FoundHer Rising with Christine Hakkola

Why Female Founders Can't Scale Past Six Figures with Natasha Golinsky | FoundHer Rising S01 E31

In this episode, Natasha Golinsky shares how a stage two breast cancer diagnosis forced her to build the team she'd been avoiding for a decade. The result was a business that runs without her, eight months ahead of any schedule she'd ever set for herself. The cost was confronting why she'd waited so long. If you've been kicking the can on your first real hire, your next price increase, or the content you keep deleting before you publish, this conversation is the diagnostic. KEY TAKEAWAYS: 👉🏻 Why "building a team" is a teachable skill set, not a personality trait, and why most founders never learn it 👉🏻 How the invisible cage of nervous-system patterns blocks execution that strategy alone cannot fix 👉🏻 The difference between symptom management and root-cause work, and when to switch from one to the other TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — The brand built on every founder's worst Friday 04:30 — Anger equals danger and how it caged a career 10:15 — The cancer diagnosis that forced the first real hire 16:20 — What female founders get wrong about hiring 22:50 — Building teams is a skill, not a magic recipe 28:00 — Symptom management versus root cause 34:00 — Where to find Natasha CONNECT WITH NATASHA GOLINSKY Website: https://onpurposeprojects.com/ LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/natashagolinsky CONNECT WITH CHRISTINE HAKKOLA Website: hakkolahorizons.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-hakkola Free Guide: From 10K to 40K Months. If you've hit consistent revenue but working harder isn't creating more growth, this guide breaks down what actually has to change. https://go.hakkolahorizons.com/opt-in-10kto40k-months-guide If this episode hit, follow the show, leave a quick review, and share it with one founder who needs to hear it. #FoundHerRising #WomenFounders #BusinessCoaching #HiringStrategy #FemaleEntrepreneurs

From Corporate Layoff to CEO After 34 Years with Adyna K. Pressley | FoundHer Rising S01 E30

After 34 years in corporate, Adyna K. Pressley got laid off and felt relief. What followed was a pivot most founders dream about and quietly fear. She built AKP Innovations from a girls' trip conversation, landed a feature on Oprah, and ran straight into the one obstacle that almost no founder anticipates. Not marketing. Not sales. Help. This conversation gets honest about what it actually takes to stop being the bottleneck in your own business. KEY TAKEAWAYS: 👉🏻 Why your strongest professional instinct can become the ceiling on your business 👉🏻 The specific standard to hold when hiring your first real support 👉🏻 The growth edge most founders can't name out loud, and why naming it is half the work TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — Welcome to FoundHer Rising 05:30 — The Nashville lunch that became a business 11:00 — Writing the book before building the business 17:30 — The one thing Adyna couldn't do alone 23:30 — Staying yourself as you get more visible 28:30 — The systems edge every founder hits CONNECT WITH ADYNA K. PRESSLEY Website: https://www.adynakpressley.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adyna.pressley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ad_aka_lovey LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adyna-k-pressley CONNECT WITH CHRISTINE HAKKOLA Website: hakkolahorizons.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-hakkola Free Guide: From 10K to 40K Months. If you've hit consistent revenue but working harder isn't creating more growth, this guide breaks down what actually has to change. https://go.hakkolahorizons.com/opt-in-10kto40k-months-guide If this episode hit, follow the show, leave a quick review, and share it with one founder who needs to hear it. #FoundHerRising #WomenFounders #BusinessCoach #ScalingABusiness #ServiceBusiness #WomenInBusiness #Entrepreneurship #LeadershipDevelopment #DelegationSkills #BusinessGrowth

Hidden Calendar Rule Costing Founders Their Best Clients with Jess Britt | FoundHer Rising S01 E29

Most service founders are stuck working harder without growing. The real problem isn't effort. It's the trade-offs they're not seeing. In this episode, Jess Britt shares how she built her consulting business by saying no to the wrong opportunities, building systems before she had clients, and treating sales like service. The outcome is a business designed to last, not just to survive. KEY TAKEAWAYS: 👉🏻 Every yes is a no to something else, and naming the trade-off is what makes the choice strategic 👉🏻 Sales feels different when you stop pitching and start asking how you can actually help 👉🏻 The systems you build before you have clients are the ones that survive when you do TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — The cost of not leaving 06:40 — When yes starts working against you 12:43 — Building a business in a changing world 17:48 — Designing a life around the business 22:43 —Why systems come before scale CONNECT WITH JESS BRITT Email: jess@jessbritt.com Newsletter (Set the Agenda): settheagenda.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-britt CONNECT WITH CHRISTINE HAKKOLA Website: hakkolahorizons.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-hakkola Free Guide: From 10K to 40K Months. If you've hit consistent revenue but working harder isn't creating more growth, this guide breaks down what actually has to change. https://go.hakkolahorizons.com/opt-in-10kto40k-months-guide If this episode shifted how you think about saying yes, share it with one founder who needs to hear it. Then come back and tell us in a review which insight landed hardest. #FoundHerRising #WomenFounders #ServiceBusiness #ConsultingBusiness #BusinessScaling #LeadershipDevelopment #HakkolaHorizons #SustainableBusiness #FemaleEntrepreneur #CoachingBusiness

