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Kym Gold has been a self-starter from the get-go. With a deep-rooted passion for fashion and unwavering determination to succeed, the fashion industry vet was running her first business selling clothing on the Venice Beach boardwalk and around college campuses in her late teens. In her early 20s, Kym and her then-husband set their sights on a whitespace in the male-dominated denim industry: fashion denim. Enter True Religion Jeans, a luxury, locally-made denim line. The brand became an acclaimed leader in the premium denim market and, according to Kym, set the stage for the “Denim Fridays” office movement. The brand achieved mass popularity (keep in mind, this was the pre-social media and e-commerce era of fashion) and went on to sell the company for over $800 million in 2013. Now, she’s shifted gears to home decor with a line of high-quality ceramics that she fires in the kiln in her Malibu home. In this episode of WorkParty, we sit down with the entrepreneurial powerhouse to learn how she found her place in a male-dominated industry, built a multi-million dollar denim empire, and pivoted to a new career. Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com.

Guest

Kym Gold @kym.gold

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It’s safe to say there is a lot of buzz around CBD and it’s easy to see why. Leading cannabis researchers project that the collective market for CBD sales in the U.S. will surpass $20 billion by 2024. Who wouldn’t want a slice of that pie? When Coco Meers launched her CBD company, Equilibria, in the spring of 2018 the space was already flooded with thousands of brands. But instead of being discouraged by the competition, Coco and her co-founder, Marcy Capron Vermillion were driven by it. The duo also didn’t view the current brands as competitors. Most of them were not seed-to-sale or medical-grade and it was clear the market was ripe for transparency and results-driven formulas. They quickly got to work on filling the whitespace. But Equilibria is so much more than just a premium, farm-fresh, full-spectrum CBD product line. The co-founders went one step further by offering personalized medical-grade CBD routines and dedicated one-on-one dosage support with a specialist—they’re the only CBD brand to offer that service. As a “for women, by women” company, they understand that female bodies are different—from cyclical changes to the very real challenges of menopause, childbirth, and everything in-between—and women deserve a CBD brand that can deliver all of the above. In this episode of WorkParty, Jaclyn sits down with Coco to dive Equilibria's seed to sale concept, why we should all believe the hype around CBD, and how they’ve built trust in an unregulated industry. Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com.

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Multi-hyphenate. The term is used so frequently today that you’d be forgiven for thinking it was an old concept, but for our parent’s generation, having multiple careers wasn’t the norm. Now we’re turning our side hustles into full-time jobs, switching lanes, and pivoting towards our ever-changing passions all at the same time. Not all of us have a singular focus or that “one true calling.” And to be honest, that mindset can be incredibly restrictive. Expertise in one domain will help fuel excellence in another, and it's possible to be good at more than one thing in your life, or to be good at multiple things simultaneously. Just look at Tia Mowry-Hardrict. She could have made a comfortable living just being an actor, but instead, she stepped outside of her “lane” to be an author, a producer, a YouTuber, a mother, and now an entrepreneur with her new company, Anser Supplements. For this episode, Jaclyn sits down with Tia to find out how she followed her curiosity to pursue multiple career paths, why she launched a supplements line, and the many lessons learned along the way. Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com.

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Launching a business is so much more than just having a great idea. Passion is important, of course, but if you want to scale your business for growth—and be profitable!—you need to get the fundamentals in place. Because even if your product is selling well, you’ll soon have another problem: delivering that product to all your new customers and on time. Are your business systems, infrastructure, and team able to accommodate that growth? If you’re not, then orders will start falling through the cracks which very quickly leads to unhappy customers who won’t be back for more. So, how do you scale your passion into a thriving business? To find out, we tapped someone who has done just that with wild success—Payal Kadakia, Founder and Executive Chairman of billion-dollar business, ClassPass. As we find out in this chat, scaling requires planning, funding, systems, staff, processes, technology, and partners. And yes, there will be missteps along the way but as long as you set the foundation to enable and support that growth you’ll be successful.  

Guest

Payal Kadakia @payal @classpass

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Fact: Businesses with Women of Color and Black female CEOs get less than 1% of all VC funding every year. And when you consider that $85 Billion of VC funding was raised in 2017, the glaring inequality becomes very clear. However, Arian Simone is breaking the VC ceiling, stacking the odds back in her favor, and putting the dollars into the businesses who need it most with the Fearless Fund, a $5 million fund that invests exclusively in early-stage businesses run by women of color. The serial entrepreneur knows a thing or two about hard work, too. After being laid off from her job after graduating college, Arian went from living in her apartment to out of her car for almost a year. She eventually went on to build a successful PR and marketing firm from the ground up where she promoted Blockbuster films such as 007: Quantum Solace and worked with major companies from Sony Pictures, to Walt Disney Pictures.  In this week's episode, Jaclyn chats with the fearless entrepreneur on how she built multiple companies from scratch, how she’s tackling inequality in the VC world, and how Women of Color can get access to capital.  Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com.

