The RiseHer Podcast

Michelle Sun, Founder of First Code Academy Nov 05, 2019

Michelle is the founder of First Code Academy, a leading coding and STEM education institute for kids from 4 to 18 years old and author of Amazon Best Seller First Time Coders. She is also an advisor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL). Prior to starting First Code, she held various technical roles in high growth startups in Silicon Valley, including Buffer and Bump Technologies (acquired by Google) and started her career at Goldman Sachs. Her work has received international and regional accolades including the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Asia List and BBC 100 Influential Women

LIVE with Whitney Sales, Managing Partner, at Acceleprise Ventures. Oct 29, 2019

Whitney Sales is the Managing Partner, at Acceleprise Ventures.

Whitney has 10+ years of startup sales experience and is the founder of The Sales Method, a consultancy that helps startups identify target markets, build successful sales teams and quickly get products to market. She led four companies to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list including LoopNet, Joby, Meltwater and SpringAhead. Whitney graduated with honors with a BA in Sociology from UCSD.

Jenny Lefcourt, General Partner at Freestyle VC Aug 26, 2019

Jenny Lefcourt brings 20+ years of technology start-up experience to her role as General Partner at Freestyle, a $90M seed-stage fund in San Francisco whose partners are all serial entrepreneurs. Freestyle has led investments in companies such as Airtable, Intercom, Patreon, Narvar, BetterUp, and Wag. Jenny is also a founding member of All Raise, a non-profit dedicated to diversity in funders & founders.

Prior to joining Freestyle, Jenny cofounded WeddingChannel.com (sold: XOXO) and Bella Pictures (sold: CPI). She was an angel investor and advisor in many technology companies including Discord, MainStreetHub, StyleSeat & Minted.

Jenny earned her B.S. in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and attended Stanford's Graduate School of Business. She lives in Marin with her husband and three children.

Mariel Reed is cofounder and CEO of CoProcure. Aug 19, 2019

Mariel Reed is cofounder and CEO of CoProcure. Previously, she served in the San Francisco Mayor's Office, where she helped scale a program connecting tech startups and local governments across the country. She was an early employee at Coursera, a venture-backed edtech startup. She graduated top of her class from Georgetown University and is fluent in Mandarin.

CoProcure is a marketplace for local public purchasing, a $1.5T+ / year industry. Competitively bid contracts on our platform can be reused by local government buyers, saving government employees time, taxpayers money, and reducing the costs of selling into government for suppliers. We're a venture-backed, mission-driven, female-founded technology startup. Join us as we help reinvest billions of dollars into our communities where they matter most.

Chenoa Farnsworth, Managing Partner at Blue Startups Aug 12, 2019

Chenoa Farnsworth the Managing Partner at Blue Startups. Chenoa has more than 15 years of experience in business strategy and private equity investing. Farnsworth is the managing director of the Hawaii Angels, Hawaii's only angel capital investment network.

We take a deep dip into what is takes to make an early-stage startup successful and what really matters when it comes to being a founder. Chenoa also gives us insight into how she got her career in venture capital and all the lesson she learned along the way. Chenoa is a personal mentor of mine who I have been able to learn so much from, so I am excited to share with you her wisdom and her aloha spirit!

Trish Costello, CEO & Founder of Portfolia Aug 06, 2019

Trish Costello is CEO of Portfolia and Managing Director of Portfolia Funds. Portfolia creates investment funds designed women, so they can back the companies and innovations they want in the marketplace, for returns and impact. Portfolia has funds in Women's health, Enterprise, Consumer Tech, Active Aging & Longevity, Food & AgTech, and Diversity/Inclusion. Portfolia funds provide an interactive and educational view of investing for its members while seeking market returns and innovation in the marketplace.

Trish is internationally recognized for her pioneering work in preparing venture capital investment partners, through the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program, where she was the founding CEO and CEO Emeritus. Trish was Founding President of CVE Capital Corp, the holding company of a $1.7 billion Fund of Funds. Costello was on the start-up team of the Kauffman Foundation's entrepreneurship center, where she played a leading role nationally in increasing equity investments in women's businesses and in funding initiatives supporting high-growth women entrepreneurs, as well as equity programs for all high-potential entrepreneurs. Trish led the National Science Foundation SBIR Sub-Committee on Commercialization and was the Director of the Arthur M. Blank Center of Entrepreneurship at Babson College.

