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Episode 043: She Did It Her Way: Making a Name for Yourself

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Elyce tells us how she carved out her own name in the fashion world with Frances Valentine.

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

Learning what your strengths are as you go along, and tailoring your role in your business accordingly

The importance of choosing co-founders who compliment each other’s strengths and specialties, and how to continue hiring after establishing that team

Recognizing the signs that you’ve grown and learned enough from being in a collaborative, team-driven environment to go out and start a business on your own

Realizing that you can make the world a better place by holding on to your money and investing it, rather than giving it all away, as women with wealth are often pressured to

Conceptualizing “growth” and “expansion” in measurable terms

Acknowledging when a certain product or effort may not be growing or expanding, and how to dial it back

 

Connect with Elyce:

WEBSITE: https://francesvalentine.com/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/fvalentineny

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FValentineNY/

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elyce-arons-544a69108/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/elyce_arons/

PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/fvalentineny/

 

 

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Episode 042: Trust Your Process: Gen Z, College, and Opportunity

Julia Haber is the Co-Founder & CEO of Home From College, a nationwide platform for students to build better resumes and get flexible work experience at an early stage in their career. Previously, she founded WAYV, an experiential agency bringing Fortune 500 brands like Shopify, Refinery 29 and Google to college students for on campus activations. At the start of her career, Julia spent time at Snapchat and Spotify. She is a thought leader in the Gen Z consumer tech space and resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Julia explores the modern job landscape for recent college graduates.

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

Authentically reaching younger client bases by positioning yourself as someone who not only understands them, but can help them

Why returning to an organic, word-of-mouth marketing approach may be the breath of fresh air your business needs

Why utilizing LinkedIn may not be enough to find a competitive and fulfilling job, especially for young people just out of college 

Why Gen Z values transparency

What you can learn from Julia’s career pivot, and how she made her career work for her

 

Connect with Julia:

WEBSITE: https://homefromcollege.com/

TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@homefromcollege

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/homefromcollege

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliahaber/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/homefromcollege

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Episode 041: She Did It Her Way: Wine, Charity, and Cause Entrepreneurship

Tiffany Wojtkiewicz is the co-foudner and president of OneHope Wine in Napa, CA. Under her leadership, OneHope, a direct-to-consumer winery, continues to grow and thrive. It’s launched an entrepreneurship program for individuals to become sales representatives, as well as the 20/20 Collective, a membership-based winery experience that’s comparable to private recreational clubs like the Soho House, but with wine.

All of these initiatives have led the company to be among the top 250 domestic wineries in volume sold. Wojtkiewicz­ is paying forward the success of the business by donating more than $6 million to various nonprofits and raising awareness around thousands more.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Tiffany explains the “cause entrepreneurship” business model, and unpacks what it takes to make it in bigtime industries like wine and viticulture.

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

Digging deep to find the confidence and bravado to start a business as ambitious as a winery

Working charity into your business model to increase the amount of good your business can do

Disrupting industries with high barriers of entry and up-front costs by working smarter

Defining “cause entrepreneurship”

Analyzing the way that society socializes young women away from taking risks or speaking up

 

Connect with Tiffany and ONEHOPE Wine:

WEBSITE: https://www.onehopewine.com/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/onehopewine/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/onehopewine

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-wojtkiewicz-0769aa3/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/onehope/

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Episode 040: She Did It Her Way: Dominating By Design

A leader in today’s global design culture, Reddymade Architecture and Design was founded by Suchi Reddy in 2002. Based in New York, the firm’s practice spans the fields of architecture, design, and public art. The guiding principle of the firm is “form follows feeling,” a design ethos informed by neuroaesthetics, the study of how the brain responds to the design of our surroundings. The strong belief that good design, calibrated carefully to the human, positively influences wellbeing, creativity, and productivity informs all projects from conception to details. Suchi Reddy brings extensive experience in large-scale cultural, educational, healthcare, retail, commercial, and residential projects to the award-winning practice.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Suchi explains how following her intuition and never relenting brought her success and a way to live her dreams.

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

Following your intuition, ignoring the naysayers, and proving your haters wrong

How to recognize epiphanies and “a-ha” moments, and how to turn them into actions that will bring you success

Advice on breaking into male-dominated industries, such as architecture, which is only 2-4% women, and 0.2% women of color

How architecture and design affect our neural make-up and mood

 

Connect with Suchi and Reddymade:

WEBSITE: https://rmdny.com/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/reddymadedesign/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/suchi_reddymadedesign

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reddymade-design/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/reddymadedesign/

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Episode 039: Building Your Wealth: Success & Succession

Nike Anani is an international award-winning entrepreneur, succession specialist and a legacy planning expert for future-focused business families. She is on a mission to help businesses move from lifetime to legacy, such that they build family enterprises of the future. With over a decade of family enterprise expertise in Nigeria, Nike helps owners lead their family organizations to long-term legacy and impact. Her inside experience as a second generation family business owner and family office pioneer birthed a passion to help other families in building enterprises that would outlive them.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Nike explains what she does on basic terms, and ways that you can break into patriarchal work environments with your confidence turned all the way up.

