Andrea Heuston is the CEO and Founder of Artitudes Design, an award-winning creative agency. She has over 20 years of experience in the design industry and has won several awards such as the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 40 under 40, the Annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards for Enterprising Women Magazine, Cambridge Who’s Who, and the Key4Women Achieve Award.
Andrea holds a degree in communications and design from the University of Washington. She is a speaker, author, and host of the Lead Like a Woman Show, where she features top women leaders to share their inspirational stories on life and leadership.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- Andrea Heuston shares her 29-year journey as an entrepreneur and business owner
- What does Artitudes do?
- Finding clients through networking events
- Andrea talks about her experience of overcoming a coma
- The importance of having a strong team and recognizing when to delegate tasks
- Andrea shares how her business made it through 9/11, the financial crash of 2008, COVID-19, and tech layoffs
- How to maintain a business as an asset
- Andrea talks about her upcoming book, Lead Like a Woman: Tenacious
- What is Andrea‘s biggest challenge as a business owner?
- The importance of empathy in leadership
In this episode…
How can adopting an abundance mindset and demonstrating resilience lead to empowerment and success for women in the business world?
According to Andrea Heuston, a seasoned entrepreneur and advocate for female leadership, the foundation of success lies in fostering an environment of abundance and resilience. Having overcome significant personal and professional challenges, she emphasizes the importance of abundant thinking not only for personal growth but as a strategy for building a thriving business. Andrea’s approach underscores the power of resilience, the value of empathetic leadership, and the impact of supporting women in their entrepreneurial journeys. By leading with empathy and focusing on the collective success of her team and clients, Andrea models how women in business can achieve remarkable outcomes.
In this episode of the Financial Clarity podcast, Hannah Smolinski welcomes Andrea Heuston, CEO and Founder of Artitudes Design, to explore empowering women in business through abundance and resilience. They discuss Andrea’s entrepreneurial journey, her strategies for overcoming adversity, and her commitment to fostering female leadership.
Resources Mentioned in this episode
- Hannah Smolinski: LinkedIn | Email
- Clara CFO Group: Website | YouTube
- Financial Clarity podcast: Website | YouTube
- Andrea Heuston: LinkedIn | Website
- Artitudes Design
- Lead Like a Woman SpeakHER
- Lead Like A Woman Show
- “Grow Your Team With A-Players Using Topgrading With Chris Mursau” on the Financial Clarity podcast
- “Growing Pains of Building a Profitable Agency With Casey Gromer” on the Financial Clarity podcast
- Lou Elliott-Cysewski on LinkedIn
- Coolperx
- Women Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
- Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)
- Vital Voices
- Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)
- “Keeping It Simple With Greg Crabtree” on the Financial Clarity podcast
- Lead Like a Woman: Tales From the Trenches by Andrea Heuston, Anna Crowe, Brittany Schmid, Daisy Jing, Dr. Kristin Kahle, Hazel Ortega, Helena Gibson, Lauren Reed, Lisa Liguori, Shenandoah Davis
- Lead Like a Woman: Audacity by Andrea Heuston, Andrea Herrera, Stephanie Camarillo, Karen Austin, Christina Geraci, Dr. Kristin L Kahle, Tim McDiarmid, María Inés Morán, Michèle Hecken, Cathey Kuo
- Hope Zvara on LinkedIn
- Lead Like a Woman Speaks
- It’s Not About the Money With Catherine Morgan
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