Happy Wednesday, Baddies! Today we are joined by a very special Baddie, Erica Wenger. Erica is a social entrepreneur, angel investor, community builder, and champion for founders! She is a twentysomething venture capitalist with a TEDx Talk on how social entrepreneurship will change the world, a sold B2B apparel business called Mahkana, and the host and founder of a successful podcast called Dear Twentysomething Podcast. 

Baddies Mean Business is a perspective-driven podcast focused on sharing the stories of entrepreneurs, creators, and change-makers as they pursue their greatest passions. Together, we create the ultimate guide for individuals personally and professionally ✨ 

🤍 Connect with Erica:

Twitter | https://twitter.com/erica_wenger?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-wenger-ms-811b80132/

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/erica_wenger/?hl=en

Website | https://www.ericawenger.com/

Dear Twentysomething Podcast | https://www.ericawenger.com/podcast

Dear Twentysomething Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/deartwentysomething/?hl=en

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Today, we'd like to introduce you to two very special Baddies, Adesola Akindele and London Noble, co-founders of Hygear Technologies, a Pan-African Women Owned Hygiene Tech Company focused on research, development, distribution, marketing and education of UVC disinfection technology. Patent pending. Also, both the General Partners for Sheba Ventures where they've invested in companies such as Lady Ora, My Green Farmer, Rise Urban Nation with Taryell Simmons (BMB Episode #27). Together we chat about filtering through your personal and professional relationships and finding strength in your femininity.

Baddies Mean Business is a perspective-driven podcast focused on sharing the stories of entrepreneurs, creators, and change-makers as they pursue their greatest passions. Together, we create the ultimate guide for individuals personally and professionally.

Connect with Adesola and London:

Adesola Akindele, CEO | https://www.linkedin.com/in/aakindele/

London Noble, COO | https://www.linkedin.com/in/london-noble-ba4aab1a6/

Hygear Technologies | https://www.myhygear.com/

Sheba Ventures | https://www.shebapartners.com/

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PS. Happy Thanksgiving from Ry and Kenz! We are so thankful for each and every one of you Baddies and we hope you have a wonderful holiday. 🤍

Welcome back Baddies, happy Wednesday! We have two very lovely Baddies joining us in today’s episode, Gail Zelitzky and Catherine Marienau. Gail and Cathrine are the Co-Founder’s and Hosts of the Women Over 70 Podcast, a podcast for innovators in their respective fields of business and higher education and now has over 200 episodes.

In 2019 they launched Women Over 70–Aging Reimagined to shatter the myth that women become irrelevant as they age and to celebrate women’s enduring courage, compassion, and contribution. Their weekly podcast features women ages 70-100+ whose stories inspire women of all ages.

The Podcast has grown into a flourishing venture that includes monthly programming, speaking to organizations and groups, blogging, the Facebook group, and Aging Reimagined Circle, their sustaining membership fund. 

Baddies Mean Business is a perspective-driven podcast focused on sharing the stories of entrepreneurs, creators, and change-makers as they pursue their greatest passions. Together, we create the ultimate guide for individuals personally and professionally.

Women Over 70 Podcast | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/women-over-70-aging-reimagined/id1469333142

Women Over 70 Website | https://womenover70.com/

Women Over 70 Socials:

[email protected] 

https://www.facebook.com/womenover70/

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PS. Happy Thanksgiving from Ry and Kenz! We are so thankful for each and every one of you Baddies and we hope you have a wonderful holiday. 🤍

Welcome back Baddies. Introducing you to this week's featured Baddie, Kalina Bryant. Kalina is the Founder and CEO of UnapologeTECH, a professional training, and coaching firm dedicated to bettering corporations' customer growth engine, building up diverse talent, and creating inclusive communities at scale. A 2022 Forbes 30 under 30 Honoree, community curator, and public speaker, Kalina has helped companies like Adobe (Formerly Marketo), Anaplan, Talkdesk, and Signifyd generate millions of dollars in revenue through marketing and customer experience strategies.

Well-known as an innovative marketing and customer experience leader in Silicon Valley, she has been featured in publications like Forbes, Afro Tech, and Urban Magazine for her innovative approach to finding success in Silicon Valley. Tapped by high-growth Enterprise SaaS Technology companies to curate programs that illuminate the voices of the company's most strategic and valuable customers, Kalina uses a relationship-driven playbook to design engagement models for senior leadership and customer-facing teams to utilize. With a goal to build genuine executive-level partnerships, gain valuable feedback, content, and product insights, and generate customer success stories and long-term, external-facing advocates, Kalina focuses on building communities that turn members into partners, with a focus on driving growth and awareness.

Kalina is passionate about driving diversity, inclusion, and equity in corporations and advocating for underrepresented groups. In parallel with developing DEI strategies and employee resource groups for corporations, she runs an engaging non-profit online community, UnapologeTECH Circle, designed to educate and uplift women of color in the technology arena. She also hosts the UnapologeTECH podcast that amplifies and teaches women of color how to find success in business and educates listeners on how to be allies, ranking as a top 15 podcast worldwide for women in tech.

