Career Memos withSarina
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsCareer Memos is your weekly dose of direct, no-nonsense career advice from your host, Sarina Virk Torrendell, founder of withSarina Career Coaching. From human rights activist to leading some of the hottest initiatives at companies like Postmates and Apple, Sarina shares tangible tips and strategies from over 12 years of experience as a career pivoter, business builder, and generalist extraordinaire. From networking to negotiating, to building your solo business, and so much more, you’ll learn the key elements you need to build a successful career. So hit play! It’s time to make things happen.
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59. [REPLAY] Building a Startup from the Ground Up with Allison Messner, Co-Founder & CEO at Yardzen
May 16, 2024 08:00 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBWelcome to another episode of Career Memos! I am thrilled to welcome Allison Messner, the Co-Founder and CEO of Yardzen, an online landscape design platform. Allison’s career journey has taken her from PR to a budding tech startup, where she witnessed their growth from 10 to 200 employees. In partnership with her husband Adam, Allison’s mission at Yardzen is to make landscape design beautiful and affordable for the everyday homeowner. She shares the wild way she came up with the idea, and ...
58. [REPLAY] A Career in HR Plus Tips for Job Seekers with Chandra Caridi, VP of HR at Oatly
May 02, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBChandra Caridi is the VP of Human Resources at Oatly, the delicious, go-to oat milk brand. Chandra shares about her career journey, how to build a strong workplace culture, and how she ended up at a fast-growing, trending company like Oatly by embracing failure and curiosity and welcoming the unknown. Today, Oatly has over 165 employees and is widely known for having an incredible workplace culture. I’m thrilled to bring this conversation to you. Did you enjoy today’s episode? Leave us a...
57. [REPLAY] Startups and Brand Marketing with Claire Knebl, VP of Brand at Ritual
April 18, 2024 08:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBClaire Knebl is the VP of Brand at Ritual, a fan favorite company supporting women's health. Kicking off her multifaceted career as an Online Editorial Assistant at Teen Vogue and even working for Glossier in the early days, Claire’s career journey is so fascinating and she offers all of her insights of what it’s like to work for a fast-growing startup, plus many gems of career advice you won’t want to miss. Did you enjoy today’s episode? Leave us a rating and review! Learn more about Sa...
56. [REPLAY] Unlocking Your Career Path Using Personality Tests with Molly Owens, CEO and Founder of Truity
March 28, 2024 08:00 - 24 minutes - 34 MBIf you’ve ever heard of the Enneagram and the Myers Briggs personality assessments, or just love learning and discovering new things about yourself, this episode is for you. Molly Owen’s career path went from a self-proclaimed aimless circle to becoming CEO and founder of one of the most scientifically-sound personality test companies, Truity. With a passion for people, psychology, and problem-solving, Molly’s mission is to make personality tests that are reliable, affordable, and accurat...
55. [REPLAY] Communications and PR with Amanda Rosenberg, Brand Director at Allergan Aesthetics
March 14, 2024 08:00 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBToday I’m sitting down with Amanda Rosenberg, the Brand Director for Allergan Aesthetics, a leading pharmaceutical company that creates cutting-edge products in the area of medical aesthetics, such as Botox and cool sculpting. Amanda’s career has had elements of glamour that skyrocketed her from London to New York working at many different companies all grounded in beauty and fashion, and it’s also been dotted with multiple leaps, jumps, pivots, and risks, too. Amanda has truly done it all...
54. How a Need For Better Reusable Period Care Products Launched Saalt Into an 8 Figure Business
February 29, 2024 09:00 - 26 minutes - 37.3 MBSeven years ago, Cherie Hoeger saw a real need for better reusable period care products – and after starting Saalt in 2018, it became clear how big that need really was. In their second year, Saalt products were stocked in all Target stores nationwide. By their third, Saalt had reached eight figures in revenue! Their company has since donated more than 100,000 products to help women and girls worldwide and has funded 600,000 days of school for girls. What’s noteworthy about Cherie’s sto...
