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Turning Pressure Into Progress with Cotrenia Hood
What do you do when a competitor opens nearby, or your invoices pile up and cash flow stalls? This week’s guest, Cotrenia Hood, CEO of Steel Bleu, brings clarity to the chaos with a step-by-step plan for scaling sustainably—without losing your sanity.
With a background spanning Fortune 500 business development, chamber leadership, and her Women of Steel network, Cotrenia helps founders turn pressure into progress. She walks us through rethinking competition as a learning opportunity, tightening differentiation, and building a trusted circle of peers who share ideas—and referrals.
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