Baddies Mean Business is a perspective-driven podcast focused on sharing the stories of entrepreneurs, creators, and change-makers as they pursue their greatest passions. Together, we create the ultimate guide for individuals personally and professionally.

Connect with Kalina🤍

Kalina Bryant’s LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalina-bryant/

Kalina Bryant’s Instagram | kalina_bryant

UnapologeTECH Website | unapologetech.com

KMB Consulting | Kalinabryant.com

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Welcome back Baddies. This week we talk about the who, what, and why behind side hustle culture. We've all heard of hustle culture, but today we chat about the choices we make to maintain our financial freedom, mental health, and overall fulfillment. We've discovered some shocking statistics that prove that the next generation of business owners is taking unconventional measures to take their professional lives into their own hands. Let's dive into the rabbit hole, shall we?

Baddies Mean Business is a perspective-driven podcast focused on sharing the stories of entrepreneurs, creators, and change-makers as they pursue their greatest passions. Together, we create the ultimate guide for individuals personally and professionally.

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Gen-trepreneur Z is making its mark on the future of small business (article) | https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/06/06/gen-trepreneur-z-is-making-its-mark-on-the-future-of-small-business/

Welcome back to this week's episode of Baddies Mean Business! We are, once again, bringing you all a solo episode. Today, we are chatting about Key Moments in our lives, good and bad, that we have experienced and have even changed who we are today as individuals. Your story matters and we want to help you share it. What Key Moments do you distinctly remember that ultimately shaped who you are? In this episode, we share how we curate our stories based on the pivotal moments in our life we consider “key” to our personal development. 

Traumatic brain injuries, relationships, selling door-to-door in Nashville, TN, moving out on our own, and MORE! Think of your story as a piece of art - How would you paint it? If you want us to deep dive more into our Key Moments stories, let us know - We love chit-chat convos! If you love them too, let us know by DMing us with questions about conversations we’ve already had on the podcast or new subjects you want us to deep dive into.

🤍 Baddies Mean Business is a perspective-driven podcast focused on sharing the stories of entrepreneurs, creators, and change-makers as they pursue their greatest passions. Together, we create the ultimate guide for individuals personally and professionally.

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Welcome Baddies! In today’s episode, we are joined by a dear friend and mentor, Gary Weiss. Gary is a licensed commercial broker in Century City LA and a principal member of LA Realty Partners. He’s an SDSU alumni and Rylie’s mentor in college for 2 years through the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program. Listen as we converse with Gary about Commercial Real Estate in LA, what to know before leasing commercial property, and his newest venture, R2 Building, where his team utilizes cruise ship technology to build multi-family apartment units for less time while cutting costs.

Baddies Mean Business is a perspective-driven podcast focused on sharing the stories of entrepreneurs, creators, and change-makers as they pursue their greatest passions. Together, we create the ultimate guide for individuals personally and professionally.

Connect with Gary on LinkedIn

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Baddie Briefing 🤍

Ry’s:  Vegan Chili Recipe

Kenz’s Fav: Brazilian Bum Bum Cream (Trial Bundle)

Welcome Baddies. This week we bring on very special guests, Girl and the Gov co-founders Sam Kanter and Maddie Medved. Their mission since 2020 is to give politics a facelift, and make political conversations more approachable and dare we say...enjoyable. Together we break down ways to approach difficult political conversations, share your own personal views on social and economic issues, avoiding misinformation on TikTok, and how to set yourself up for success for the upcoming U.S midterm elections. Mark your calendars as the elections will be held on November 8th, 2022!

Baddies Mean Business is a perspective-driven podcast focused on sharing the stories of entrepreneurs, creators, and change-makers as they pursue their greatest passions. Together, we create the ultimate guide for individuals personally and professionally.

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Girl And The Gov | https://www.girlandthegov.com/

Girl And The Gov on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/girlandthegov/?hl=en

Baddie Briefing🤍

Hailey Bieber Lip Treatment | https://www.rhodeskin.com/products/peptide-lip-treatment

Trader Joes Vanilla Pumpkin Candle | https://www.traderjoes.com/home/products/pdp/vanilla-pumpkin-scented-candle-061048

"Friends Don't Let Friends Miss Elections" Merch | https://www.social-goods.com/products/friends-dont-let-friends-pop-socket

Caudalie Eye Cream | https://us.caudalie.com/

House of Dragons on HBO | https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon

Girl and The Gov Resources:

Welcome back to this week's episode of Baddies Mean Business! We are joined today by Rebecca Driscoll, Founder and CEO of SWELLTER + Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Commons. A passionate, focused, and driven healthcare leader who cares tremendously about impacting change in cancer care. Today, she shares with us the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly, in her journey that has brought her face to face with some of the most challenging experiences in her life. In addition, Rebecca shares with us the ways she leads with passion through various cancer solution companies, non-profits, and healthcare leaders she works with on a day to day. Her outlook on life, love, and everything in between is something that not only inspired us but inspires everyone who hears her story!

Connect with Rebecca: LinkedIn

・ More information on SWELLTER

・ How you can make an impact through Cancer Commons

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