Alison Cayne is the Founder of Haven's Kitchen, a cooking school and event space in New York City. Alison's journey is so inspiring -- in this episode she gave me the story behind her return to grad school after having five children, and how she rose above her own lack of self-confidence to become a powerhouse entrepreneur. Alison's story is proof that like the best cooking, you don't need a recipe for success.

Lauren Bille & Ashley Spivak are the Co-Founders of Cycles + Sex, a women's health initiative that started out as an event, and is steadily growing to become the go-to platform for women's reproductive health and sexual wellness.

Linda Derschang is the founder and CEO of The Derschang Group; a mix of restaurants, cafes and bars in Seattle, Washington. Linda joined me to talk about the journey from opening a punk clothing store in Denver to the massive group of bars and restaurants in Seattle today.

Carolyn Witte is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tia -- an integrated healthcare center, resource, and community for women. Carolyn left her dream job to start Tia after realizing that women's health was a huge, complicated problem that she had to solve.

Patti Russo is the Executive Director of the Women's Campaign School at Yale -- an intensive program designed to train women to run for office and manage political campaigns. Patti's story is incredibly inspiring, something we might need in the midst of this week, and she has a lot of insights to share that go beyond just politics.

Abigail Stone is the founder and CEO of Otherland, a new candle company focused on self-care, great scents, and art-inspired style.

Abigail sat down with me to talk about her journey from a career as an art buyer for Ralph Lauren, to starting over in business school, and the success she's found since.

Susannah Vila is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flip -- an online service that helps renters get out of their leases, and helps subletters find new apartments. Susannah cut her teeth in the world of political NGO’s before realizing that her real passion was entrepreneurship, and her first order of business was tackling a problem she’d been dealing with for years.

Mackenzie Barth and Sarah Adler are the Co-Founders of Spoon University -- an online food magazine that they started in their college dorm rooms, and then went on to get acquired by a major media outlet. Kenzie and Sarah sat down with me this week to share the story of their unprecedented success.

Melanie Elturk is Co-founder, CEO, and Chief Designer at Haute Hijab -- an online retail brand that 'makes the world's best hijabs for the world's most powerful women.' Melanie went from a stable career in a law firm to diving headfirst into her growing e-commerce empire, and she doesn't hold back about what a daunting move that was to make.

Sarah Carter and Ally Varady are the founders of CV Partners, a project management firm that specializes in taking construction projects from concept to completion, and all the endless details in between.