Takin' Care of Lady Business®

Angie Tebbe is the co-founder and CEO of Rae Wellness. A fruitful 13-year career at one of the world's most recognizable retailers, a lifelong commitment to well-being, and an endless thirst for knowledge led Angie to start Rae Wellness, a holistic wellness company that is committed to well-being for all by providing natural supplements at affordable price points.

The North Dakota native grew up in a humble and holistic home. Angie's mother worked as a nurse, and her father had a deep passion for Eastern medicine. At a young age, Angie learned how to meditate and developed a curiosity for wellness. In 2018, a period of reflection sparked the idea of Rae Wellness. She gave up her title-holder role at Target, dusted off her father's books, and decided to pursue a new path.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Angie Tebbe about her company, Rae Wellness, Angie’s journey of growing the company, and their goals of affordable and holistic wellness and nutrition products for all.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

How Rae Wellness’s supplements help women in all areas of their wellness needs including stress, hormones, digestion, skin, sleep, and much more

How after working for the Target Corporation for 13 years, Angie used her expertise in wellness, big box retailers, and her understanding of the ethos behind company brands to help women become their best selves

How Angie set out to solve the whitespace in the wellness market: Companies only cater to the “1%”

The importance of breaking down a five-year business plan into key categories

How Angie broke down roadblocks such as raising money as a female founder and the struggles she still encounters today

The key to finding a team is looking for good people who care about the purpose and investing in them

Connect with Angie:

Website: https://raewellness.co/ 

Socials:

Instagram: @raeforwellness

TikTok: @raewellness

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With her finger on the pulse of better-for-you brands, Rachel Krupa is the Founder of The Goods Mart, a better-for-you convenience store that opened its doors in 2018 and now has three locations in New York City. As a professional “Snack Curator,” Rachel has deep insights into what makes a small brand stand out on the shelves and offers personalized and customized snack curation for corporations, hotels, and beyond. Rachel’s work as a leader in better-for-you food and wellness iterations has garnered her features in Fast Company, Marie Claire, New York Times, and Vogue, among others. Rachel has graced Create & Cultivate’s annual list of forward-thinking women and she is an advisor for Food Tank, Naturally New York, and New American Kitchen.

 

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Rachel Krupa about her socially conscious convenience store, The Goods Mart, its journey and goals as a company, and the featured products found on their shelves in NYC. 

 

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

How Rachel used her experience owning a PR agency with better-for-you CPG brands to open The Good Mart and fill the white space of retail space with better-for-you snacks

How The Goods Mart is a socially conscious convenience store and how they act as a stepping stone for emerging brands 

Why it is difficult for brands to sell direct-to-consumer because of costs such as ads and digital marketing 

How The Goods Mart’s dedication to providing better, healthier ingredients within common snack foods and wellness products are making them stand out from the regular gas stations and rest stops 

How Rachel figured out how to find the brands/products for The Goods Mart with a mix of recommendations, community research, trend studies, and recognizing competitors’ supply 

Why starting a business does not mean learning how to do every position of a C-Suite but rather hiring out what you don’t know

 

 

Connect with Rachel: 

Website:  https://www.thegoodsmart.com/ 

Socials: 

Instagram: @rachkrupa | @thegoodsmart | @krupaconsulting 

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Kate Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Miss Grass, a brand on a mission to help the world get good at weed. Inspired by her stint working at a dispensary in college and powered by a decade-long career in entertainment where she worked alongside Ben Silverman (The Office, Ugly Betty) and led brand partnerships for Lorne Micheals’ Broadway Video (Saturday Night Live), Kate is dedicated to making cannabis accessible, rewriting the pervasive and shameful narrative around this plant, and building a community of conscious cannabis consumers.

 

Miss Grass has been featured in Refinery29, Forbes, The Hollywood Reporter, W Magazine, Byrdie, LA Magazine, and more.

 

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Kate Miller about conscious cannabis consumption. 

 

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

How and why Miss Grass built a community of women connected thru cannabis prior to launching their own products

How Miss Grass is helping marginalized minority groups most affected by the illegal nature of weed. 

The differences between the cannabis plant from THC to CBD and the different products Miss Grass is selling and where. 

How Kate built traction for Miss Grass after the #metoo movement with fundraising, career networking, and media presence

The struggles of female founders to make strides within the cannabis industry versus male founders and how you can help.

 

 

Connect with Kate: 

Website: https://missgrass.com/ 

Instagram: @missgrass | @kdebz 

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Shira Lazar is the founder and CEO of the Emmy Nominated digital media brand What's Trending. She is a Web3 advocate, collector, and advises as well as consults with companies focusing on culture and blockchain tech. As a broadcaster, Shira uses her platforms to create content and education around Web3, bridging the gap between the industry, creators, and consumers. 

