CWBS: The Scope

Today on the podcast we have Kelsey Willock! Kelsey Willock is the Founder and CEO of Aura Finance (which was named Tardi during the time the podcast was filmed). Aura Finance is a financial wellness and investment platform designed with women in mind first. She is also the author of "Not Your Boyfriend's Investment Advice" - a weekly newsletter where she uses humor and storytelling to educate her readers about investing and finance. Prior to her work at Aura Finance and NYBIA, she worked for Goldman Sachs advising institutional clients and on Launch with GS - the firm's billion-dollar commitment to investing in diverse entrepreneurs and investment managers.

Aura is curating a waitlist of users to beta test the app, and if you’d like to sign up or learn more, please visit aurafinance.io. If you’d like to read Not Your Boyfriend’s Investment Advice, please visit notyourboyfriends.substack.com. 

Today on the podcast we have Kala Maxym! Kala Maxym is the Founder and Chief Event Composer of Five Senses Tastings, a performance and music-based company that focuses on engaging with the five senses, and the Co-founder of the company’s cocktail branch, Song & Tonic. Her varied professional background includes time as a Senior Program Analyst with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, as a Customer Success Manager at a VC-funded Tech start-up, and as a professional opera singer performing on stages across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. Kala founded Five Senses Tastings in 2012 while working full-time for the VC-funded Tech start-up. After almost five years, she decided to take the leap into full-time entrepreneurship in 2016, quitting her job and moving to Los Angeles in the same week. Kala was born and raised in Germany and has spent time living in the UK, Spain, Chile, and throughout the United States.

Welcome to the first episode of CWBS: The Scope by the Columbia Women's Business Society (CWBS) where we feature women changing the game in business! Today on the podcast we have Alyse Rovner (Membership Engagement Chair & BC'23), Sabina Jia (President & CC'22), Hannah Lederman (Internal Initiatives Chair & CC'23), and Sophia Naqvi (Vice President & CC'23) who all serve on the executive board of CWBS. They delve into advice for first year students at Columbia University, giving you all the inside scoop on what they wish they had known earlier! Listen to learn about everything from applying to clubs on campus, interning while being a full time student, adjusting to college life, and even the best places to study on campus!