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April 17, 2019
Grace Eleyae - Who You are is Beautiful
As a little girl, Grace Eleyae didn't see a lot of messages directed at her that said she was beautiful. With parents who came from Kenya and settled in California, this bothered her. Now as the CEO & Founder of GraceEleyae.com, she's made it her...
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April 5, 2019
Burst Oral Care - Be Obsessed with Living Your Burst Life
In Part 2 of this two-part episode, we continue the story of Hamish Khayat, CEO & Co-Founder and Brittany Stewart, COO & Co-founder of Burst Oral Care as they share with us their obsession with Oral Care, their community, creating the...
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April 3, 2019
Burst Oral Care - Brand Ambassadors: Secret to Building a Brand
If you're a growing brand, there's nothing like having a loyal, fanatical, and growing community. Having a community can help you build brand awareness, help you with product innovation, and help you find out what consumers really want. But...
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March 28, 2019
Lunya - Success is Building the Life that You Want
In this episode, Ashley Merrill, CEO & Founder of Lunya, gives us an intimate look inside her brand as well as a take on employees, entrepreneurship, life, children & family, and treating the customer like a real person and not a target...
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March 27, 2019
Lunya - Reinventing the Sleepwear Market
For Ashley Merrill, CEO & Founder of Lunya, the intention was never to start another fashion company. But there was a business idea that kept gnawing at her. She didn't know anything about how to make clothes or production but she had a big...
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March 22, 2019
Ties.com - Don't Need to Be First to Market, Need to Be Different
In Part 2 of our interview with Omar Sayyed, CEO of Ties.com, we continue our conversation on entrepreneurship and growing Ties.com. In this episode, we discuss Why team building is so important, why doing business face-to-face really matters,...
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March 21, 2019
Ties.com - 3 Pillars of Entrepreneurship
According to Omar Sayyed, CEO of Ties.com, there are 3 Pillars of Entrepreneurship: 1) be good at marketing, 2) have a differentiation, and 3) hire the right people and maybe one more, 4) love to build things. In today's episode,...
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March 20, 2019
Manduka - Breaking down Manduka's Asian Pacific Market
In this episode, June Pai, General Manager of Asia PAC for Manduka, one of the most well known, and some would say, the brand that started it all for Yoga and apparel products, breaks down Manduka's international e-commerce strategy and the Asia...
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March 19, 2019
Manduka - Inspiring People to Become their Most Empowered Selves
It all started with the belief that products could improve your yoga practice and that yoga, in turn, will help you become the best version of yourself. For June Pai, General Manager of Asia PAC for Manduka, yoga and that mission is what led her to...
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March 13, 2019
Lola Getts - Plus Size Apparel that Works for Her Body
For Stacey Goldstein, CEO & Founder of Lola Getts, the opportunity in the Plus Size market is more than just having a brand with a product, it's a MOVEMENT. The team at Lola Getts truly believe that this consumer (they refer to this consumer...
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March 12, 2019
Lola Getts - A Brand specifically for the Forgotten Majority
According to stats, near 67% of women in American are a size 14 or higher. However, even with this percentage of the population, this consumer is more or less "forgotten". The truth is that for many retailers "plus-size" isn't a sexy...
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Feb. 13, 2019
Kid Dangerous - Retail is Not Dead: How to Expand Your Premium Tees Business
How do you evolve your brand? How do you expand into other markets? Steve Nanino, CEO of Kid Dangerous and team, gives us an MBA level discussion on growing a graphic premium tees business. He shares how they evolved the business into women...
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Feb. 12, 2019
Kid Dangerous - How to Build a Premium Graphic Tees & Apparel Business
In 2006, Steve Nanino, CEO of Kid Dangerous and team, saw a need for a brand that was less about the logo and more about a message. That message was edgy, loud, and full of spirit. Perfect for individuals who wanted to stand out. Full of F-bombs, drug...
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Feb. 7, 2019
PAIGE - Finding, Embracing Your Voice and Becoming an Entrepreneur
As a survivor of rape, Paige sought help and was finally able to "find and embrace" her voice which led her to what we know today as Paige. As she mentions on the show, the brand is an amalgamation of her experiences; it was really about a woman who...
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Feb. 6, 2019
PAIGE - Fighter: Feeling Lost, Struggling with Life, Paige Sought Help & You can too
Paige runs a highly successful fashion brand. A brand that is very much a part of who she is as a person. A brand that helps people feel comfortable in their skin. Unafraid to be who they are. However, the story about how she came from a small...
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Feb. 5, 2019
The Bouqs - Why it's Easier to be an Entrepreneur in Your 20's
When John Tabis, CEO of The Bouqs Company, shared with his mentor that he wanted to start his own company, his mentor said he was crazy. John decided to bet on himself and started the company anyway and the rest is history. When the vast amount...
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Feb. 4, 2019
The Bouqs - Bouqs Brings Sustainability, Fair Labor Practices to Buying Flowers
In today's world, we have grown accustomed to asking where our food comes from and is it sustainably sourced but why not with flowers? This is something that John Tabis, CEO of The Bouqs Company is trying to change. The way John sees it, if the Bouqs...
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Jan. 31, 2019
HUM Nutrition - The Magic "Moment" in Entrepreneurship that Makes Everything Worthwhile
Walter received a letter which relayed the story of a woman struggling with life. She had low energy, two kids, and a very demanding job. However, after finding HUM, she was able to turn things around. She started to gain more energy, which led to...
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Jan. 29, 2019
HUM Nutrition - How Suffering from Acne Made this Entrepreneur Reinvent the Vitamin Industry
While building his first business, Walter Faulstroh, CEO of HUM Nutrition, met a nutritionist who changed his life and set the stage for us next business. Instead of the often prescribed drugs to combat acne, this nutritionist showed him that he could...
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Dec. 21, 2018
Mighty Audio - Find a Partner You Love As Much As Your Own Team
People said he couldn't build a hardware brand without $10 million dollars. He raised only $2 million. In the beginning, he made some critical mistakes that should have been lethal. Mighty Audio overcame the challenges. Time and time again, Anthony...
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Dec. 20, 2018
Mighty Audio - Helping People Focus on the Things They Love
It all started with fitness. Working out was Anthony Mendelson's time for himself. But like everyone else, he would bring his phone into the gym and get text messages, DMs, etc. Working out wasn't the stress reliever he had planned it to be. He...
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Dec. 7, 2018
Sugarfina - How Entrepreneurship Reveals the Power Within You
Rosie had doubts. At certain times she didn’t think she could do it. But she continued to move forward, along with her Co-CEO & Founder Josh Resnick, and eventually, things started happening. “I realized that I was more powerful than I...
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Dec. 5, 2018
Sugarfina - 6 Steps to Growing a Brand to $40M with Little to No Marketing Spend
I think the story of Sugarfina is really a love story. Not just between Rosie O’Neill and Josh Resnick, Co-CEOs and Co-Founders, but between Sugarfina and it’s customers. It started with two people who either by fate or coincidence went on a date...
Nov. 12, 2018
BellaNove - Helping Women Go Confidently into Motherhood
For Jenny Leung, Founder of BellaNove, starting an e-commerce brand wasn't about playing it safe as her immigrant parents had wanted, it was about solving a problem that affected over 50% of the population. In this episode, Jenny shares...