Are you secretly wondering if you’re the bottleneck in your business? If you're hovering around the $250K-$500K mark and feeling overwhelmed, here’s some good news: it's not you. You just don't have the infrastructure yet.
One of the most misunderstood - yet most catalytic - hires that creates that infrastructure is an executive assistant. This week, Eleanor is joined by time management expert and host of the It’s About Time podcast, Anna Dearmon Kornick. Anna runs a successful business with just one full-time employee (herself!) while managing programs, clients, and her family, just to name a few. How? Through the strategic use of her executive assistant.
Listen in this week as Anna breaks down why your EA is not an administrative nice-to-have but part of the core infrastructure of scale. You’ll learn Anna’s system for working with her assistant, and the key tools and documentation that allows her business to run smoothly whether she's speaking, coaching, or spending time with family.
Download The Founder's Playbook now to learn exactly how the Executive Assistant role transforms from a time protector at $300k in revenue to a strategic Chief of Staff at $30 million. Get your free guide by clicking here: https://safimedia.co/assistant
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Have you ever felt like, despite all the coaching, the mindset work, and strategy sessions, you're still the bottleneck in your business?
After training more than 25,000 women entrepreneurs and gathering over 100,000 data points on how women lead, make decisions, and scale their businesses, Eleanor discovered something that might surprise you: most women founders don't need more advice. They need structure. The business coaching industry has served its purpose in awakening ambition, but the next decade demands something different.
Tune in this week as Eleanor shares why Safi Media has evolved beyond business coaching into creating operating systems for women entrepreneurs. You'll discover the difference between empowerment and professionalization, why most founders are overloaded rather than blocked, and how operating systems create the feminist infrastructure for calm, sustainable growth.
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What if brands paid you to bring leads into your business? Does that sound way too good to be true?
This is exactly what CEO of Boss Project, Abagail Pumphrey, has been doing: generating tens of thousands of qualified leads through co-branded partnerships where she gets paid to create experiences that convert. And in this episode, she shares the exact strategies that helped her build Boss Project into one of the world's leading online business education companies.
Tune in this week as Eleanor and Abagail unpack three game-changing strategies: the co-branded partnership model that generates massive lead flow, the digital product pre-sale approach that validates ideas before building them, and the financial structure that will make Abagail work-optional by age 44.
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Are your deals taking longer to close lately? Economic uncertainty has created a perfect storm for B2B sellers. Deals that closed easily last year now stall indefinitely, buyers ghost after months of relationship building, and budget conversations end with requests for huge discounts.
The good news is that you're not doing anything wrong. However, the frustrating reality is that this pattern is playing out across industries as CFOs tighten their grip on every purchase decision, creating longer approval cycles and more complex buying committees.
If you want to stop getting ghosted and start closing deals again, this episode is your roadmap. Join Eleanor this week as she breaks down six data-backed economic insights that explain exactly why buyers are exercising extreme caution right now, and the four core strategies to keep your buyers buying through winter 2025/26.
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