312 - Mary Seats, The Bakery CoWork: Fostering Community With Her Co-Working Space for Women

“I needed support, community, someone to reach their hand down and pull me up. And now I'm always reaching my hand down to pull someone else up.” Mary Seats is the founder of The Icing Agency and The Bakery CoWork, a co-working space designed for women entrepreneurs. From a young age, Mary showcased her entrepreneurial spirit by selling handmade Barbie clothes to all of her friends. Despite facing challenges, including being fired from her own company, Mary persevered and created a thriving business and is an Entreprenista 100 Award Winner. She is dedicated to empowering women entrepreneurs, fostering community, and breaking barriers for minority women in business. Tune in and hear how Mary launched her first business with only $300, how she scaled her first company to $4 million in revenue, and the hard lessons she’s learned about navigating contracts and partnerships. We talked about:  The marketing strategy that made Mary’s first brand successful (07:03) Lessons learned from selling to retailers (13:48) The vision behind The Bakery CoWork (24:49) The importance of community support (36:38) Connect with Mary: @MzSkittlez on IG The Bakery Cowork The Icing Agency Are you ready to make meaningful business connections that lead to real business results?    Join our Entreprenista League community of women founders at https://refer.entreprenista.com/joinus! You’ll have access to a private community of like-minded Entreprenistas who are making an impact in business every day, special discounts on business products and solutions, exclusive content, private events, the opportunity to have your story featured on our website and social channels, and access to Office Hours with top founders who have been on our show! We can’t wait to welcome you, support you, and be part of your business journey!   Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of The Entreprenista Podcast - the most fun business meeting for women founders and leaders. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the show and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.   Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Radio | GooglePlay   Be sure to share your favorite episodes across social media to help us reach more amazing female founders, like you.

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