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Helaine Knapp of City Row – From Need to Success to Franchise Apr 22, 2019

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Making lemonade from lemons. It’s a phrase that comes to mind when we think of Helaine Knapp—founder and CEO of City Row, which offers water-based rowing workouts and a rowing-based fitness app. After literally breaking her back, Helaine...

Kate Ward of Bustle Digital Group â Delivering Content to Millennial Women Apr 15, 2019

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You canât do Bustle without Hustle, and in the case of Kate Ward, Editor in Chief for Bustle Digital Group â publisher of Bustle, Elite Daily, Romper, and The Zoe Report â Bustle has definitely been a part of her DNA.

From writing many of the companyâs first articles, to managing the full scope of content today, Kate has witnessed the transformation of this content brand from a small team to more than 300 employees â and as a substantial player in landscape of digital publications.

Kate joins Socialfly Co-founder Courtney Spritzer in the MouthMedia Network studios for a conversation about building her company and her journey to success, along with a surprise and a brainstorm.

In this episode:

How a random LinkedIn reach-out led to beer and nachos and ultimately to her journey with Bustle
About her push to solve for efficiency and to be more prepared for what might come next
The value of enriching minds by meeting people with different backgrounds
Growing into more confidence and becoming a more emotional leader
Why it is important to understand the emotional path and motivations of the people you work with
How social media played a crucial role inn the success and growth of Bustle
And â how reflection on the shared reality of eventual death â and our place in the world â can actually make you feel better.

Kate Ward of Bustle Digital Group – Delivering Content to Millennial Women Apr 15, 2019

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You can’t do Bustle without Hustle, and in the case of Kate Ward, Editor in Chief for Bustle Digital Group – publisher of Bustle, Elite Daily, Romper, and The Zoe Report – Bustle has definitely been a part of her DNA. From writing...

Elizabeth Sutton â Art, Business, and Positivity Apr 08, 2019

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Entrepreneurial journeys are often begun to find a better way to do something, or solve a problem, in spite of the odds against them. Artistic journeys are usually a way to express oneself. For Elizabeth Sutton, a visual artist who has taken the nouveau arts scene by storm creating a highly curated fine art and design firm with a goal is to foster positivity and good vibes through Suttonâs colorful artworks and products â sheâs accomplished both.

Pushing through challenging times that would have crumbled most to motivate herself to build, grow, and thriveâwhile staying true to her own vision, and painting her memories. Elizabeth joins Socialfly Co-founders Courtney Spritzer and Stephanie Cartin in the MouthMedia Network studios for a conversation about building her company and her journey to success, along with a surprise and a brainstorm.

In this episode:

How a passion for art and having a puppy led Elizabeth to purchase $1,000 of art supplies without any background in art
Why her career begins and ends with Instagram, with 70% of sale come through there
Building a tremendous business while raising 2 little kids, and working 100 hours/week
Why Elizabeth made a rule that she is phone free for 2-2.5 hrs when she gets home
Instagram as an analytical tool, and how loop giveaways are Elizabethâs most successful tool for new followers
What the Jenners and Kardashian have to do with leaving her ex-husband, and launching a career
Why helping others and giving back is important
And how a horrible car accident changed everything right at a very demanding moment that should have been a key high point
How Elizabeth just secured the biggest deals ever with tilebarâthree luxurious marble collections
The importance for Elizabeth of getting back into the home
A goal to sell 10,000 clutches
Why getting the right engagement rate in Instagram could be a big deal when advertising
How Elizabeth strategizes to increase engagement and makes use of long captions

Elizabeth Sutton – Art, Business, and Positivity Apr 08, 2019

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Deepti Sharma of FoodtoEat and Bikky â A Hunger for Growth, Success, and Diversity Apr 01, 2019

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Some entrepreneurs build businesses for fortune. Some for impact. Deepti Sharma is driven by passion.

As CEO and Founder of FoodtoEat, a community-minded catering concierge service, she connects immigrants, women and minority-owned food vendors to opportunities for growth â ultimately helping them strengthen their own business skills while helping businesses feed employees great food and build stronger & more diverse work cultures. She is also a Co-Founder of Bikky, a platform solving customer engagement for restaurants.