53. How Adriana Carrig Built a Kindness-Driven Jewelry Venture
February 15, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes - 49.6 MBFearlessness in putting yourself out there is Adriana Carrig’s secret to success. Adriana is the inspiring Founder and CEO of the Little Words Project, a community built on the back of bestselling affirmation bracelets worn by A-listers like Taylor Swift, Lance Bass, and Alicia Keys. After years of bullying, Adriana was inspired to launch her jewelry company as a way to build sisterhood in her college sorority. After college, the Little Words Project was intentionally built without capi...
52. How Sabena Suri Co-Founded BOXFOX Without Venture Capital
February 01, 2024 09:00 - 26 minutes - 37.2 MBSlow and steady is the BEST way to build a business, laying the foundation brick-by-brick. Sabena Suri is the co-founder and board member of BOXFOX, an ecommerce gifting destination, curating elevated, thematic boxes for all occasions. The company is tremendously successful, and yet, Sabena and her co-founders never raised capital. Instead, they learned to wear lots of hats and built their business slowly with no outside forces dictating the direction. After 8 years, Sabena made a bold ...
51. How Co-Founder Stephanie Cartin Runs FOUR Businesses as a Multipassionate Entrepreneur
January 18, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBWhat is it actually like to be a co-founder of multiple companies? Today’s guest Stephanie Cartin is spilling her secrets as a multi-passionate entrepreneur and how she went from selling Girl Scout cookies to launching her first company, Socialfly, a full-service social media marketing agency. Stephanie has so much wisdom to offer in this episode from how she positioned herself as a thought leader to attain clients to why she hired senior talent as soon as possible (this will help your bus...
50. How Jennifer Ross Disrupted the Sugar-Free Beverage Industry with Swoon
January 04, 2024 09:30 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBWhat does it look like to disrupt an industry? Jennifer Ross is giving us a behind the scenes peek into her journey of launching Swoon, an innovative line of zero-sugar iced teas and lemonades. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a child, much of her motivation for starting the company stemmed from a desire for better sugar-free drink options, for the “young Jens” out there. In this episode, you’ll hear how Swoon came to be, from coming up with the formula, building a proof of concept, an...
49. How Jessica Chang Co-Founded the Largest Childcare Network in the United States
December 21, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBMost startups fail, but, as today’s guest Jessica Chang reminds us, it’s what you do with the failure that matters. What can you learn from the experience? What will you do better next time? Jessica is the CEO and Co-Founder of Upwards, the largest childcare network in the United States, which connects families with trusted providers through an online marketplace and partners with government entities to improve access to sponsored care. Upwards experienced major challenges during the pan...
48. How The Folklore Group Shifted Business Models to Empower More Brands with Amira Rasool
December 07, 2023 09:30 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBPivoting a business is a risky and difficult decision to make. How do you know it’s the right choice? Today’s guest, Amira Rasool, says you’ve got to listen to the market, to the people around you, and most importantly, to your gut. Amira is the founder and CEO of The Folklore Group, a supply chain software company that helps retailers access underrepresented brands, particularly from untapped markets in Africa, South America, Asia, and the Caribbean. She’s been taking business risks si...
47. The Power of Authenticity and Co-CEO Partnerships with Perelel Health Co-Founder Victoria Thain Gioia
November 23, 2023 09:30 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBWhen Victoria Thain Gioia co-founded Perelel Health, she was a self-proclaimed “Type A Millennial Mom” who wanted better maternal supplements – especially after her daughter was born with a nutritional deficiency. Within 6 weeks of launching, Perelel was shipping to all 50 states! She thinks part of the company’s success is due to their ability to make moms feel seen through every step of their pregnancy – and during pregnancy loss, too. In this episode, Victoria talks in-depth about wh...
The Secret Sauce to Success with Nicole Wegmen, Jewelry Entrepreneur and Founder of Ring Concierge
November 09, 2023 09:30 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBWhat are you good at? What is your “secret sauce?” And more importantly, what are you not good at? What should you get help with so your company can grow? These are some of the questions posed by today’s guest, Nicole Wegmen, the founder and CEO of Ring Concierge, one of the fastest-growing fine jewelry companies in America, which focuses on designs for women, by women. Nicole founded her company with just a $2,000 investment in 2013 after ring shopping with her now husband in the Diamon...
