Fridays with Flea Style

Learn how Blaine Jakubov left a lifelong equestrian career to follow her passion for fashion with no formal training. Today Blaine Bowen (coined after her first and middle names) is a nationally recognized lifestyle label that includes apparel, denim, jewelry and more. In between business tips ranging from hiring hacks to trend forecasting, this spitfire talks about breaking the rules and being a boss in your job role to push ahead and succeed.

While volunteering with the International Rescue Center Paula Minnis met a refugee woman that changed the course of her life. Eight years later the mother of four is running a blooming accessories business that employs refugees resettled in Dallas. The former retail maven has carved out a unique career path that is profitable and passionate. Listen up to learn her tips for starting a social enterprise as well as juicy business tips to keep you on track and succeed.

We met Kelly Ann Sutton last year and were instant fans. This woman has worked her way up the Anthropologie ladder for the last 12 years and now manages hundreds of employees for the coveted company. Kelly Ann’s people skills are off the chart and have led her to the position she now holds.

Liz Kamarul – the Portland based interior designer that ditched her day job to travel the US with her husband in a 180 square foot Winnebago for four months – visits Flea Style’s office while on a weeklong pit stop in Dallas. Brittany sits down with the free spirit to learn about leaving your comfort zone, life on the road, monetizing social media and how to make every minute count.

Brittany gets real with her dear friend and Read Between the Lines founder/CEO Melinda Jones. The two talk about Melinda’s popular paper company and retail shop and how she created the booming business – that has more than 350 accounts! – with no skills in the stationery world. They also dish about RBTL’s early days, working on shoestring budgets and hiring tips. They leave time for fun stuff from personal life balance hacks to dream dinner party guests.

We sit down with the artist, wall muralist and How to Draw Modern Florals author to learn how she got her start (with no art degree!), lands new business accounts and scored the Dallas rewardStyle wall mural. Alli opens up about mustering up the courage to put her ideas and business in the public eye and also staying true to her style and mission – and the changes she has had to make along the way – to create the job of her dreams. Learn more about this incredible girl boss at Flea Style Summit in Dallas 9/23/17!

For the first "Fridays with Flea Style" podcast, Flea Style founder/CEO Brittany Cobb interviews her team and together they real talk about small business world highs and lows and how they landed their individual roles.