Professional Jealousy Podcast: Founder Stories, Brands and Business Innovation

Pioneering the Quest for Longevity:

Dr. Roizen is certified in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology, and a self confessed science nerd. He served as Cleveland Clinic’s first Chief Wellness Officer, and founding Chair of its Wellness Institute. Dr. Roizen is devoted to helping people live younger, and he developed the RealAge Test as well as helping start 13 companies, and co-invented a drug approved by the FDA.

If that isn’t impressive enough, he has authored over 190 peer reviewed scientific publications, four New York Times #1 best sellers, 9 overall bestsellers including his initial #1 Bestseller in 5 countries, “RealAge: Are You As Young As You Can Be?”, “AgeProof—Living Longer without breaking a hip or running out of money” and his latest book, “What To Eat When: A Strategic Plan To Improve Your Health and Life through Food”. And he has a weekly podcast now in its 930+ week, a recipient of an Emmy, an Elle, and the Paul Rogers best medical communicator award from the National Library of Medicine.

He is currently working on an AI longevity app to help motivate proactive healthcare through technology enabled coaching and behavior change incentives.

This conversation included:

• Find purpose in life from a young age

• Navigating medicine to find his passion

• Biological vs chronological age with the Real Age concept

• Longevity and the potential for scientific breakthroughs making "90 the new 40’

• Top recommendations for overall well-being: ‘Posse, Purpose, and Play’

• Ways to create behavior change and finding an individuals motivator

• Views on medical advancements

• Career insights and advice

Dr Roizen is professionally jealous of one of his longtime collaborators, Dr Oz for his work ethic, prolific output and dedication to educating the world about health related topics.

Check out https://www.longevityplaybook.com/

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Adelle is the CEO & Co-Founder of Eterneva, a celebration of life brand that reimagines the experience around loss by making diamonds from ashes or hair. Eterneva was named Consumer Startup of the Year by the Stevie Awards and was featured on Shark Tank, receiving investment from Mark Cuban.

Adelle has been featured on both Inc and Forbes coveted ’30 Under 30′ lists. Prior to founding Eterneva, Adelle received her MBA in Entrepreneurship at the Acton School of Business, considered the ‘navy seal’ program for entrepreneurs. She spent four years as a Product Marketing leader in Tech, launching major products to market with partners like Amazon, Ebay, Square, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.

This conversation included:

• The personal origin story behind Eterneva

• Changing the perception of death from grieving to celebration

• Creating a modern end of life brand

• Learning from consumers and evolving the product experience

• Advice and insights for entrepreneurs

Adelle is professionally jealous of Brian Chesky, co-founder of Airbnb, for being a visionary whose customer focus and long term view of building a brand and exemplary experience continues to inspire her.

Check out https://www.eterneva.com/

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Giving the spa industry a make-over:

Adam is an entrepreneur who focuses exclusively on investing and incubating businesses in the beauty, consumer products, and retail categories.This has been a combination of investing in existing businesses such as Serena & Lily, Bulldog Skincare and Zevia and incubating new businesses, such as Soludos, Amanu, Hate Stains. He is currently co-founder and Chairman of Heyday, a new kind of facial shop that is disrupting the spa industry by taking the facial into everyday life.

This conversation included:

• Moving from Banking and M&A to founder and entrepreneur

• The ‘aha’ behind the Heyday white space and the ‘why’ that drove the brand

• How to approach the creation of a consumer service brand

• Navigating COVID as an in-person brand

• Advice for founders on funding, scaling and franchising

Adam is professionally jealous of the John Feo, the founder of Moon Pals weighted toys for kids that offer psychological benefits such as stress and anxiety relief in a more fun and relevant form than a blanket.

Check out https://www.heydayskincare.com/

Manifesting a Female Future in Web3: A Conversation with Maggie Love

Maggie Love, the founder of SheFi, is on a mission to empower women and non-binary individuals to master Web3. Through SheFi, a cohort-based educational program, she provides live instruction, hands-on tech demos, and peer support, fostering a global community of innovators. With thousands of members from over 90 countries, SheFi is accelerating careers in Web3 and AI, making these industries more inclusive and diverse.

This was a fun, wide-ranging conversation that included:

• SheFi: A ‘Divine Download’ Origin Story

• Making Web3 Accessible Through Storytelling

• The Power of Community in Web3 Growth

• Philosophies, Practices, and Future Ambitions

  
  

Professional Jealousy: Reinvention & Resilience

When asked about her professional jealousy, Maggie admires individuals who continuously reinvent themselves. She draws inspiration from Serena Williams, who transitioned from world-class athlete to investor and entrepreneur, and Martha Stewart, who rebuilt her brand after adversity - and jail time - to become more culturally relevant than ever.

Check https://www.shefi.org/

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Creating a better future one cookie and a time:

Denise Woodard’s journey exemplifies passion, perseverance, and purpose. From a mother seeking better food options for her child to a trailblazing entrepreneur breaking barriers in the CPG space, her story is one of transformation and impact. As Partake Foods continues to grow, so does its mission—to create an inclusive, delicious, and better future for all.

Denise left her corporate role and bootstrapped the brand until becoming the first black woman to raise over a million publicly for a CPG food startup. To date, she has raised over $25M from investors including HER, Rihanna, CircleUp Growth Partners, FF2032 and Marcy Venture Partners. Partake was named #151 on the Inc 5000 list in 2023. And on top of all that, she is also the founder of 501c3, Black Futures Fellowship, an annual program that matches active HBCU students with paid internships in the CPG food & beverage industry.

Denises’s grit, practical advice and dynamism shine through in this conversation that includes:

• The personal inspiration for Partake Foods

• From corporate life to founder of Partake Foods

• Bootstrapping and what it took in the first few years

• Evolving the Brand Proposition and visual identity to get tastier

• Building a community-driven brand

• Advice for fund raising and scaling a business

• Definitions of success and future ambitions

Denise is professionally jealous of brands that are doing interesting partnerships and collaborations such as Brightland and Mackenzie Childs for the holidays, and Ollipop x StayCoolNYC with a loungewear collection.

Check out https://partakefoods.com/

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Designing your own fearless path in life:

Rebecca Minkoff is a force - founder of her namesake brand, founder of The Female Founder Collective, author of Fearless and host of Superwomen podcast, and lastly was on Real Housewives of New York.

This episode was fun, we talked about:

• Encouraging an entrepreneurial spirit

• Early career hustle

• Building and scaling the Rebecca Minkoff fashion brand

• Challenges for women in business

• Starting the Female Founder Collective

• The ‘Fearless Mindset’ and rules for success

• Tools for staying well and inspired

• RHONY experience and plans for the future 

Rebecca is professionally jealous of Jenna Kutcher, a slash/slash writer/digital creator/mother/podcaster who has done incredible things, but also figure out how to optimize and balance her life in terms of motherhood and business.

Check out Rebecca Minkoff's book ‘Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success’ https://amzn.to/418MONQ

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Professional Jealousy, an explainer:

A quick intro to me, Natasha Jakubowski, and what this new Professional Jealousy podcast is all about, and why on earth I decided to start it!

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