Why Your Business Needs Boundaries to Scale with Sara Coyle | FoundHer Rising S01 E28

Sara Coyle built a steady one-on-one therapy practice, brought on contractors, and ran straight into a problem most service founders don't see coming. The wait list didn't transfer. The growth stalled. The marketing playbook that built the business stopped working. In this video, Sara shares what she's learning in real time about scaling Connected Roots Therapy from solo to team, why the strategies that built her practice aren't the strategies that grow it, and the moves that are actually moving the needle. If you're scaling a service business and your hires aren't filling up the way you expected, this conversation is the diagnosis you need. KEY TAKEAWAYS: 👉🏻 The trust you built as a solo provider doesn't auto-transfer to your team. Your marketing job fundamentally changes when you bring on contractors. 👉🏻 Social media is rarely the growth lever for service businesses under multi-six-figures. Networking, sponsorships, and showing up in person are what actually convert. 👉🏻 Hire before you feel ready. Most founders wait until they're drowning, and that's the moment growth stalls. Buying back your time is what creates the room to grow. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — Sara's story and the 2019 turning point 05:50 — Why private practice gave her freedom and what she traded for it 12:17 — Building Connected Roots and the move from solo to group practice 19:30 — What actually works in service business marketing right now 26:30 — Hire before you're ready and stop being the bottleneck CONNECT WITH SARA COYLE Website: connectedroots.ca LinkedIn: Sara Coyle (no H) Instagram: @connected.roots.ottawa CONNECT WITH CHRISTINE HAKKOLA Website: hakkolahorizons.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-hakkola Free Guide: From 10K to 40K Months. If you've hit consistent revenue but working harder isn't creating more growth, this guide breaks down what actually has to change. https://go.hakkolahorizons.com/opt-in-10kto40k-months-guide #BusinessCoach #Entrepreneurship #HeartCenteredBusiness

How to Get Clients After Your Warm Network Runs Out with Shenelle B. | FoundHer Rising S01 E27

You're great at what you do. The work brought clients. The clients brought referrals. You built something real. Then growth slowed, the warm network thinned out, and the same fear started showing up under every decision: more clients means more hours, and there aren't more hours. This week, Shenelle B., founder of B.L.A.Z.E Careers, walks through how she scaled her HR consulting practice past that wall. The shifts she made aren't tactical tweaks. They're structural, and they're the ones most service founders skip. KEY TAKEAWAYS: 👉🏻 The first six figures in a service business almost always come from your warm network. Past that, you're earning trust from people who don't know you yet, and that's a different kind of sale. 👉🏻 "I don't have time" is rarely about hours. It's a priority problem dressed up as a scheduling problem. 👉🏻 The post-2020 DEI reckoning didn't kill the work. It separated leaders performing it from the ones actually doing it, and the ones actually doing it are still hiring. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — How burnout becomes the pivot point 05:30 — Separating performance from identity 11:00 — What's actually happening with DEI past the marketing reckoning 17:00 — How companies are quietly rebuilding the work 22:00 — The trust gap when prospects don't know your name 27:30 — Why "I don't have time" is a priority problem 32:30 — The AI consultant role nobody is filling yet CONNECT WITH SHENELLE B. LinkedIn: Shenelle B. Instagram: @_withshenelle CONNECT WITH CHRISTINE HAKKOLA Website: hakkolahorizons.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-hakkola Free Guide: From 10K to 40K Months. If you've hit consistent revenue but working harder isn't creating more growth, this guide breaks down what actually has to change. https://go.hakkolahorizons.com/opt-in-10kto40k-months-guide #FoundHerRising #WomenFounders #ServiceBusiness #ScalingBeyondOneToOne #WarmReferrals #HRConsulting #BusinessCoaching #FemaleFoundersPodcast #LeadershipDevelopment