Zen Master of Marketing. Her unique vantage point about the power of social media has proven successful for her company. Experiencing 400% growth annually since she began in 2009, her team of 30 manages the full range of digital marketing needs. She's a total rockstar!

Zoe Barry is the Founder of ZappRx, a mobile technology company whose mission it is to revolutionize the prescription process. Their technology connects the patient, physician and pharmacist with a mobile platform that makes the prescription process a heck of a lot easier and user friendly. She has a great story about how she took her idea and built it into a solid company who secured $1 million in funding in 2013.

Maxine Turner started her company in 1985 and all these decades later, Cuisine Unlimited Catering and Events has 130 employees and brings in $3.5 million in revenue each year. Her company has become known for catering huge events, such as multiple Olympic games, the Republican National Convention and the Sundance Film Festival. She is full of passion and shares with you how she's grown her family business, the countless times she had to be uncomfortable and change for the sake of the business' growth and where her sights are set for the future.

Kerstin Block is the Founder of the Buffalo Exchange, a consignment clothing store that focuses on quality and great fashion! and only obtains clothing that is visually appealing. The Buffalo Exchange started as a 400 square foot store in Tucson, Arizona and has now expanded to over 46 stores, 3 franchises and employes 700-800 people! In this episode, Kerstin explains the adventures of starting a business, the secret to how she keeps her employees engaged, her endeavor with franchising, and much more!

Laura is the rare combination of artist and business woman. Not only has she always loved creating art, she equally loves selling it! What started as a small, home-based artistic endeavor has turned into a $10 million dollar international company. Laura's daughters, parents, husband and sister are all in the business and during our interview, she discusses what manufacturing an artistic product is really like and what it takes to run a successful eCommerce business.

Dorian (Dori) Howard left a very comfortable corporate job as the Vice President of Paramount Pictures to start her company with her sister. All she knew was that she loved to shop online and she loved the custom made shoes her sister would bring back from her work abroad. Launching and building an eCommerce business is not for the faint of heart and in our interview with Dori, she speaks candidly about how it started, how it's evolved and what it's like working with her sister.

How do you grow a $22 million business from scratch? Listen to our interview with Joy Gendusa, Founder and CEO of PostcardMania to find out! What began as a graphic design company 19 years ago has flourished into a $22 million (and growing) full service marketing company. Joy is a total powerhouse and makes business look SMART and FUN!