Displaying 25 Posts categorized under Female Founder

Farnoosh Torabi on Glambition Radio with Ali Brown

November 27, 2019

Farnoosh Torabi, Author + Host of the ‘So Money’ Podcast — Glambition® Radio Episode 187 with Ali Brown 

Before Farnoosh Torabi was on CNBC, writing for ‘O’ Magazine, and a personal finance expert known for her top-rated ‘So Money’ podcast… she did something that changed her career forever: She wrote and published a book.
On Glambition Radio, my friend Farnoosh reveals why her bestselling books have been hands-down the most powerful assets in her career, and pivotal in establishing her authority and brand in her industry. She pulls back the curtain on her background and unique position in finance, including the painful moment she was laid off in her twenties (and how having a published book saved her career).

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Christina Stembel on Glambition Radio with Ali Brown

November 20, 2019

Christina Stembel, Founder + CEO of Farmgirl Flowers— Glambition® Radio Episode 186 with Ali Brown 

Christina Stembel, founder of Farmgirl Flowers, knew she wanted to build a big company. So when she saw that flowers were the last undisrupted industry in Silicon Valley, she seized the opportunity. Nine years later, her fully self-funded company is generating $34 million… and counting.
On GlambitionRadio.com, Christina shares how she built her company—the only direct-to-consumer floral company owned by a woman (despite women being the majority of flower consumers). Before Farmgirl Flowers, no one had innovated in the industry since the ’90s…and it was easy to tell.

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Stacy Madison on Glambition Radio with Ali Brown

November 13, 2019

Stacy Madison, Founder of ‘Stacy’s Snacks’ + ‘Be Bold Bars’ — Glambition® Radio Episode 185 with Ali Brown 

It started with a sandwich cart in Downtown Boston. Stacy Madison, founder of Stacy’s Snacks, began baking leftover pita bread into chips to give to her waiting customers. And when people started asking to buy the chips, Stacy knew she was on to something.
On Glambition Radio, Stacy shares how she turned her cart into a nationally-recognized snack company (later acquired for $250 million), and how she used ‘street smarts’ to excel in the food industry (her background is social work!). And, Stacy opens up about the hardships of building her company and providing for two young children—twins—at home.

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Charlene Li on Glambition Radio with Ali Brown

November 6, 2019

Charlene Li, Author of ‘The Disruption Mindset’ — Glambition Radio Episode 184 with Ali Brown 

She says we’ve been approaching disruption—and growth—completely backward. And bestselling author and leadership disruptor Charlene Li is here to change that.

On #GlambitionRadio, Charlene reveals why growth creates disruption (not the other way around), and why leading from the edge isn’t for everyone. Her perspective is different from any I’ve heard before, and it affirmed of some of the disruptive decisions I’ve made that at times weren’t understood by my team and clients.

Charlene doesn’t shy away from the reality that making a disruptive decision—what she calls the ‘big gulp moment’—can feel scary and painful.

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Laura Wasser on Glambition Radio with Ali Brown

October 30, 2019

Laura Wasser, Celebrity Divorce Attorney + Founder of ‘It’s Over Easy’ — Glambition Radio Episode 183 with Ali Brown

She’s represented Angelina Jolie, Kate Hudson, Kim Kardashian, Liam Hemsworth, and other celebs though the painful process of divorce.
But while superstar divorce attorney Laura Wasser charges hefty fees for her own celebrity clients, she has always had a dream of helping ALL women across the country more easily afford the standard legal fees that come with pursuing divorce.
Determined to make justice accessible, Laura founded ‘It’s Over Easy’: the online divorce platform that provides affordable legal services and resources for divorcing couples.

On #GlambitionRadio, you’ll hear:
*Laura’s frank and unusual outlook on marriage, relationships and family (this is a powerful perspective that you don’t hear very often)
*The big celebrity divorce case—a name you would know—that first put Laura on the map (and why she can’t file any paperwork today without the tabloids calling her office!

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October 23, 2019

Paula Rizzo, Media Strategist + Author of ‘Listful Living’— Glambition Radio Episode 182 with Ali Brown

She is an Emmy-award winning TV producer, best-selling author, and expert media trainer and strategist. And today on #GlambitionRadio, Paula Rizzo reveals exactly how to get media attention for your new book or business venture, as well as the biggest mistake people make when pitching… and how to avoid it. She also details her journey to writing her second book, ‘Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You,’ available now.

On GlambitionRadio.com, Paula also opens up about the life-threatening health crisis she experienced after publishing her first book.

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October 16, 2019

Sallie Krawcheck, Wallstreet Legend + Co-founder of Ellevest — Glambition Radio Episode 181 with Ali Brown

From decades in the powerful C-suites of Wall Street to today helping women of all levels invest for themselves, Sallie Krawcheck is a force to be reckoned with. And her new, disruptive investment platform, Ellevest — designed by women, for women — is rapidly changing what has historically been an industry designed for men.
On Glambition Radio, Sallie reveals the moment she knew women actually needed their own investment platform, and why she decided to create it. She also shares the secret behind Ellevest’s incredible success, and what sets it apart from similar financial platforms that have failed.

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October 9, 2019

Caroline Criado-Perez, Activist + Author of ‘Invisible Women’ — Glambition Radio Episode 180 with Ali Brown

The cars we buy, the drugs we’re prescribed, even the A/C settings in conference rooms — are determined by data. And disturbingly, most of this data stems from ‘objective scientific’ research that still today completely leaves out half of the population: women. On GlambitionRadio.com, author and activist Caroline Criado-Perez reveals the shocking impact on women of a world designed by (and for) for men, and how she decided to write ‘Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men’.
On #GlambitionRadio, Caroline also opens up about the frightening experience when her campaign for better women’s representation on English currency led to such a level of harassment on Twitter (death threats and worse) that the platform changed their complaint procedures as a result.

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Your Ego Loves False Metrics on Glambition Radio with Ali Brown

October 2, 2019

‘Your Ego Loves False Metrics’ — Glambition Radio Episode 179 with Ali Brown

Join me for an upfront conversation this week on #GlambitionRadio to determine whether the metrics you are honoring in your business could actually be leading you down the WRONG path.

On this solo episode, I share some stories of metrics gone right… and wrong… including examples of both the new strategy Madonna is using for her tour and the grand fiasco of WeWork’s failed IPO. (Two opposite ends of the spectrum!)

I also disclose an important shift I made in the metrics I decided to STOP honoring and those I decided to START honoring, once I had my twins six years ago.

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Vicky Tsai on Glambition Radio with Ali Brown

September 25, 2019

Vicky Tsai, Founder + CEO of Tatcha — Glambition Radio Episode 178 with Ali Brown

The founder of skin care brand Tatcha (which I am currently obsessed with) reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how she built her global luxury beauty company, recently acquired for a rumored $500 million, today on GlambitionRadio.com.It started in 2009, when Vicky Tsai was desperately searching for products that didn’t aggravate her skin. She found answers in an unexpected place: a 200-year-old Japanese beauty manuscript detailing the generations-old skin care practices embraced by geisha.

Amazed by her healed skin, Vicky hired scientists and researchers so more people could experience these products (I was sold the first time I tried a Tatcha mask — I share that story in the episode).

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