Today’s podcast episode is the sixth in the Breaking Money Silence® with Your Younger Self series. I interviewed Mieko Ozeki, co-founder of Vermont Womenpreneurs about being a small business owner and why she decided to provide women in Vermont with a different networking experience. 

Mieko is a mompreneur, born and raised in New York City, and currently residing in Burlington, Vermont. She is the owner of a small business called Radiance Studios LLC, a marketing firm offering website and content strategy, digital marketing and personal branding, project management, and event production for small businesses and individuals. She is also the co-founder of the Vermont Womenpreneurs and serves on several boards including the Vermont Farmers Market Association, Governor Scott’s Future of Agriculture Commission, Intervale Community Farm, the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, and recently joined Congressman Welch’s Business Advisory Council. 

Here are 5 things you will learn by listening to this episode:

• How a mentor helped Mieko launch her business 
• Her favorite and least favorite parts about owning her enterprise
• The importance of having a good relationship with your bookkeeper
• How the pandemic created a new wave of entrepreneurs
• The advice she would give her younger self

Want to connect with Mieko? Here’s how: 

• Radiance Studios Website 
• Vermont Womenpreneurs Website 
• Social: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: Mieko_Ozeki RadiantCareer