The Female Fusion powered podcast 'Women On The Rise' is your go-to resource for inspiration, motivation, and practical advice for female entrepreneurs. Hosted by Jen Blandos, a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience building successful businesses, this podcast features insights and expertise from some of the world's top female entrepreneurs and industry experts. Whether you're just starting out or looking to take your business to the next level, the Female Fusion podcast is ...
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109. Maximise Your Personal Brand Impact with Public Speaking
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Dr. Romie Mushtaq shares her insights and expertise, debunking the common misconceptions about public speaking and providing a behind-the-scenes look at the business of keynote speaking. You will learn about the importance of owning your thought leadership, developing a clear and compelling message, and building a professional speaking business. Dr…
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108. Tax Hacks Every Business Owner Needs to Know
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Starting a new business comes with a whirlwind of decisions and logistics to navigate. But getting your tax and legal foundations right from the start is crucial to set your company up for long-term success and avoid costly mistakes down the line. In this episode, Jen sits down with Adela Cebotari, a seasoned tax advisor and entrepreneur who shares…
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107. The Surprising Truth About Female Business Exits
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Lien DePau, founder of The Big Exit, joins Jen to uncover a shocking statistic - only 1% of sold businesses are female-founded. Lien shares her insights on the gender gap in business exits and provides practical strategies women can use to beat the odds. Discover the insider tips Lien has for automating your business, overcoming gender bias in valu…
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106. Rewriting the Rules: The Marketer Who Refused to Be Sidelined
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When the corporate world couldn't recognise her potential, Itziar Martos decided to rewrite the rules. Diagnosed as legally blind in her early 20s, she refused to let her disability define her, even when others did. In this episode, Itziar shares how she transformed her rare eye condition from a perceived weakness into her greatest strength. She ta…
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105. Is Your Busy Brain Sabotaging Your Business?
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Dr. Romie Mushtaq joins us to share her groundbreaking insights on the "busy brain" epidemic plaguing female entrepreneurs. Discover how to overcome the debilitating effects of burnout and shiny object syndrome, and unlock your true entrepreneurial potential. Episode Highlights Understand the science behind "busy brain" and how it sabotages product…
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104. Part 2: How A Billionaire's Mindset Can Transform Your Business: Key Takeaways From Necker Island
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We are diving into the transformative experience of spending a week with Richard Branson. Jen shares the invaluable insights she gained from her experience on Necker Island, and strategies for how to apply his wisdom to your own life and business. Episode Highlights: • Making impact your driving force in business and life • Challenging the status q…
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103. Part 1: How A Billionaire's Mindset Can Transform Your Business: Key Takeaways From Necker Island
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Join us for an exclusive peek into Richard Branson’s world as Jen unpacks 5 transformative lessons learned during a week-long retreat on Necker Island. Discover how Richard’s billionaire mindset and practices can change your approach to business, from embracing audacious "moonshot" ideas to prioritising health and the importance of telling your sto…
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102. Three Marketing Experiments Every Business Needs To Try
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Join Jen as she sits down with Maureen Hall, founder of COEGA Sunwear, to discuss the evolving world of marketing and social media. With 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, Maureen shares valuable insights on collaborating with influencers, experimenting with marketing strategies, and adapting to ever-changing social media trends. Episode highl…
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101. 10X Your Business: Trust Your Team to Solve Problems
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How do you scale a business to 250 employees in under 10 years without any outside investment? Kidzink founder Charlotte Borghesi shares her unconventional approach to building a high-growth team through people-first leadership. From hiring fresh graduates to championing critical thinking over micromanagement, learn Charlotte's counterintuitive sec…
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100. Build Your Brand's Perfect Voice with Helen Farmer
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How do you build an authentic brand and connect with others without losing yourself? Jen sits down with radio host and author Helen Farmer to discuss crafting the perfect brand voice while staying true to who you are. Helen shares her experience developing a public presence through social media and building her career around being present and relat…
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99. What horses can teach you (that humans can't) with Janine Sudbury
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Jen interviews entrepreneur Janine Sudbury about her journey building multiple successful businesses in New Zealand over 25 years. Janine shares how she overcame self-doubt to pursue opportunities, and discusses her unique leadership program that uses horses to teach communication and relationship-building skills. Episode Highlights: How Janine bui…
