Meet Darieth Chisolm of Hustle and Heart TV (Bridges to Business, April 16)

Darieth Chisolm, Owner of Hustle and Heart TV, will speak on a panel of women business owners at E-Magnify's Bridges to Business event on April 16. 

This former WPXI news anchor is now a serial entrepreneur who offers her clients a range of unique services.

Former WPXI News Anchor Darieth Chisolm has launched a new video podcast show, Hustle & Heart TV with Darieth Chisolm. 

The show has a #1 rated TOP podcast status on iTunes with subscribers and viewers in several different countries. It’s available on 5 different platforms, iTunes Video & Audio, Stitcher Radio, YouTube and at www.HustleandHeartTV.com 

Darieth interviews inspiring and successful people, showcasing their strategies, rituals, and principles for success. Anyone looking to start, grow, or expand a business, dream, or passion should watch the weekly shows for motivation, guidance, and inspiration, plus practical tips, tools, and resources.

Podcasting is the fastest growing medium available for entrepreneurs to build brand, influence, and income. Darieth is coaching entrepreneurs to strategize on ways to create and launch their own video and audio podcast shows and will be soon be releasing an online training program called TheVideoPodcastAcademy 

Darieth’s entrepreneurial experiences were cultivated while working as a television news anchor for WPXI TV, the NBC Affiliate in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Channel 11 News at 11pm and 10pm newscasts before she retired in September 2013 after 20 years on the news set.  She also brings her own experiences as a business owner to her international audience. In 2013, Darieth was the 54th highest paid distributor with It Works Global, a network marketing company with over 70,000 representatives. Darieth also spent 3 and a half years as the owner of Fullbody Fitness Club, an aerial arts studio in Pittsburgh.  

In November 2014 Darieth sold Fullbody Fitness Club to focus exclusively on Hustle & Heart TV and on coaching people on ways to build their brand, influence, and income through podcasting.

Darieth is set to release her first book, HUSTLE: Why Now is the Time to Unleash your Passions, Turn them into Profit & Love your Journey. 

“Success in anything is hard work and hustle, passion and heart, commitment and sacrifice, trial and error, failure and triumph. Hustle & Heart TV and Hustle, the book, expose these truths and pump fresh ideas into the hearts and minds of my viewers, listeners, and readers.”  Darieth says, “With my busy schedule, my other businesses and my personal life being so demanding, I too need course correction and motivation from others who are successful. That’s why I started Hustle & Heart TV, so that I could pool the resources and mindsets of powerful people and then share this with others. I trust you’ll be inspired by their stories and encouraged to take action and make your dreams come true.”

Although Darieth’s news career had been full of many outstanding awards and recognition, she says, “Nothing makes me more excited than when I see people dream big and go after those dreams. I love watching people having huge breakthroughs and succeed! Entrepreneurs share a unique ability to be tough and have unwavering belief in themselves and their visions and goals.”

She now features other successful entrepreneurs, authors, artists, celebrities, and business owners on her video podcast show. You can subscribe to Hustle and Heart TV on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, YouTube or watch and listen directly from her website at www.HustleandHeartTV.com or www.DariethChisolm.com. 

Darieth will speak on a panel of women business owners at the Bridges to Business event on April 16 at the Rivers Club in downtown Pittsburgh. Full details and registration are available here.

Meet Jennifer Boczar of AM-GARD (Bridges to Business, April 16)

Jennifer Boczar, Owner & COO of AM-GARD, Inc., will speak on a panel of women business owners at E-Magnify's Bridges to Business event on April 16. 

AM-GARD is #3 on the Pittsburgh Business Times Book of Lists' largest Pittsburgh area women-owned businesses

AM-GARD is a leader in contract security ,providing service to governmental, medical, industrial, commercial, and transportation industries. Owner Jennifer Boczar’s grandmother founded the company with her husband in 1970. 

After earning her degree in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003, Jennifer became a partner with her father in the family business in 2006, making it a third-generation, woman-owned, family business. 

Jennifer and AM-GARD’s corporate management team have more than 175 years of combined experience in the contract security business. The most challenging part of starting this business, says Jennifer, was the security services market’s incredible competition. It’s challenging to set your company apart from the competition, but they did just that with the customized services, unparalleled experience and products, along with great management. They have a team that remains on site to ensure customer satisfaction and conduct regular evaluations. 

AM-GARD is one of the largest Women Owned Businesses in Pittsburgh, and it is also privately owned. They are best known for providing quality security guard service at a fair price. They work closely with every customer to develop their security programs for each of their needs. 

AM-GARD has also been providing security guard service to UPMC Shadyside and US Airways for over 35 years, which is rare in this competitive industry. The company has set the standard for security.

Jennifer has been recognized in Maniac Magazine's “Women of Power “ Issue in 2013.  In November 2014, Jennifer and her husband welcomed their first child, a baby boy.

Jennifer will speak on a panel of women business owners at the Bridges to Business event on April 16 at the Rivers Club in downtown Pittsburgh. Full details and registration are available here.

Meet Doris Carson Williams of AACCWP (Bridges to Business, April 16)

Doris Carson Williams will facilitate a panel of women business owners at E-Magnify's Bridges to Business event on April 16 at the Rivers Club in downtown Pittsburgh. 

With more than 500 members, the Chamber is the second largest minority Chamber in the United States.

Doris Carson Williams, CCE, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania. Since opening the office in 1998, the Chamber has grown from 28 to over 500 paid members and corporate sponsors, and is ranked the 10th largest in the Pittsburgh Region.