Deepti joins Socialfly Co-founder Courtney Spritzer in the MouthMedia Network studios for a conversation about building her company and her journey to success, along with a surprise and a brainstorm.

In this episode:

Relentless resilience
How waiting for a cookie inspired a business
Motivating food cart operators to see themselves as business owners
Starting as an online ordering platform
Bringing value in helping food cart operators to grow and scale small businesses
The best way to know what needs to happen is to talk with the end user
Discovering why catering is the holy grail of the culinary world
The first big-brand client, and helping them build culture through food
Why biggest part of the business is concierge
Deepti on why sheâs eating 50% off the time
Enabling businesses to start conversations about diversity by putting pictures of restaurant owners with the food they serve
Why it matters to avoid thinking of team members as family
The value of aiming purchasing power toward diversity
And the importance of just getting things done

Deepti Sharma of FoodtoEat and Bikky – A Hunger for Growth, Success, and Diversity Apr 01, 2019

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Some entrepreneurs build businesses for fortune. Some for impact. Deepti Sharma is driven by passion. As CEO and Founder of , a community-minded catering concierge service, she connects immigrants, women and minority-owned food vendors to...

Lynn Branigan of She Runs It â Sprinkling Good on Women in Tech, Media, and Marketing Mar 25, 2019

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Imagine jumping into the driverâs seat of a company more than 100 years old. What challenges, and possibilities, would you face?

Ask Lynn Branigan, the CEO of She Runs Itâ an organization of professional women working in marketing, advertising and media, providing them support and a network to excel in their careers. Lynn joined the company just six years ago.

Lynn joins Socialfly Co-founder Courtney Spritzer in the MouthMedia Network studios for a conversation about leading the continued mission of the organization and her journey to success, along with a surprise and a brainstorm.

In this episode:

Lynnâs eternal optimism
Why jumping in and learning along the way may actually be a real recipe for success
The power of embracing change
Why she describes her role as sprinkling good on women in tech, media, and marketing
Maximizing a team of just five people
How to keep a business that started in 1912 relevant
What itâs like taking over a legacy
Why she wants to give employees more flexibility
Plans for expansion in the future
And dealing with others who have a hard time embracing that change

Lynn Branigan of She Runs It – Sprinkling Good on Women in Tech, Media, and Marketing Mar 25, 2019

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Imagine jumping into the driver’s seat of a company more than 100 years old. What challenges, and possibilities, would you face? Ask , the CEO of She Runs It— an organization of professional women working in marketing, advertising and media,...

Jenni Luke of Step Up â Empowering Girls to Join the Next Generation of Professional Women Mar 18, 2019

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Itâs been said that the power of the next generation is rooted in the success of women. We agree and so does Jenni Luke, CEO of Step Up â a not for profit organization that works to propel girls going to school in under-resourced communities to fulfill their potential by empowering them to become confident, college-bound, career-focused, and ready to join the next generation of professional women.

Jenni joins Socialfly Co-founder Courtney Spritzer in the MouthMedia Network studios for a conversation about building her company and her journey to success, along with a surprise and a brainstorm.

In this episode:

Why the future of women is now and making sure that people feel they have a seat at the table as their full selves
How a nonprofit is still a business and getting out there to sustain and grow it
Generating funds needed by finding the intersection of the value proposition of the organization and what its partners need
Raising money for a nonprofit and how nonprofits should be profitable
Jenni on getting involved in the organization nearly ten years ago, originally as a lawyer by trade
How Step Up is a community-based organization
Jenni on being a new CEO, applying for her first CEO job, when she was not sure she was qualified, but going for it anyway and falling in love with the organization during the interview
Getting buy-in from existing employees and partners
Working through conflicts with the cofounder to greater success and understanding
The value of trying not to learn on someone elseâs dime
The breadth of service, number of students, and schools served by the social and emotional-based learning
What mentorship means
How the mission of Step Up changed over the years from strengthening resources to women and girls to focusing energies on girls
A network of women the girls get to engage with who help them practice the skills they learn

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