SheVentures
159 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSheventures is about women who pivot careers, take risks, and get it done.
Each interview-style episode will feature a woman who tells her story and provides actionable career and life tips. No mansplaining!
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Careers in Trucking: Women in the Fast Lane
May 03, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBWhen you think of a truck driver does that memorable scene from Thelma and Louise come to mind? Ellen Voie wants to change that stereotype and amplify gender diversity in the trucking industry; so she started Women in Trucking, a nonprofit, whose mission is to mentor women with the information, education, opportunity, community, and support they need to succeed in a male-dominated business. Established in 2007, the organization now boasts more than 4,000 members. Voie’s pivot happened af...
Your Side Hustle Could Be the Next Big Thing With Amy Spurling
April 26, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB💡Have you ever helped friends and colleagues solve a workplace issue only to realize you’ve discovered a niche business opportunity? That’s what happened to Amy Spurling, so she created Compt, an HR tech management solution aimed at personalizing employee perks. After spending more than two decades in mergers and acquisitions as a financial executive, Spurling knows how companies are built. She successfully raised $1.5 million dollars in 2020 through venture capital firm Harlem Capital...
Why Are Women’s Sexual Health Products Still Taboo? With Christine Brown
April 19, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBErectile dysfunction products are widely accepted, but women’s sexual health and wellness are far less so. Christine Brown is helping to reclaim the female sexual health and hygiene market with The Kind Cup, an innovative, ergonomically designed silicone menstrual cup. Brown was first introduced to the menstrual cup at their all-women undergraduate college (where they obtained a degree in critical thought) — and it changed their views on feminine products forever. This American Sign La...
Planning for a Pivot From 8,000 Miles Away With Liziana Carter
April 12, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBWhen’s the last time you had the courage to take a major risk on faith? 🎯 Liziana Carter challenged herself to leave her home and family agriculture business in Romania to start a new life after watching a fitness video filmed more than 8,000 miles away. “Perseverance and hard work (got) me further than just being brilliant,” Carter reflects. Her dream took a few years of planning, but she found her way to Australia’s Gold Coast, newly divorced and a young daughter in tow. Carter is th...
How Women Can Plan Retirement Income With Mary Beth Franklin
April 05, 2022 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBDid you know that half of women don’t have personal retirement savings, according to the U.S. Census? If that’s you — whether you are 25 or 55 — it’s never too late to find your financial footing. Even if you are contributing to an individual or workplace retirement plan, you don’t want to miss this knowledge-packed episode for financial literacy month. Mary Beth Franklin, an award-winning and veteran financial journalist who specializes in retirement income, reminisces about her 40+ yea...
Episode 100! How Big Data Makes Products Safer, With Kimberly Shenk
March 29, 2022 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBHave you ever wondered why there is so much buzz around Big Data? Should it be exalted or feared? Retired Air Force Captain Kimberly Shenk believes data, used responsibly, is a force for good. She earned her master’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Draper Fellow, served as a senior data scientist in the Air Force at Pearl Harbor, and worked a few stints exploring how data can be segmented and inform marketing with companies like Sports Authority and Eventbrite. H...
Beat Fear, Guilt, and Self-Doubt with Kristen Guillory Ph.D.
March 22, 2022 05:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBHave you ever felt afraid to find your voice and make some noise? Kristen Guillory, Ph.D, thrives on public speaking with a twist of dancing. She shares how to overcome fear, self-doubt, and show your authentic self. A professor turned self-care coach, and author of Look, Stop Hiding! How to Find Your Voice and Never Dim Your Light Again, recalls becoming a professor in social work by age 27, and learned “not to put herself in boxes that weren’t meant for her.” Guillory shares the mistak...
From Army Vet to Senate Candidate with Marjorie Eastman
March 15, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBRetired commander Majorie Eastman is not a career politician. Yet, this mom, Army intelligence officer, and award-winning author decided to run for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat. Why? Having served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Eastman’s decade-long commitment to defending our country speaks for itself. How does she plan on shaking things up as a D.C. outsider if elected? And why is she running? Eastman reveals all in this SheVentures exclusive. P.S. Eastman is the only veteran i...
