Edited highlights of our full conversation.

How do you see yourself?

Daniella Pierson is the Founder and CEO of The Newsette. And the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Wondermind.

She and her story are extraordinary.

Daniella started The Newsette seven years ago, at the age of 19. Last year, the company generated $40 million in revenue. She and her mother are the only shareholders.

She has done this in the face of being told, in so many ways, that she could not. That she was incapable. That she was inadequate. That she was dumb.

She has done this by refusing to accept the criticism or the labels or the extreme self doubt.

She has done this by building an organization so filled with the best parts of herself, courage, intelligence, kindness, that in the end the organization became capable of taking care of her.

I hope you'll find the time to listen to her whole story.

It is a story of hope built on the determination of one remarkable woman to define herself and her life on her terms.