Aline Lerner, Co-Founder and CEO of interviewing.io Jul 31, 2019

Aline Lerner is the co-founder and CEO of interviewing.io, an anonymous technical recruiting platform where companies like Facebook, Uber, Dropbox, and Quora have hired great software engineers. Before that, was a software engineer for 5 years, ran hiring at Udacity, and wrote a lot of stuff about hiring on the internet. Her data-driven posts about how typos matter more than pedigree, how resumes are a low-signal filtering tool, and how technical interviews aren't deterministic have been read by millions of people, and her work on the subject has appeared in dozens of publications, including Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, and Fast Company.

Liza Rodewald CEO & Co-Founder of Instant Teams Jul 22, 2019

Liza Rodewald is an entrepreneur and software engineer with over 16 years of technical experience. She has built multi-million dollar enterprise software for government and healthcare industries. Her passion for entrepreneurship came from her desire to have a more flexible lifestyle back in 2004. Since then she has launched 3 companies in the software and services industry. She is currently the Founder and CEO of Instant Teams a support team creation and management platform that fuels support teams with military-connected talent. Instant Teams enables companies to create customer success teams, instantly. Their platform enables companies to have 24/7 support operations by accessing a unique funnel of military-connected talent. These are US citizens located globally, in every time zone. Support teams are built within 5 days and operate as an in-house team with all the cost-saving benefits of outsourcing.

Hey, Here's Some Courage for Ya!:News Flash: You Are in Fact Crazy Jul 18, 2019

Trying something new on the Podcast today! Trying something new on the Podcast today!

Introducing "Hey, Here's Some Courage for Ya!" This a weekly short little pick-you-up, to remind you to be brave and courageous and do the work.

Give it a listen and share it with a friend who might need a little encouragement today!

An Aussie Founder Who is Changing They Way you and I think about Food With Jessica Koncz CEO & Founder of EatSee Jul 08, 2019

Jessica Koncz the CEO and Founder of Eatsee, That brings the restaurant experience to the Instagram generation. They create beautiful, visual menus for cafes and restaurants to showcase photos of each dish on their menu for customers to see before they order. An image like Tinder for Food!

Jessica and I dive into what it's like been like to start a company in Australia and the adventure of bringing it to America. Jessica is on her way to becoming another Icon Aussie Founder and I can't wait for you to learn more from her journey.

How to Build a Community From The Ground-Up With Jacqueline Pérez CEO & found of The KuelLife Jun 18, 2019

Kuel Life, a lifestyle website and online community for women 45+. Recently launched the Jacqueline launched Kuel Shop which focuses on products BY women FOR women and their loved ones. The best way to check me out is to take a peek at my site, www.kuellife.com, and the Kuel Shop, shop.kuellife.com

Jack co-founded Kuel Life in 2017. Jack-Of-All-Trades is spot on when it comes to her role at Kuel Life. She toggles back and forth from: blogging; to curating content and Kuel Women to create original content; to searching for and securing Kuel and unusual products and services to offer our community of women; to social media and general operations. She looks forward to initiating a hiring plan!

Previously, she spent 20 years at Summit Strategy Partners, a San Francisco-based marketing and public relations firm, where she was a founding partner. Jack brings extensive, deep, start-up experience; having worked with numerous small to midsize companies. She is excited to finally birth her own start-up.

Having earned an MBA from the University of Chicago, Perez carries a hard-nosed business understanding to the entrepreneur world. She is fluent in Spanish, and having worked with multiple international firms, has a clear grasp on cross-cultural influences.

Jack's passions include: spending time with her son, traveling to exotic, off-the-beaten-path places such as; Cuba, Jordan, Zambia, Bolivia, and Zanzibar. An endorphin junkie, Jack is an avid jump roper, Peloton-fanatic, and a third-degree black belt in Taekwondo.

A Deep Dive into The Startup Ecosystem With Minnie Ingersoll, Partner at TenOneTen Ventures Jun 11, 2019

Minnie started her career as an early product manager at Google where she co-founded the Access team; a cross-functional product, policy, and engineering team that spun off Google Fiber.

Prior to joining Code for America, Minnie was COO of Shift, a Goldman Sachs and DFJ-funded company that she founded and helped the company to raise over 200 million dollars in Venture capital. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in computer science from Stanford University.

Millie has recently joined TenOneTen Ventures, based out of LA, California.