46. The Secret Sauce to Success with Nicole Wegman, Jewelry Entrepreneur and Founder of Ring Concierge
November 09, 2023 09:30 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBWhat are you good at? What is your “secret sauce?” And more importantly, what are you not good at? What should you get help with so your company can grow? These are some of the questions posed by today’s guest, Nicole Wegman, the founder and CEO of Ring Concierge, one of the fastest-growing fine jewelry companies in America, which focuses on designs for women, by women. Nicole founded her company with just a $2,000 investment in 2013 after ring shopping with her now husband in the Diamon...
45. Building a Modern Travel Agency with Henley Vazquez
October 26, 2023 08:30 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBHenley Vazquez, co-founder of Fora, is creating opportunities and jobs for people who love travel and want to turn their passion into income. One of the worst pieces of advice she received early in her career was to hire a certain kind of person. When you do that, your company becomes an echo chamber, where everyone has the same expertise. There’s no diversity. So when she launched Fora, a modern travel agency helping people plan their dream trips, she started it with two co-founders, each...
Building a Modern Travel Agency with Henley Vazquez
October 26, 2023 08:30 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBHenley Vazquez, co-founder of Fora, is creating opportunities and jobs for people who love travel and want to turn their passion into income. One of the worst pieces of advice she received early in her career was to hire a certain kind of person. When you do that, your company becomes an echo chamber, where everyone has the same expertise. There’s no diversity. So when she launched Fora, a modern travel agency helping people plan their dream trips, she started it with two co-founders, each...
The Power of Imagination: How This Former TV Actress Became a Co-Founder & Co-CEO of a Tech Company
October 12, 2023 08:30 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBWhat do you want your life to look like? Can you imagine it? Can you picture yourself there? According to today’s guest Kat Garcia, imagination has been instrumental in getting her to where she is today – from television actress to co-founder and co-CEO of Ground, an AI-powered assistant for brand owners and growth marketers. Kat began working at 14, when she was cast in a show. To be a successful actress, Kat says you have to be relentless, and you have to have a strong imagination. As ...
44. The Power of Imagination: How This Former TV Actress Became a Co-Founder & Co-CEO of a Tech Company
October 12, 2023 08:30 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBWhat do you want your life to look like? Can you imagine it? Can you picture yourself there? According to today’s guest Kat Garcia, imagination has been instrumental in getting her to where she is today – from television actress to co-founder and co-CEO of Ground, an AI-powered assistant for brand owners and growth marketers. Kat began working at 14, when she was cast in a show. To be a successful actress, Kat says you have to be relentless, and you have to have a strong imagination. As ...
43. Leveraging Leadership at Work with Mary Sheehan, Marketing Lead, Engagement & Retention at Adobe
September 29, 2021 08:30 - 28 minutes - 39.9 MBIf you’re ready to leverage your influence at work and make a serious impact, you’ll love this conversation with Mary Sheehan, who held a long-time Product Marketing role at Google before becoming a Marketing Lead at Adobe. Mary shares so many gems of wisdom about growing your leadership muscle on a team, how she built up her product marketing expertise and why she finds it valuable to oscillate between larger companies and startups. You’ll also hear about her podcast, Women In Product ...
Leveraging Leadership at Work with Mary Sheehan, Marketing Lead, Engagement & Retention at Adobe
September 29, 2021 08:30 - 28 minutes - 39.9 MBIf you’re ready to leverage your influence at work and make a serious impact, you’ll love this conversation with Mary Sheehan, who held a long-time Product Marketing role at Google before becoming a Marketing Lead at Adobe. Mary shares so many gems of wisdom about growing your leadership muscle on a team, how she built up her product marketing expertise and why she finds it valuable to oscillate between larger companies and startups. You’ll also hear about her podcast, Women In Product ...
