She's That Founder: Business Strategy, Time Management and AI Magic for Impactful Female Leaders
You’re listening to She’s That Founder: the show for ambitious women ready to stop drowning in decisions and start running their businesses like the confident CEO they were born to be. Here, we blend business strategy, leadership coaching, and a little AI magic to help you scale smarter—not harder. I’m Dawn Andrews, your executive coach and business strategist. And if your to-do list is longer than a CVS receipt and you’re still the one refilling the printer paper... this episode is for you. Each week, we talk smarter delegation, systems that don’t collapse when you take a nap, and AI tools that actually lighten your load—not add more tabs to your mental browser. You’ll get: Proven strategies to grow your revenue and your impact Executive leadership frameworks that elevate you from manager to visionary Tools to build a business that runs without burning you out So kick off your heels—or your high-performance sneakers—and let’s get to work. Tuesdays are deep-dive episodes. Thursdays are quick hits and founder rants. All designed to make your business easier, your leadership sharper, and your results undeniable. If you’re ready to turn your drive into results that don’t just increase sales but change the world, pop in your earbuds and listen to Ep. 10 | Trust Your Gut: Crafting a Career by Being Unapologetically You With Carrie Byalick
Episodes
Friday afternoon chaos doesn’t actually start on Friday.
It starts Monday, when the week is designed in a way that guarantees last-minute emergencies. If your team is piling on questions at 4:47 PM Friday afternoon, it’s not because they’re disorganized. It’s because you’ve built a system that rewards procrastination and punishes planning ahead.
In this episode, I’m showing you how to break that cycle. You’ll learn how...
If your team asks you to approve things like lunch orders, calendar invites, or formatting choices, you’ve accidentally become the Chief Permission Officer.
This bottleneck drains your time, chips away at their confidence, and slows the whole company down.
In this episode of She’s That Founder, I’m sharing the 2-Minute Rule and how to use AI to retrain your team so they stop asking for permission on every little thing ...
If your team is texting “How do I…?” at 7PM, you’ve become their expensive search engine. At your CEO salary, that’s draining time and focus.
This isn’t about being mean.
It’s about breaking the habit of training your team to lean on you for every answer—and giving them tools to solve problems on their own. That’s where the 3-Text Test comes in, with a little AI backup to take you out of the loop for good.
In this episo...
You hit $1.2M in revenue — but $840K comes from one client. One contract. One decision maker. One email away from unraveling everything.
If more than half your revenue depends on a single client, you’re not free — you’re trapped in golden handcuffs.
This episode isn’t about losing your biggest client — it’s about building a business where no single client holds your future hostage. With AI as your strategic partner, ...
Your team isn’t bringing you drama because they’re needy — they’re bringing it because you’ve trained them to believe every hiccup requires CEO intervention.
But here’s the truth: your job is to ensure professional collaboration, not personal comfort.
This episode is your reminder that you’re not the office therapist. You’re the CEO. And with the Function First Framework (plus a little AI backup), you can redirect emoti...
What if being irreplaceable in your business is actually the most replaceable position you could be in?
Too many brilliant founders have built businesses where they are the product. Clients only want you, the calendar is maxed, and suddenly you’ve created the perfect prison: a company that can’t run without you.
This isn’t about hustling harder — it’s about breaking free of the expertise trap and learning how to packag...
What happens when you're a leader but you've lost your motivation?
It's hard to get momentum back when you’ve taken time off, or things are tough in your business. Suddenly, the challenges of moving your business forward seem insurmountable; what if you stay stuck? What happens to your company? Your family?
Seriously though, how do you find your mojo again so you can be the leader you were meant to be? ...
It’s tough to get noticed in Hollywood, and today's guest made a career by helping others do just that. She was one of the entertainment industry’s most respected and sought-after media and publicity strategists, ran her own talent management firm (B. Company), and now she works with Late Show legend, Stephen Colbert… as president of his production company Spartina.
Carrie inspires me and so many other women by b...
Summer is the perfect time to reset your business vision.
While most people wait until January to set goals, by then the momentum is gone. Summer offers a rare window — the pace slows, creativity rises, and you can refresh your vision without the pressure of year-end.
This episode shares why summertime is the ideal season to rethink your business vision, how to reset it without hustle or overwhelm, and the steps t...
Quitting your dream job to start a business is a risky decision, especially if you’re in a high-ranking, visible position. And Nicole Marra, did just that.
As the CEO and Founder of Fixer Advisory Group, Nicole works with some of the world's most dynamic luxury brands.
Nicole led Gucci America's legal, real estate, compliance, security, and crisis management functions for over a decade before taking the leap a...
Stop asking AI to fix your decision paralysis.
It’s not here to validate your feelings, tell you you’re special, or magically solve your problems.
Here’s the trap I see founders fall into every day: dumping their overwhelm into ChatGPT like it’s a digital therapist. But AI isn’t your therapist — it’s your most patient strategic partner.
In this episode, you’ll learn how to stop seeking validation and start demanding solu...
The panic is real.
Too many priorities, not enough time, and your brain is spinning instead of deciding.
This isn’t about doing it all, it’s about strategic triage: choosing what matters most so you can focus your energy where it counts. With AI as your thinking partner, you can cut through the overwhelm, sequence your priorities for maximum impact, and turn chaos into hours of focused wins.
In this episode of She’s...
Real talk, your attachment to struggle is costing you. Too many brilliant founders choose the hard way every time… and end up burned out, behind, and watching competitors pass them by.
This episode isn’t about hustling harder — it’s about dropping the “founder martyrdom” complex and building systems that work for you. You’ll learn how to stop confusing effort with impact, replace exhausting manual work with s...
Ever wish you could step away from your business and have it keep moving without you?
Last week in San Francisco, I did exactly that because my AI assistant ran the whole thing.
In this episode, you’ll discover how to stop carrying the entire mental load of your business, from thinking and planning to solving everything, by handing it over without handing it off to a human.
You’ll see how AI can plan your proj...
Let me tell you about a moment that happens in Zoom rooms every day. A founder hears five words that make her stomach drop: “I’m waiting to hear back.”
It doesn’t matter if you’re leading five people or fifty — when your team treats “I sent the email” like a finish line, you’re not building a business, you’re babysitting bottlenecks.
This episode isn’t about productivity hacks — it’s about culture. Specifically, the inv...
Let me guess — your team still pings you for every little thing, and that SOP you swore you'd write is still just a blank Google Doc mocking you from your drive.
This episode isn’t about operations — it’s about freedom. Because if your business can’t run without you, you’re not leading a business… you’re babysitting one. Today, I’ll show you how smart CEOs use SOPs that scale — without boring themselves (or their ...
Pretending you're unbothered as a leader? It’s like wearing emotional Spanx; smooth on the outside, can’t breathe on the inside.
In this short and sharp episode, I’m calling out the pressure to perform instead of lead, and why trying to appear polished can actually kill connection, creativity, and trust on your team. I’ll share one cringe-but-true moment that changed the way I show up and give you a mindset shift ...
Every founder is running systems even if they’re chaos.
In this episode, I’m naming the three hidden systems that high-achieving women accidentally build that lead to bottlenecks, burnout, and stalled growth. These are the survival systems that got your business off the ground… but now they’re costing you time, clarity, and peace.
If your calendar is full, your team depends on you for everything, or you're constant...
Are you cramming 40 hours of work into a 20-hour week? If you're the approvals queen, the Slack oracle, and the one everyone’s waiting on; you're not running a business, you’re babysitting one.
In this episode, I walk through the real cost of being the bottleneck (yes, even the invisible kind), and how to get out of it using a three-part delegation system that’s saving me, my sanity, and my business. If your ...
Hey founder friend, if you're overwhelmed, overbooked, and over it?
Delegation is your way out.
In this episode, I’m sharing the moment I realized I was the bottleneck in my own business and how I started shifting from gatekeeping to truly leading. We’ll talk about the fear behind control, why martyrdom is not a business model, and how giving trust first (not last) is the move that changes everything.
If your team ...
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