Elevate Your Brand

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  • Elevate Your Brand with Ryan Fortwendel of Minna

    Former exec of e-commerce at Marc Jacobs, Ryan Fortwendel makes the jumps from one trend to the next. Leaving the fashion industry in 2016 to explore the health and wellness space, he saw an opening for innovation in the booming sparkling beverage sector. In 2019, he launched Minna, a lightly brewed sparkling tea, that brings the sparkling water velocity to the tea sector. 

    Minna sits at the intersection of tea and sparkling water, bringing a "better for you" beverage to the space using Fair Trade tea, and only organic, non-GMO ingredients, with no sugars or added sweeteners. A better beverage for a better world - Minna donates 1% of sales to nonprofits advocating for inclusion. 

    Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

     

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    32 min
  • Elevate Your Brand with Alisia Ford of Glory Skincare

    Founder and CEO of Glory Skincare, Alisia Ford noticed a disconnect between the beauty industry and the representation of women of color. She soon set out to create a space where women, like herself, could receive expert advice and clean beauty products. 

    Glory, meaning beauty and splendor, is the meaning behind the name of Alisia’s beauty brand focusing on skin health and providing women of every hue with advice from skin experts and a shop curated with non-toxic products, focused on the needs of melanin-rich skin. 

    Alisia has a background in business and is a licensed attorney and former Nike executive with over 10 years of experience working the world’s most innovative consumer and retail brands, including Apple, Mazda, Fox Sports, Showtime Networks, NFL and Disney. Having experience in legal and licensing, as well as marketing with some of the top brands in the world she then started out to create her Oregon-based beauty-tech startup Glory Skincare, accessible to women of all shades. 

    Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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    32 min
  • Elevate Your Brand with Shona Gupta of Maharindee

    Shona is an entrepreneur, a woman in tech, a mom, nature buff, community activist and the Founder of Maharindee skincare.  She recently launched "Maharindee"- Pure & Potent Skincare: Made with a combination of ancient Indian wisdom & CBD science.

    Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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    29 min
  • Elevate Your Brand with Leela Srinivasan of SurveyMonkey
    Leela joined SurveyMonkey in April 2018 and leads all marketing functions including brand strategy, growth marketing, product marketing, and communications. She also serves on the board of UpWork. Previously, Leela served as Chief Marketing Officer at Lever, and prior to that, she served as VP of marketing at OpenTable, where she built product marketing from scratch and established the foundations of a B2B marketing team.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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    31 min
  • Elevate Your Brand with Julie Johnson of Tres Sabores
    Julie Johnson is the winemaker and owner of Tres Sabores, a winery nestled into the western Rutherford bench land of the Napa Valley. Passionate about food, wine, and the land, for the last 30 years Julie has lived on a certified organic farm, growing wine grapes, pomegranates, lemons and olives, raising her children not to mention Golden Retrievers, Guinea Hens, and sheep. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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    31 min
  • Elevate Your Brand with Joni Rogers-Kante of SeneGence International
    Joni Rogers-Kante is the visionary and driving force behind SeneGence International, a direct sales cosmetics and skincare company known for its products that really work, offering a career path for women that really works. Prior to founding SeneGence, Joni moved up through the ranks of the Sav-On® Drugs Corporation then became a top consultant for another Direct Sales Cosmetics Company before founding SeneGence and launching her first patented lip color product, LipSense in 1999. Today with a complete beauty regimen that includes over 300 proprietary beauty products, SeneGence is becoming a global brand through word of mouth from one satisfied user to another. Joni has also self- authored Million Dollar Lips, an autobiography and business book that teaches how to succeed in the direct selling industry.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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    31 min
  • Elevate Your Brand with Estee Cross of USA TODAY®
    Estee Cross leads with her mind on the team, and eyes on the business. Her drive and curiosity are core to her success. Estee’s career evolved from traditional media planning to media sales and sales management. Presently she is VP Head of National Sales, USA TODAY® Network, focused on partnership, growth and innovation.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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    32 min
  • Elevate Your Brand with Julie Tucker of The Associated Press
    Julie Tucker joined The Associated Press as the Director of Global Marketing in 2018. After beginning her career on the agency side at shops like Saatchi & Saatchi London and TBWA/London, Julie made the switch to client-side to lead marketing team at The New York Times. This was the team created and launched the Truth campaign in partnership with Droga5. In her role at the AP, Julie oversees 18 marketing and creative professionals across three teams around the globe.Over the past 18 months, Julie has spearheaded a brand repositioning at the AP, dedicated to maintaining the brand’s long-standing identity, while elevating and reinforcing the value of AP’s products and services and to allow the AP to compete more effectively in today’s ever-evolving media landscape.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

    Contact us: https://www.elevatemybrand.com/contact

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    33 min
  • Elevate Your Brand with Ryan Lewendon of The Giannuzzi Group
    Mr. Lewendon is a partner at The Giannuzzi Group LLP, a law firm that concentrates on the representation of high-growth consumer products companies. Since 2007, Mr. Lewendon has focused his practice on helping consumer products entrepreneurs grow their companies – by navigating both the day-to-day hurdles and the tent-pole obstacles and opportunities a consumer products company must navigate on its way towards an acquisition. Mr. Lewendon has assisted hundreds of companies structure and negotiate their various rounds of financings from inception through acquisition as well as their distributor, broker and supplier relationships, employee incentive programs and advisory networks, and celebrity/influencer endorsements and promotional partnerships.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

    Contact us: https://www.elevatemybrand.com/contact

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    32 min
  • Elevate Your Brand with Matthew Kornberg of Corsa
    Back when working in an office all day, Matt Kornberg, Founder of Corsa Botanical Tonics, first discovered the power of beautiful exotic drinks to transport him to a happier place, like a vacation in a bottle. Since then, he has embarked on a never-ending journey to travel the globe meeting chefs, farmers, bartenders and other tastemakers in order to tell their stories of history, culture and nature through the highest of quality botanical beverages. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

    Contact us: https://www.elevatemybrand.com/contact

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    31 min

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