How She Does It

It’s no secret that women’s basketball is exploding in popularity. The WNBA had a record-breaking season last year, which was also its most-watched season in over two decades. Now as some of those college stars (like Caitlin Clark) graduate from college and move on, the WNBA is hoping to build on their momentum. 

One of the women we can thank for that momentum is Clara Wu Tsai. She bought the New York Liberty basketball team in 2019 with her husband Joe Tsai, and immediately made profound changes to turn it around. Her goals for this year? To win a championship, and show that women's professional sports can be profitable.

This will be our final episode of Season 1. We’re so thankful you joined us for the first season of “How She Does It,” and we can’t wait to see you again later this year! 

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Chapters:

00:00 Background and Values

04:58 Academic Journey and Career Path

11:01 Becoming the Owner of the New York Liberty

15:49 Success and Goals for the New York Liberty

22:04 Promoting Social Justice through the Social Justice Fund

25:56 Studying Peak Performance in Elite Athletes with the Wu Tsai Performance Alliance

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Women across all industries need more female mentors and role models, and perhaps nowhere is that more imperative than in the field of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). When we have more women in STEM, there’s a ripple effect — scientific and financial outcomes for women are improved across the board. 

The good news is that more women than ever are choosing career paths in the field. Paola Arlotta, a neurobiologist and stem cell scientist at Harvard University, is one of the women paving the way for other female scientists. She's showing that it’s possible to run a lab and raise a family at the same time, and this week she shares insight into her career and her work.

Takeaways:

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:33 - Paolo Arlotta's Background and Decision to Pursue Science

00:06:24 - The Process and Significance of Creating Brain Organoids

00:10:25 - The Potential of Brain Organoids in Understanding and Treating Diseases

00:22:01 - Women in Science

00:28:12 - Challenges of Balancing Career and Family

00:31:01 - Role Models and Mentorship

00:34:52 - Lightning Round Questions

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According to research by Deloitte, the number of women who reach the highest level of leadership in financial services is on the rise, with women holding 18% of financial C-suite positions globally. But the research also says that number is climbing slowly — without a more concerted effort, women financial leaders may not even reach 25% by 2031.

Lindsay Hans, President and Co-head of Merrill Wealth Management, is working to change that. In her role, she’s committed to lowering the barrier to entry for women financial advisors — including being a strong advocate for their new training program which is more attractive to female advisors who may not have a pre-existing network of wealthy connections.

Takeaways: 

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

06:51 - Lindsay Hans Career Advancement

16:20 - Initiatives to Support Women Financial Advisors

20:40 - Advisors and Client Relationships

25:58 - Challenges in Attracting Women to Financial Advisory Role

30:15 - Conclusion

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Making the decision to have kids is one of the biggest decisions a woman can make in her life, and increasingly, women (and men) are not waiting until they find the right person to have kids with — they’re walking the journey on their own. 

With a wide array of options from sperm and egg donors to surrogacy or adoption, there are more options than ever for those choosing the journey into parenthood. When Leigh Gallagher, Senior Managing Director at Teneo, was in her early 40s, she decided she was done waiting for the “dating gods” and made the choice to have a child on her own. She says that while she’s famously bad at making decisions, this was actually the easiest one she’s ever made. 

Listen in to hear details on how she chose a sperm donor, how she’s built a village of childcare to support her, and why her daughter knows that above all, they are always a team. 

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:05:02 - Decision to Have a Baby

00:11:31 - Pregnancy and Preparing for Parenthood

00:13:46 - Choices as a Single Parent

00:14:21 - Life Changes After Having Her Daughter

00:17:06 - Challenges of Single Parenthood

00:18:58 - Destiny and Parenthood

00:21:31 - Advice for Prospective Single Parents and Current Parents

00:24:09 - Lightning Round

Takeaways:

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Women’s ability to access high-quality, affordable, healthcare is a huge issue. From conception to asking questions about IVF and egg freezing, to our peri and postmenopausal life stages, we need easy access to specialized care for a lifetime. That’s exactly why Kate Ryder created Maven Clinic, a comprehensive 24/7 virtual platform that offers support and referrals related to fertility and family planning, pregnancy, postpartum health, adoption, surrogacy, parenting, and menopause. 

Kate details how she went from journalist to startup founder, and how Maven provides straightforward access to care for women at all life stages. 

Takeaways:

Chapters: 

00:00 Introduction and the Importance of Access to Fertility Care

06:52 The Origin Story of Maven Clinic

14:43 Expanding Services to Support Conception and Menopause

26:53 The Unprecedented Situation in Alabama

28:17 The Need for Comprehensive Women's Health Services

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We’re always so impressed when we hear about female founders who can turn a product they start making in their homes into a multi-million dollar business. So, how did they do it? Did they always dream of starting something bigger or did it take time for them to realize that their humble idea could really scale? And do the skills it takes to run a small business translate to running one with many employees, where the day-to-day tasks are wildly different?

