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Daily Harvest Is Solving Our Modern Eating Dilemma Feb 01, 2018

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Rachel Drori and Jenna walk through Daily Harvest's founding story, from making and delivering everything on her own to acquiring over 100,000 subscribers across the U.S. Rachel takes us behind the scenes at Daily Harvest's R&D lab, explains the evolution of the frozen food aisle, and why her team believes that frozen food is the perfect way to solve our modern eating dilemma. We also chat about key lessons from Rachel's journey including: Having the self-restraint to pitch only a small part of your vision to give people something to latch onto, trusting your instincts to make big decisions and relying on Stoic philosophy to put them in perspective, as well as embracing the relative joy of entrepreneurship; "If you can live with the worst possible outcome of taking a risk it's worth taking."

11 Honoré is Changing Fashion For Good Jan 31, 2018

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Kathryn Retzer, Patrick Herning, and Jenna discuss 11 Honoré's multi-dimensional approach to advancing the size inclusive fashion movement, from assembling the world's best luxury brands on a single discovery platform to equipping upcoming brands with the resources and support they need to add to their collections. We walk through how the team is fundamentally shifting the view of the size inclusive customer by demanding that she is seen and respected as a woman who deserves equal access to luxury products. Kathryn and Patrick also share the team's drive signing over 75 brands for pre-fall 2018 to create a go-to collection for editorial platforms to radically change size inclusion representation in the media.We close chatting about life lessons that the best friends of 15 years have learned from each other, including the power of partnership, how positivity creates serendipity in our lives and business, and the belief that authentic living means always putting people first.

How Dorm Room Fund Aims To Be A Gateway Into Tech Jan 25, 2018

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Rei Wang, Yasyf Mohamedali, and Jenna discuss how Dorm Room Fund is creating a national community and platform to support student entrepreneurs and investors. Rei and Yasyf share a few of the moon shot ideas student founders are pursuing (including a robotic kitchen!) and their commitment to social impact, as well as how DRF aims to design the program to foster that spirit of courage and fearlessness. Rei and Yasyf give us an inside look into their new product VCWiz, which acts like a founder's fundraising assistant, and their hope that the tool will create equal opportunity for first-time founders raising capital. We also chat about the strides DRF is making prioritizing diversity and inclusion - 35% of their partners are women compared to 7% at venture capital firms - and the efforts the team is making to serve as a gateway into technology and venture for all students.

The Unrelenting Truth Jan 25, 2018

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Moe Abdou is joined by Kapil Gupta, MD to explore deeper why only a few can make greatness routine.

Five Tactics This CEO Didn't Scale To Grow Faster Jan 23, 2018

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Munjal Shah and Jenna discuss Health IQ's pivot from being a daily health quiz into a life insurance company and how they're helping the health conscious save up to 33% on their life insurance. For the core of our conversation, we walk through five counterintuitive strategies Munjal chose not to scale up to 140 people and how they helped Health IQ grow even faster: Meeting and interviewing nearly every candidate, the company wide daily stand-up they've maintained where every person contributes, their daily senior leadership meeting, the company's definitive culture values, that may be polarizing, but help seed the right habits, as well as why they didn't do press for three years.

How Christiane Lemieux Keeps Revitalizing Design Jan 19, 2018

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Christiane Lemieux and Jenna discuss how The Inside is evolving design so we can change our homes to reflect our lives. We chat about the future of customization, e-commerce, and why entertainment is crucial to retail 2.0. We then walk through Christiane's entrepreneurial journey from founding Dwell Studio to partnering with Wayfair, how those lessons influence her building The Inside, and tips to avoid shiny objects syndrome while still leaving room for serendipity. We also discuss her personal journey including her work with Every Mother Counts, why mindfulness is a practice and how to strengthen the muscle, and tips to make time where you need to; "The more organized you are, the more of your life you get back, the more balance you can achieve."

How MVMT Democratized Luxury Watches Jan 18, 2018

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Jake Kassan and Jenna chat about MVMT's founding story, from maxing out their credit cards to launch their all or nothing Indiegogo campaign to becoming the leading millennial watch brand. Jake shares entrepreneurial stories, beginning from his first business selling lollipops in elementary school to running two e-commerce startups as a teen, and how they prepared him to help scale MVMT to $80 million in revenue in five years without any outside investment. Reflecting on those experiences, we break down the lessons Jake's learned about deciding where to invest your time and the simple system he relies on to seek and distill advice. He also shares tips to maintain perspective, "control what you can control," and strive to always see the silver-lining in your life; "When you let something negative go, something positive comes around the corner."

Shift Is Redefining Car Ownership - Here's How Jan 16, 2018

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George Arison and Jenna discuss Shift's founding story and the team's plan to become a full service platform to purchase, finance, sell, and maintain our cars. We then walk through key lessons George has learned articulating and refining company values, finding the right CEO-COO relationship, and how to evaluate investors and board members and build a strong relationship with them.

This Is How Today's Leading Brands Are Doing PR Jan 11, 2018

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Jennifer Bett Communications' Founder Jennifer Bett Meyer, Managing Director Melissa Duren Conner, and Jenna discuss how today's leading consumer startups like Lunya, M.Gemi, and Parachute are navigating the new world of PR. Jennifer and Melissa break down the elements of quality PR that drive ROI, emphasize the importance of startups deploying a diverse press strategy, covering multiple story angles and publications, and explain how to assess media outlets based on how they can help you connect with a new audience. Jennifer and Melissa also take us behind the scenes at their JBC brainstorm meetings, and share their values of always having each other's backs and never settling; "Success is about never settling. It's asking: What else? It's always about how are you continuously evolving and reaching higher than you ever have?"

Strengthen Your Decision Making With These Tips Dec 18, 2017

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Semil Shah and Jenna chat about his first investments at Haystack in companies like Hired and Instacart and reflect on a few big bets taken by portfolio companies like Wag and Managed by Q. We discuss the realities of being a VC such as creating space to let your mind rest so your subconscious can kick in evaluating investments, the challenge of saying 'No' to founders you admire, as well as developing a willingness to concentrate risk to have outsized returns. We also walk through key insights from Semil's blog including: whether you need to be paranoid to succeed, the difference between stubbornness and resilience and how to cultivate the latter, in the moment tips to take a step back to make decisions from a place of clarity not adrenaline, and always choosing the opportunity where you can learn the most.

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