How to Tell a Story that Creates a Trusted Brand, With Andrea Barrica CEO & Founder of O.School Jun 03, 2019

Andrea Barrica is CEO/co-founder of O.school, a judgment-free multimedia platform to learn about sexuality and pleasure through videos, live chat, live streams, and more. Previously, Andrea co-founded accounting and tax platform, inDinero.com. She also served as a venture partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at 500 Startups, one of the world's most active, global seed funds.

Architecting Your Way From Idea to The App Store, with Rachel Sipperley CEO & Founder of Rent My Wardrobe May 27, 2019

Rachel Sipperley is the CEO and Founder of Rent My Wardrobe, a peer to peer marketplace that empowers women to generate additional income while becoming more financially savvy. The daughter of a youth pastor, Rachel came from humble beginnings and was a born entrepreneur. She completed her undergraduate degree at 19 years old, was a top executive for a fortune 500 company by age 22, and had purchased three homes by age 25. Her corporate success and never ending side hustles allowed her to completely self-fund the startup, now backed by Venture Capitalists and TV personalities Court and Kameron Westcott. Her mission is to inspire and equip women and girls to become their own entrepreneur in a women-supporting-women culture and share her testimony of financial stewardship.

Reverse Engineering Your Pitch to Win The Ask With Courteney Real May 20, 2019

In this week's episode host Courteney talks all about how to Reverse Engineering Your Pitch to Win the Ask. It's important as a founder to be able to articulate the value and future of your business. It is the key to being able to raise venture capital or securing your first customer. Today's episode will highlight some great tips to helping you craft the perfect pitch!

Why Investing in Women Led Companies Matters For The Bottom Line With Sara Brand Founding Partner of True Wealth Ventures May 13, 2019

Sara Brand is the Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses in consumer health and sustainability sectors. She is also the co-founder of (512) Brewing, the largest draught-only, self-distributing microbrewery in the country. Sara was previously in venture capital and management consulting in the Bay Area as well as in a variety of strategic and operational roles in large tech companies. Sara holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in green design and manufacturing from UC Berkeley and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from UT Austin.

Behind The Scenes of Venture Capital with Ashley Whitehurst , Managing Director of Syndicates at LAUNCH May 06, 2019

Ashley Whitehurst is the Managing Director of Syndicates at LAUNCH. Ashley studied gerontology at San Diego State University and started her career off in Health Care. Then when she and her husband decided it was time to make the move to Silicon Valley, Ashley took a new path in her career. She beginning working as an EA for Jason Calacanis. Over the years she has grown with LAUNCH and is now the Managing director of The Syndicate fund at Launch. In today's show we talk all about what Syndicate funds are, as well as the benefits they bring to both founders and investors. Ashley also gives us a behind the scenes look at what running a fund looks like and insider tips on how to pitch a company to investors.

How a serial entrepreneur is shaking up the German Startup Ecosystem with Freya Oehle Apr 08, 2019

Tune-in to this week's episode with my friend 25 Freya Oehle. She is a serial entrepreneur is shaking up the German Startup Ecosystem. In today's show, we talk all about how she went from an MBA student at Northwestern to starting her first company in her parents living room in the German countryside. Freya shares with us lots of great nuggets of wisdom and some hard truths about the startup world.

How The Power of AI is Changing The Future of HR with Genevieve Jurvetson, Co-founder of Fetcher Apr 01, 2019

Genevieve is the co-founder of Fetcher, a Manhattan-based startup combining AI with human expertise to help companies fill open positions at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional recruiting tools. Fetcher launched 2 years ago, and the team has quickly grown to over 160 employees, and they are now working with over 450 companies ranging from stealth-mode startups to the Fortune 50, to help re-imagine recruiting. Prior to Fetcher, Genevieve ran Marketing for Apartment List, the fastest-growing online rental marketplace in the U.S. Before joining the technology world, she spent 8 years in investment banking and investment management, most recently at Goldman Sachs. Genevieve earned a B.S. with Highest Honors from Georgia Tech and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

A peek into the Australian Startup ecosystem with Sydney based accelerator Muru-D , Program Manager Nicola Farrell Mar 11, 2019

Nicola's experience working with startups has almost stretched 10 years. Originally from Ireland, where she led startup and accelerator engagement for the global technology conference, Web Summit. Before leaving for Australia, landing at Pollenizer, an early stage startup incubator where she made waves to bring startup methods to some of the world's largest companies.