While in quarantine in April 2020, Shira launched PeaceInside.Live, a wellness community and platform offering classes, workshops, and retreats. PIL has worked with companies like Capital One, HBO, and Spotify. Since its launch, the company has expanded and now works with Web3 companies, communities, and teams building customized wellness programming that can be experienced both virtually and IRL.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Shira Lazar about what’s trending in Web 3, given all the crazy headlines, and how she’s on a mission to put wellness at the forefront of it all.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

How Shira’s digital publishing company, What’s Trending, has helped cover Web2 and Web3 and what has changed in Web3. 

How women in Web3 are helping redefine success away from just financial success 

How Shira’s new company Peace Inside is helping incorporate wellness and avoid burnout in Web3 

How finding her purpose and living her authentic truth led Shira to success

Connect with Shira:

Website: https://www.shiralazar.com | https://www.peaceinside.live/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiralazar/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShiraLazar/

Instagram: @shiralazar

Twitter: @shiralazar 

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Syama Meagher is the Founder & CEO of Scaling Retail, the global consulting firm for the fashion retail industry. Her agency clients include fashion, lifestyle, cannabis, and beauty brands. Syama is at the forefront of what's happening now in retail and speaks on business development, sales, & marketing, Web 3, digital fashion & NFTs, and more for fashion & retail. She's presented talks with MAGIC, Tory Burch, Shopify Women, Liberty Fairs, and more, and has been quoted in NPR, INC. Magazine, & WWD.

 

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Syama Meagher about creating flexible business models for the fashion industry and crypto space. 

 

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

The importance of finding what motivates you the most to be successful and excited about working towards your goals 

Syama’s perspective on the parallels of business modeling within the fashion and technology industries; showing how the same thinking applied in different ways can achieve similar results 

Explaining the five areas of business: sales, marketing, product, operations and finance - and how to adapt them to fit various types of industries   

Syama’s transition from retail and consumer-based fashion to Web3/ blockchain development and how she launched the first bitcoin ATM machine 

Why most large companies who have the resources to integrate and invest in blockchain set the stage (and the price) within the current major movement of brand consumption 

Why women need to “find other ways to win” and think about reframing how to build community, what the available resources are out there, and how to use them 

Why more women are necessary for all areas of Web3

Connect with Syama: 

Website: https://www.scalingretail.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scalingretail 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaling-retail/ 

Instagram: @scalingretail 

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Regina Readling is an Executive Compensation & Benefits partner in Weil Gotshal’s Tax Department and is based in New York. Regina’s practice focuses on the executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, initial public offerings, and other strategic transactions. In addition to her significant transactional practice, Regina has experience advising on a broad range of public and private company compensation issues and routinely counsels companies, boards of directors, compensation committees, and executives on tax, securities law, disclosure, and corporate governance matters pertaining to executive compensation arrangements.

 

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Regina Readling about how to make sure you are getting paid what you are worth! 

 

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

The material terms of an executive compensation package which are more than just; the base salary, bonuses, and equity

Understanding that companies expect you to have an attorney negotiate for you and why it won’t ruin your deal

Other traps to watch out for in executive agreements such as your professional and personal social media presence and how to protect it

Regina’s advice to hire an attorney to negotiate your deal before agreeing to any points whatsoever

Explaining why severance can be much more than just getting paid your salary and how to protect for it

What having equity in a company really means and why it could end up costing you

 

Connect with Regina:

Website: https://www.weil.com/

https://www.weil.com/people/regina-readling

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Kelly Cutrone is an author, television personality, and publicist. She is the CEO of the company, People’s Revolution. Having tired of the PR life, Cutrone sold her half of Cutrone & Weinberg to her co-founder and spent a year and a half as a tarot card reader. Cutrone founded People's Revolution in 1996. In 2002, People's Revolution broke the record for the most shows produced in one day during New York Fashion Week. In February 2010, Cutrone executive produced Bravo's Kell on Earth, an eight-episode reality TV show about Cutrone and People's Revolution. The series followed Cutrone as she balanced running her own company and producing Fashion Weeks in New York and London as a single mother. 

 

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Kelly Cutrone about the mistakes she made as an inexperienced founder so you don’t also make them, creating and designing meaningful brands and stories, and the state of the fashion industry today.

 

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

How Kelly’s company, People’s Revolution, uses hyper engineering in their storytelling, press, and design efforts for the brands they represent 

Why she decided to participate in the reality TV program The Hills and reflections on what worked / what did not 

How to get through all the “noise” in the industry when it comes to campaigning and getting noticed 

The big mistakes Kelly made in creating her own business and how she would do it differently if all over again. 

Ask: “should I be paying them or should they be paying me?” 