42. Startup Secrets from a CMO with Chelsea Maclin, Chief Marketing Officer at Lunchclub
September 22, 2021 08:30 - 22 minutes - 32.3 MBAs a huge fan of sci-fi fantasy novels, Chelsea Maclin has always been fascinated by artificial intelligence. And today, she’s the Chief Marketing Officer at Lunchclub, an AI-powered social networking platform for professionals that engineers incredible connections and conversations to help you build your network around the world. If you’ve been listening to Career Memos for awhile, you know how much I value the art of networking and why it’s so important. Chelsea’s career journey is fasci...
Startup Secrets from a CMO with Chelsea Maclin, Chief Marketing Officer at Lunchclub
September 22, 2021 08:30 - 22 minutes - 32.3 MBAs a huge fan of sci-fi fantasy novels, Chelsea Maclin has always been fascinated by artificial intelligence. And today, she’s the Chief Marketing Officer at Lunchclub, an AI-powered social networking platform for professionals that engineers incredible connections and conversations to help you build your network around the world. If you’ve been listening to Career Memos for awhile, you know how much I value the art of networking and why it’s so important. Chelsea’s career journey is fasci...
41. Reinventing the Puzzle Industry and Getting On Shark Tank with Kaylin Marcotte, Founder & CEO at Jiggy
September 15, 2021 08:30 - 25 minutes - 36.2 MBJiggy is a DTC brand for beautiful puzzles featuring the designs of emerging female artists. Founder & CEO Kaylin Marcotte was inspired to launch Jiggy after enjoying the ritual of finishing a puzzle week after week, but finding the designs dated and ordinary. Self-care was heating up, and it was the ultimate way for her to find presence and unwind without the glare of screens and technology. As the first employee for trending newsletter company theSkimm, Kaylin quickly caught the entrepre...
Reinventing the Puzzle Industry and Getting On Shark Tank with Kaylin Marcotte, Founder & CEO at Jiggy
September 15, 2021 08:30 - 25 minutes - 36.2 MBJiggy is a DTC brand for beautiful puzzles featuring the designs of emerging female artists. Founder & CEO Kaylin Marcotte was inspired to launch Jiggy after enjoying the ritual of finishing a puzzle week after week, but finding the designs dated and ordinary. Self-care was heating up, and it was the ultimate way for her to find presence and unwind without the glare of screens and technology. As the first employee for trending newsletter company theSkimm, Kaylin quickly caught the entrepre...
Inside the First Clean Beauty Brand for Dogs with Michelle Arnau, CEO & Co-Founder at Rowan
September 08, 2021 08:30 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBMichelle Arnau is the CEO & Co-Founder of Rowan, the first of its kind clean beauty brand for dogs. Disrupting a category that was previously uninspired and desperately seeking change, Michelle went from launching with just 5 products to getting features in Sunset and goop and raising a seed round just a few months in. Learn how 11 years at method shaped Michelle’s career journey and honed her leadership skills and style, and the importance of having trusted mentors early on. Michelle de...
40. Inside the First Clean Beauty Brand for Dogs with Michelle Arnau, CEO & Co-Founder at Rowan
September 08, 2021 08:30 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBMichelle Arnau is the CEO & Co-Founder of Rowan, the first of its kind clean beauty brand for dogs. Disrupting a category that was previously uninspired and desperately seeking change, Michelle went from launching with just 5 products to getting features in Sunset and goop and raising a seed round just a few months in. Learn how 11 years at method shaped Michelle’s career journey and honed her leadership skills and style, and the importance of having trusted mentors early on. Michelle de...
Connecting Founders to Capital with Annie Evans, Founder & CEO of Dream Ventures
August 18, 2021 08:30 - 29 minutes - 41.3 MBAnnie Evans is an early stage investor, advisor, and mother who launched Dream Ventures as a way to connect founders to capital and create game changing partnerships. Hustling her way into an experiential marketing role at Esquire and then to Oprah Magazine, Annie later poured her energy into entrepreneurial ventures The Society and Beautified before launching Dream Ventures. There, she furiously built her network from the ground up, connecting with incredible founders and investors. So mu...