Starr Edwards is one of those founders. In 2010, she was looking for creative ways to provide for her young family, and with just $200 and a used Vitamix, she started selling her dips, with a clever name – Bitchin' Sauce. After starting with small sales at the San Diego Farmers Market, today the company is a $50 million dollar business, and their vegan almond dip is sold everywhere from Costo to Whole Foods. Edwards shares how she scaled her company while raising a family of five, and what she learned when she shipped the sauce to Colorado (hint: it got messy!)

Takeaways:

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction and Background

00:03:29 - Scaling Production from Home Kitchen to Manufacturing

00:04:32 - Getting into Whole Foods and Challenges with Distribution

00:09:20 - Balancing Family Life and Business Growth

00:11:10 - Learning from Peers and Avoiding Mistakes

00:18:18 - Benefits of on-site Childcare

00:21:32 - Future Aspirations

00:23:55 - Hiring Strategy and Building a Team

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Finding out about our family's history can tell us so much about ourselves, and our place in the world. For a long time, Deb Liu, CEO of Ancestry.com, said she felt like a victim of her history. She grew up in South Carolina, and since she was one of the only Asian-American kids in her classes, she was often made the target of pranks and bullying. She had to fight for her place in the world. 

Fast forward years later, Liu credits Sheryl Sandberg, her mentor at Facebook, for helping her come out of her shell and embrace her true self. One day after a meeting, Sandberg pulled her aside and said, “You can stop fighting now. You can be gracious.” This statement profoundly changed the way she worked. Listen in to hear her advice on leading with warmth, how to avoid falling into the trap of ‘strategic ambiguity’ in your career, and why she thinks more women should plan their marriages the same way they plan their wedding day.

Takeaways:

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Background

01:43 The Road to Becoming a CEO

03:23 Speaking Up and Building Relationships

06:27 The Importance of Allies, Mentors, and Sponsors

09:25 Asking for What You Want

10:34 Transitioning from Fighting For What You Deserve to Building Connections

14:27 A Swim Lane Marriage

21:14 The Vision for Ancestry.com

26:36 Lightning Round

29:43 Where to Find Deb Liu

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Women often have a blur of busy days — going from meetings and important phone calls to the grocery store or soccer practice. It often feels like the day goes by in a blink of an eye. This, of course, leaves many of us feeling drained at the end of the day, or inspired to push off our most important tasks to next week — or we forget about them completely. 

So how can we better juggle our busy work days, the challenges of raising a family, and all of the other tasks in-between, while still making time for fun? Laura Mae Martin has cracked the code. She’s Google’s Executive Productivity Officer, and she coaches Google’s top executives on time management and efficiency. 

She offers her take on how to cut out time-suck meetings once and for all, and why discovering our “power hours” does wonders for our creativity and productivity. 

Takeaways:

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

05:24 Optimizing Time for Emails

07:10 The List Funnel

13:58 Working with Executives on Productivity

15:06 Limiting Meetings

19.32 Power Hours and Structuring Productive Days

24:33 The Importance of Flexibility in Work Hours

26:01 Productivity Mistakes: Multitasking and Email Overload

28:06 New Research on Productivity

29:12 Lightning Round: Quick Questions

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There’s been a major shift in the fashion industry over the past few years, with a noticeable shift away from Fast Fashion. H&M, once a stock market darling, is now well below 50% of its all-time high. This, in no small part, comes from the concern over the waste emanating from the fast fashion pieces that now fill our landfills.

Jensen Neff and Ellie Chen found out just how much fabric goes to waste in the fashion industry (14 million pounds of fabric daily, to be exact) and created their sustainably sourced clothing brand Oddli as their senior capstone project at Stanford. Fast forward to today, they’ve grown into a multi-million dollar profitable brand. Listen in to hear how they used social media to build a following from the start, and their best advice for other young female founders.

Takeaways: 

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Shift Away from Fast Fashion

01:21 Introduction to Oddli 

10:23 Sourcing Raw Materials and Accessing Excess Fabric

15:50 Ignoring Conventional Wisdom in Fundraising

23:38 Navigating the Industry as Female Founders

31:22 Ambitions for the Future

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Over the past 10 to 20 years, the sharing economy has taken over: In many ways, renting and returning is now our way of life. Think about it: We stay in strangers’ homes via Airbnb and VRBO, we borrow books on Kindle, Zipcars are viable alternatives to owning a car, and we rent a different dress for every wedding or event so we never have to be Instagrammed wearing the same thing twice. 

But what about renting things for the smallest members of your family? Fran Maier, CEO and founder of BabyQuip, has made that possible. With BabyQuip, traveling families can rent high-quality everything from cribs and toys to car seats for when they’re on the go. 

Listen in to hear Maier’s advice as a serial entrepreneur, her biggest regret when selling Match.com, and her hope for the future of female-founded companies.

Chapters

00:00 Entrepreneurial Roots

03:29 Early Career and Match.com

15:44 Time After Match.com

22:12 Pitching BabyQuip on Shark Tank

23:45 Navigating the Challenges of the Pandemic

26:02 Competition and Market Strategy

29:46 The Gender Gap in Financing

31:24 Lightning Round

33:13 Where to Find BabyQuip

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