Guest

Arian Simone, @ariansimone @fearless.fund

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Aishwarya Iyer was working in Silicon Valley when a bout of stomach issues led her to research olive oil companies. What she learned was alarming--nearly 70% of olive oil consumed by Americans is rotten or rancid. Instead of ditching it from her diet, she decided to disrupt the market and start her own line of olive oil instead. Say hello to Brightland, an artisanal, small-batch extra virgin olive oil label produced in California on a single-estate farm. But the secret to her success isn’t just in the sauce (or the oil, in this case), it’s also in the packaging. Her approach strays away from the typical olive oil branding and replaces it with elevated designs and powder-coated bottles that stand out amongst the competition on the shelves. In this episode of WorkParty, we sit down with Aishwarya to learn about her Instagram-worthy bottle design, why she decided to bootstrap her business, and what it takes to disrupt an industry you have no prior experience in. Tune in to learn how you can master the art of the pivot and build a successful business that challenges the status quo. Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com.

Guest

Aishwarya Iyer, @helloaishwarya @wearebrightland

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Fact: Women are severely underrepresented in the music industry. When the University of Southern California released their Inclusion in the Recording Studio report last year, they found that the ratio of male to female producers across 400 popular songs is 47:1. And this isn’t because women don’t have an interest in music. The female to male student ratio in music academics is almost 50:50. The high representation of female enrolled students simply doesn’t translate to the music industry workforce, particularly in leadership roles. But one woman is changing the status quo and bringing much-needed change to the outdated, male-dominated sector. Emily Lazar is the engineer behind the sound of music’s biggest names including Björk, Beck, The Killers, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Sia, and Madonna, just to name a few! We're thrilled to sit down with the award-winning sound engineer to learn more about her story, how she went from “the other side of the glass” as a singer, songwriter, and performer into the studio to become one of the industry’s most prominent master engineers. Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com.

Guest

Emily Lazar, @emilylazarlodge @lodgemastering

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The stats don’t lie. Companies perform better when they have female leaders in addition to males. And yet, just 5% of all venture funding supports women CEOs. This isn’t just about equality--it's about the economy, too. If we want to see higher stock returns, higher overall profit, and a higher return on equity, we have to hire women, and put them in leadership roles. Unfortunately, when you see how wide the gap is between where females are today and where we want to be, the path to equality can seem daunting. Thankfully, with people like Victoria Pettibone leading the charge, we are moving the needle towards an equal future. She strongly believes we can achieve this vision if we invest financially in female leadership now. In this episode, we sit down with Victoria to discuss how she’s doing just that as the managing director at Astia and why investing in women is investing in everyone, along with some solid advice for female founders on how to build a booming, crisis-proof business. Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com.

Guest

Victoria Pettibone, @vpettibone @astiaglobal

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While most people find change uncomfortable, this is where entrepreneurs, innovators, and all-around game-changers thrive—successful disruption is always the ultimate goal. They recognize a sleepy category and figure out a way to wake it up. Enter Mab & Stoke—made-to-order, customized herbal super tabs that are putting wellness back into our hands, literally. Mab & Stoke CEO and founder, Christina Mace-Turner, has a history of category disruption and she’s breaking the $230 billion supplements industry wide open, one Mab Tab at a time. In this episode of WorkParty, we dive into what it takes to be a true disrupter in your industry with Christina. We also dig into her career, the lessons learned, building a company from scratch, and how she’s taking the guesswork and grind out of amplifying wellness at Mab & Stoke. Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com.

Guest

Christina Mace-Turner, @mabmaker @mabandstoke

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Diversity matters, and more importantly, it's crucial. New research makes it crystal clear that companies with a more diverse workforce perform better financially. In fact, companies in the top 25% for gender and ethnic diversity at the executive level are more likely to have above-average profitability than companies in the bottom 25%. In short, having more diverse female executives equates to bigger share price gains, stronger revenue growth and higher profits—period. The stats don’t lie! We need an array of voices from various backgrounds, body types, races, and genders to contribute to the conversation if we want to push the culture forward. In this episode, we sit down with a passionate advocate for inclusive entrepreneurship, Carolyn Rodz, the founder and CEO of Hello Alice—the intelligent business advisor for entrepreneurs—to understand what our responsibilities are to keep the needle moving forward and make inclusion the norm, not the exception. Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com.

Guest:

Carolyn Rodz, @carolynrodz @helloalice_com

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