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

How succession specialists like Nike help preserve generational wealth, and definitions of some terms she uses in her industry

Breaking through the negative associations with being opportunistic and entrepreneurial, especially as a woman in business

Changing the narrative behind breaking into “male-dominated industries” into spaces where people, including enterprising women, who enter with the right mindset will find success

Resisting the ways in which young women are socialized to be unconfident or unsure by showing up with 100% confidence in yourself and your ability to compete

Sharpening your skills in a generalist way, rather than specializing

Nikes advice on wealth management, from focusing on galvanization, to knowing what your personality-based strengths are to maximize desired results

 

Connect with Nike:

WEBSITE: https://nikeanani.com/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/nikeanani/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/nikeanani

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikeanani/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/nikeanani/

YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1sKSoLVye4VtRA-Sj9WD9g

 

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Episode 038: Build Your Own Table: Making the System Work for Everyone

Nathalie Molina Niño is Managing Director at Known Holdings. She is an investor (Builder Capitalist), author, educator and retired global tech entrepreneur. As part of her work as a champion of women, communities of color and the planet, she co-founded the trade organization for Builder Capitalism, a long-view, alternative asset class to Venture Capital.

Today, Molina Niño serves as a Venture Partner at Connectivity Capital Partners, as an advisor for Goldman Sachs' Launch with GS Black and Latinx Cohort, WOCstar Fund, FullCycle, Accion Opportunity Fund, Vote Run Lead, WE NYC (Women Entrepreneurs NYC) and HOPE (Hispanas Organized for Political Equality). In support of her efforts to make reproductive healthcare more accessible and affordable, she serves on the board of the National Institute for Reproductive Health and The American Medical Association's Center for Health Equity. In 2019, she was honored with Schneps’ inaugural Women of Wall Street Awards for her influence in banking and finance and was named among People Magazine’s most powerful Latinas.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Nathalie accounts for her success, outlines her goals for the future, and explains ways that she is fighting for a more equitable world.

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

Ways of bridging the wealth gap between multibillion dollar corporations run by white men and the female-founded and BIPOC-founded businesses that are succeeding in the small scale, but want to compete at a higher level

Why people may be overestimating the amount of money and influence held by venture capital

The critical importance of ensuring your entire team understands and believes your company’s mission statement cohesively, and why simply having BIPOC people or women at the helm isn’t enough

Ways that Nathalie and other progressive financiers are fighting to turn birth control pills into an over-the-counter drug

 

Connect with Nathalie:

BOOK: https://leapfroghacks.com/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/NathalieMolinaNino/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathalieMolina

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathaliemolina/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/nathaliemolinanino/

 

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Episode 037: Trust Your Process: Pivoting Without Fear

Co- Founder of THE BOARD, a vetted network of value-driven consultants bringing c-level “dream team” expertise to growing companies. As the former Interim CEO at ONDA Beauty a global clean beauty destination co-founded by Naomi Watts, April was responsible for pivoting the company and supporting a CEO transition. April has long been considered a thought leader, speaking at key industry events including Fast Company’s Innovation Festival, FIT’s Global Conference, Social Media Week, NYU’s Disruption in Luxury Retail Conference, Create and Cultivate, and MasterCard’s Women in Wireless Event, and is a sought after participant for panels and podcasts. April is passionate about supporting emerging talent and served as a mentor in the prestigious CFDA Incubator program for 7 years. April is equally passionate about giving back. She sits on the board of Lake & Skye, the Beauty Board at GLAM4GOOD , and Advisory boards for QUADPAY and CAMERA IQ. April is a self proclaimed “accidental activist” and is a founding member of IAMAVOTER - a non partisan public awareness campaign that aims to create a cultural shift around voting and civic engagement. The New York Business Journal honored April as part of their inaugural Women of Influence Awards, and her leadership skills were profiled by Women@Forbes.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where April breaks down how THE BOARD helps connect businesses, and how her decision to pivot careers helped her reach her personal goals:

 

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

How collaborative communities like THE BOARD are helping female-founded businesses grow and flourish

What you can learn from April’s decision to pivot away from the fashion industry and pursue her other passions in tech and entrepreneurship

Conceptualizing your professional life as a non-linear process, and recognizing when it might be time to leave your current position for something you are passionate about

Tips on managing the deluge of new information, skills, and processes that come with pivoting careers

 

Connect with April and THE BOARD:

