Mom Owned and Operated

Rita Suzanne

REAL MOMS. REAL COMMUNITY. REAL HONEST. Created and hosted by Rita Suzanne. Rita Suzanne is a business strategist who helps mom business owners get clients consistently so they can finally get off of the revenue rollercoaster and alleviate burnout for good. She has also struggled with juggling all of the responsibilities of running a business and being a mom. She has been divorced twice, has two sons and two daughters. Rita decided it was time to connect with other moms just like her so she interviews them about raising a family, running a business and remembering themselves. read less

Mom Owned in Five Cities and 5 Kiddies with Emily Reynolds Bergh
Oct 25 2022
Mom Owned in Five Cities and 5 Kiddies with Emily Reynolds Bergh
In this episode of the Mom Owned and Operated podcast, Rita Suzanne and Emily Reynolds Bergh discuss raising a family, running a business and remembering yourself.New New York native, Nashvillian by choice. Mermaid hair aspirant. Vintage shoe hoarder. Cycling junkie. Mother. Hugger. Boutique Hotel Seeker. Lover of all pink drinks.Emily has garnered more than ten years of marketing and public relations experience through owning her own business, R Public Relations Firm, and also through her previous experience running her award-winning website Defining Delicious and working for the Jason Dady Restaurant Group in San Antonio, Bread & Butter Public Relations in Austin, and Bay Bird Inc in San Diego.While helping businesses and brands flourish is Emily’s passion — with degrees in Psychology and Philosophy and a Master’s in Social Work — empowering her clients and her employees is what drives her. Emily can proudly say that each client she signs is one she admires and knows is helping the world become a better place.Emily’s priority in life is enjoying time with her husband Colter and their five children (no, that was not a typo) whom she calls “her peaches,” while simultaneously exploring the country seeking the next client for R Public Relations. As the helm of R PR, Emily’s philosophy on life and lifestyle are one and the same: words have power, make them move mountains!You can find Emily on her website, on Facebook, and on Instagram.Listen to more interviews by visiting momownedandoperated.com and apply to work with Rita at ritasuzanne.com/apply/Support the show
Why You Need to be the Mom Boss of Your Business Costs with Gabbie Kelly
Oct 13 2022
Why You Need to be the Mom Boss of Your Business Costs with Gabbie Kelly
In this episode of the Mom Owned and Operated podcast, Rita Suzanne and Gabbie Kelly discuss raising a family, running a business and remembering yourself.Gabbie is a CPA with over 10 years’ experience helping clients achieve financial freedom. She also has a passion for teaching and has taught 3 courses her alma mater, UNH.Gabbie is originally from NH and recently moved back to the area from Boston. She enjoys spending time in the seacoast outdoors with her husband, and 2 young daughters. She loves reading, golfing and crafting and is a big tennis fan. Compassion takes empathy one step further because it harbors a desire for all people to be free from suffering, and it's imbued with a desire to help. Compassion is the approach Gabbie Kelly has been bringing to her clients.It is tough to talk about business finances, and it is a vulnerable position to be in. For Gabbie, every operational decision you're making in your business is connected to the financial impact, so she brings compassion to finance discussions. We all have learned, made similar mistakes, and want to improve things.She has seen the most significant challenges with start-ups and helped them overcome them by taking away the financial worry and stress and becoming more empowered by having an excellent foundational knowledge of what's going on with the business. Having a financial plan is vast and carves out that piece that's always in the background looming. As a small business owner, or a mompreneur, with all these things on your plate, having somebody lift that off of you and carry that for you and with you step by step is super helpful.You can find Gabbie on her website, on Facebook, and on Instagram.Watch the FREE Webinar:: Peak Profitability for Badass Mom Business LeadersListen to more interviews by visiting momownedandoperated.com and apply to work with Rita at ritasuzanne.com/apply/Support the show
Growing a Business from Local to Nationwide with Missy Livingston
Sep 8 2022
Growing a Business from Local to Nationwide with Missy Livingston
In this episode of the Mom Owned and Operated podcast, Rita Suzanne and Missy Livingston discuss raising a family, running a business and remembering yourself.When Missy lost everything in the 2008 recession, she almost lost all hope.  She was broke, had 3 kids and had just moved again. One day, her youngest was running through the kitchen and playfully yanked on the dishtowel she had just hung up to dry on the oven, and it of course fell to the floor, which meant more laundry. She thought to herself "If I can't control anything else in my life, I'm going to control this F*&%ing towel!"Remembering that Grandma used to make a hand towel that had a button to keep it on the oven door, she asked herself "why don't they make dishtowels I can actually use every day that stay put?" And, Voila!, the Hang Tight Towel® was born.  She began selling them at local farmers' markets and then eventually started selling them on Etsy, always having people return for more!  