Accept failure as part of the journey of success. You will fail. Understand that this is part of the journey to success. And know that through failure is where learnings take place. Learn as much as you can, as quickly as you can, as much as you can so that you can elevate and propel your vision forward in the most effective way.

As a part of my series about “Lessons From Inspirational Women Leaders in Tech”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Caroline Vo, Founder & CEO of Omflow, a 24 hour live, interactive online yoga studio that allows students to connect and practice yoga in real-time through 2-way video streaming. She started Omflow in 2019 after experiencing a need as a yoga teacher to teach without the confinements of a geographic location, limitation in pay and constrained studio schedule. …

Establishing A Niche. Developing my niche in project portfolio management progressed organically along the way in my career. As I moved into leadership roles, project management was essential to gain expertise in successfully managing the resources, time, and scope of small- to medium-sized technology initiatives. The transition from projects to programs to portfolios requires the same solid foundation in managing projects, however, at a much larger scale. Staying the course and evolving my expertise within this niche has been key to my success thus far.

As a part of my series about “Lessons From Inspirational Women Leaders in Tech,” I had the pleasure of interviewing Deanna M. …

People: Find the right people, and treat them right. If you treat them right, they’ll take care of building your brands by ensuring that customers are happy.

Systems: I’ll fall back on another quote: “People don’t fail, systems do.” Make sure you have a step-by-step playbook of repeatable processes for success in your business.

Always be branding: Every moment is a moment to build and market your business and brand. Never forget that.

As a part of my series called “Five Strategies I Used To Grow My Business To Reach Seven Figures In Revenue”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO of O2E Brands, the banner company for 1–800-GOT-JUNK?, WOW 1 DAY PAINTING and Shack Shine. He’s a strong believer in ongoing personal and professional development, and enjoys building out a platform for others to own their own businesses. …

I never really put a lot of thought in the money side of the business. Had great products from NZ that once in consumers hands, they sold themselves. I knew with a little bit of hard work in getting the message out that the rest would come in due time. It was a long-term goal to sell the best and forget the rest!

As a part of my series called “Five Strategies I Used To Grow My Business To Reach Seven Figures In Revenue”, I had the pleasure of interviewing David Noll, Director of Pacific Resources International. Having lived in New Zealand for 13 years. David fell in love with the friendly people of NZ and the clean, green, high quality products and was able to use his experience to bring these products to the US. …

Be patient. This is absolutely critical. Depending on what industry you’re going into, realize that it could take a long, long time to get things off the ground. You’ll need to be patient, humble and have a high degree of resilience to deal with the inevitable early setbacks, failures and missed opportunities to keep going.

As a part of my series about “Lessons From Inspirational Women Leaders in Tech”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Gabrielle McMillan.

Gabrielle is co-founder and CEO of Equiem, leading the business from its 2011 inception to become the world’s leading tenant experience platform. The company, which employs more than 200 employees in four countries, has been rolled out across some 215 class A office properties worldwide and is used by 9000 companies worldwide. …

Define your elevator pitch. If you can’t explain and sell your idea/business in a few sentences, it’s too complicated. Strip away the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Spend time to craft your elevator pitch. Agonise over it. Because one day, when you only have 10 seconds with someone who can impact your business forever, you want to ensure every second counts.

As a part of my series about “Lessons From Inspirational Women Leaders in Tech,” I had the pleasure of interviewing Joy Des Fountain, co-founder and co-CEO of myFanPark. Since 2003, she has held high-ranking financial and accounting positions with several local and international companies. In 2019, she left the corporate world to establish myFanPark which recently merged with Starsona to become the leading global celebrity engagement platform with a footprint across Africa, Europe, North America, and the Indian subcontinent. …

Know who your customers are, how they measure success of the relationship with you/offering you provide.

Hire the right people and then empower them to do the best work of their careers.

Celebrate wins.

Asa part of my series about “Lessons From Inspirational Women Leaders in Tech”, I had the pleasure of interviewing April Oman, a transformative and proactive Global Customer Success Executive.

April joined D2L in 2016 as Senior Vice President of Customer Engagement overseeing D2L’s end-to-end customer experience — from their initial onboarding and throughout their entire journey of launching, optimizing, and expanding their adoption of the Brightspace platform. She works to understand the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the customer journey to enact the strategies, processes, technology, and an operational mindset that deliver maximum value to customer. April, who has extensive background in customer management, previously holding leadership positions with Zuora, Salesforce, and Cornerstone OnDemand, is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and an advisor to start-up companies and customer success professionals around the world. …

CrimeDoor is not about hiring button pushers, we need a passionate workforce or we will fail. Whatever position someone holds on our team can’t be just a job, it must be a lifestyle. Since our central goal in content creation is to provide the best information, every person contributing to our product must have an innate desire to deliver accuracy, full stop.

This requires an individual who cares about True Crime storytelling and the many families affected by these tragedies. If the passion isn’t there, then we can’t be confident that we are always delivering a quality product.

We never cut corners with our research and our selection of media. If we achieve these goals, we will be able to earn trust from our audience, which in time will afford us loyalty. …