Raising $1.4M As Women of Color With Angela Muhwezi-Hall and Deborah Gladney
March 08, 2022 06:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBThe odds are stark: Women of color in tech raised less than half of 1 percent of all venture capital in 2020, according to Project Diane. Can you imagine using a vision board to inspire you to raise $1.4 million in venture capital? Co-founders Angela Muhwezi-Hall and her sister Deborah Gladney did just that for their career discovery platform, QuickHire. Listen in as these siblings explain how they pivoted from careers in editorial public relations management and college placement and care...
How to Build a Beauty Biz From Scratch With Rahama Wright
March 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBDon’t think social entrepreneurship can earn a profit? Think again. Rahama Wright discusses how she built Shea Yeleen, a skincare brand that focuses on high-quality shea butter, produced by women’s cooperatives in Ghana. Listen as Wright speaks about the decision to create living wage jobs (nearly five times the minimum wage) for women-owned shea butter cooperatives in Ghana, through Shea Yeleen. Wright offers some of the women the opportunity to travel to the United States to witness the ...
The Greatest Myth About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Exposed With Dr. Kerry Mitchell Brown
February 22, 2022 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBWhat does it mean to be an organization that promotes equity? Listen as Kerry Mitchell Brown, Ph.D. (a diversity, inclusion, and equity strategist), shares her insights about how organizations can ensure they’re practicing workplace impartiality — as in walk the walk, not simply check the boxes and call it a day. Mitchell Brown discusses her pivot from a C-suite finance exec — at companies such as Disney and Prudential — to founding KMB, her namesake diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI...
A Plethora of Pivots With Lucy Chang Evans
February 15, 2022 06:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBIf you feel stuck in a career or personal rut, this guest will inspire you. If you’re a stay-at-home-mom reentering the workforce, she’s got you covered. Finally, if your marriage suddenly ends in divorce and you need to hustle to find your way back into the workforce — she’s been there done that. From civil engineer to Secret Service agent to stay-at-home mother of three to divorced mom reentering the workforce, Lucy Chang Evans inspires listeners through her pivots on this episode of She...
Menopause: You’re Still Hot: It May Now Just Come in Flashes, With Catherine Balsam-Schwaber
February 08, 2022 06:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBNo, we are not trivializing menopause, a life stage that can include as many as 34 symptoms, but we thought it was a clever wordplay. In truth, menopause is deeply personal and varies from woman to woman. Listen to Catherine Balsam-Schwaber speak about the importance of education and science-backed information to bring menopause to the forefront. After spending 20 years working in leadership positions in marketing for well-known brands (MTV, NBC Universal, and Mattel), Balsam-Schwaber pivo...
Attorney-Turned-Hairstylist Describes Her Path to Finding Passion With Natalie Palomino
February 01, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MBEver wonder how a person decides to go from a stable, well-paying job to risking it all as an entrepreneur? Discover how Natalie Palomino pivoted from a lawyer at the Department of Justice pursuing terrorist financing to a bottom-of-the-pit hair assistant (for a minute), where she learned her new trade from the ground up. An avid student, Palomino says she checks her ego at the door, and believes humility is one key to her success. Palomino tells listeners about her early life and how it s...
The Great Resignation: Make Your Job Work for You With Asha Tarry
January 25, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 43 MB🙌 New Season of Bold Women!! 🙌 Are you working in a toxic environment? Listen as Asha Tarry, a trauma-informed corporate consultant, life coach and psychotherapist, offers actionable tips that you can use in the workplace to make your job work for you–not the other way around. Tarry describes her overarching passion to help others as her catalyst to pivot from a mental health practitioner in private practice to becoming CEO of Behavioral Health Consulting Services. A 20-year veteran in t...
Season 3 Finale: Entrepreneurial Must-Haves With Startup Veteran Sharon Kan
July 19, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBSharon Kan built and successfully exited four startups, acquired by names such as Microsoft, Barnes & Noble, and Oracle. Listen to her pragmatic approach to business and learn what she believes is the one quality all entrepreneurs should embrace. Raised in war-torn Israel, Kan reminisces: “You lived today because you weren’t sure what might happen tomorrow.” Nonetheless, Kan started her first business at 14, selling homemade cakes to local shops, served her mandatory two years in the Isr...
