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Sophia Amoruso Shares What She Learned From Nasty Gal & Girlboss + Why She Started The Business Class Nov 05, 2020

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Sophia Amoruso, NYT Bestselling Author, and former founder of Nasty Gal and Girlboss launched a new venture, The Business Class. Sophia joins Yola to share why starting The Business Class was a way to help entrepreneurs avoid making the mistakes she made along her journey with Nasty Gal and Girlboss while helping them scale. Plus Yola shares for the first time a huge mistake she made with her first startup to get in touch with Sophia.

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Meena Harris on Ambition, Creating Inclusive Narratives For Children & The Importance Of Voting Oct 29, 2020

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Lawyer, Activist, Entrepreneur, and NYT Bestselling Author, Meena Harris, joins Yola to share her inspiration behind her two children's books, "Kamala And Maya's Big Idea" and "Ambitious Girl." Growing up with strong women in her family such as, Senator Kamala Harris, and her mother, Maya Harris, shaped her to always be ambitious and go after her dreams while advocating for what is right. Her first children's book is based on a true story from her aunt Kamala and mother Maya's childhood. Her second book set to release in January 2021 is all about teaching young girls to be ambitious regardless of where they come from. Meena and Yola also discuss growing up in multi-cultural environments, her media company Phenomenal, the importance of voting and raising children to be inclusive.

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Love In The Time Of Corona Presented By Bumble Oct 22, 2020

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Is the pandemic getting in the way of your love life? Same. Thankfully, Bumble and dating coach, Carla Romo, and all of our friends at Coven join me to answer all the dating and relationship questions you can imagine! Such as how to take your relationship from messaging to video chat to IRL, should you get tested before a date?, how to ask if they are social distancing, pick up lines to make the most impressionable first move and of course the best ideas for social distanced/virtual dates. Plus, Georiga Mavrookas, VP of Community at Bumble, updates us on all the new features Bumble has added such as video chat, phone calls, games, voting badges and social distance badges.

Download Bumble for Bumble Date, BFF and Biz (we need it now more than ever!): https://bit.ly/2SIpG5

About Bumble:

Bumble, the women-first social networking app, was founded by CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014. Bumble connects people across dating (Bumble Date), friendship (Bumble BFF) and professional networking (Bumble Bizz). No matter the type of relationship, women make the first move on Bumble. Bumble recognizes the importance of relationships and how crucial they are to a healthy, happy life. They’ve built their platform around kindness, respect, and equality – and their community plays an important part in that. Bumble holds its users accountable for their actions and has zero-tolerance for hate, aggression, or bullying. Bumble is free and available worldwide in the App Store and Google Play.

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Rebecca Minkoff & Ali Wyatt Koplar On What Next For The Female Founder Collective Oct 15, 2020

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Co-founders of The Female Founder Collective, Rebecca Minkoff and Ali Wyatt Koplar, join Yola to discuss how each other their unique career paths led them to start FFC which has positively impacted thousands of female-owned businesses across North America. The pair also share the biggest takeaways from What's Next Fest, how they've learned to pivot and their best career/entrepreneurial advice for new business owners.

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Lo Bosworth On The Importance Of The Microbiome, Supplements vs Vitamins & Love Wellness's Mission To Make Women's Wellness Accessible Oct 08, 2020

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Lo Bosworth joins Yola to reminisce on eating ribs and drinking wine at SxSW while talking about all things gut and vaginal microbiome. Lo updates us on Love Wellness's latest launch of multivitamins Daily Love, Baby Love and Whole Love. And if you are confused between what the difference is between a vitamin and multi-vitamin Lo explains. Lo also explains why gummy vitamins just don't work although they are so fun to take!

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How To Overcome Suicidal Ideation With Scout Sobel From Okay Sis Podcast Oct 01, 2020

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Trigger Warning: In this episode, we talk about suicidal ideation and experiences. Yola and Scout from Okay Sis Podcast chat through how they both overcame suicidal ideation, manage their mental illnesses and how they built themselves from the ground up to create their dream lives.

If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts call 1-800-273-8255.

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Raissa Gerona, CBO Of Revolve, On Immigrating To The US, Failing At Her First Business, Building Inclusivity At Revolve & Revolve U Sep 24, 2020

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Raissa Gerona, Cheif Brand Officer at Revolve, joins Yola to chat about everything from her immigration story, falling at her first vintage clothing business, starting Lovers+Friends, building Revolve's presence through influencer marketing, balancing mental health and motherhood throughout the pandemic, making a conscious effort to building a more inclusive brand and the inspiration behind Revolve U.

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Susan Griffin-Black, EO Products Co-Founder, On Why 2020 Is The Year Of The Hand Sanitizer + Benefits Of Aromatherapy & Navigating Love and Entrepreneurship Sep 17, 2020

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Co-founder of EO Products/Everyone joins Yola to discuss the neurological benefits of aromatherapy and essential oils, the year of the hand sanitizer, keeping up with demand during the pandemic, navigating divorce and business + essential oil recipes.

EO Products, makers of EO and Everyone and producer of four of the top ten natural hand sanitizers, offers an essential collection of personal care products made with active botanicals and always scented with pure essential oils. Founded in 1995, EO Products is a certified B Corporation, and makes all decisions in respect of its customers, its employees, and the planet, and imagines and manufactures products in a zero-waste, certified green facility in California. The EO Products factory is a solar-powered, certified organic plant that utilizes post-consumer recycled packaging and an environmentally preferred supply chain policy to honor the well-being of people and the planet we share. EO Products uses non-GMO ingredients and infuses its products with the best-quality, pure essential oils and food-grade extracts that are available while never using parabens, sodium lauryl sulfate, synthetic fragrances, aluminum, propylene glycol, polysorbates, phthalates, or artificial colors and dyes. Several products are EWG VERIFIED™. EO Products is available for purchase across numerous national retailers including online at EOProducts.com and Amazon, as well as in-stores at Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Albertsons, Walgreens, and more.

LA Gyno , Listening To Your Body, Stocks Vs. Designer Bags & Nothing Last Forever Sep 10, 2020

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Haven't done a solo in a while so wanted to hop on and say hiii! After having a really rough period last week, I realized I hadn't gotten women wellness check yearsss so I finally got my first LA Pap Smear at the most zenned out spa-like a retreat for your vagina. Crystals, salt lamps, cbd, the whole 9 yards. I also am continuously researching whether to buy stocks or designer bags. I am back on meds and loving it with the mindset the tomorrow isn't guaranteed and nothing lasts forever.

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Ali Grant On Strategically Selling Your Company, Post Malone & Finding Meaningful Relationships Sep 03, 2020

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Ali Grant founded digital communications agency Be Social Group 8 years ago as one of the first agencies with a focus on influencer marketing, she had a vision about the major opportunity for this new aspect of the industry. Fast forward to today, her agency has worked with hundreds of leading beauty, fashion, and lifestyle brands on influencer campaigns, with big names including H&M, Nordstrom, and Disney, in addition to launching a talent management division of the agency that works with some of the biggest influencers in the business. This rapid success and growth of Be Social Group led the industry to take notice, and just last week, the agency announced it has been acquired by Dolphin Entertainment, a leading independent entertainment marketing and production company.

Ali discusses with Yola how she was able to sell her agency while staying CEO, Post Malone's wine, Team ABS and finding fulfilling relationships.

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