With a short stint at AGL Energy, Nicola helped define a technology ecosystem to develop a pipeline of growth companies for investment. Now, Nicola is running the Sydney program at muru-D. Together with a team of entrepreneurs and creators, she is fostering a world-class accelerator to advance ambitious teams with ideas for global impact.

How this Founder Turned Learnings from a College Project Into a Successful Venture Backed Company Changing the Way Brands Work with Influencers, Kristen Wiley, Founder & CEO at StatusphereÂ Mar 08, 2019

Statusphere is an influencer marketing platform that fundamentally transforms the way brands connect with social media influencers. The company's influencer-first business model solves the major pain points of outreach, price negotiation, scalability and distribution for consumer brands. Statusphere achieves this with its curated network of micro-influencers who receive a monthly box of Instagram-worthy products in exchange for sharing photos or videos with their followers. Brands can tap into this network and commission hundreds of guaranteed influencer posts with virtually zero legwork.

How one company is redefining motherhood with a powerful brand and authentic community with Jill Koziol CEO & Co-founder of Motherly Mar 04, 2019

Jill Koziol is the co-founder and CEO of Motherly a modern lifestyle brand redefining motherhood with it's 30M+ monthly audience. She is also the co-author of the new book, This Is Motherhood: A Motherly Collection of Reflections and Practices. Jill is passionate about serving and empowering women and mothers because when mamas are successful, everyone wins. She is an advocate for families, female founders, and how to thrive with multiple sclerosis. Jill lives in Menlo Park with her husband, two daughters, and an amazing au pair. Motherly Blurb: Motherly is a lifestyle parenting brand redefining motherhood on behalf of a new generation of mothers. We provide our 30M+ community of mamas with the encouragement, support and inspiration to meet her real life, real mama needs reminding her that motherhood is an opportunity to nurture—not lose—her true sense of self. Since launch three years ago, Motherly has emerged as the voice of the millennial mom and in 2019 The Motherly Podcast, This is Motherhood book, Motherly wellness products, and a signature event series will create greater community intimacy through offline connections. For women, by women, with two female founders, Motherly has organically grown a highly engaged captive audience at scale with limited funding and has now achieved sustainable revenue. www.mother.ly; Instagram: @mother.ly @jillkoziol

How to changing the workforce for women all around the world with Georgene Huang, CEO & Co-Founder of Fairygodboss Feb 25, 2019

Georgene Huang is obsessed with improving the workplace for women. She's the CEO and Co-founder of Fairygodboss, the largest career community for women, providing millions of women with career connections, jobs, career advice and hard-to-find intel about how companies treat women.

Previously she ran the enterprise business at Dow Jones and was a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures. She is a graduate of Cornell and Stanford Universities.

In this interview we talk all about what its like to go from bootstrapping to raising millions of Dollars in Venture Capital, how to find a co-founders and what a large impact you can have on community when starting a mission driven business.

To learn more about Fairy GodBoss check-out their website fairygodboss.com , Then follow them on social media via Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Bring The Fashion Industry in to The 21 Century with CEO & Co-Founder of FAVES, Ulla Hald Feb 18, 2019

Ulla Hald is the Co-founder and CEO of @thefavesapp, the fashion tech company that is helping SMB retailers make the best buying decisions for their businesses. Ulla studied computer science at UCSC and took her first carrier steps at Apple. Her superpower is bringing smart people together and not getting in the way. She grew up in Copenhagen, moved to California for University and stayed in the Bay area for a couple of years. She is now back in Denmark with a team of 5 to build a unicorn. FAVES is a B2B SaaS platform that enables retail buyers and their stakeholders to have a complete and real-time visual overview of what they are buying, across all vendors and brands. Ulla and I talk all about what it's like to grow up in Denmark, working at Apple in the early days and going through The Launch Accelerator in San Francisco. Visit Faves.Fashion to learn more about FAVES, or connect with Ulla at linkedin.com/in/ullahald/

How Curah is changing the Beauty industry with Technology to Empower Female Business Owners, With Co-founders Ikram & Barbara, with new team member Ekaterina Feb 11, 2019

Dive into today's show to hear how Ikrama & Barbara meet as Co-founders, teamed up with Kate to launch a new beauty tech company Curah. These ladies are changing the way customers book and find beauty appointments with their new app. More importantly, they are empowering and equipping women-owned business with the tools they need to thrive. These three ladies come from a very diverse background of growing up in Austria, Morocco, and Russia, with time in the military, early entrepreneurial journeys and different degrees of education to come together to change the future of Beauty.