Then in 2014, after a customer requested she make a towel with "red" fabric on it only to complain that it was the wrong "red" when she returned to buy it, Missy decided to take all of the red towels and print funny sayings on them with the F%*K word. She was worried that she might kill her business by doing this. It was a risk, but it made her chuckle every time to make one of these new kind of towels and she had to see if anyone else felt as she did. She put these new towels out for sale at the next event and they SOLD OUT!  So, she began printing more funny sayings with her twisted sense of humor on the towels and the business really started to grow.Twisted Wares now makes all kinds of products including cocktail napkins, stickers, cosmetic bags, along with kitchen and bathroom textiles and they all will make you chuckle. Plus, we're a stickler for quality and function.  We like to say "We put the FUN in FUNCTIONAL"!So, as losing everything has taught Missy, all you can do is laugh and not take yourself too seriously.  We hope that our products are a reminder of that, whether you buy our products for yourself or give them as gifts, we want to make you smile.You can find Missy on her website, on Instagram, and on Facebook.Visit Twisted Wares and get 20% by using the coupon code Podcast2022 ((don't miss out - Missy has the most adorable products. I love them!! - Rita))Listen to more interviews by visiting momownedandoperated.com and apply to work with Rita at ritasuzanne.com/apply/Support the show
From Overwhelmed to Aligned with Kristen Crockett
Aug 30 2022
From Overwhelmed to Aligned with Kristen Crockett
In episode of the Mom Owned and Operated podcast, Rita Suzanne and Kristen Crockett discuss raising a family, running a business and remembering yourself.Kristen Crockett is a transformational coach who helps people unlock new opportunities in their life, career and relationships. She is the founder and CEO of The Crockett Collective, a leadership development and coaching firm that creates learning experiences to empower people and teams to embrace their individuality, uncover their superpowers, and navigate the world with confidence. Kristen is the creator of Disrupting Your Narrative, a program that provides a roadmap for women to connect their strengths, understand their journey, and disrupt the thoughts and behaviors that may be keeping them from reaching the next level of their life, career, or business. She is a D.C. native and has spent the last decade mentoring and coaching leaders and executives from all over the country to do the inner work that enables them to lead with their gut and live in their zone of genius. Kristen is a certified coach and facilitator who centers her work around the whole person by connecting people to themselves and others through self-awareness, emotional intelligence, strengths, loss, and change. She is also the host of The Plastic Couch Podcast on Apple and Spotify.You can find Kristen on her website, on Instagram, on Etsy, and on Facebook.Download the free guide, Find Your Fire, to help you find your zone of genius & find out what lights you up. Listen to more interviews by visiting momownedandoperated.com and apply to work with Rita at ritasuzanne.com/apply/Support the show
Leveraging the Power of Virtual Business Events with Amanda Engler
Jun 27 2022
Leveraging the Power of Virtual Business Events with Amanda Engler
In episode of the Mom Owned and Operated podcast, Rita Suzanne and Amanda Engler discuss raising a family, running a business and remembering yourself.Amanda Engler is on a mission to revolutionize the virtual event space and help fempreneurs find harmony between what they love to do and those they love one virtual event at a time.Nothing is more exciting than pairing a fempreneurs movement with a virtual event experience that creates a shared journey of transformation with attendees all around the world!She is a key business advisor who can help online businesses understand how their portfolio of meetings and events brings meaningful value, delivers on KPI's and ultimately fuels growth and prosperity. As well as guide the crucial discussions, weighing the benefits of and deciding to have a virtual event and the impact based on desired outcomes. And most importantly, knows how to improve a business's competitive advantage and revenue.Amanda launched Cash Boosting Secrets: Virtual Event Unlocked program and Virtual Event Central Facebook community to show other online coaches, course creators and consultants that their purpose, vision & mission is too important not to share with the world. By harnessing the power of virtual events they can finally create more impact, income and harmony for those they serve and in their own lives too.She uses her face to face event and online experience to curate truly transformational virtual event experiences for virtual event hosts and their attendees. She was awarded the 100 most influential people in the event industry by EventEx for her work within the virtual event space.Her talks on networking online to build authority & attract clients, mindset shifts, and virtual events resonate with fempreneurs around the world.You can find Amanda on Instagram and Facebook. Join Amanda's Virtual Event Accelerator now.  Listen to more interviews by visiting momownedandoperated.com and apply to work with Rita at ritasuzanne.com/apply/Support the show