Latest Business besties Podcast Episodes
S2E11: On community and caring for the Asian womxn - The Cosmos
Chief Best Friends - February 16, 2021 04:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat better way to end the season than with The Cosmos co-founders, Cassandra Lam and Karen Mok. They share a thing or twenty about shaping and growing a community rooted in intention, transparency and integrity.
S2E10: On the joys of motherhood, friendship and building a coliving platform - Relogo
Chief Best Friends - January 05, 2021 02:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCo-founders of Relogo, a search platform for coliving spaces, talk about motherhood and why it's a superpower when building a business.
S2E9: On defining success and falling with grace - Rachel Kelly Davis and Danella Yaptinchay
Chief Best Friends - December 23, 2020 16:53 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsRachel and Danella comes to our show today to share what it took for them to make things work even when things aren't working.
S2E8: On empowering our well-being through voice - Kintsugi
Chief Best Friends - November 24, 2020 02:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsKintsugi is a different kind of mental health platform that uses voice biomarkers to measure and predict our well-being. Grace and Rima, co-founders of Kintsugi, share with us why there is beauty in our cracks and imperfections.
S2E7: On going from zero to property hero - Ohmyhome
Chief Best Friends - November 10, 2020 02:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsRace Wong and Rhonda Wong are sisters and Ohmyhome's co-founders. They share how they turned their MVP that once offered a free service to what is now a full-service prop-tech business that's transacting thousands of homes that has a combined value of close to two billion Singapore dollars.
S2E6: On being friends first and growing a clean cosmetics brand - Liht Organics
Chief Best Friends - October 27, 2020 02:05 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLiht Organics joins us on the podcast to talk about Asia's appetite for clean beauty, being friends first and why we shouldn't believe the myth that friends and business don't mix. Liht Organics founder Nerissa Low and her two chief best friends, Michelle Lee and Stephanie Tan, show us why three'...
S2E5: On building a business in the midst of a global pandemic - Pory
Chief Best Friends - October 13, 2020 11:04 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsStarting a business is hard enough as it is, try starting and growing one in the middle of the pandemic. Sam and Luannie of Pory.io share their story of building a side-hustle after their day jobs moved them into part-time roles.
S2E4: On vulnerability and integrity during challenging times - talenTtrust
Chief Best Friends - September 29, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTess Mackean, CEO of talenTtrust and Sunita Kaur, APAC VP of Twitch and board member of talentTrust, drops into our show to talk about vulnerability and maintaining integrity during challenging times. They also talk about volunteering and what it means to help charities remain sustainable.
S2E3: On helping female founders gain access to capital - IFundWomen
Chief Best Friends - September 15, 2020 10:22 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe co-founders of IFundWomen, focuses on women helping other women. They're on the podcast to talk about the lack of access to capital for female founders and how they've built just the thing to address that.
S2E3: On helping female founders gain access to capital - iFundWomen
Chief Best Friends - September 15, 2020 10:22 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe have not 2 but 3 amazing women on this episode. Karen Cahn, Kate Anderson, and Sarah Sommers are the wonderful ladies behind iFundWomen, the only crowdfunding platform designed specifically for early-stage female entrepreneurs. With only 1 percent of businesses ever raising VC money...
On helping female founders gain access to capital with iFundwomen
Chief Best Friends - September 15, 2020 10:22 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE Why perfect is the enemy of done Why crowdfunding is good in the proof-of-concept stage What the top three reasons are female founders are sharing that they lack in their journey Why women who have capital improve the communities around them Why ha...
On what it takes to build global brands with Sarah and Emily Hamilton of Supernova
Chief Best Friends - September 01, 2020 13:06 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE The challenges of working with investors and bringing external influence into the business How to understand when or why to take money from investors Why you need to outline what investors could offer you and make sure you put this in writing Rememb...
S2E2: On what it takes to build global brands - Supernova
Chief Best Friends - September 01, 2020 13:06 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSupernova, the brand behind some of the best super brands—think Coco & Eve and Sand & Sky—joined me on the podcast to talk about investors and what it takes to build the new generation of beauty brands.
On why it’s normal to have friendship strife, with Ann Friedman & Aminatou Sow
Chief Best Friends - August 18, 2020 02:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWHAT YOU’LL LEARN Understanding what kind of activities (or non activities) that help friendships thrive. How friends can start intimate collaborations as fun side-projects. Why learning ways we are different, not just similarities, is a great way to collaborate and work together wit...
S2E1: On why it’s normal to have friendship strife - Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow
Chief Best Friends - August 18, 2020 02:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAnn Friedman and Aminatou Sow are headlining this new season of Chief Best Friends, sharing with us what it takes to build, maintain, and navigate a changing friendship. This amazing duo is behind popular podcast Call Your Girlfriend and is out with a new book, Big Friendship.