39. Connecting Founders to Capital with Annie Evans, Founder & CEO of Dream Ventures
August 18, 2021 08:30 - 29 minutes - 41.3 MBAnnie Evans is an early stage investor, advisor, and mother who launched Dream Ventures as a way to connect founders to capital and create game changing partnerships. Hustling her way into an experiential marketing role at Esquire and then to Oprah Magazine, Annie later poured her energy into entrepreneurial ventures The Society and Beautified before launching Dream Ventures. There, she furiously built her network from the ground up, connecting with incredible founders and investors. So mu...
38. Transforming the Floral Industry with Cameron Hardesty, CEO and Founder at Poppy
August 11, 2021 08:30 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBCameron Hardesty is the CEO and Founder of Poppy, a vibrant marketplace unlike anything out there, connecting floral designers and flower growers with customers seeking wedding flowers. You’d never imagine Cameron would land where she is today after you hear her fascinating journey working for Customs and Border Protection, and later, the White House, supporting communication efforts to combat the opioid crisis. Setting herself up with an apprenticeship at the White House flower shop spark...
Transforming the Floral Industry with Cameron Hardesty, CEO and Founder at Poppy
August 11, 2021 08:30 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBCameron Hardesty is the CEO and Founder of Poppy, a vibrant marketplace unlike anything out there, connecting floral designers and flower growers with customers seeking wedding flowers. You’d never imagine Cameron would land where she is today after you hear her fascinating journey working for Customs and Border Protection, and later, the White House, supporting communication efforts to combat the opioid crisis. Setting herself up with an apprenticeship at the White House flower shop spark...
37. On Pivoting to Venture Capital with Christine Yi, Senior Venture Architect at BCG Digital Ventures
August 04, 2021 08:30 - 36 minutes - 51.1 MBChristine Yi’s career journey is fascinating and full of twists and turns. Currently, she holds down three unique positions, as Senior Venture Architect at BCG Digital Ventures in New York City, Scout for Vice Ventures, and Co-Founder/Advisor to premium cannabis-infused ingredients company Potli. Tune in to hear how Christine ventured into a completely new-to-her industry, landed features in New York Magazine and The Cut, and raised capital for the first time. She also shares with honesty ...
On Pivoting to Venture Capital with Christine Yi, Senior Venture Architect at BCG Digital Ventures
August 04, 2021 08:30 - 36 minutes - 51.1 MBChristine Yi’s career journey is fascinating and full of twists and turns. Currently, she holds down three unique positions, as Senior Venture Architect at BCG Digital Ventures in New York City, Scout for Vice Ventures, and Co-Founder/Advisor to premium cannabis-infused ingredients company Potli. Tune in to hear how Christine ventured into a completely new-to-her industry, landed features in New York Magazine and The Cut, and raised capital for the first time. She also shares with honesty ...
A B2B Marketing Career Journey with Amanda Raines, Senior Director, Growth Marketing at Maven
July 28, 2021 08:30 - 23 minutes - 33.4 MBAmanda Raines is the Senior Director of Growth Marketing at Maven, the largest virtual clinic for fertility, pregnancy, and parenting. A mission-driven organization, Maven is changing the world of women’s health, offering on-demand telehealth appointments, clinical content, and community forums, powered by employer-provided benefits. Amanda is a passionate B2B marketer who held prominent roles at Shutterstock and later ClassPass, before unexpectedly losing her Head of B2B Marketing role t...
The Power of Resilience in Building a Startup with Eliza Blank, Founder & CEO of The Sill
July 21, 2021 08:30 - 29 minutes - 41.7 MBThe Sill is the first “digitally native” houseplant brand and they’re on a mission to connect people with beautiful plants. Eliza Blank was, in her words, a typical young professional living in a small New York apartment, desperate to make it feel like home. Going from a communications degree and working in brand strategy on both the agency and client side for Living Proof, to choosing a path in plants was certainly unconventional! Eliza reveals the importance of resilience on her entrep...
