Building Community Through Storytelling for Women with Leslie Bailey
Leslie Bailey is a journalist and the co-founder and CEO of Indy Maven, a media company for women in Central Indiana. Indy Maven launched in 2019 with the mission of bringing high-quality content and community to the women of Indianapolis. In February of 2021, Leslie was listed in the first Forbes Next 1000 class. She is opening a co-working, social, and leisure space for women in downtown Indianapolis in the spring of 2022.
"Allocating time to do your tasks and work, as well as getting ample rest and leisure time is imperative" with Ashley Blain
Ashley Blain is the CEO and Founder of the self-care-wellness brand ZenLuxCo. ZenLuxCo is a New York-based brand that promotes the message “Self-care Isn’t Selfish”, and sells a variety of personal care products and beauty products. Through the sales of her business, Ashley has also managed to help young women and girls who are less fortunate, to live out their full potential. Along with running her company, she also does content creation, blogs, and runs an IG TV Series called “Wellness Check-In & Self care Talk” through her brand.
"Know your worth" with Rebecca Rogers
Rebecca Rogers is a high school social studies teacher turned social media influencer and podcaster with a reach of about 3 MILLION followers across platforms. With her reach, she hopes to not only bring smiles to the struggling students across the nation but also make teachers around the world feel “seen” in regards to the unique situations they deal with on a daily basis. Above all else, Rebecca wants to show girls worldwide that it is possible to follow their dreams and create new paths for themselves in order to reach their full potential.
"Do your homework upfront on your marketplace, your customer and your competition" with Jen Newman
Jen Newman is the co-founder of The Joy Standard Events, she shares her story of how she transitioned from the world of corporate marketing to stay-to-home mom, to starting her own successful event planning business after years of community volunteer work.
Jen has established herself as an event industry expert by applying her corporate marketing and management skills to creating beautiful, meaningful weddings and events for clients throughout New Jersey & Pennsylvania.
The Joy Standard has tripled their business year after year even during the pandemic and attributes that success to hard work and a strong foundation of core company standards they live by.
"Definitely do some planning but ultimately, just go for it" with Leslie Murphy
Leslie Murphy, Lic.Ac. knows she has the best job ever. She is an acupuncturist whose passion is to help people reclaim their health so that they can live their best lives doing the things they love. Using acupuncture and phototherapy, she tackles the root cause of an illness so that the body can heal itself. Running her own business that helps people on a daily basis - Leslie couldn’t imagine doing anything else.
"Don’t be afraid to invest in a mentor or coach" with Melissa MacDonald
Melissa is a mom of three, and the Etsy strategy coach behind Sweet Spot Marketing. She teaches Etsy shop owners how to earn a full-time income from their Etsy shops, WITHOUT having to put in full-time hours. As an Etsy marketing strategist & business coach, Melissa is dedicated to helping Etsy entrepreneurs build a thriving online shop that gives them the opportunity to live the life they want.