How exposure to technology is changing the world with Priya Kuber Feb 04, 2019

At 21, Priya was the first Indian woman to start an open-source hardware company in India. At 28, she built Bay Area's first women-centric co-working space. Presently, at 30, she is the first Indian woman working to build a decentralized internet free of net neutrality, censorship and fake news. She is a community builder and teacher at heart and firmly believes in the power of technology to improve the lives of people. She views entrepreneurship as a deeper path towards self-discovery. Lately, she has found her anchor in Vipassana meditation.

Kara Goldin Founder & CEO of hint Inc. Dec 31, 2018

Entrepreneur Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of hint, Inc., a healthy lifestyle brand that produces the leading, award-winning, unsweetened flavored water, as well as a scented sunscreen spray that is oxybenzone and paraben-free.

Kara has received numerous accolades, including being been named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 Northern California, one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business, Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs and Forbes' 40 Women to Watch Over 40. The Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.

hint inc., the San Francisco-based company founded by entrepreneur Kara Goldin in 2005, is a healthy lifestyle brand known for its delicious unsweetened flavored water. Since its launch, hint® water has helped consumers live healthy lifestyles by making water taste great without sugar or diet sweeteners. Flavored only with real fruit essences, hint delivers refreshment without unnecessary additives – no sugar, no diet sweeteners, and no preservatives. In 2017, hint introduced its own sunscreen using fruit essences from the original product to add a delightful scent and transform the application of sunscreen into an enjoyable experience. The SPF 30 mist is free of oxybenzone and parabens and is available in three refreshing scents: Pear, Grapefruit and Pineapple.

Viola Sutanto, CEO & founder of Maika, COO & co-Founder of LimeLoop Dec 24, 2018

Viola is the founder and creative force behind MAIKA, a stylish and sustainable soft goods brand inspired by delightful travel and everyday living. MAIKA products are carried in over 500 specialty boutiques and retail stores worldwide. Concurrently, she is also the co-founder of LimeLoop, a full circle shipper packaging company that combines technology and innovative design to create a more sustainable supply chain. In a previous life, Viola ran a brand agency called chewing the cud and worked with various retail clients ranging from Design within Reach, Peet's Coffee and Chronicle Books. In addition to client work and licensing projects, chewing the cud also had its own sustainable stationery and gift line that was carried in over 1000 stores nationwide. Her work has been featured on the Today Show, Real Simple, O magazine, Design Sponge, OhJoy and numerous blogs and publications. She is also the author of "Packaging Your Crafts". Beyond creating a good product, Viola believes that thoughtful solutions through a sustainable supply chain, the packaging experience and immersing the customer in a memorable experience is what will create a powerful brand. This mission is what drives her companies. Ultimately, she is always inspired to push the creative envelope; to represent a thoughtful, evocative design that touches the heart and motivates a call to action.

Anastasia Crew & Andee Gardiner Cofounders of Founders Embassy Dec 17, 2018

Founders Embassy is the world's first accelerator designed for international and immigrant entrepreneurs committed to making a positive impact on the world. Unlike typical accelerators and incubators, Founders Embassy focuses on elevating, inspiring, and educating international and immigrant founders by offering them unprecedented access to Silicon Valley through its immersive acceleration programs, impactful events, and thought leadership - all without any exchange of equity.

A Russian native, Anastasia came to the U.S. as an immigrant over 10 years ago. She has spent her entire career developing programs and producing events for international startups, corporates, and non-profits. She holds an MBA from San Francisco State University, a BA in International Relations from Ural Federal University in Russia, and a Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

Andee has worked for, with, and on startups since she was a teenager. As an Irish citizen and the daughter of two immigrants, she is passionate about leveraging her background in content creation, startup knowledge, network, and creativity to design, curate and execute impactful events for international entrepreneurs. She holds a BBA in Business Management from Roanoke College and a Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

Cassie Fossum, CEO & Co-Founder of Mavette Dec 10, 2018

Cassie Fossum is the CEO & Co-founder of Mavette, the shoe company that's redesigned high heels and flats to feel as good as they look. As a shoe addict, Cassie loved how designer heels made her look but hated the inevitable pain that came along with wearing them. After a particularly painful night out on the town, she started looking for her ideal shoe, not only comfortable but also fashionable. Through her research, Cassie found that the technology used inside high heels today is the same as it was in the 1900s. Sensing an opportunity, Cassie assembled a team of experts to develop a patent pending 360º comfort technology which comes integrated into every pair of Mavettes. Combined with its custom fit process, Mavette has established the new standard for fashion footwear. In her spare time, Cassie is an avid traveler, food enthusiast, and amateur ballet dancer.