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98. From Credit Card Debt to Securing Two Dragon's Den Investors
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Zoë Chapman's Incredible Entrepreneurial Journey Join Jen as she interviews Female Fusion member and London-based entrepreneur Zoë Chapman, the inventor of The Whizzer. She talks about how she built her business, inventing a product, finding factories to work with and what it's really like to pitch your product and business on the BBC's Dragon's De…
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97. Triple Your Business Growth Using LinkedIn
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Jen interviews marketing strategist Nicki Osbaldiston about using LinkedIn effectively for business. Nicki shares tips for thought leadership, personal branding, engaging content, and consistent networking. They discuss cultural differences and the value of female entrepreneur communities. Episode Highlights: Use professional photos and share your …
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96. The Nutritionist Who Built a Multi-Million Dollar Business from Her Kitchen Table
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Jen sits down with Nathalie Haddad, founder of Right Bite, one of the pioneering healthy meal delivery services in Dubai. Nathalie shares her journey from working as a nutritionist to starting her meal planning business 20 years ago. She discusses the challenges of growing a food business, prioritising strategy over demands, building the right team…
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Jen interviews Rawan Baddour, co-founder of Zest Equity, about empowering entrepreneurs and investors in the UAE through innovative tools and infrastructure. They discuss the opportunities and challenges of building a business in the region, overcoming mindset barriers, and empowering teams through diversity. Episode Highlights: How the UAE is attr…
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94. Best-Kept Branding Secrets with Natasha Wells
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Jen interviews Natasha Wells, founder of brand consultancy Brand Angel in Auckland, New Zealand. They discuss the importance of branding for all businesses and balancing personal and business brands. Natasha shares her journey in design and how she recognised the need to help businesses connect branding and goals. Jean and Natasha also discuss stra…
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93. Curating A Workplace Culture Of Impact with Nicola Taylor
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Jen sits down with Nicola Taylor, a serial entrepreneur making waves in New Zealand with her fintech companies Taxi + Tax Traders. In this episode, Nicola shares invaluable insights on founding businesses with an equity mission and prioritising culture from the start. Through her story, Nicola offers a blueprint for prioritising culture from day on…
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Jen interviews Cath Vincent, a business consultant from New Zealand who helps small businesses stop leaking profit. Cath shares her tips for analysing your cash flow, delegating tasks, and creating a business that supports your desired lifestyle. Episode Highlights: Analyse your cash flow, expenses, and profit leaks using tools like Xero to gain vi…
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91. How To Find Collaborations That Will Grow Your Small Business
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Jen discusses how small business owners can find collaborations that will help take their business to the next level. She covers how to set goals for collaborations, find complementary partners, set clear expectations, measure success and more. Episode Highlights: Set clear goals for what you want to achieve from a collaboration Look for partners w…
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90. 10 Reasons Your Business May Not Be Scaling
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Jen discusses the top 10 reasons why a business may not be growing as quickly as the owner would like based on member feedback. She shares insights on evaluating business models, managing cash flow, prioritizing leadership, maintaining quality and innovation, hiring the right team, setting up systems, and more. Jen also reflects on personal biases …
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89. Building Your Online Empire with Tina Tower
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Jen sits down with digital business expert Tina Tower to discuss strategies for building a sustainable online business while maintaining a work-life balance. Tina shares lessons from her experience scaling multiple companies and offers tips for overcoming fears of showing up online, identifying a niche market, and growing a membership community. Ep…
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88. Bold Leadership for Women in the Middle East
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Annabel Harper sits down with Jen to discuss her book "Shujaa'ah" which focuses on empowering women leaders in the Middle East. They dive into Annabel's journey working as an executive coach in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, the cultural challenges women face, and how leadership development programs are helping drive change. Episode Highlights: Annabel Ha…
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87. Mastering Networking Strategies for Business Growth
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Jen shares her top tips for using both online and in-person networking effectively to expand your business network and find new opportunities. She discusses the importance of relationship-building over direct selling and how to establish yourself as an expert online. Episode Highlights: Focus on building long-term relationships, not just getting qu…
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86. Stop Doing Everything! How to Delegate Tasks and Focus on Your Zone of Genius with Skye Barbour
