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Alessandra Pollina, PR Agency Founder
Coming Soon: Lauren Najar: Lead Gen & Marketing Strategy
Coming Soon: Anisha Jennings
Coming Soon: Nina Everflow
Coming Soon: Alisa Rose
Coming Soon: Alexandra Kaplan
alessandra pollina
QUOTABLE MEDIA CO.
S2E5: BUILDING A BUSINESS 13 YEARS STRONG
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Alessandra Pollina has run her PR agency for 13 years, long enough to remember a business landscape before Instagram even existed. In this episode we trace what's actually changed in that time (a lot) versus what never did (relationship building, real community, the personal touch), and why the industry spent years pretending those fundamentals didn't matter.
Alessandra truly understands the founder shift at the heart of scaling: evolution and deliberate pivots. She digs into her decision to rebrand from a company named after herself to Quotable Media Co. so her team could feel genuine ownership, and the patchwork-of-contractors trap that catches so many growing businesses. We unpack why hiring for "what I need off my plate right now" creates problems down the line, and what it looks like to design a role that can grow with someone instead.
Join us for a super real conversation about staying in business for the long haul, and what has to shift in how a founder thinks about ownership, hiring, and time in order to make that possible.
Book a free 20 minute visibility strategy call with Alessandra to map out your visibility plan for the year!
leandra mclaurin
THINKING PARTNER AND PROGRAM DESIGNER
S2E4: PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP: THE MINDSET UNLOCKS THAT CREATE REAL RESILIENCE
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Leandra McLaurin is a consultant and strategic coach who helps ambitious professionals and emerging entrepreneurs get unstuck and gain clarity in the “what’s next?” phase of their lives.
A public health professional and Certified Health Education Specialist turned entrepreneur, Leandra is known for creating thoughtful programs and systems that support both organizations and whole lives. She serves as a thought partner, helping clients define success on their own terms and turn uncertainty into clear direction.
Leandra works 1:1 with people building businesses, programs, and career pivots, and partners with mission-driven organizations to design programs and trainings that actually move the needle.
If you’re navigating a “what’s next?” season or feeling stuck at a crossroads and want personalized clarity, you can book a free 30-minute brainstorming session with Leandra.
lauren najar
LEAD GENERATION, MARKETING, & BUSINESS STRATEGY
S2E6: RELEASE THE OUTCOME: LAUREN NAJAR BUILDS HER BUSINESS AROUND WHAT REALLY MATTERS
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Lauren Najar was on her way to a career in banking and finance, when everything reset at once. After losing both her parents, she fought cancer, twice. All before turning twenty five. What came out of that season was so much deeper than ambition and success for its own sake. It was a search for fulfillment, and eventually, a business built on freedom and impact.
The way Lauren scales her company today reflects all those life lessons she grew from, back then. She talks about releasing the outcome of a sale the way she talks about releasing control of her health journey years ago: you do the work, you show up fully, and then you let go of what you can't control. Her average cold-to-client timeline is ninety days, sometimes more. But instead of rushing for immediate results, she calls it proof that trust and patience will grow a business that lasts, simply by planting and nurturing one seed at a time.
We also get into what fulfillment actually means to her, why "more money equals more impact" isn't a contradiction, and how she's learned to build a team and a life that won't require her to control every outcome to feel safe and successful.
Lauren is running a 30-day Sales & Visibility Challenge to help you increase your leads and make more sales, so your business can be a source of freedom too!
maryana sky
BUSINESS MENTOR FOR BEAUTY & ESTHETICIAN FOUNDERS
S2 E3: SCALING & SELLING 3 BUSINESSES: THE PEOPLE & PROCESSES THAT CREATE REAL WORLD VALUE
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Maryana Sky is a business mentor for estheticians. She helps women build solid, profitable businesses by integrating her unique system into their work and supporting them every step of the way. She built a successful beauty business in Russia, grew it 5x, and sold it for three times what she paid for it… all during COVID.
But Maryana’s secret to business turnarounds isn’t actually about the money; that’s just the result. It’s about people: how the entire business ecosystem runs, and how the founder’s development powers everything. Nurturing talent, overcoming mental blocks, creating new leadership practices, fine tuning your service stack, and getting REALLY good at business fundamentals.
From there, the sky is the limit.
