Stephanie Ciccarrelli: How She Turned An Idea On A Napkin Into An International Brand With Her Husband

Drown the Noise

From a chance encounter, to building an international brand; Stephanie Ciccarrelli has made a name for herself in the Canadian entrepreneurial space. Partly by accident.

She was looking to get a vocal demo tape done after University, as she was hoping to one day break into the music scene as a recording artist. But instead, the sound engineer that ran the recording studio her mother had found in the local paper, ended up becoming her future husband and ultimately, business partner.

Together they have built up a successful international brand called Voices.com, that connects businesses around the world with professional voice talent. They've been written about in the New York Times, Forbes Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine and The Wall Street Journal, just to name a few.

But they almost hit rock bottom at one point - living paycheque to paycheque just to keep the company going. We talk about starting a business on the internet before online companies were all the rage. How they built up a great company culture. Their secret to making it all work as a couple, both in business and in life and what they believe their secret to success is.