Ann Carden:
Built to Impact
With over 40 years in business and a portfolio of success behind her, Ann Carden now helps others do the same. But the road to becoming a recognized authority in multiple industries wasn’t without pivotal moments of growth.
Bio
Ann Carden is a Strategic Business Growth Consultant and CEO of A. Carden Inc., and founder of the “Expert In You” brand and Marketing & Media Agency. She is a 4x Author & #1 Int. Bestselling Author, Speaker, Top Podcast Host, and Magazine Publisher.
Ann has over four decades of business, marketing, and sales experience. She spent thirteen years in corporate business management, managing multiple-million-dollar departments for a multi-billion-dollar national retail corporation. She has been an entrepreneur for over thirty years, founding and selling five previous businesses.
Working as a consultant/coach since 2010, Ann has helped hundreds of coaches, consultants, and service businesses add multiple 6 & 7-figures to their business in over eighty industries.
She has trained and educated more than a million entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals through speaking, workshops, seminars, and social media channels.
Ann was recently inducted into Who’s Who in America for Entrepreneurship and into Who’s Who in America for Professional Women. And she has been featured on various media channels with published articles and syndicated podcasts.
Topics
- Transitioning from corporate to entrepreneurship
- How to scale and exit a business successfully
- The mindset shifts required to lead at every level
- Building a legacy brand from lived experience
- The power of strategic consulting in business growth
- Marketing and media as authority-building tools
- Reinventing yourself in different seasons of business
- What it takes to be an expert in multiple industries
- Lessons from five successful business exits
- How to help others grow while growing yourself
Guiding Questions
- What inspired you to leave corporate life and start your first business?
- You’ve sold five businesses—what did you learn from those exits?
- How do you help clients scale to multiple six and seven figures?
- What’s one mistake you see most entrepreneurs making when trying to grow?
- How did you develop the “Expert In You” brand?
- What personal qualities helped you transition through different business phases?
- What does building a legacy in business mean to you?
- Can you describe one turning point that changed everything for your career?
- How do you balance authority-building with service-based impact?
- What advice would you give to someone leaving corporate to go solo?