BAD BITCH EMPIRE

Did you know women are better long-term investors? In this episode Lisa Carmen Wang and Clara Vydyanath discuss why women do not have to be intimidated when it comes to investing. They break down investing jargon and talk about how women can build confidence in their investing skills. Plus they discuss alternative assets like venture capital funds, hedge funds, private equity and how women can leverage community to start their investing journeys.

In this episode, hear from Lisa's former Bad Bitch Coaching client Jessica Berger, founder of Bundle x Joy, a female-led premium pet nutrition brand. Jessica shares her career trajectory going from a "dream job" at one of the largest CPG companies in the world, to shaking up the male-dominated pet food industry. She shares how she made big mindset moves to go from good girl to Bad Bitch founder landing her products in over 500 stores, all while uplifting other female founders along the way.

Rebecca Minkoff is a fashion icon and industry leader in accessible luxury handbags, accessories, and apparel. Rebecca also founded the female founder collective to empower female-led businesses. She's been at the intersection of fashion and technology and is one the first female fashion designers to launch a collection of NFTs.

Kendra Cole is the CEO and co-founder of Crypto Mom, a Black-owned and female-run app focused on helping diverse, millennial women and mothers to enter the crypto space and take financial charge. Kendra shares her journey to becoming a confident Bad Bitch, including how she pivoted in the economic downturn to switch careers and used the pandemic as an opportunity to dig deeper into crypto. In that learning process, she shares the realized gaps for women in the financial services space and how that led to creating an app to better serve women’s needs and financial plans. She even shares insights on how Crypto Mom development caters specifically to women, from taking into account women’s investment strategies to ‘thumb reach’.

Leigh Cuen is the co-founder of the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers (ACJR) and Des Femmes a female-led community magazine creating media and networking experiences for women who are thriving at the intersection of tech and finance. She shares her journey from working as an international correspondent and staff journalist to her entrepreneurial ventures in creating content accounting for the actions and reactions of a globally-conscious audience. In this episode, Leigh and Lisa delve into everything from analyzing the superpower of “thinking outside the box”, to the process of putting a print magazine in Whole Foods and Barnes & Noble, and creating sustainable programs that truly put community first.

Kristen Taraszewski is a biomedical engineer and the CEO of ElevenPoint2, a training software company that elevates and gamifies the way companies upskill their technical salespeople. We first met Kristen as a finalist of the Bad Bitch Pitch. In this episode, Kristen shares her journey working with NASA, and advice on successfully navigating male-dominated fields that helped her maximize her personal joy and entrepreneurial impact. She also shares how she’s applying rocket science to technical sales training and building a multi-million-dollar global company in the process.

Rooshy Roy is the co-founder and CEO of AAVRANI, an Ayurvedic beauty brand that unites Indian rituals with modern science. In this episode, Rooshy discusses how she recognized feelings of complacency during her time in graduate school and soon after took control to make a change. She shares how she is mentally prepared to take the leap into entrepreneurial life and the ever-evolving journey she's been on since. From testing products to testing her limits, Rooshy peels back the curtain on what it takes to build an authentic brand and business.

What is the entrepreneur life really like? Lisa Carmen Wang shares the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial hustle building the BAD BITCH EMPIRE. She shares lessons learned about embodying Bad Bitch Energy, setting strong boundaries, and building unapologetic confidence.

Nadya Tolokonnikova is a founding member of Pussy Riot, a Russian feminist protest and performance art group based in Moscow. This year she launched Unicorn DAO, a cryptocurrency investment fund to empower Women and LGBTQ NFT Creators. She is leveraging the power of web3/crypto to fight for gender equality and to create the feminist future she has been fighting for since she was a teenager. Most recently she started LegalAbortion.eth to raise awareness and funds for #ProtectReproductiveRights.

"When you don’t realize you’re being brainwashed, you don’t realize what you’re missing until you see the other side of it.” Miriam Haart grew up in an ultraorthodox Jewish community that convinced her girls should not be educated or have ambition beyond the home. She always felt different and guilty for not fitting in so she started questioning the social norms of her religious community. In this episode, Lisa Carmen Wang interviews Miriam about how she broke free of religious brainwashing, guilt, and shame to live her truth personally, socially, and sexually. Miriam currently stars in the top 10 hit series, ‘My Unorthodox Life’ on Netflix and just graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Computer Science.