What's new for Chief Best Friends this Season 2?
Chief Best Friends - August 11, 2020 07:03 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsChief Best Friends is back with a new season! You will hear from ladies who gave us Shine Theory, who are fighting workplace discrimination, who are building a fundraising platform specifically for women by women, and so much more.
S1E9: On diversity and shifting the balance of power - SoGal Ventures
Chief Best Friends - September 22, 2019 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat do you see when I say venture capitalist? Most likely a guy, probably in his 30s or older. What if, I told you, that when Pocket and Elizabeth started SoGal Ventures, they were the complete opposite of that stereotype. In fact, it was so against the grain that the people closest to them thou...
E09: On diversity and shifting the balance of power - SoGal Ventures
Chief Best Friends - September 22, 2019 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: What it means to start a long distance, long term relationship with a business partner Finding out what you both want in life, in the business, and with each other will help set the foundation for long-term success How owning our difference and unique...
On diversity and shifting the balance of power - SoGal Ventures
Chief Best Friends - September 22, 2019 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: What it means to start a long distance, long term relationship with a business partner Finding out what you both want in life, in the business, and with each other will help set the foundation for long-term success How owning our difference and unique...
On embracing heritage through fashion - East Meets Dress
Chief Best Friends - September 08, 2019 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How road blocks and challenges during travel is a great indicator of whether you and your bestie can go into business together How our very own need is a signal to a problem that others also need solving What it means to be patient when starting a bus...
S1E8: On embracing heritage through fashion - East Meets Dress
Chief Best Friends - September 08, 2019 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJenn and Vivian run a bespoke fashion store called East Meets Dress. They create and develop cheongsam dresses in the hopes of bringing back traditional garb but made for the modern woman. What makes their story amazing is that they didn’t come from a fashion background. They grew up in a typical...
E08: On embracing heritage through fashion - East Meets Dress
Chief Best Friends - September 08, 2019 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How road blocks and challenges during travel is a great indicator of whether you and your bestie can go into business together How our very own need is a signal to a problem that others also need solving What it means to be patient when starting a bus...
S1E7: On breaking the bamboo ceiling - Rock The Boat
Chief Best Friends - August 12, 2019 09:07 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIf you are looking for other Asian-hosted and Asian-produced podcasts, then you’d want to subscribe to Rock the Boat. We have today Lucia and Lynne, the power ladies behind this amazing show. You’ll get to hear why gathering communities is important in the causes we believe in. And also the doubl...
On breaking the bamboo ceiling - Rock The Boat
Chief Best Friends - August 12, 2019 09:07 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How to find your purpose and start things based on our own needs What it means to gather communities and the effects it has on the causes we believe in What the bamboo ceiling is and why rocking the boat is the answer to breaking through it The doubl...
E07: On breaking the bamboo ceiling - Rock The Boat
Chief Best Friends - August 12, 2019 09:07 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How to find your purpose and start things based on our own needs What it means to gather communities and the effects it has on the causes we believe in What the bamboo ceiling is and why rocking the boat is the answer to breaking through it The doubl...
S1E6: On finding your person wherever they may be - Heart of Home
Chief Best Friends - July 28, 2019 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHeart of Home Workshop is run by Clare Barker and Yasmina Cowan. Heart of Home is all about at-home indoor photography. It’s a very specific niche, if you asked me, but I love the way they see the home as an extension of ourselves. The thing that makes them such an interesting pair, is that they ...
E06: On finding your person wherever they may be - Heart of Home
Chief Best Friends - July 28, 2019 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How it’s possible to find a friend even if they’re living in opposites side of the world. That one reason you could start a business is to help elevate an entire industry and making it better for everyone involved. Chief best friends have a level of t...
On finding your person wherever they may be - Heart of Home
Chief Best Friends - July 28, 2019 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How it’s possible to find a friend even if they’re living in opposites side of the world. That one reason you could start a business is to help elevate an entire industry and making it better for everyone involved. Chief best friends have a level of t...
E05: On working with each other's quirks - Sam & Soph
Chief Best Friends - July 14, 2019 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How working dynamics and flow is a great indicator of a good chief best friendship. How to bring together two distinct work styles and making it completely your own. How to remain open to trying something new and using each other’s differences as a wa...
On working with each other's quirks - Sam & Soph
Chief Best Friends - July 14, 2019 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How working dynamics and flow is a great indicator of a good chief best friendship. How to bring together two distinct work styles and making it completely your own. How to remain open to trying something new and using each other’s differences as a wa...
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