The importance of understanding how the business side of a company works in order to make crucial decisions 

Connect with Kelly:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellycutrone/?hl=en / @peoplesrevteam

Twitter: @kellycutrone

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Michelle Cordeiro Grant is a serial entrepreneur, brand builder, and innovator. In 2016, she founded LIVELY, a Leisurée brand inspiring women to live passionately, purposefully, and confidently. In just six years, she grew the brand from its concept stage to a 165,000-person ambassador community, 5 stores, and a $105M acquisition.

Currently, Michelle is working on a soon-to-launch wellness brand (coming January 2023), and hosts the Web3 with MCG Podcast, a space diving into the world of Web3 and breaking down the essentials in an easy-to-understand, approachable way. 

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Michelle Cordeiro Grant about Web3 foundations, Lively, and breaking brand stereotypes. 

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

How Michelle was inspired to develop Lively after realizing products from Victoria’s Secret were limited for the everyday woman ( no maternity options, size inclusivity, sportswear, etc.)

The importance of building your own confidence and surrounding yourself with people who believe in you and your vision

Michelle’s realizations about growing her business and why she sold Lively in 2019

Michelle’s transition into developing Web3 foundations and her podcast, Web3 with MCG to help share and market brands while keeping women informed and comfortable

Michelle’s advice for founders: don’t micromanage and hire for the future

Connect with Michelle:

Websites:  https://www.wearlively.com/  | https://michellecordeirogrant.com/ | https://entreprenista.com/web3withmcg/ 

Instagram: @wearlively | @the_michellegrant | @web3withmcg

Twitter: @wearlively

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wearlively/

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Regan Robinson is a futurist, advisor, and investor building an Imaginarium to empower visionaries to create new possibilities for themselves, their companies, and communities by exploring what could be. She’s the creator of the Sketching The Future Series,™ a portfolio of done-with-you-experiences specially calibrated for busy female founders and C-Suite executives to elevate their brilliance.

After a powerhouse first 15 years leading strategy and business transformation at companies such as VICE Media and Edelman Digital, working with clients such as Viacom, Stila Cosmetics, and Anheuser-Busch InBev, and launching 3 startups (including co-founding digital agency Highly Evolved at 27), Regan’s life was forever changed with her Mom’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis in 2015. She began defining her own work-life philosophy, built on the cornerstones of well-being, sustainable capacity-building, imagination, and intuition. She has been applying her proprietary methodologies to women-owned early-stage investment and consumer startups ever since.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Regan Robinson about futurism, business transformation strategies, and data analysis in terms of helping build a more sustainable world.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

 What a “futurist” is and what it means in terms of business transformation strategies and data analysis 

How futurism is applicable to branding and marketing for both teams and individual entrepreneurs

Why futurists use technology as an underpinning and how Regan developed her futurist mindset by exploring life through her passions

Insight into Regan’s “Sketching the Future Series” 

What some of the biggest barriers are to building a future-minded way of thinking 

How younger people can be the driving force behind social and economic vitality

Connect with Regan:

Website: https://intuitiveforesight.com/ladybusiness

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reganrobinson/

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Camilla Marcus is the founder of the innovative company, Westbourne, the climate change-focused and sustainable food brand with its minimalist, intentional approach to food, lifestyle, and gathering. She is a chef, entrepreneur, and activist trailblazing what it means to be a good steward for our planet, people, and future through the lens of food. The ultimate generalist, she has a JD/MBA. She is a mindful, notable chef considered a leader in plant-based, climate-centered cooking and who’s collaborated with brands such as Nike, Allbirds, Tanya Taylor, and Vogue. She’s recently gained national recognition for her philanthropic leadership as a co-founder of ROAR (Restaurants Organizing Advocating Rebuilding) and a founding member of the IRC (Independent Restaurant Coalition) to establish critical support for the restaurant industry and its 11 million workers during the pandemic. 

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Camilla Marcus about her food company, Westbourne, their goals for making better use of the environment, and Camila’s journey as a female-led entrepreneur in the restaurant industry.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

Camilla’s early background with culinary arts and why she created her company, Westbourne; being motivated by her passion for protecting the Earth and wanting to connect conscious decisions within two worlds 

Explaining the unique sides of Westbourne’s products such as their 100% compostable packaging and carbon-neutral supply chain 

The gender bias within the restaurant industry and how Camilla changed the narrative of her credibility being questioned 

The obstacles Camilla faced when it came to financing Westbourne as a female-led business and a look into the early stages of sales for a small restaurant 

Recognizing the power of “microactivisim” and the importance of having structural support as a country and why the gender wealth gap needs to be bridged

Recognizing the importance of curiosity, research, and constant innovation

Connect with Camilla:

Website: https://westbourne.com/ 

Instagram: @camilla.marcus 

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