Co-founders Lauren Hanson & Katie Beitzel discuss their journey as the co-founders of a local shop called Ugly Rugly. Lauren, a fashion designer with a fine art degree, started making rugs out of recycled fabric, which became their signature product. Katie, with a background in fashion business management, was a customer of Ugly Rugly and eventually became a business partner. Together, they opened their brick-and-mortar store, where they curate vintage items, showcase independent designers, and offer Lauren's handmade products.

I'm excited to introduce Sara Berks to the podcast! Sarah is the founder of Minna (a brand I have become obsessed with!). Minna's textiles and home decor has been taking over my New York City apartment and I love their shop in Hudson, New York.

In today's episode we talk about Sara's backstory into how Minna came to be, working with fair trades, and Minna's vision and much more!

Girl Gang Craft is an amazing marker market in Salem, Mass and Oakland CA. Girl Gang Craft is run by Phoebe Sherman. She is the founder, podcast host, and coach and focuses on helping makers building their small businesses. I'm such a huge fan of Phoebe's work, watch her videos and listen to her podcast. I'm so excited to have her in this episode to talk about how she started and built Girl Gang Craft.

Community is so important for individual businesses and brands alike. Community brings people together and create space for like minded folks to bounce off ideas, inspiration, and feel like they belong to something real. On the podcast, I have Taylor Harrington, Head of Community at Groove (an awesome app for creatives to co work together from home).

I bring people on my podcast who I deeply admire and today I have Nora Wolf. Nora Wolf owns not one, but TWO PR companies and is on the show today to share how she got started. I'm so excited for you to hear her story because it gives me goosebumps! If you are in need of PR services look no further than Wolf PR and Wolf Craft.

Getting involved with markets doesn't have to be scary! That is Charlotte Righton's goal- to make markets enjoyable for both creatives and shoppers! Having engaging markets isn't all what Charlotte does, she even hosts Life Drawings that are not so intimidating and more connecting based. Everything Charlotte does is what I love about bringing creatives and community together. For those who are nervous about joining a market, I hope this episode inspires you to join and start connecting with other creatives!

As small business owners, entrepreneurs, and humans doing a lot of things, self care can often fall to the bottom of our lists. In this episode, I chat with Candice Denise about how you can make 30 minutes of self care part of your daily lifestyle. Candice is a self-care coach who has a refreshing approach to self-care that a lot of business owners, entrepreneurs, founders, and anyone can use. Her approach makes it easy for you to bring in self-care for 5 minutes a day, whenever you need it. This episode is a must listen as it is a total game changer.

Ever gone on my website and thought, "WOW! Such an amazing website! I wonder who did it?" Well on today's episode I have Kate from Folk Founded who designed my website and elevated my brand to what it is now. I can say so many amazing things about Kate but you just have to listen to the podcast to understand my love for her and why she is an important asset to your business brand identity.

This week on the podcast I'm stoked to interview co-founders of my favorite shop in the East Village, A Sustainable Village! It was my first shop that I went into that really made me feel grounded in my new neighborhood in New York City. I'm so excited to introduce you to these amazing founders as they share their goals and vision for the shop. I can guarantee you their story will encourage you to take that next step on your big dream!

How do you launch a product-based business?! This week I'm interviewing Jay Braggs, launch magager and event planner to discuss all the ways you can launch and activate your brand. This is a must listen episode for product-based business owners as Jay provides amazing advice!