An Immigrant Doctor Forced to Pivot With Noor Ali
July 12, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBImagine what it’s like for any immigrant to embrace the culture and norms of a new nation. Then think about being a highly respected doctor, practicing for years in your native country. When you arrive in the United States, you learn that if you want to practice medicine, you’ll have to dust off your organic chemistry and anatomy books and pass a rigorous exam. That’s what happened to Noor Ali who skipped undergrad, going straight from the renowned Bronx High School of Science i...
Will the Next Amazon Be Run by This Woman? With Kate Isler
June 28, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBShe joined Microsoft when it was a startup, when it was not uncommon to run into Bill Gates in the hallway. She never envisioned a career where she would travel to 60 countries, while being a parent to three sons, a wife, and an executive. Though Kate Isler did not start her career with dreams of globe-trotting, she defied expectations with the help of a supportive husband, who was willing to move as her career thrived with their growing children in tow. Rather than view their l...
Why LGBTQ+ Distrusts Big Finance and What’s Next With Hadassah Damien
June 21, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBTwenty percent of LGBTQ+ people say they are “much worse off” financially because of the pandemic, compared with only 11 percent of the general population. Hadassah Damien, queer femme writer, digital technologist, and financial strategist joins us to provide actionable tips for the LGBTQ+ community to take control of their finances today. Damien grew up in a single-parent household where she experienced financial challenges. She entered adulthood believing money was unattainable. But as D...
How to Implement Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace With Janet Ahn, Ph.D.
June 14, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBSix months before she was due to receive tenure (which is highly coveted in academia), in the midst of a pandemic, this psychology professor left it all behind. Janet Ahn, Ph.D., pivoted from academia and entrepreneurship to consulting for large companies such as Procter and Gamble, before joining MindGym (a behavior change company for organizations and corporations) as chief behavioral science officer. Now, she focuses on the science to support workplace diversity, equity, and ...
Dole-ing Out Proper Nutrition to 1 Billion People With Lara Ramdin and Barbara Guerpillon
June 07, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBNearly 2 billion people lack access to nutritious food — a staggering number likely to increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lara Ramdin, Ph.D., and Barbara Guerpillon are trying to change that. These two global female executives are playing integral roles toward Dole Food’s corporate initiative: the Dole Promise Sunshine for All, the goal of which is to make nutritious foods accessible to 1 billion people by 2030. Ramdin, chief innovation officer at Dole Packaged Foods, has built her glo...
Ask Not What The Moon Can Do For You with Ashley Cramer
June 01, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBWhat path leads you from NBA marketing exec to the mystic world of shamanism and moon circles? Ashley Cramer was a burned-out marketer, yearning for change. Becoming a shaman was the last thing on her mind, and even today she understands people may be skeptical of shamanism and what it entails. Cramer’s healing journey along with her appreciation of lunar cycles and all they involve inform her practice today. Shamanism is a term used for energy healers across many cultu...
Her Pivot From Private Practice to Telemedicine to... With Kristin Miscall
May 24, 2021 05:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBCOVID-19 required us to be mindful of our physical health like never before. What about our mental health? It’s time to talk to about it. Kristin Miscall is a psychotherapist with nearly two decades of helping others under her belt. She worked initially with homeless LGBTQIA+ youth before pivoting to private practice. Last year, she, like many in the mental health field, transitioned to telemedicine to meet the unprecedented need for her services in the midst of the pandemic. ...
Championing Pro-Poor FinTech With Mae Watson Grote
May 17, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBWhat is pro-poor financial technology, and how is Mae Watson Grote’s company at the forefront of making a difference? Mae Watson Grote is dedicated to improving the lives of the under-served and under-banked in the United States. As founder and CEO of the Change Machine — a nonprofit dedicated to building financial security through technology — she is doing just that. The platform is available to all kinds of practitioners who work with women (financial advisors, social workers, coaches)...
How to Create a Fashion Label With Zankhna Parekh
May 10, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBFive languages. Three continents. Three kids. Two careers. One foundation. Zankhna Parekh is a trailblazer. Born in India but raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Parekh always knew she would venture into medicine. With a 20-year successful career as a physical therapist under her belt, Parekh was keen to return to her career after having two children. But, Parekh noticed (as do many women who become mothers) that her pre-baby clothes didn’t fit the same way anymore. So she decided to make her own...