Inclusivity in Sustainability with Azora Zoe Paknad, Founder of Goldune
July 14, 2021 08:30 - 31 minutes - 44.3 MBAzora Zoe Paknad’s goal is to get millions of people around the world excited about sustainability. Goldune is an ecommerce retailer offering sustainable products for home, life, and your medicine cabinet, with an emphasis on supporting women and BIPOC-owned brands. It wasn’t until Azora quit her full-time job at Food52 and moved across the country where the open space and quiet proved inspirational and pivotal in ultimately launching Goldune. In this conversation you’ll hear it all from...
Growing a Thriving E-Commerce Subscription Platform with Chao Wang, Co-Founder & CEO at Dopple
June 30, 2021 08:30 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBChao Wang has scaled teams and companies for over ten years, leading operations, customer experience, business development and strategy at venture-backed companies. She’s now the Co-Founder and CEO of Dopple, a next generation e-commerce platform and subscription service for brands to reach modern parents. After taking a style quiz on their website, parents receive a curated selection of clothing every month for their kids. Dopple also has a B2B arm for brands which includes a fulfillment ...
Launching a Networking Business for Women with Emily Merrell, Founder of Six Degrees Society
June 23, 2021 08:30 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBEmily Merrell built her business on the value of networking. Six Degrees Society is a membership, mastermind, and coaching community for strong, independent, and fierce women that has grown into more than 10 cities and 300 digital events worldwide. In this conversation, you’ll hear how Emily launched Six Degrees Society as a side hustle (and what it took for her to take the leap to full-time). She explains the pivots she had to make when the pandemic hit and the new revenue streams that c...
Creating a Mental Wellness Empire with Meha Agrawal, Founder & CEO at SILK + SONDER
June 16, 2021 08:30 - 28 minutes - 40.3 MBMeha Agrawal is the Founder & CEO at SILK + SONDER, a self-care membership experience for modern women that makes the art of daily and proactive mental wellness easy and fun, from the comfort of your own home. In this episode, you’ll hear the inspiration behind the company and how Meha was actually a software engineer for many years before developing her unique journaling framework. SILK + SONDER has since raised over $4 million dollars, grown to a full-time team of 8, and seen double ...
Closing the Fundraising Gap with Sarah Sommers, Co-Founder & VP of Brand Strategy & Partnerships at IFundWomen
June 09, 2021 08:30 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBSarah Sommers is the Co-Founder & VP of Brand Strategy & Partnerships at an incredible company, IFundWomen, that helps women kickstart and grow their businesses. They close the funding gap for women-owned businesses, by providing them access to debt-free capital. It’s crazy to believe that less than 3% of all venture capital raised last year went to female-founded companies. Sarah and I unpack the unexpected challenges she faced when growing IFundWomen, the importance of the customer disc...
Building a Startup from the Ground Up with Allison Messner, Co-Founder & CEO at Yardzen
June 02, 2021 08:30 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBWelcome to another episode of Career Memos! I am thrilled to welcome Allison Messner, the Co-Founder and CEO of Yardzen, an online landscape design platform. Allison’s career journey has taken her from PR to a budding tech startup, where she witnessed their growth from 10 to 200 employees. In partnership with her husband Adam, Allison’s mission at Yardzen is to make landscape design beautiful and affordable for the everyday homeowner. She shares the wild way she came up with the idea, and ...
A Modern Career in Healthcare with Jessica Horwitz, VP Clinical Operations & Virtual Care at Tia
May 26, 2021 08:30 - 23 minutes - 33.2 MBI am thrilled about today’s guest who has built an impressive career in the healthcare industry by taking risks and believing in herself. Jess Horwitz is the VP of Clinical Operations & Virtual Care of Tia, a hip, new, venture-backed company that is transforming and modernizing women’s health. Jess takes us all the way back to the very beginning of her non-linear path to healthcare, starting with a role at a nonprofit and later working for the American Academy of Pediatrics, before going b...
Building a Career in Sustainability with Saskia van Gendt, Head of Sustainability at Rothy’s
May 19, 2021 08:30 - 24 minutes - 34.7 MBIn today’s episode, we’re exploring what a career in sustainability is actually like. Saskia van Gendt is the Head of Sustainability at Rothy’s, a fast-growing, eco-friendly brand that produces comfortable footwear and handbags made from recycled materials. Prior to that, Saskia held roles at method in product innovation and navigated government work at the Environmental Protection Agency with a focus on ocean plastics and packaging. Her career has been a natural extension of her passion a...
