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This episode is all about identity: what it means, why we’re fixated on ‘solving it’ and if we should even try to. Joining us to share her journey with identity is the Founder and CEO of Indian-inspired skincare brand Aavrani, Rooshy Roy.

With humility and humour, Rooshy reflects on the confusion she felt as a teen trying to navigate cultural expectations as an Indian and American woman. Why rebellion in school is often a sign, not a write-off, and how we can gain more clarity on who we really are as individuals.

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Zoia Kozakov’s life and career to-date has been so full, condensing it into a few sentences seems impractical. Alas, here we go. Vice President, Product at  CitiBank NYC, Global Marketing Lead at Women In Innovation, a Podcast Host and Founder, Zoia straddles between tech and innovation. 

In this ep, Zoia recounts the journey of being inscripted into the Israeli army following her father’s passing, why living in the present is a constant struggle and how to find your value system.

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You’re graduating college, you’ve got your 9-5, health-care covered, cubicle cemented dream on a platter. You call your mom. Everything is good, everything is right, everything is in order, except you. 

When Rachel Carpenter called her mom, she had one question: to take the opportunity with money, or to sleep on a friend’s couch and earn no money. Her mom said to do the thing that fuelled her.

Rachel is the Co-Founder and CEO of Intrinio, a fin-tech start-up that provides businesses with fast, accurate, and affordable financial data. In this episode, Rachel shares the advice her mom gave which shaped her career, losing friends to ambition and why failure can point us in a better direction if we let it.

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How can we progress when everyone around us is urging us not to go forward? That’s a pain today’s guest, Cristina De la Peña knows all too well.

An architect turned-tech-entrepreneur, Cristina left Mexico to pursue a career in Paris, only to return after her then-business partner told her she was the ‘weak link.’ With her self-worth in question, Cristina stopped focusing on ‘who’ she was and began to ask herself ‘why’ she wanted to continue. 

Finding your ‘why’ is at the centre of today’s episode as Cristina shares her experience of being the ‘odd one out,’ looking for a support system outside of intimate relationships and how to embrace independence.

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Niara Valério is an ed-tech entrepreneur and Co-founder of Learnabi, an online platform that brings personalised learning to high-risk students in underserved areas of the U.S. In two years, Learnabi has earned over six figures in sales and led Niara to be recognised on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

It all came together in the end, but only because it fell apart. With wisdom and frankness, Niara shares her early financial and mental hardships, understanding the ‘why’ behind our commitment and the cracks in the US school system.

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Today’s episode is all about closing the gap: pleasure, that is. Liz Klinger is the Co-founder of Lioness, a sexual wellness company responsible for creating the world's first and only biofeedback smart vibrators. Translation: you can see when and how to improve your orgasms by understanding what arouses you. 

Like a true taboo-breaker, Liz doesn’t leave much to interpretation as she reflects on the way art insisted her interest in sex, how we can become more open to the things that scare us and why living in the ‘grey’ is so damn hard.

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Some people make babies, Georgia Branch grows 7-figure start ups. Impressive? Yes. But behind every successful bi-line comes a cost most of us don’t choose to check. As the founder of mature-aged model agency, Silverfox and wellness brands including Hemple CBD, Georgia has experienced the praise, recognition and commercial status of being a true entrepreneurial “success story,” but she’s also felt the grief that comes from it. In this powerful interview, Georgia shares her tale from PR girl to Forbes 30 Under 30, overcoming parental pressure and expectations and the ‘I’ in imposter syndrome.

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There’s a cultural divide and your brands know it.

Christie Ding is the Co-Founder of Brand Catalyser, a full service marketing agency specialising in cross-border and cross-cultural marketing strategies for brands wanting to expand into the Asian market. With a pragmatic mindset and youthful voice, Christie reflects on the year that changes everything, overcoming her introverted tendencies and the art of self-improvement.

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Ethical fashion has become a trend, a buzz word - something with flare but no substance. Then, along came Sophia Danner-Okotie, a Nigerian born entrepreneur who wanted to create something familiar as well as fashionable. The result is Besida, a black-owned boutique and online store based in Atlanta that offers women’s fashion that’s both sustainably and ethically made in Nigeria. With charm and allure, Sophia shares how entrepreneurship softened her, why she felt the need to wear a defensive armour in order to do her job and the purpose driving her to disrupt fast-fashion.

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Hope felt awfully far this year but never completely out of sight and note entirely out of reach. In today’s final episode of 2020, Host and Founder Michelle takes a moment to give her honest recount of the year that was. A time of great loss, unbearable uncertainty and high hopes. 

As a company we lost, we won and we learnt a lot. From missing people to missed opportunities, Michelle tracks the hardships of entrepreneurship during a pandemic and the lessons born from it. This is our truth.

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