Athletic Scholarships, Eating Disorders, and the Power of Community With Kristi Data
May 03, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBFrom an early age, Kristi Data knew she wanted to make an impact, and she used sports as her gateway. In the fourth grade, Data petitioned her school to allow girls to play basketball — and got it done the very next season. Data went on to receive a full athletic scholarship for volleyball — the pressures of which caused her to spiral into an eating disorder that lasted throughout college. Data discusses the reality of this situation that so many women and girls in sports face tod...
Insider Tips to Securing Venture Capital With Shelly Kapoor Collins
April 26, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBWhat maximizes your chances of receiving funds from a venture capitalist? Shelly Kapoor Collins knows firsthand. She’s a tech entrepreneur and public servant–turned– founder/CEO of Shatter Fund, a venture capital fund that invests almost exclusively in female entrepreneurs whose businesses stand to disrupt the tech landscape. With more than 20 years in the tech sector advocating for innovation and policy reform, Kapoor Collins was appointed to the National Women’s Business Council in the s...
How to Beat Gender Bias When You Pitch With Dana Kanze
April 19, 2021 05:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBDid you know female founders face bias in how venture capitalists ask questions and are often negatively impacted when their products fall in a male-dominated industry? These are two separate findings of Dana Kanze, Ph.D., that add to a growing body of research that quantify gender discrimination in attracting investors. After all, women receive a paltry 2.3 percent of venture capital — women of color even less, according to the Harvard Business Review. A little-known fact...
From Banker to FinLit Game(r) With Ashley Clark
April 12, 2021 05:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBSometimes, the best business ideas are right in front of you. That was the case for Ashley Clark, who pivoted from being a banker to an entrepreneur and creator of old-school board games and flashcards that teach financial literacy — going against the current trend of online gaming with six-figure success during a pandemic. A decade as a banker underscored that too many people didn’t understand their own finances. Clark began to write down common customer questions — using this as...
Actionable Tips to Manage Debt With Leslie Tayne
April 05, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBTo begin Financial Literacy Month on SheVentures, who better than Leslie Tayne to discuss one of America’s biggest financial problems: debt, a $14.6T reality for American households. Leslie Tayne always knew she wanted to be a lawyer despite her father warning her when she started 20 years ago that it truly was a boys club. She tried many facets of the law before she pivoted to what became her passion — as in-house counsel to a debt company. Today, The Tayne Law Group is changing the f...
Championing Workplace Diversity With Diane Lifton
March 29, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBWith more than 25 years in the life sciences, lawyer Diane Lifton is a huge proponent of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and communities. Witnessing how incredibly hard her mother worked to balance raising children with returning to law school, Lifton credits this experience to her own genesis of hard work and advocating for others. Lifton spent two decades as a partner in two top-tier East Coast law firms. She pivoted from partner to in-house counsel and today i...
Championing Workplace Diversity With Diane Lifton
March 29, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBWith more than 25 years in the life sciences, lawyer Diane Lifton is a huge proponent of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and communities. Witnessing how incredibly hard her mother worked to balance raising children with returning to law school, Lifton credits this experience to her own genesis of hard work and advocating for others. Lifton spent two decades as a partner in two top-tier East Coast law firms. She pivoted from partner to in-house counsel and today i...
Stop ‘Whitesplaining’ to Communities in Need With Caroline Whistler
March 22, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBInspired by her lawyer grandfather, from a young age Caroline Whistler grappled with the question: What does it mean to serve others in a measurable and impactful way? To that end, Whistler co-founded San Francisco–based nonprofit Third Sector Capital - a consulting firm that has deployed $800 million in government resources and $40 million of private funding to help 40 U.S. communities. Whistler advises governments, community organizations, and private funders on how to help ...
The Fitness Tracker for Your Vagina With Anna Lee
March 15, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBAnna Lee never wanted to be an entrepreneur, much less design and champion a data-driven sex toy. Graduating from University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in the male-dominated field of mechanical engineering, Lee — the daughter of conservative Korean immigrants — worked at corporate giant Amazon as the sole woman on the concept engineering team. Having fully realized the “American dream” for which her parents sacrificed, Lee still felt professionally unfulfilled. ...
