Business Talk Sister Gawk

#151: How to Grow an Education Business

Rama Kayyali, co-founder and CEO of Little Thinking Minds, shares how she started her edtech company that is focused on closing education gaps in the MENA region by creating subscription based platforms focused on improving Arabic literacy and learning outcomes. Their educational platforms include,  "I READ ARABIC," which provides Arabic reading and learning content for Arabic speakers, and "I START ARABIC," which offers content to help non-Arabic speakers acquire Arabic reading and writing skills and so much more. Take a listen!

#150: How to Leverage English to Build a Business

Kyrgyz international student and English teacher, Aiperi Mavliankulova tells us how she used Instagram to launch an English learning business for language learners when she was looking for ways to make money while studying abroad. Learning business skills along the way, Aipreri shares tips to ensure you stay profitable and don’t overwork yourself!

#149: How to Become a Successful Makeup Artist

Business owner and South Asian New York Fashion Week Beauty Director, Barbie Patel shares how to start your journey in becoming a professional makeup artist. With over 15 years for experience, Barbie offers great advice in regards to setting yourself apart from competition, promoting yourself, and having great customer service for your clients. 

#148: P2 How to Start a Mushroom Foraging Business

If you've ever wondered how to make money off the land or how to safely forage and eat wild mushrooms, then you've come to the right podcast series. This two part episode (starts in 147) with Cliff's Mushrooms and Foraging tells you where to look for mushrooms, what season and tree species to be paying attention to, and so much more. Even if you're not even a mushroom person, you're going to find this podcast interesting. 

#147: P1 How to Start a Mushroom and Foraging Business

If you've ever wondered how to find edible plants and mushrooms in the wild that are safe to eat and then also thought, wait, why don't I just sell these because they're growing naturally and all I have to do is pick them?? This is the guy you need to talk to, Cliff's Mushrooms and Foraging. Sit back and listen to this two part episode series on all things legitimately legal with foraging edible mushrooms as a business. 

#146: How to Start a Music Licensing Business

Maddi Frick shares how she got into the music industry representing artists to pitch their music for TV shows, movies, and video games. Maddi gives great recommendations on how to become networked within the industry kickstart your career. Give it a listen and check out her business at junejulymp3.com

#145: The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Government Contracting

When you have a government contract, it's important to be thinking through diversifying your business to ensure you will be okay if you lose a government contract, how you are planning ahead for growth, considering pilot programs, etc. Reading your contract is also important to know how you are developing goods and services for the government. Knowing what information is your intellectual property versus work done for hire is crucial to ensuring your own business' research and development is protected. Listen in to hear more tips in this episode!

 

This is our third episode in the government contracting series, so don't forget to check out episodes 143 and 144!

#144: How to Become a Small Business Government Contractor

Preparing yourself to bid on a government contracts starts with networking and understanding the players involved within your business industry, familiarizing yourself with what is in the typical contract, and considering the price point you're willing to place in your proposal. This episode covers how to read a government contract, who to ask about the contract, and so much more! This is part two in a series on government contracting. 

#143: How to Work With The Government

Understand what classification your business falls into, what the tiers of the government are and how they take bids or requests for proposals (RFP's). This episode is part 1 of a series on working with the government agencies as a small business owner. If you've ever wondered how to do this, take a listen!

Bekkah tries to help small business owners understand the process through first hand experiences of navigating the systems and understanding the terminology. 

#142: How to Pitch a Product for a Pitch Competition

Billie Asmas fills us in on how she pitched her patented silicone paint tray in a pitch competition, and how you can pitch your product idea too. Some of her tips included: Making sure the judges know the problem you faced and how you came up with a solution, having your manufacturing and market opportunity numbers ready, and knowing the clientele that would be most willing to purchase your product. Take a listen for even more!