WEBSITE: http://wearetheboard.co/

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-uchitel-2b56b414/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/apriluchitel/

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Episode 036: She Did It Her Way: Make It Work For Yourself

Ms. Smith is Co-Founder and CEO of The CenterCap Group, LLC and heads the firm’s Strategic Capital and M&A and Execution efforts. Prior to forming The CenterCap Group, LLC, Ms. Smith was Co-Head of M&A and a Senior Managing Director with CB Richard Ellis Investors (CB Richard Ellis's $40 billion AUM investment management business). She joined CBREI in July 2007 to co-head the build out of the firm's M&A efforts and led the firm’s negotiation and acquisition of a majority interest in Wood Partners (one of the largest multifamily developers in the United States) in 2008. From 1998-2007, Ms. Smith worked on mergers and acquisitions with Lehman Brothers, Wachovia Securities and Morgan Stanley. Ms. Smith has been involved in more than $100 billion of mergers, acquisitions and restructuring transactions. Ms. Smith has a Bachelor of Economics, with honors, and a Bachelor of Law, with honors, from the University of Sydney.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Deb breaks down the ways you can make your job work for you, even in bro-heavy working environments:

 

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

A crash course on real estate investment banking, and what Center Cap Group does as a female founded and owned investment bank that supports women in business

How Deb and her two colleagues were the only woman in their real estate firms and rather than competing, banded together to form a company and make their business work for them.

How to divide and conquer based on your core strengths in a company with partners.

Why an increased awareness of institutional sexism in younger generations is so important

 

Connect with Deb:

WEBSITE: https://www.centercapgroup.com/index.php

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-smith-centercap/

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Episode 035: Raise That Money: Trust Your Process

Anjali Kumar is an international best-selling author, attorney, and startup advisor to companies with a social conscience. Her first book, Stalking God: My Unorthodox Search For Something To Believe In, was the basis of the viral 2017 TED talk with over five million views, My failed mission to find God – and what I found instead. Anjali is multi-passionate and has made a career out of being curious, connecting her to diverse places and people over the years. While at Google as Senior Counsel, Anjali also hosted the Speaker Series on the NYC campus, bringing together prominent and innovative thought leaders, including Anthony Bourdain, Questlove, and Jacques Pépin. Since then, she has held founding positions at Warby Parker and Cheddar and advised world leaders such as Malala Yousafzai and Megan Smith (CTO of the United States under President Obama) through her company Slightly Reserved, a home for all of Anjali's entrepreneurial and creative ventures, including an advisory firm providing legal counsel and business strategy for entrepreneurs, executives, talent, and brands.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Anjali takes us through her career, and dispenses valuable tips about starting your own company or project, and raising money.

 

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

How Slightly Reserved helps female-founded business with advisory services from their earliest stages

How you may be doing your professional ambitions a disservice by visualizing your career as a single, linear path

Working with the passion and purpose that will allow you to thrive in your career

Training yourself to resist the gendered social pressure to be totally perfect at all times

Ways that female-founded businesses are succeeding in the angel investing space

Defining useful terms like “special purpose vehicle”

Companies that Anjali thinks are investment worthy now

 

Connect with Anjali:

WEBSITE: https://www.anjalikumar.com/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/anjalikumar/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/anjalikumar

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/anjalikumarstalkinggod/

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjali-kumar-781b2b24/

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Episode 034: She Did It Her Way: Supportive Business Coaching

Monique Maley, President of Articulate Persuasion is a sought-after Consultant, Coach and Author of Turbulence, an Amazon Best Seller, who works at the intersection of Leadership and Language helping professionals scale their companies and careers through Rapid Growth. Her experience as a successful entrepreneur, investor and a trusted advisor to C-suite executives provides her clients with the strategies and tools to raise funds from seed stage to Series D. Companies. Ms. Maley has worked with have raised multiple millions in funding from angel investors to Private Equity firms. She has also been a mentor, coach and judge at numerous SXSW conferences pitch competitions and has been an All-Star mentor with TechStars for 7 years having supported founders in over 16 cohorts. Bilingual and bicultural, Monique is a fluent Spanish speaker and currently lives in Washington DC. She is a graduate of Tufts University in Boston.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Monique explores the factors that have helped her clients’ business dreams grow- and how yours can, too.

 

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

The many different factors to consider when conceptualizing “growth”

Services you can expect from a good business consultant

Ways in which the partnership of a female business owner and a female business consultant is incredibly powerful

Taking control of your internal narrative

Utilizing the feminine impulse towards collaboration to reach your goals

Understanding “success” on your own terms

 

Connect with Monique and Articulate Persuasion:

WEBSITE: http://articulatepersuasion.com/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/moniquemaley

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/articulatepersuasion/

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3f8je3ELWas67zE957OZMw

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