Empowering Growth: Michelle’s Niziol’s Strategies for Women in Business
In this episode of WABChats, we speak with Michelle Niziol, a serial entrepreneur and a leading voice for women in business. Michelle shares her remarkable journey, starting her first business at 18 and building a suite of seven complementary companies, including her highly successful mortgage brokerage, IMS. She explains the strategic evolution of her businesses, focusing on recurring revenue models and how diversification, like her lettings agency, provided crucial resilience during challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michelle explains more about the unique challenges faced by female entrepreneurs, particularly around access to funding and the pervasive issue of imposter syndrome. Drawing from her own experiences, she offers powerful advice on building confidence, leveraging supportive networks, and transforming adversity into motivation. She discusses what it took to be “10 times tougher” as a woman navigating a male-dominated industry in her early career, and how she balances assertive leadership with her authentic self.
Tune in to discover Michelle’s drive, her approach to managing multiple successful ventures, and her passionate work with The Empowering Entrepreneur to mentor and support other women in business.