Maryana has developed systems for people and operations that really work in the real world, and in this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on what it really takes to create long-term, heart-led value in a competitive market.
If you’re an esthetician who wants to grow, expand your client base, and increase your sales in a sustainable way, come for a free, no-obligation consultation.
DM “CONSULTATION” on Instagram @maryanasky
luisa alberto
PEOPLE FIRST FINANCE | PEOPLE FIRST FOUNDATIONS | KINDREDLY
EPISODE 6: CREATE THE SPACE: BUILDING A BUSINESS THAT RUNS WITHOUT YOU
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What does it take to build and scale 4 businesses that run without you? For one thing… space.
Luisa Alberto, the founder of People First Finance, People First Foundations, and Kindredly, has done it.
Her financial services agency runs without her in the day-to-day, and in this episode she’s sharing the strong (unsexy) foundations and skills she had to learn and master in order to scale with ease.
Luisa’s specialty is helping self-employed professionals build businesses that last, without the constant stress of DIY management.
Click the button below to join her email series for solo service business owners who are done with DIY and ready for practical solutions that help them grow beyond a party of one.
terry ramsey
PTERO BUSINESS SOLUTIONS | PAY YOURSELF SUMMIT | RED RABBIT RAMEN | BOOKKEEPING MATCHUP
EPISODE 3: DESIGNING LIFETIME VALUE INTO YOUR FIRST HIRE
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Terry is an entrepreneur crazy enough to quit her teaching career, start a bookkeeping firm, launch a ramen ghost kitchen and yatai cart, travel to the Middle East while 7 months pregnant, have a baby, and move across the country to Seattle… all in the past five years.
Marketing should be fun and fulfilling. That’s why Terry created Pay Yourself Summit and Ptero Business Community on Skool to help create a platform for other entrepreneurs to share advice, learn, and discover other kickass business owners to utilize.
Terry has worked with over 25+ businesses for financial support and strategy.
Business ventures include: Red Rabbit Ramen, Ptero Business Solutions, Bookkeeping Match Up, and Pay Yourself Summit.
To help you with your finances and marketing, Terry’s inviting you to join her free Ptero Business Community on Skool for business mini courses and connection! Click the button to join.
kate gilbert
SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA
EPISODE 4: SYSTEMATIZING EVERYONE’S FAVORITE HIRE: THE SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON WITH KATE GILBERT
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Kate Gilbert is an action-oriented business coach known for transforming overwhelm into actionable plans. Her clients call her a "hand-holder-slash-butt-kicker" for her blend of compassionate support and no-BS approach.
She specializes in helping small business owners build sustainable systems—particularly for social media—whether that means training teams, optimizing social media plans, or streamlining overall strategy.
With her background founding and running a magazine for a decade, Kate combines expertise in design, branding, and organization to ensure every step is deliberate, effective, and aligned with her clients' goals.
Every non-marketing entrepreneur can’t wait to give away social media. But what does it look like to get that function flowing enough to give it away? In Episode 4 of the podcast, Kate reveals her social media ops model, and her experience scaling up a magazine.
To help you streamline your social media so you can spend more time growing your business, Kate has opened up her free Time Is Money course for you! It’s available by clicking the button below!
erica wood
CLIENT JOURNEY ADVISORS
EPISODE 5: BUILDING A SCALABLE CLIENT EXPERIENCE TEAM
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Scaling a service based business shouldn’t mean sacrificing client experience. At Client Journey Advisors, Erica Wood helps CEOs reduce churn and boost retention by 20% in just 3 months, without the overwhelm.
With 20+ years in client experience, Erica has maintained a 94% retention rate across portfolios of up to 80 clients and orchestrated over 100+ successful client–VA onboarding experiences.
It’s all about identifying the cracks in your client journey and building a strategy rooted in clarity, consistency, and care. Only 1 out of 26 unhappy clients complain; the rest simply churn.
So if you’re scaling fast and losing clients just as quickly, you’re always putting out fires and trying to figure out why good clients don’t stick. In Episode 5, we go DEEP into the difference between being reactive (fixing issues with customer service) vs. being proactive about your client journey - and what it looks like to find team members for your clients who can operate more strategically.
Take Erica’s Client Journey Quiz to find out if your delivery model is helping or hindering your client retention by clicking the button below!