Lover of travel, fun, people and butter pecan ice cream! Founder of the “It’s OK to fail podcast”.
She first did the “corporate stint” after university…working for Fortune 500s such as Price Waterhouse, Computer Sciences Corp., Deloitte and Touche specializing in business process consulting and SAP.
Then…it happened. The taste of entrepreneurship in a huge real way (outside of being that 12 year old paper girl trudging through the snow to make at that time in the 70s…ten cent tips!)

Maria Gudelis made her first million by starting a hosting company in 2000. She foresaw that the internet would be the next biggest trend, so utilized it to create a server farm hosting and helping companies with their online presence and sales systems.

Since then, she’s become a serial entrepreneur with years of invaluable marketing experience and incredible achievements to her name, such as: investing in real estate by flipping million-dollar homes on eBay, creating the first ever luxury FSBO magazine in Las Vegas, being the first female marketer in a community of over 300,000 to make $100,000 in 25 hours during an online launch of low ticket info products, helping two inexperienced college students create, market, and sell a new product using Shopify that sold for over seven figures in 18 months.

Having sold off her ecommerce companies, Maria’s latest venture is starting a brand called “It’s OK to Fail” podcast and taking on one on one coaching clients to help them grow to 7 figures and beyond.

She’s taught and inspired over 25,000 people worldwide, and now, as a podcast guest, aims to build entrepreneurs’ confidence in pursuing their dreams, help them accept failure as part of a life-long learning experience, and open their minds to what is possible.