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Skye Barbour shares her expertise in helping female entrepreneurs stop being so busy doing everything and start delegating tasks that don't match their strengths. She discusses the importance of focusing on your zone of genius while building systems and teams to handle other responsibilities. Skye also identifies common personality patterns that ca…
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85. The Top 10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (And How To Avoid Them)
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Jen shares the top 10 mistakes she sees entrepreneurs making in their businesses based on over 25 years of experience. She discusses common issues with business plans, branding, marketing, operations, cash flow management, mindset and more. Learn how to identify mistakes you may be making and tips to help your business succeed. Episode Highlights: …
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84. Scaling Secrets - 38 years of Business Success with Claire Walker
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In this episode, Claire Walker shares her 38-year journey building her London-based PR agency Firefly. She discusses adapting to changes in business, prioritising employee well-being, and building resilience through challenges like recession and personal loss. Business owners will learn strategies for PR, hiring freelancers, qualifying clients, and…
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83. Risking It All: The Entrepreneur Who Bet Everything on Growing a Global Watch Empire
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Jen interviews Tim Hayden, founder of Hagley West watches, about how he grew his watch brand globally through creative storytelling and viral video challenges like the Find Tim Challenge. Tim shares how he documented his journey from the start, connected with audiences through vulnerability, and used challenges to build word-of-mouth referrals all …
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82. Finding Global Success Through Passion and Positivity with Marisa Peer
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World-renowned therapist Marisa Peer shares insights on finding success through passion and developing a positive mindset. Episode highlights include: Identify your passion and become an expert in your field Replace negative self-talk with empowering language Let go of ego to share your success with others Quality of life is as important as financi…
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81. Ten Things I Would Do Differently If Starting My Business Again
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Jen shares the top 10 things she would do differently if starting Female Fusion from scratch based on her experience building multiple businesses over the years. She discusses the importance of thorough market research, automating systems and processes, outsourcing non-essential tasks, developing digital products and services for recurring revenue,…
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80. Female Fusion's Top 5 Game Changers Of 2023
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Jen shares the top 5 strategies that were the biggest game changers for Female Fusion in 2023. She discusses the importance of planning, investing in her personal brand, getting serious about social media, focusing on LinkedIn, and launching THIS successful podcast! Episode Highlights: Develop a detailed annual plan, track metrics monthly, and be w…
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79. Everything You Need To Know About Business Law with Bianca Gracias
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Jen interviews lawyer Bianca Gracias about the important legal considerations all businesses should address. Bianca shares insights into setting up compliant operations and gives a checklist of must-haves, including: Company registration documents Contract templates IP protection Compliance with local laws You will also learn: The standard legal do…
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78. Grow Your YouTube Following With Tina Harris
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Tina Harris from LahLah Productions shares her journey of transforming her live children's entertainment business into a successful YouTube channel during the pandemic. She discusses the importance of thumbnails, captions, video titles and more for optimising your YouTube presence. Tina also provides tips on monetising your channel and growing a gl…
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77. Four Ways To Boost Your Personal Brand
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Jen discusses why personal branding is so important for female entrepreneurs at every stage of business. She shares strategies for developing a clear personal brand message and voice, being consistent across social media platforms, and networking to build trust and connections. Episode Highlights: Develop a clear personal brand strategy with a uniq…
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76. Scaling from Side Hustle to Seven Figures with Dr Lucy Burns
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Jen sits down with Dr. Lucy Burns to discuss how she grew her health and wellness business Real Life Medicine from a side project to a seven-figure company. Dr. Lucy shares the strategies that helped her reach that first million, the challenges of scaling even faster, and how she's refining operations to impact more lives while preserving work-life…
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Jen Bowers is a branding expert who shares her wisdom on the importance of building strong brand foundations. She also shares valuable insights into discovering your brand personality, your "who", and your "why" through personal connection. Episode Highlights Build your brand foundations like personality, why, values and target audience before crea…
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74. Grow Your Business Through Successful Events
