The success story is almost never the whole story.

Amy Palmer is an Emmy-nominated producer, journalist, host, media executive and entrepreneur whose career has taken her from television production and on-air reporting to building Power Women TV and executive producing the Paramount+ docuseries The Real Wolf of Wall Street.

But Amy's path was anything but linear - or easy.

Early in Amy's career, she knew that she wanted to become a journalist and host. Pursuing that vision meant walking away from the security of a successful television career, starting over and betting on herself before she had any proof that the bet would pay off.

In this honest conversation, Amy opens up about the professional and personal achievements and setbacks behind her success; self-funding Power Women TV for five years; building a media company from her kitchen; and hearing industry executives insist that audiences did not care about content created for women.

She also shares how she persuaded early guests including Bethenny Frankel and Arianna Huffington to become part of her vision, why creators can no longer afford to remain silent, and how an unexpected career pivot into gaming forced her to learn, adapt and reinvent herself again.

Amy also takes Julie behind the scenes of the relationship and brand-building work that eventually led her to executive produce the Paramount+ docuseries The Real Wolf of Wall Street.

This is a conversation about risk, resilience, personal branding, entrepreneurship and what it really means to continue believing in a vision that other people cannot yet see.

In this episode:

• Walking away from comfort and career security
• Why Amy self-funded Power Women TV
• Building a media platform without a traditional network behind her
• Landing Bethenny Frankel and Arianna Huffington early in the journey
• What entrepreneurship reveals about you
• Developing a personal brand without becoming an "influencer"
• Reinventing yourself when the original plan changes
• The difficult reality of women opening doors for other women
• The road to executive producing The Real Wolf of Wall Street

Connect with Amy Palmer

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amypalmertv/

✨ The Ambition Code ✨

Created and Hosted by Julie Kellman Reading
Produced by Love + Daydreams
Music by @moby.gratis

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