The Female Founders Network

Reviews, reviews reviews... we all know that growing a successful business depends as much on what others say about you as it does on what you say about yourself. In this episode, we'll talk about why reviews matter so much and how to get them... as well as what to do when you get a bad review. We'll also discuss how you can amplify and make the most of good reviews to generate more business.

Hi guys! Today we’re speaking with Lori Keenan — a PR maven turned candidate for office from Evanston, a suburb outside of Chicago, Illinois. In this episode, we’ll discuss Lori’s journey from growing up in New Jersey, to the high-stakes PR world in London, to repatriating and opening her own agency in Chicago, to running for office in her hometown of Evanston. This episode is highly inspiring for the woman who continually reinvents herself and always asks, “What’s next?” Please leave us a review on iTunes or Spotify if you’re enjoying the podcast so far! We’d love to hear from you. We hope you enjoy the episode.

Today we’re speaking with Rheena Mae and Heidi Bach, the co-founders of MaeMae Jewelry. In this super fun interview, we find out how these badass business partners combine their unique skills and ideas to create a business and jewelry line that is truly differentiated from other brands. They also share some pretty awesome advice on bringing a product to market and how not to do wholesale. Quick language warning — these gals get a little wild on the episode and so do we (blame it on too much coffee) so if cuss words bother you, this might not be your favourite. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a review on iTunes or Spotify if you’re enjoying the podcast so far! We’d love to hear from you.

Today we’re speaking with Thai-Anh Hoang, the Co-founder and CEO of EmBeba, a clean skincare brand using generation tested remedies from around the globe to help solve skin issues for families. Thai-Anh shares her founders’ story and her sage advice on what it takes to bring quality skincare products to market. We hope you enjoy the episode.

Today we’re speaking with Stacey and Lorraine, the Founders of Minnow Designs, an Australia-based company that seeks to end the search for sensible and quality beach footwear for toddlers and children. These two have had an interesting journey from women in high-stakes corporate positions to designers, business owners and mums, so we can’t wait to dive in with them! We hope you enjoy the episode.

Today we’re speaking with Maryna Burushkina, founder of Growth Channel - an AI tool that delivers scalable marketing plans for businesses of all sizes. Maryna shares how she came up with the idea, built out her team and got investment through a start-up accelerator. This is a really insightful episode for any startup founder who’s thinking of launching a tech platform or app. We hope you enjoy the episode.

Today we’re speaking with a corporate lawyer and the founder of Salehpour law; Morvareed Salehpour. Morvareed is a legal expert in commercial, tech and start-up law. She shares valuable tips and advice for business owners on legal watch-outs and common traps that people fall into when starting a business. We hope you enjoy the episode.

Today we’re speaking with Lorena Miranda Bendeck, the founder of Sonder & Holliday and Lemloreli. Lorena is a former steel-industry operations guru who discovered and fell in love with the world of local artisans through her corporate travel experiences. In this episode, Lorena tells us the story of how she left the corporate world to start her (truly) fair-trade luxury resort brand. In the process, she not only created a job and life she loved… but also transformed living and working conditions for the artisans she employs. We hope you enjoy the episode.

Today we’re speaking with Brook Sheehan, founder of Cup’OSugar - a mobile app that allows neighbours to share and request food ingredients from each other. Brook shares the story of how she founded Cup’OSugar, as well as some great insights into what it takes to launch an app as a non-technical founder and bootstrap user growth. We hope you enjoy the episode.

Recently Nat wrote an article that generated quite a lot of buzz... and it got us thinking about sexism in business. Gender-based stereotyping still holds back women leaders and business owners — and it doesn’t all come from men. Unfortunately, in offices and businesses today, women leaders are still treated differently by everyone. That’s why, in this episode, we talk about how we can begin to fight sexism by calling out the sexist behaviours we display toward other women ourselves — especially the small and subtle ones. The poet and philosopher Rumi once wrote, “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” And that’s what we’re doing today. We hope you enjoy the episode.