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Maisha Rush
Q. Tell everyone who you are and what you do?
A. Maisha Rush. Owner of Rush
Consulting firm where we help business owners Stabilize strategize and better monetize their business through coaching and consulting. I am also a wife, mother of 10, public speaker, and author.
Q. Who has been the biggest women influencers in your life?
A. My mother. She inspires me to be my best authentic self. She taught me a LOT growing up. She has taught me even more as an adult. I don't even think she knows it. Outside of that, pretty much every black woman who has stood in the face of adversity and soared. They remind me that I have a power within me that will change the world. All I have to do is tap in.
Q. Tell us about “Rush
Consulting” and the motivation behind it?
A. Rush Consulting firm is my life. Literally. I showcase my family, trials, and triumphs. Using the tools and Knowledge I have obtained, I offer consulting to teach the strategies necessary to build a sustainable brand that is ready for growth which includes increasing revenue and profits, collaborations, partnerships, and support. In my coaching I make sure you are hitting your benchmarks and goals, staying focused and organized, and properly scaling your business by staying in alignment.
What motivated me to start this company was to share my knowledge of business tactics in order to get my family stable again. We were homeless and living in our car with no help in sight. We couldn't seem to find help, so we became the help we needed by starting Rush Consulting Firm. What keeps me motivated is the passion I have to help other business owners soar in their business and make a difference in their lives and the lives of the people around them.
Q. What are your top 5 values in life?
A. Honesty, integrity, transparency, hard work, and selfaccountability.
Q. Do women in your profession have a hard time getting promoted?
A. No. My profession is based on intellectual talent so if you're good then you're good and no penis can top that. :)
Q. How do you empower and educate business owners?
A. I empower business owners by reminding them of their strength. I help them gain clarity in realizing how far they have become, allowing them to dig deep and apply that same strength to show up every day to obtain their goals.
I educate them by teaching
them how to do proper business research and analysis in order to successfully achieve great goals that are attainable and in alignment with who they are and where they are going.
Q. Are you working on any new projects or events?
A. I am currently in a BREAKOUT class that is geared toward those who do not know how to structure their business life so that they are not juggling or struggling but living their life as smoothly as possible while making more money yet working less.
Q. Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
A. Doing what I am doing now.
Educating, empowering, and encouraging business owners to live their best life now.
Q. What advice would you give to the next generation of female leaders?
A. Do it. Forget everything else.
Go after what you want without hesitation or fear because you deserve all the things you want the way you want them, now.
Q. Where can the readers follow you?
A. They can follow me at: Rush.Consulting Rush_Consulting