At Mavette, fashion and comfort are synonymous. We believe shoes should not only look fabulous but feel fabulous too. That's why we've given the high heel and flat a much-needed makeover. It all starts with our patent pending 360º comfort technology integrated into every pair of Mavettes. This is combined with our custom fit process to give you the best fit for each foot individually. Next, choose from our library of styles, fine leathers, and heel types to design your perfect shoe. Every Mavette is handmade in Italy by craftsmen with generations of experience. The result is a designer shoe with the support you need for all-day comfort.

Visit www.mavette.com to learn more and find a fitting near you.

Rebecca Story CEO and Founder of The Bloomi Dec 02, 2018

Rebecca Story is the CEO and co-founder of The Bloomi, the first e-marketplace that offers a full spectrum of healthy intimate care products. Products include hygiene, menstrual care and sexual wellness. As an entrepreneur and respected thought leader in sexual health, Rebecca is a subject-matter expert and advisor on sexual education, entrepreneurship and diversity initiatives. The Bloomi is backed by Oakland Startup Network, the Kapor Center for Social Impact and Founder Gym. Prior to The Bloomi, Rebecca designed and led a variety of clinical research projects across medical devices, IVD, and consumer products. She has a proven track record bringing products to market with successful management and execution of clinical studies and obtaining FDA approval at both start-ups and large biotech companies. Rebecca earned her BA in Women's Health & Sexuality from UC Berkeley and her MA in Sexuality Studies from San Francisco State. A start-up lover, she also took international business courses at Stanford GSB.

Sensi Graves CEO & Founder of Sensi Graves Bikinis Nov 26, 2018

Sensi is a professional kiteboarder, swimwear designer, entrepreneur, writer, speaker and kiteboarding coach. In 2007, Sensi tentatively signed up for a kiteboarding lesson in North Carolina's Outer Banks and immediately fell in love. Just two years later, she applied to be a kiteboarding coach, relocated to the East Coast, and started collecting accolades. The Hood River, Oregon, local regularly places in the top three at some of the biggest international kiteboarding invitationals, garners continuous coverage in kiteboarding magazines, and even launched her eponymous swimwear label, Sensi Graves Bikinis, to meet the demands of her sport (after losing one too many string bikinis in the surf, she decided to tackle the job herself and design suits that actually stay on in rough conditions).

Bikinis for girls who rip. That's the motto and driving factor behind our brand. We design swimwear that's made to work, whether our customers are tow-surfing at Jaws or sup-ing down the river. Going into our 7th year in business, our products have continued to develop and improve but we've always stuck by our core mission: to design swimwear that's both fiercely functional and fabulously feminine.

Meghan Larson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Adistry. Nov 18, 2018

Meghan Larson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Adistry.

After leading several startups to success, she co-founded Adistry - a platform that automates media sales and buying. Meghan thrives on the challenge of finding creative monetization solutions for media companies in this rapidly evolving industry.

Adistry's technology helps media companies and conferences automate their manual sales processes, increase their potential revenue streams and shorten their sales cycle. Our tech opens up previously unreachable deals by providing an automated framework for ad buyers and sellers to come together. Effectively recovering the tremendous amount of money that is left on the table today.

Amanda Greenberg CEO & Co-founder of Balloonr Nov 12, 2018

Amanda Greenberg CEO & Co-founder of Balloonr. 🍍⠀ Before founding Balloonr, she was a public health researcher and evaluation specialist in DC. Relying on data and science, and she was seeking to understand and deconstruct the wall that locks knowledge in people's minds. Cognitive biases and group dynamics -- whether they be status, hierarchy, gender, race, etc. -- are all variables that influence how we operate. Amanda is interested in understanding what motivates people and how organizations can evolve to overcome bias to become the best versions of themselves. She has a Master of Science in Public Health degree from UNC-CH Gillings School of Global Public Health and graduated from Dartmouth College. 🍍 Balloonr was developed to address how humans actually share information and make decisions. Our app covers a wide range of use cases and removes the most costly cognitive biases, creates an idea and feedback meritocracy, and accelerates time to wisdom for teams and companies of all sizes. 🍍⠀ Tune in for an uplifting conversation about how Amanda has tackled group dynamics and cognitive biases with her company Balloonr. Her company is changing the way we all will be able to work together in the future.

