Women Who SWAAY Podcast - Weekly Conversations With Women Challenging The Status Quo

Hilary Hendershott was working as a certified assistant financial planner when she hit a financial wall. Her credit was maxed out, her mortgage was increasing every month, and she felt like she had hit rock bottom. Instead of playing the victim, Hilary turned her life around and transformed herself into an expert in the psychology behind human spending behavior. Now, she applies her expertise in finance management to help women manage their assets and build wealth. Listen in to Hilary explain that transforming your financial world is possible, how to not be afraid of money, and what it means to pay yourself first.

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It is a rare achievement to start even one business in your lifetime, but to be a successful serial entrepreneur before 30 is even more so. Lauren Maillian started her own internationally recognized and award-winning wine brand at 19, by 25 she founded a boutique marketing firm for strategic marketing and branding of luxury goods, and by 26 she began advising and investing in early stage companies. Now a mother of two, highly sought out speaker, and author of her new book. The Path Redefined: Getting To the Top On Your Own Terms, Lauren Mailman is still on top of her game and she is here to tell us how she did it and how you can live life on your own terms.

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Ran Ma is a biomedical engineer by training and comes a long family line of medical professionals. She was working on wound care for war veterans before becoming an entrepreneur, and starting up her company Siren Care - whose first product is a ‘smart sock’ designed to monitor and prevent further nerve damage for diabetic patients. Her ingenious invention won her the Techcrunch Hardwire Battlefield competition and rocketed her company to the top of everyone's list of must-watch companies. Ran joins me today to walk us through her journey of creating a prototype from scratch with no background in hardware, and ultimately creating a life-changing, and potentially life-saving, wearable technology. Release date - 04/04/17

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Sarah Moshman has been making documentaries since she was teenager, finding it an empowering medium for telling stories. After years working in television, Sarah made it her mission to change the narrative and portrayal of women in the media. In 2012, Sarah and four other female filmmakers set on a road trip through the U.S. to document a variety of women across the country; a project which became the Emmy Award winning The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things. Iman and Sarah bond over their common cause for swaying the media narrative and showcasing female stories, while asking themselves what would you do if you weren’t afraid to fail? Release date - 03/28/17

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In today’s world where we are bombarded constantly by Linkedin invites, friend requests, and networking cocktail hours, Kelly J. Hoey wants you to slow down. Recognized as Forbes 1 of 5 Women changing the world of entrepreneurship and author of “Build Your Dream Network”, Kelly shares invaluable advice and insight on how to network to get the results that you want. You will be surprised that it is less about coffee dates and more about personal connection, specificity, and getting every piece of your networking arsenal in line, down to your email signature to your headshot. Research shows that you have 7 seconds to make an impression: what will you do? Release date - 03/20/17

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Carolyn Rodz is a three-time entrepreneur and founder of the women-focused virtual accelerator, The Circular Board. This week, Carolyn and Iman discuss the frustrations with raising capital, learning the hard lesson of not building a company all on you own, and how to structure your day around a flood of emails. Carolyn stresses her keys to success (hint: it’s not waiting for things to happen for you), and reminds us all that finding your purpose is a personal evolution.

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Jen Glantz is a two-time author, mentor and public speaker, and founder of Bridesmaid for Hire. She comes on the show to talk about her unique business as a professional bridesmaid; a profession she invented after recognizing this was an unmet need in the wedding industry. In this episode, Jen talks about how being a stranger is a surprising advantage in providing full support for brides, setting realistic expectations for yourself while starting a business, and why the key to success is to never give up. Release date - 03/06/17

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Amy Buckalter spent the last thirty years of her career building some of the most prominent sporting good brands out there, including Nike and Burton. Now, she joins me to talk about her her new product, Pulse, a personal care formulations dispenser. Amy guides us through the three and a half year process of turning her vision into reality, including her intense research process to produce a viable proof of concept, fundraising strategies, and creating her strategic advisory board to guide the design of Pulse. Amy provides us all with incredibly important insight on how to create an innovative product and deliver a truly “modern experience”. Release date - 02/27/17

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Julia Pimsleur has been a documentary filmmaker, a non-profit fundraiser, founder of her own company, Little Pim, and now is an author and mentor for female entrepreneurs. Her book, “Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go Big”, aims to help women learn to raise capital and grow their businesses while avoiding common missteps. In this episode, she gives powerful advice on how to tackle your financial anxiety and what steps you need to take as a female entrepreneur to raise the capital you need to make your business everything it can be. In her words: have the fear, and do it anyway. Release Date - 022017

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This Valentine’s Day week on EEV we celebrate the most important type of love: self-love. I sit down with Mirtha Michelle, a Dominican-born poet and actress, and discuss the finer points of her inspiration for her best-selling book of poems, Letters, To The Men I Have Loved. A self-published author and successful actress, Mirtha gets honest about how being alone pushes you to be self-reliant, forces you to consider who you really are, and sets you on a journey of self-acceptance and love. Release date - 02/13/17

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