
Don’t Leave Money on the Table. Get Certified! | S2: Ep7
05/26/22 • 28 min
Tune in today for our Seventh Episode of Season 2 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Liz Coalts, Owner of The Anxious Adult, LLC helping smart and overwhelmed adults manage the anxieties of business and life. "Let me help you manage the logistics of your business so you can focus on the parts you love," is her business tagline.
As an experienced vendor and contract manager working in the public sector for over 15 years, Liz has deep perspective on the challenges that diverse owned businesses face in trying to level the playing field for equal access to contracts.
"For private corporations, change has to happen from within," says Coalts. "They need to understand that they should be trying to diversify their supply chain and give more opportunities to small businesses owned by minorities, women, LGBTQ, disabled veterans, and other diverse segments of the population."
Liz encourages small businesses to take advantage of the fact that local governments have been mandated for some time now to diversify their supply chain. The key for a business to gain an edge over the competition is by becoming certified.
"Although the procurement would be an open call, most public agencies and some private corporations prefer to work with companies that are certified in at least one diverse category in order to meet the agencies’ diversity goals," points out Coalts. "Being certified makes you the preferred vendor in any opportunity. When the competition gets heated, you need every advantage you can get!"
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Tune in today for our Seventh Episode of Season 2 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Liz Coalts, Owner of The Anxious Adult, LLC helping smart and overwhelmed adults manage the anxieties of business and life. "Let me help you manage the logistics of your business so you can focus on the parts you love," is her business tagline.
As an experienced vendor and contract manager working in the public sector for over 15 years, Liz has deep perspective on the challenges that diverse owned businesses face in trying to level the playing field for equal access to contracts.
"For private corporations, change has to happen from within," says Coalts. "They need to understand that they should be trying to diversify their supply chain and give more opportunities to small businesses owned by minorities, women, LGBTQ, disabled veterans, and other diverse segments of the population."
Liz encourages small businesses to take advantage of the fact that local governments have been mandated for some time now to diversify their supply chain. The key for a business to gain an edge over the competition is by becoming certified.
"Although the procurement would be an open call, most public agencies and some private corporations prefer to work with companies that are certified in at least one diverse category in order to meet the agencies’ diversity goals," points out Coalts. "Being certified makes you the preferred vendor in any opportunity. When the competition gets heated, you need every advantage you can get!"
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🤙 If you want a free 30-minute Business Strategy call on how to build your brand and take your business to the next level, schedule a call with us: https://diverse.visionready.org/strategy
🔗 Join the conversation on social media:
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https://www.facebook.com/VisionReadyInc
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/visionready
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~Petula Sankarsingh
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- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@petulavibes
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Why Women Have To Be Hard-Ass | S2 : Ep6
Tune in today for our Sixth Episode of Season 2 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Michelle Harthill, Founder of Meeschell, a marketplace e-retailer for natural, organic, and eco-friendly brands created by women entrepreneurs.
Twenty years prior to Meeschell, she founded Harthill Marketing Services offering full-service marketing to CPG clients.
"During my CPG days, I found several men in corporate America to be narcissistic, thinking that they were a higher authority than me or other women," recalls Michelle. "Because I’ve been regimented all these years to be a hard-ass—I’m really not, but I can be—I try to be very giving and open-minded."
Now she aligns herself with organizations that support women and children such as Network of Executive Women, Girls for Greatness, Child USA, Laura's House and more!
"When I first joined the Network of Executive Women, there were no men," says Michelle. "Fast forward eight years later, men are getting involved. It seems many of them realize that women bring certain skillsets to the table as leaders that men need to have on their team."
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🤙 If you want a free 30-minute Business Strategy call on how to build your brand and take your business to the next level, schedule a call with us: https://diverse.visionready.org/strategy
🔗 Join the conversation on social media:
https://twitter.com/VisionReadyInc
https://www.facebook.com/VisionReadyInc
www.instagram.com/visionready
https://www.linkedin.com/company/visionready
📺 Subscribe to our YouTube Channels:
Disrupt Your Day: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoDXw2bcMzqPJ486aSFJ0hQ
VisionReady Network: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS0-qIuOWuQNgzhHepXb83A
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You're only one connection away from success. Cheers! 🥂
~Petula Sankarsingh
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- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@petulavibes
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Champagne & French Fries | Special Edition
VisionReady Introduces Its Young Emerging Successors (YES) Program to Chicago.
VisionReady is sponsoring youth from Lost Boyz to participate in the YES Program highlighting young and emerging entrepreneurs. They will have the opportunity to present their business vision to local entrepreneurs and business leaders, mimicking ABC’s popular business pitch show, Shark Tank.
Lost Boyz provides sports-based youth development to help
boys and girls in Chicago’s under-resourced neighborhoods
develop confidence, resilience, and life skills.
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