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Sally Porteous shares her expertise on using events to grow a business. As the founder of Red Lanyard and the Event Planners Workshop, she discusses common event planning challenges and mistakes to avoid. Sally also provides tips for making events memorable and engaging for attendees. Episode Highlights: Start with defining your audience and desire…
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Jen discusses the top areas business owners should focus on to build a profitable business. She covers the importance of having a clear target customer, product/service offering, marketing strategy, systems and processes, and hiring the right people. Learn how optimising these areas can help turn your business into a money-making machine. Episode H…
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Jen shares her process for conducting an annual business review. She discusses the importance of tracking key metrics like revenue, costs, time allocation and more. An analysis of this data allows you to identify what's working well and opportunities for improvement to help you set goals for the coming year. Episode Highlights: Tracking revenue, co…
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Jen sits down with serial entrepreneur Donna Benton to discuss her journey building The Entertainer into a regional powerhouse before exiting and starting The Benton Group. Donna shares her tips for evaluating new business ideas, building a top-notch team, and balancing multiple ventures while maintaining work-life harmony. Episode Highlights: How …
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This week on Women on the Rise, Jen is joined by Erim Kaur, founder of luxury haircare brand ByErim. Erim shares how she turned her grandmother's traditional hair oil recipe into a seven-figure business. She discusses the importance of authenticity on social media and representation for women of colour entrepreneurs. Episode Highlights: How sharing…
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Jen discusses common challenges business owners face when it comes to finding customers. She shares tips for understanding your ideal customer, creating irresistible offers, and engaging customers through consistent communication and content marketing. Episode Highlights: Do customer research through surveys to understand what people are looking fo…
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Jen interviews high-ticket coach Jackie Sharon Tamblyn about how she built a multi-seven figure coaching business in just 17 months. Jackie discusses the importance of focusing on client results over reach, outsourcing non-essential tasks, and investing in personal development to continuously grow as an entrepreneur. Episode Highlights: Focus on tr…
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Jen sits down with Elaine Jones, founder of Asteco Property Management and now she's the Chairman of Direct Debit System FZ LLC , to discuss her journey bringing direct debit payments to the UAE. Elaine shares how she saw the need for a paperless payment system and worked to develop the infrastructure to support it. Tune in to hear Elaine's story o…
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Jen interviews Ioanna Angelidaki, founder of InstaShop, the leading online grocery delivery service in the UAE. Ioanna shares how she co-founded InstaShop in 2015 and grew it to serve customers across the country. She discusses the challenges of international expansion and how the pandemic accelerated growth. Ioanna also reflects on InstaShop's $36…
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Jen Blendos sits down with Viviane Paxinos, CEO of AllBright, a global network for women. They discuss AllBright's mission to remove barriers for women in the workplace through inspiring, connecting, and upskilling opportunities. Viviane shares insights from her career pivot to leading AllBright and the impactful programs they offer, including redu…
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Jen interviews Fahed Bizzari, an expert in ChatGPT, about how entrepreneurs can use this AI tool to improve their business. You'll discover how ChatGPT can help with business planning, marketing, operations and SO much more! Episode Highlights: Learn how ChatGPT can help create thorough business plans, marketing plans and more in a fraction of the …
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Jen Blandos sits down with Geeta Daswani, a London-based corporate lawyer from The Daswani Law Company Ltd. (The DLC). Geeta shares invaluable insights into the world of law and business, especially for small business owners and sole practitioners. Discover the importance of ethical values in business, managing urgent client requests, and the benef…
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62. Hazel Jackson: Power of Good People [LIVE]
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Join host Jen Blandos in this special episode of "Women on the Rise" as she sits down with Hazel Jackson, the founder of Biz Group. Hazel shares her incredible entrepreneurial journey, starting from scratch in Dubai with just $700 and growing her business into a thriving success with over 60 employees and expansion plans. In this candid conversatio…
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Join host Jen Blandos on Women on the Rise as she sits down with Aya Assaf, co-founder of Koala Picks, a thriving healthy snack brand. Aya shares her inspiring journey from humble beginnings to rapid growth and success in just three years. In this episode, they explore the challenges of entrepreneurship, the transformative impact of the pandemic, a…
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Join us for an inspiring conversation with Anna Zickerman, the founder of UPANDRUNNING Medical Center LLC in Dubai. Anna's journey began with a vision to introduce sports rehabilitation to the UAE, a concept virtually unheard of at the time. Discover how she went from being a young student to becoming the region's first sports medicine specialist. …
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