Hacking It

I Suck At Life is here to help you navigate the roller coaster ride to success. Forbes contributor, Yola Robert, interviews entrepreneurs, brands, executives, influencers and celebrities on how they have been able to leverage lifes "sucky" moments to reach the success they have today.

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Supermodel, Cindy Crawford, shares with us how she began her entrepreneurial career, how her children are following in her footsteps and gives us the latest on her new company with Lebron James, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lindsey Vonn, Ladder.  

Bumble and Bloggers Who Brunch Present their Women In Entertainment Series with Cara Santana. Cara is an actress, influencer and business women. She currently stars on Vida and is the Global Engagement Officer at Glamsquad. Cara has been a champion for diversity and inclusion in Hollywood and beyond. 

On this episode, Catt Sadler gets real on why she left E! entertainment, how she is building her new media empire and gives tangible advice on how anyone can make it on the big screen. 

About Catt: After publicly departing E! Entertainment due to what she describes as a gender pay disparity, Catt Sadler has continued to champion equal pay for women through her website, Youtube channel, social media and production company. She has grown her brand enormously since leaving E! by aligning with companies, organizations, and brands that share her vision. She has been building her own media empire which includes her new podcast and interview series, Naked, where Sadler gets vulnerable with successful women on real issues. 

Tamara Mellon co-founded Jimmy Choo in 1996 which grew it to be one of the most talked about brands of the past 20 years.  She exited the company in 2011 and launched her namesake brand in 2016 where she is now disrupting the luxury industry she helped build. When launching her new brand, Mellon was determined to build a female-led company as she experienced unequal pay and a lack of female support at Jimmy Choo. She co-founded the brand alongside Jill Layfield, who grew backcountry.com from $30 million to $500 million in five years, and has built a team of 90% women. 

Tamara shares how she went from an editor at British Vogue to co-founding Jimmy Choo and then starting her own luxury shoe line.

After several years of working at Coach, Raina Penchansky co-founded Digital Brand Architects (DBA) to build brands and media empires around influencers. Raina shares how she went from a college dropout to a CEO of an UTA acquired company along with tips on how society can help grow the economy of wealth for women.

 DBA is the industry leader in the influencer management and marketing landscape representing a world-class portfolio of diverse social media-oriented personalities, creators, and publishers. DBA continues to move digital culture forward by focusing on top-level content, storytelling, native advertising, and brand development. The company's roster includes 140 of the most prominent social media influencers. In 2015, DBA launched Digital Brand Products (DBP) to empower its talent and other digital-native properties in developing, manufacturing, and selling their own merchandise. Additionally, DBA launched Dear Media (DM), a podcast studio with a focus on bringing women, their stories and their narratives to the forefront of conversation. In 2017 DBA was named one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work. d

Jaclyn Johnson took her side hustle and turned it into a full blown media empire- Create & Cultivate. Since launching C&C, Jaclyn has written her own book and launched her podcast, Work Party. Jaclyn shares how she continues to scale Create & Cultivate to foster and empower a community for professional women. 

Lo Bosworth has innovated the feminine self care industry with her company, Love Wellness. After Laguna Beach and The Hills, Lo pivoted to become a best selling author, influencer, culinary expert, startup founder and now a successful CEO.  Lo shares what she has learned from the evolution of her career in the past decade.