Female business owners need a trustworthy place to discuss all aspects of their business without fear or shame. This room is led by a fabulous group of female entrepreneurs who also welcome men to the discussion. We cover everything from branding to finance, hiring to sales.
Female Founders Talk Shop
BEGINS AUGUST 11TH
Thursdays at 5:00 PM Eastern Time U.S. (9:00 PM UTC)
(45-minute room)
Meet The Female Founders Talk Shop Moderators

Dana Williams
Dana has a passion for guiding people to impact the world by focusing on their unique talents, which led her to create Dana Williams Co. This consulting company exists to build tools and experiences that help leaders live into their purpose. Also, she is the creator of The Strengths Journal™, a daily planning journal to help leaders live in their strengths and dominate their day.
Her expertise ranges from Strategic Marketing Advisor, Clifton Strengths Certified Coach, leadership development, living with purpose, and travel. Dana’s industry experience comes from her 25 years at Southwest Airlines in leadership in operations and brand marketing. In this role, Dana led marketing teams through two acquisitions, launched over 30 new destinations, and contributed to several iconic branding moments.

Lynn Tickner
Many business owners feel stuck when trying to create a company or product name.
As a StoryBrand Certified Guide and a Business Made Simple Coach, Lynn Tickner and her team at Ink & Key help business owners get a name, build their brand, and grow their business.

Liz Cortes
Liz Cortes went from fitness influencer to working full-time with her husband seven years ago. RebelFish Local marketing agency is in San Diego, California. They help small businesses across the USA get more local website traffic from Google Maps and Google Ads.
Once your local marketing strategies work, we update your website, so it converts more visitors to clients by installing StoryBrand copywriting. Your marketing and sales tools should save time.

Catherine Brown
B2B sales teams are struggling to reach a buyer who is busier, more distracted than ever, and now often working remotely. Catherine has a framework to train solopreneurs and small sales teams to be effective even in a pandemic, so companies can celebrate their best year ever...yes, even now. Her specialization is hi-tech and professional services sales teams. She teaches online in small groups via Zoom and through in-person workshops. She covers all the tools you need for selling: how to get appointments & close business, how to find and qualify potential customers, and how to be selling all the time without feeling icky while doing it. She takes her over 20+ years in B2B sales and rolled it into these lessons. She also uses her marketing expertise as a StoryBrand Certified Guide to help her clients.

Julie Stroud
Julie Stroud is a brand strategist who guides business coaches, consultants, and firm principals to their stand-out brands. With a background in learning and development and sales and marketing, Julie has an established strategy to grow businesses from multiple six figures to $1M+.
Julie is a certified StoryBrand Guide, an ICF certified coach, and the owner of Bright Brand. Julie and the Bright Brand team provide brand development, messaging, websites, and content creation to build your business into a brand that customers understand, buy from, and love.