the Design Driven Life

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Roberto Milk. Roberto is CEO and co founder of Novica, one of the largest handmade gifts and home decor websites in the world, selling the works of 1000s of artists and featuring over 75,000 limited edition works of art including jewelry, apparel, handbags, rugs, and tapestries, home decor items, and a variety of collectibles. To date Novica has sent 106 point 9 million to artisans worldwide. Roberto was named one of the 40 social e...

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Jerremy Newsome. Over the last decade Jeremy has built a reputation as one of the foremost pioneers in physical therapy. His rigor and drive for helping communities, families and individuals grow their financial literacy is second to none. He offers coaching and mentoring which has helped a lot of people overcome their financial literacy and helped them grow another avenue of income and create assets in the stock market as wel...

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Jason Cavness. Jason is a retired US Army officer who served for 25 years to include eight years as an enlisted member. He had previous startup experience with my enfold. He is currently CEO, an INFJ HR Professional who is transforming how HR is delivered to companies with 49 or fewer employees through a voice enabled AI platform along with the HR business partner. He also hosts the Jason Cavness experience where he talks to s...

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Danielle Gletow. Danielle is the founder and executive director at One Simple Wish, a non-profit that uses technology to raise awareness about foster care and connect caring people to kids in need. An organization that she started 13 years ago with the goal to make more people aware of the foster care system and give them a simple way to make a happy impact on the life of a child or young adult who had experienced care. Talking abou...

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Nike Anani. Nike is an entrepreneur and a consultant. She was rated as a top 100 family business consultant globally, she helps her clients bridge the gap between the senior and younger generations. As a result they communicate collaborate and collectively gained clarity to increase profit and productivity in their family businesses. With over a decade of family business expertise in Nigeria, Nike helps owners lead their family orga...

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Tiila Abbitt. Tiila founded Aether after spending 15+ years as a product development professional- including 7 years at Sephora, where she developed top-performing products that earned Sephora 20+ awards. Tiila developed an expertise in formulating cosmetics that met the EU’s strict standards but also offered the efficacy of US conventional brands. She realized that none of the clean formulas could truly compete with the efficacy of...

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Kristin Marquet. Kristin has been a publicist and business owner for more than 14 years. As the owner and creative director of Marquet Media, LLC, Kristin oversees the daily operations of the business while executing client campaigns. Throughout her career as a publicist, Kristin has developed partnerships with leading brands and entrepreneurs. She is also the founder of the female entrepreneur media company, FemFounder.co. On...

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates chats with Tonya Sargent & Jessa Robuck. Tonya blends purpose and passion in her work at VidaLuz. As President, she leads the visionary company’s team with dynamic expertise built over a career spanning real estate development, IT consulting, and communications. Jessa is a visionary entrepreneur who synthesizes a lifetime of work into high-impact, mission driven community building at VidaLuz. She is a certified non-drug Holistic Health Prac...

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates checks in with Quinn Fitzgerald. Quinn is an entrepreneur, advocate and co-founder of Flare. Launched in and named a Time Best Invention of 2020, the company was created from a passion for innovation, breaking down stereotypes and her personal experience with assault. Quinn is a driven innovator who dedicates every day to changing the script on safety because she knows that her own story is not at all unique - and that is a huge problem.On this...

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates is joined by Trinity Heavenz. Trinity is a social entrepreneur, graphic designer and philanthropist. He is the founder of era92 Media, a youth creative agency that is training and employing Uganda's young adults in design, arts and technology and co-founder of 92hands, a youth movement that mobilizes youths to transform their communities through the love.Trinity shares with Wendy, that moment that set him off on his purpose. his desire for the ...