Nairobi Tragedy Survivor Creates Job Training for Kenyan Women - with Cynthia Coredo and Pamela Nathenson
March 08, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBCynthia Coredo’s childhood was rife with loss. At age 6, her father was murdered. Coredo witnessed his lifeless body lying on the streets of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. As a teen, she lost her older sister to illness and her mother to suicide, the result of depression from joblessness. Coredo embraced the realization that she was responsible for raising her siblings and herself, and she knew that vocational training and education would be the pathway to self sufficiency. ...
Nairobi Tragedy Survivor Creates Job Training for Kenyan Women - with Cynthia Coredo and Pamela Nathenson
March 08, 2021 06:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBCynthia Coredo’s childhood was rife with loss. At age 6, her father was murdered. Coredo witnessed his lifeless body lying on the streets of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. As a teen, she lost her older sister to illness and her mother to suicide, the result of depression from joblessness. Coredo embraced the realization that she was responsible for raising her siblings and herself, and she knew that vocational training and education would be the pathway to self sufficiency. ...
“Working Twice as Hard to Get Half the Credit” With Kimberly Ellison-Taylor
July 24, 2020 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBKimberly Ellison-Taylor is an advocate for inclusive leadership, and what it means to create an equitable workplace environment. It’s not as simple as giving everyone the same opportunity — you need to meet people where they’re at. We are, unfortunately, not all created equal. The first Black woman and the youngest person to act as chairperson of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, on top of a career including roles at NASA, KPMG, and Motorola, Kimberly Ellison-Taylor ...
Overcoming Racial Trauma in Business With Makisha Boothe
July 17, 2020 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBSpoiler alert: If you want to eavesdrop on a candid conversation about being a black female entrepreneur, this is a must listen. Imagine being told repeatedly that no market or need for your business exists — yet your experience and social and financial acumen tell you otherwise. Makisha Boothe experienced this firsthand; now she helps other black women navigate their business lives. Raised by strong women who were adamant she wouldn’t get stuck in the “system,...
From Biz Dev Exec to Mentor and Investor With Sima Gandhi
July 03, 2020 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBAs the daughter of first-generation immigrants, Sima Gandhi is no stranger to hard work. Her father encouraged her to succeed, and her desire and drive to take risks and break down barriers may come from her humble but stable early family life. Determined not to define female business acumen by the 90s pantsuit — Gandhi found her own direction. With an industrial engineering degree from Stanford University and a J.D. from NYU School of Law, Gandhi’s career has spanned from the U.S. Depart...
Fashioning a New Future With Ngozi Okaro
June 26, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBAt the age of 6, Ngozi Okaro knew she was going to be a lawyer and change people’s lives. Growing up, Okaro’s clothes were mostly handmade by her mother to accommodate her towering 6-foot-tall figure. While she resented it at the time, it instilled an appreciation for design and inclusivity within her. Now, with a law degree from Georgetown and 14 years of experience in organizational development in NGOs under her belt, Okaro has pivoted back to design. Okaro is executi...
The Importance of Representation and Giving Back With Marcia Cole
June 19, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBFor 25 years as a writer and editor for large magazines like Suede, Essence, and Latina to name a few, Marcia Cole embraced the editorial realm and conquered it. Now, as founder and CEO of Ivy Digital (a content, technology, and data-driven marketing agency) and as the founder of nonprofit organization Passion Meets Purpose a service that empowers the homeless), Cole is constantly learning to better meet the needs of those her companies serve. And that’s not all:...
This Condition Affects 1 in 5 Women Yet No One Talks About It With Kaitlin Maier
June 12, 2020 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBFrom a young age, Kaitlin Maier’s parents were huge advocates for her pursuing a career in STEM, which still sees female participation at a paltry 28 percent of the workforce. A mechanical engineer, Maier wanted to do something in the often-overlooked field of women’s health. While in college, she stumbled upon pelvic organ prolapse (POP), a condition that affects 35 to 50 percent of women — of all ages. In severe cases of POP, the uterus can protrude from the vaginal opening. With such ...
