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Empowered by AI: Women Entrepreneurs Leading the Way
Welcome to Empowered by AI, where women entrepreneurs capitalize on the power of AI to transform their businesses, break new ground, and lead confidently. Hosted by Michelle Muncy-Silva, founder of Innovative AI Studio, this podcast is your go-to resource for stories, strategies, and tools that help women combine creativity with cutting-edge technology to build the brands of tomorrow.
In this episode of Empowered by AI, host Michelle Muncy-Silva talks with Noemi Reyes — founder of Magister and creator of the “courage first, then AI” framework — about building an AI-powered business as a woman entrepreneur while holding down a full-time government IT job. Noemi shares the unconventional routine that keeps her grounded in...
After 25 years in social work and homeless services, Michele Williams built MS Works Learning — an AI-driven training platform for the human services sector with the potential to reach up to 85,000 volunteers nationwide. Michele joins Michelle to talk about becoming a founder later in life, landing her first major national contract through a...
After a decade-plus leading learning-systems implementations inside major corporations — and most recently heading up AI adoption at Spirit Airlines before the airline shut down — Trudy-Ann Armand now helps women entrepreneurs turn their existing skills into a fully monetized business. In this episode, Michelle and Trudy-Ann get honest about the parts of corporate life...
In this episode, I sit down with Marline Paul — founder of Enilram Creative Solutions (yes, her name spelled backwards) and a former teacher who spent 17 years in the classroom before betting on herself. As her business celebrates its five-year anniversary, Marline gets honest about the leap from education to entrepreneurship, the very real...
What if the thing standing between you and your next opportunity isn’t your expertise? What if it’s your visibility? In this episode of Empowered by AI, Michelle sits down with therapist, social worker, researcher, AI entrepreneur, and founder Ngozi Cadmus for a powerful conversation about visibility, personal branding, entrepreneurship, and the opportunities artificial intelligence is...
What if the biggest obstacle to your success isn’t strategy? What if it’s the way you’ve been taught to define success in the first place? In this episode of Empowered by AI, Michelle sits down with nervous system coach, author, and founder Marta Czajkowska for a powerful conversation about entrepreneurship, burnout, identity, and the hidden...
What happens when the title you’ve worked decades to earn no longer feels like the destination? In the premiere episode of Season 7, Michelle sits down with entrepreneur, educator, and founder Lisa Tong to explore the emotional and practical realities of moving from corporate life into entrepreneurship. Together, they unpack identity shifts, imposter syndrome, financial...
What happens when women stop waiting to be represented in AI and start building it themselves? In this episode, I sit down with Nathania and Stephanie, co-founders of Awedacity, who are creating something most people are still talking about but not actually doing. They are building woman-centered AI tools from the ground up using real...
Most leaders think their biggest AI problem is choosing the right tools. It’s not. In this conversation, Jelena M. breaks down what’s actually getting in the way of AI adoption inside organizations and for solo entrepreneurs. From decision fatigue and failed pilots to over-engineered governance, this episode reframes how to approach AI with clarity, confidence,...
What happens when you stop treating AI like a tool… and start using it as a thinking partner? In this episode, Diane Whiddon breaks down how AI is reshaping brand strategy in real time. Not in a hypey, tech-bro way. In a practical, client-facing, “this is what’s actually working” way. If you’ve been feeling like...