In July 2013, Doris received the National Certification of Chamber of Commerce Executives by the Board of Directors and Certification Commission of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. Doris serves on the Board of Directors the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland-Pittsburgh Branch, Highmark, Inc., is the Vice Chairman of Highmark’s Foundation, and is Vice Chair of the Housing Authority City of Pittsburgh. She is a member of the International Women's Forum, and a 2008 Ford Foundation Fellow on Sustainability.

In 2009, Doris served as the Co-Chair of the G-20 Summit held in Pittsburgh. She is the recipient of the 2010 Pittsburgh Business Times Top 50 Women in Business, a Woman of Excellence from the New Pittsburgh Courier, Junior Achievement’s Woman in Business, a Carlow University Woman of Spirit, and is listed the publication Voices: African American and Latino Women.

She earned a BS degree in Business from the University of Hartford, is a graduate of Fairfield University’s School of Banking and Financial Management, and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz School of Business’s Management Program for Executives. Doris and her husband James have one son, James III.

During the April 16 Bridges to Business luncheon, Doris will moderate a panel of women business owners as they discuss how they have built "bridges" to their business success. Full event details and registration are available here.

Meet Erin Andrew of OWBO (Bridges to Business, April 16)

E-Magnify is pleased to introduce the Keynote Speaker for the Bridges to Business event on April 16: Erin E. Andrew, Assistant Administrator, Office of Women's Business Ownership, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). 

As the U.S. Small Business Administration’s assistant administrator for women’s business ownership, Erin E. Andrew is the director of the SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership. 

She oversees the agency’s efforts to promote the growth of women-owned businesses through advocacy and programs that provide business training and counseling, access to credit and capital, and multiple business and networking opportunities. 

Erin manages a nationwide network of women's business centers that provide training, counseling and mentoring to hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs in every state and two U.S. territories. Her office also works with representatives in every SBA district office to oversee operations of the women’s business centers and to coordinate services for women entrepreneurs.

Most recently, Erin served as director of the Innovation Clusters and Skills Initiatives in the SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development, which works to meet the counseling and training needs of America’s small businesses. She focused on supporting entrepreneurship skills initiatives, regional innovation clusters, and entrepreneurship training for America’s transitioning military service members, women, youth and 50+ Americans. 

Prior to her work at the SBA, Erin was a senior policy analyst at the National Governors Association, focusing on workforce and economic-development issues. She has held positions at different levels of government, including working in the Governor of Iowa’s Office as a policy advisor on economic development and workforce-development issues; and at a local/regional development authority in Pittsburgh, PA. She was also a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she counseled federal agencies on organizational change strategies and enterprise architecture.

Erin holds a B.S. in business administration and ethics, and an M.S. in public policy and management, both from Carnegie Mellon University.

Erin will deliver a Keynote Address called "Empowering Women Entrepreneurs" at E-Magnify's Bridges to Business event on  April 16 at the Rivers Club in downtown Pittsburgh. During her address, she will cover the following: 

• Overview of SBA programs and opportunities for women business owners and entrepreneurs
• Discussion of how SBA empowers women entrepreneurs through access to capital, contracting, and counseling
• Examination of new and exciting initiatives impacting women entrepreneurs 

Full event details and registration are available here.

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Bridges to Business: April 16

Learn business tools that will drive your business to new heights! 

Date: April 16, 2015
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

Location: Rivers Club, Pittsburgh, PA
Register for $45

Keynote Address: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs

Erin E. Andrew
Assistant Administrator
Office of Women's Business Ownership
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)  

• Overview of SBA programs and opportunities for women business owners and entrepreneurs
• Discussion of how SBA empowers women entrepreneurs through access to capital, contracting, and counseling
• Examination of new and exciting initiatives impacting women entrepreneurs 

Women Business Owner Panel:

A panel of women business owners will share the "bridges" they have constructed to reach their goals. Hear their methods for maintaining and growing their businesses as they share the strategies, techniques, and tools they use to overcome challenges such as economic recession, government regulations, political environment, customer retention, and employee satisfaction.

Panelists:

• Doris Carson Williams (panel facilitator), President & CEO, African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania 
• Jennifer Boczar, Owner & COO, AM-GARD, Inc. 
• Darieth Chisolm, Owner, Hustle and Heart TV
• Regina Koetters, Founder/CEO, Marty's Market
• Jan Lehigh, President, Alpine Packaging, Inc.

Join other women entrepreneurs at this exciting event and build your bridge to business success.

Registration of $45 includes lunch and program.

6 Steps to a Better Business: April 1 in Connellsville

Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m. - Noon
Location: The New Connellsville Canteen, 131 West Crawford Ave., Connellsville, PA
Registration: $49

Learn the 6 Steps that all successful, profitable, and sustainable businesses go through and how you can move your business through the steps efficiently.

Trainer:
Ken Sevick
Master Business Coach

In this educational and motivational seminar, you'll learn:

• How to gain control of your time, team, and money.
• How to turn your marketing into an investment rather than an expense.
• How to multiply customers, revenues, and profits.
• How to leverage your team, systems, technology, and marketing.
• How to recruit, train, maintain, and motivate new employees.

Tens of thousands of business owners from all over the world for the last 20 years have attended this event and learned the keys to growing a successful business. This seminar is designed for every type of business and will take you through each step to climb the ladder of business growth. Learn how to build a commercial, profitable, enterprise that works without you.

Co-presented by Seton Hill University's E-Magnify and Downtown Connellsville.