Anne Shadle
Anne Shadle is the co-owner and general manager of the award-winning Mayan Café in Louisville, Kentucky, which she has operated with her business partner since 2007. A nationally recognized business leader, Anne has spent two decades building sustainable businesses in one of the country’s most challenging industries. In addition to running the restaurant, a full-service catering operation and a food truck, Anne has worked with more than 400 entrepreneurs as a business coach. Through her company, Left Brain Solutions, she helps business owners create healthier systems, stronger cultures and more sustainable growth.
Featured Book
Business for Witches
When Anne Shadle entered the restaurant industry at twenty-three, she had no business plan, no formal training and no idea what she was getting herself into. Now, two decades later, she’s still here — having built an award-winning restaurant, coached hundreds of entrepreneurs, and learned that business success is about far more than just the numbers.
Through candid stories, painful mistakes, unexpected successes and deeply personal insights, Anne explores the emotional and spiritual journey of entrepreneurship. She challenges readers to reclaim the word witch as a symbol of wisdom, intuition, courage and personal power — the very qualities required to lead with authenticity in today’s world.
Part business memoir, part leadership guide and part personal awakening, Business for Witches is for anyone who believes that building a business can also be a path to becoming more fully yourself.
Meet Anne Shadle and get a copy of their book at the 2026 Kentucky Book Festival, Saturday, November 7, 2026, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers.