Leading a Business as a Woman of Color: Obstacles and Opportunities with Nastassia C. S.: An EOFire Classic from 2022

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2022. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.

Nastassia C. S. is a startup launch expert, D.E.I. strategist and founder of The Mind Designer. She helps founders develop authentic leadership skills, so they can create inclusive and innovative workplaces.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Remember yourself. Remember that you are launching a business, and ultimately, always a human being with feelings and values with your own personal definition of success. You are your own best guide.

2. Business values are an amazing way for entrepreneurs to know whether they are on the right track or not

3. If you are the first woman of color to launch a certain type of business, you have a built-in network. If you're representing a community that you happen to be part of, or an identity they hold that you are really proud of, you have a built-in network.

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0:00.0	Boom. Shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, brought to you by
0:07.8	high level, the all-on-one sales and marketing platform. On today's classic episode, we'll be breaking
0:13.0	down how to lead a business as a woman of color, the obstacles and opportunities to drop these
0:18.1	via bombs. I are brought to Nastassia into EO Fire Studios.
0:21.3	Nastasia is a startup launch expert, DEI strategist, and founder of the mind designer.
0:26.3	She helps founders develop authentic leadership skills so they can create inclusive and innovative
0:30.7	work spaces. And today we talk about how business values are an amazing way for entrepreneurs
0:35.2	to know whether they are on the right track or not.
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