Rosemary Czopek Podcast

Listen as Rosemary sits down with Marlene Dandler, founder of Seashore Academy, to explore how a simple homeschooling idea at her kitchen table grew into a thriving educational enterprise. Marlene shares how her journey, sparked by a mom's desire for quality education, evolved into a full-scale in-person learning community that still prioritizes joy, hands-on learning, and excellence over spreadsheets. She built the school with no formal business plan, just a passion for community and doing what's best for kids. Marlene also opened up about her leadership journey, the lessons she's learned through hiring, and how she balances on-site teachers with remote virtual assistants to keep operations smooth, efficient, and human-centered.

Get to know more about business certificates for small, women owned, minorities, disadvantage business, etc

Listen to Rosemary and Melissa discuss about the challenges women face when they decide to be entrepreneurs. Also, about how are women in terms of equality in entrepreneurship and labor force.

Listen to Rosemary talk about her experience starting her company Gorilla Stationers and what helped her to keep the track until where she is now.

Special Episode: Rosemary Czopek & Krista Moore talk about how it is to be a woman entrepreneur in SoCal

How to build your company's capability statement

Rosemary talks about her experience in contracting with different types of agencies within the state of CA

In this episode, Rosemary answers questions about how to get the certification of Small Business that help you to get direct contracts with the California State and the opportunities you have as being a Small Business vendor.