Shruti Shah, Founder of Step Capital Nov 05, 2018

Shruti Shah started her career as a teacher for Teach for America then moved to Venture Capital by her connections Edtech. This sparked her entrepreneurial spirit where she started her first company Move Loot, started with a few friends. The group took the company through Y - Combinator and raised over 20 million in venture capital. Through all of these learning Shruti is now starting Step Fund, to help bridge the gap for founders between bootstrapping and raising large rounds of venture capital money.

Lisa Porter, CEO & Founder of Jobdocs Oct 29, 2018

Lisa Porter is the CEO & Founder of Jobdocs. She started her career as a nurse and through her career path noticed a need in the market for a place for health care professionals to organize job documents. JobDocs is the quick and easy way to upload, organize, and share your job-related documents and certifications. Then app notifications will remind you before they expire. In our interview, Lisa & I talk about her journey from Nurse to Tech CEO. Tune-in for some great insight on how to take your idea from a thought to a thriving company.

Sona Shah CEO & Co-founder of Neopenda Oct 19, 2018

Sona is co-founder and CEO of Neopenda, a medical device company creating needs-based health solutions for high-growth emerging markets. Sona's path to global health entrepreneurship began when she earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech (2011), and subsequently worked as an engineer in Bioprocess Research and Development at Eli Lilly and Company. She followed her passion for service to Kenya, spending time as a teacher and an Engineering Without Borders volunteer. Sona's interest in aiding under-resourced communities continued during her research involvement with mChip, a point-of-care diagnostic device for HIV and syphilis developed at Columbia University. She also worked at the TB Alliance, both in community engagement and drug discovery for medications that treat tuberculosis. Sona completed a Masters in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University (2016) before launching Neopenda, where she develops impactful healthcare solutions, and sustainably delivers them to the world's most vulnerable populations.

Emily Levy, CEO & Co-founder of Might Well Oct 19, 2018

Emily Levy is an award-winning social impact entrepreneur and keynote speaker who is passionate about advocating for the patient perspective in healthcare. She was diagnosed with Chronic Neurological Lyme Disease during her sophomore year of college. She used a college project, her own personal need and created an amazing company.⠀

⠀ Mighty Well is a growing line of medical accessories that put strength, confidence, and mobility back into the toolkit for chronic illnesses and anyone else coping with a health setback. ⠀

Anjuli Morse Co- Founder of Babe Council Oct 08, 2018

Babe Council creates events & products that help women get informed, get involved & take action in support of their community. Their mission is to democratize and normalize community and civic-engagement because they believe that the could be (and should) be a regular part of every Bebe's Life.

Anjuli Morse is the Co- Founder & CEO of Babe Council. She is an all-around girl boss and we are so happy she is on the show!

Learn more about Babe Council Here!

The Vision Oct 01, 2018

A community building strong female founders icons throughout the world by sharing unique stories to empower and equip more women to build powerful companies.

http://www.therealcapitalist.com/

Whitney Linscott Founder & CEO of Bracket Oct 01, 2018

Whitney Linscott spent 10 years in commercial banking and finance before venturing out to launch her own dating app. She has struggled with the dating apps on the market and wanted to improve the experience by making it fun and effective. In 2016 she quit her corporate job to launch the tournament style dating app, Bracket Dating.

Check out Whitney's company at http://bracketdatingapp.com/

Evelyn Henson Oct 01, 2018

Evelyn Henson is a Charlotte NC based illustrator painting art and gifts for a more brightly decorated life, where we celebrate the little things and spark kindness wherever we go. She began painting in 2013 with the mission to create higher quality illustrations for colorful Southern homes. Working with a mix of gouache, acrylic, and watercolor, Evelyn paints with the intention of brightening your day and bringing sunshine to your home for years to come. Her work has been featured on People.com, Southern Living, Domino, Martha Stewart, Glamour, and Town & Country.

Check-out Evelyn Artwork at https://www.evelynhenson.com/

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