The Magic of Taking Risks with Fatima Yusuf, Director of Ecosystem Partnerships at Shopify
May 12, 2021 08:30 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBFatima Yusuf has had an inspiring career journey that took her from New York, back to Canada to lead Ecosystem Partnerships at Shopify. Having had the entrepreneurial itch herself, Fatima tells all about how she was a customer of Shopify first, running her own ecommerce business, and how a chance networking event in New York ultimately led to the niche role she has today. This is the perfect conversation to tune into if you’ve ever thought about moving to a new city and are deeply curious ...
Using Curiosity to Fuel Your Career with Julia Waneka, Head of Communications at Faire
May 05, 2021 08:30 - 36 minutes - 50.9 MBJulia Waneka has had an extensive career in communications, PR, and marketing. And today, she’s the Head of Communications at Faire, an online wholesale marketplace for entrepreneurs, independent retailers and brands, with over 170,000 customers! Faire sells everything from handmade candles to amazing up and coming apparel brands and home goods. In this conversation, Julia shares her secrets about everything from agency life, to taking risks, being curious, and becoming a mom while holding...
Making Bold Career Moves with Natalie Sportelli, Head of Content at Thingtesting
April 28, 2021 08:30 - 20 minutes - 29.1 MBNatalie Sportelli was bitten by the writing bug at a young age, working her way from an Associate Content Producer role at Forbes to becoming the Head of Content at a hot new company called Thingtesting. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to have a role in content, this is the episode for you. Natalie walks us through her content-related roles at Forbes, VC firm Lerer Hippeau, and Thingtesting, while sharing her best advice around leveraging your network to find new roles and how to ge...
Inside a Successful Business Partnership with Carly Leahy, Co-Founder and CCO of Modern Fertility
April 21, 2021 13:54 - 33 minutes - 47 MBAs the co-founder and CCO of Modern Fertility, Carly Leahy has had an incredible career journey that will inspire you if you’re interested in the intersection of entrepreneurship and being a creative in business. Carly reveals what her partnership is like with her co-founder Afton - from how they met over an epic email intro, and the key ingredients to a successful partnership, plus she dives into the inner workings of her company, now a team of 30 full-time employees. There are so many ...
Navigating a Creative Role in the Tech Industry with Rashi Birla, VP of Brand and Creative at Prose
April 15, 2021 08:30 - 22 minutes - 31.6 MBToday I’m chatting with Rashi Birla, the VP of Brand and Creative at Prose, an innovative hair and wellness brand where you can customize and create your own hair care formula. If you’re familiar with Prose, you know how truly awesome their branding is, so it’s such an honor to bring Rashi onto the show. Before Prose, Rashi was a talented designer who dabbled in prop styling and floral design before deciding to run her own small business for a couple of years. One of her first clients was...
The Power of Using Astrology in Your Career with Cerelle Centeno, Senior Director, Ops/Product at Co-Star
April 07, 2021 14:41 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBI have such a fun episode today with Cerelle Centeno, who works for astrology app Co-Star, a fascinating tech company that strives to create real human connections. You can use Co-Star to connect better with your colleagues and even yourself, and the data is both human and AI-driven. Cerelle walks us through her career journey, spilling her best insights on the many variations of product roles, and the invaluable career advice she’s received along the way. I have no doubt you’ll be inspir...
Career Memos with Sarina: My Story
March 31, 2021 08:30 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBToday I’m doing something a little bit different. I’m inviting you behind the scenes of my own career journey! While I’ve accomplished a lot over the past 13+ years and have had the opportunity to work in senior level roles at Apple and Postmates, I’ve also fumbled through job searches, interviews, and negotiations and had my fair share of twists and turns along the way. So in this episode, I’m having a fun, casual conversation - sharing memos from my career, the mistakes I’ve made, and wh...