Welcome to Dear Founder, the podcast that pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to build and grow a successful business.

No gatekeeping, no fluff, just real talk.

I'm your host, Lindsay Pinchot, award-winning entrepreneur, founder, and proud member of the 1% of female founders who've led

their company to an acquisition. I bootstrapped my first company from $500 to seven figures

before selling it and learned more from the mistakes than from the wins. What started as a podcast

here has grown into a movement supporting female entrepreneurs like you

through not only this show, but also on our social media, at our live events, and in our

online community, The Deere Found Her Forum. Each week, I sit down with some of the most influential

female founders of our time to uncover the highs, the lows, the lessons,

and the moments that they thought they'd never make it, but did. This is a space for women

who want to build something meaningful, who believe in collaboration over competition, and

who know that success is sweeter when we share it, because here, there's no gatekeeping, just actionable advice,

honest conversations, and a whole lot of inspiration. So grab your coffee or your wine or whatever

it is that you're drinking, hit play, and let's build something amazing together. Welcome back to

another episode of Dear Founder. I am Lindsay Pinchuk, your host, and I have to ask you, can you even believe that we are already halfway through 2025?

Time certainly flies, but here's the good news. We've still got six months left of this business year to crush those goals and to get done what we set out

to accomplish on January 1st, 2025. Today at a live dear founder event, a networking event here

in Chicago, I shared a handful of strategies that you can implement right now over the next one to two months

in order to make sure that you crush your back half goals. I know that for me, my kids are at camp this

summer and so I'm trying to use the time not only to travel and have some fun, but also to get ahead.

I always use my summers to get a lot accomplished going into the fall because I know that

for me, when September hits, it is crazy town.

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