The Collective Co. Podcast

the small business podcast dishing the tools, strategies and stories built for business growth.

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Creating Your Most Peacefully Productive Life with Jess Massey of Hustle Sanely

Today we are talking with Jess Massey-the host of The Hustle Sanely Podcast, a planner creator, and the founder of the community-centered productivity brand Hustle Sanely®. She uses The 5 Keys to Hustling Sanely™ to teach busy women how to relieve overwhelm and prioritize their mental health & relationships as they pursue their goals. From adopting a positive mindset to getting clear on your vision, to prioritizing your tasks and creating a schedule that honors your energy, Jess covers it all and is passionate about helping you create your most peacefully productive life.

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Turning A Hobby Into A Business with Impact with Samantha Hoff of Pottery with a Purpose

In this episode we are speaking with Samantha Hoff, foundering of Pottery with a Purpose. She shares how a lifelong struggle with generalized anxiety and an early career spent in the fast-paced, gender-biased tech industry led her to seek mental and physical balance - as well as a source of joy, and a means of continuous inspiration - in a previous hobby...pottery making. Realizing that not everyone has time, space, or the budget to recreate all that a ceramics studio offers, she established Pottery with a Purpose, delivering the same creative benefits to others through sustainably-packaged and designed “do-it-yourself” kits containing everything necessary for at-home clay play.

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Finding Joy in Helping People Improve Their Self Confidence with Angela Gates of Botox Boutique

In this episode we are speaking with Angela Gates of Botox Boutique. She is a Nurse Practitioner, specializing in Aesthetics. Her business provides the safest, most-effective, FDA-approved facial injectable services, such as botox, dermal fillers and kybella. Angela’s passion for aesthetics sparked many years ago when she was lucky enough to work for an amazing Boston dermatologist and found joy in helping people improve their self confidence! She is meticulous about creating a natural and refreshed look while helping her clients look like the best version of themselves not someone else!

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Sharing Stories of Triumph Over Trauma + Joy From Struggle with Marci and Bridget of Living Crue

In today’s episode we are speaking with Marci and Bridget of Living Crue Magazine. This conversation is a special one as we get to learn all about how they met and decided to launch a magazine that dives into the real and truly authentic and raw stories that women have to share. From concept to creation and amplifying women’s voices along the way.

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Discovering and Filling a Gap in the Market with Tara Pate of Daysie

Today we are talking to Tara Pate, the founder of Daysie, the first line of certified organic simple syrups designed for coffee and occasions. The idea for Daysie was born in the early days of the pandemic when Tara was working from home and longed for her daily latte from her favorite local coffee shop. Try as she might, she could not find an organic, high-quality simple syrup to sweeten her coffee drinks at home and realized she could fill the hole in the market. She officially launched Daysie in 2022.

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Balancing Career, Family & Business with Ammy Lowney of Juicy Greens

In this episode we are speaking with Amy Lowney-the owner of Juicygreens, which is a wellness cafe and juice bar with 3 locations in Boston. She came to the U.S. from Colombia, worked as a Boston Public School teacher and continues to work as a teacher today while running Juicygreens with her husband and raising four children! She walks through her entire journey and talks about how she worked to build her business to be able to run itself. Amy has some incredible nuggets of wisdom so be prepared to take notes!

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Untold Brewing + The CC, Mac Kids Collab with Mike Dyer of Untold Brewing

I am super excited about our episode today because we are diving into an incredible collaboration that we are working on with Untold Brewing! In today’s episode I am speaking with Mike Dyer of Untold Brewing and Christina Skeldon of MacKids South Shore. We’re talking all about the importance of local community and creating meaningful collaborations. We hear all about the start of Untold and share about the process of creating our very own special release brew with them.

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Leaving her 9-5 to Start a Brick and Mortar Fitness Club with Kerrie Genes of KFIT Club

Today we are speaking with Kerrie Genes. Kerrie is the founder and CEO of KFit Body, a premier women’s fitness and wellness studio. We are talking all about how she left the field of physical therapy and entered into the wellness sector with a brick and mortar focusing on fitness and life coaching. We dive into the evolution of small business ownership and discuss how she has grown and what she wished she had known throughout the process.

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From Funding to Scaling and Pain Points Along the Way with Nadya Rousseau of Alter New Media

In this episode we are speaking with Nadya Rousseau of Alter New Media. Nadya worked as a professional actor, freelance journalist, and multimedia producer before pivoting to digital marketing and business development. In today’s conversation we are talking all about how she has scaled her purpose-forward global marketing and PR agency to serve over 600 customers. From funding to pain points and Nadya’s biggest tips for small businesses owner’s.

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CC Founder with Our Favorite Business Tools

The CC Founder, Rachael Meyers dives into all of our favorite small business tools — the ones we are actually investing in and using daily to help our small business grow!

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In today’s episode we are speaking all about sustainability, slow fashion and creating new solutions for women with Jill Palese of Call to Action Clothing, Boston-based luxury swimwear and clothing brand.

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Jill Palese of Call to Action Clothing

Boot-strapping two businesses to seven figures, the realities of launching in Target and Anthropologie and her newest book launch, A More Beautiful Life.

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Christina Skeldon of South Shore Macaroni Kid

In today’s episode we are speaking with Christina Skeldon, publisher of the beloved South Shore Macaroni Kid! She dives into the behind the scenes of South Shore Macaroni Kid, career, motherhood, connecting women, her favorite local spots and how she works to highlight South Shore events, activities and small businesses!

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