#QueerTheCensus and Affecting LGBTQ+ Change With Stacey Long Simmons
June 05, 2020 16:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBAdvocacy runs in this woman’s blood. As the current director of advocacy and action for the National LGBTQ Task Force, Stacey Long Simmons has dedicated her life to helping others. The LQBTQ task force website reflects the current state of affairs in America. The homepage reads: “Stonewall was a riot. #BlackLivesMatter. We support and protest and revolutionary fighting for the dignity of black people.” A lawyer, political strategist, and civil rights lobbyist in Washington, DC, and a wo...
#QueerTheCensus and Affecting LGBTQ+ Change With Stacey Long Simmons
June 05, 2020 16:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBAdvocacy runs in this woman’s blood. As the current director of advocacy and action for the National LGBTQ Task Force, Stacey Long Simmons has dedicated her life to helping others. The LQBTQ task force website reflects the current state of affairs in America. The homepage reads: “Stonewall was a riot. #BlackLivesMatter. We support and protest and revolutionary fighting for the dignity of black people.” A lawyer, political strategist, and civil rights lobbyist in Washington, DC, and a wo...
Greeking Out on Recipes With Kelly Salonica Staikopoulos and Joanne Staikopoulos-Marzella
May 29, 2020 05:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBWhether you’re an amateur cook or a master chef, we bet you’ve never thought of “Greek-ing” up your favorite dishes, right? Kelly Salonica Staikopoulos and Joanne Staikopoulos-Marzella, two sisters formerly in the editorial and accounting worlds respectively, are now cooking up a storm with an innovative twist: Using recipes largely gleaned from their Greek mother, Mary — aka Kukla (“doll” in Greek) — with their blog Kukla's Kouzina. Well-known in NYC’s fashion district...
Developmental Difficulties in Kids? There’s an App for That With Carissa Tozzi
May 22, 2020 15:20 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBAlmost 7 percent of children between the ages of 3 and 17 in the United States have a developmental disability, the CDC reports, and the community is still largely under-served. Carissa Tozzi is changing that. From an iconic New York City life as the entertainment editor of CosmoGirl and Seventeen to a publicist for social media influencers to the co-creator of an app for moms of children with special needs — Carissa Tozzi has done it all. Tozzi saw a gap in the ma...
Tips on How to Build a Hair-Care Brand With Lynn Power
May 15, 2020 05:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBAfter more than 25 years as CEO of advertising giant J. Walter Thompson’s American division, an alleged scandal involving her boss during the #MeToo movement began to monopolize Lynn Power’s time. As a result, she began wilting in her role, which was no longer about creativity, rather crisis. The pivot into starting her own strategic consulting firm, The HMS Beagle, was a natural one, but Power didn’t stop there. Masami, a premium vegan hair-care line, was born from 10 ye...
Embracing Islamic Law and the Quran to Win Human Rights Cases With Kimberley Motley
May 08, 2020 05:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBThis woman was not only the first foreign lawyer to practice law in Afghani courts — but she also won the first-ever presidential pardon of a moral case in the country’s history from former President Hamid Karzai. Seriously. From standing up for her Korean mother on the streets of Milwaukee to fighting against human rights abuses in Afghanistan and other countries, Kimberley Motley is an unstoppable social justice force. A former U.S. beauty pageant winner turned inter...
$45K to Become an Urban Homeowner With Janelle Briggs
May 01, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBFeminist scholar turned real estate entrepreneur, Janelle Briggs wants to ensure the American Dream of homeownership is affordable and accessible to everyone. An idea that may sound far-fetched and futuristic — one that most architects have only dreamed of on paper — Briggs and her cofounder/partner are making a reality. Stackhouse, a real-estate development company, is creating building structures — called stackhouse towers — in which shipping container homes can be stacked one...
What It Takes to Be a ‘Vagipreneur’ With Rachel Braun Scherl
April 24, 2020 05:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBWhat makes a ‘Vagipreneur’ anyway? From working in public relations to earning an MBA at Stanford, Rachel Braun Scherl had an untraditional foray into the world of marketing, so it’s no surprise she later trademarked the word vagipreneur. Her start in PR led to her greatest lesson: the power of building business relationships. From there, Braun Scherl ventured into the world of female sexual health with her takeover of Semprae Labs. The idea behind her book Orgasmic Leadership came f...