Feisty Founders: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the Feisty Founders Podcast where we deep dive into the realities and stories of women entrepreneurs. We hope to bring you inspiring stories of lady bosses who are still in the game of making their visions a reality.
My name is Becca, and I am the founder and CEO of Kaali, a company leveraging IoT technology to make period care accessible and available for all menstruators! From period care, women spaces, and products for gender equity, we want to show you that the future is female!
Deanna Burger is the Co-Founder of commUNITY, offering Canadian-made, high quality, 100% cotton, reusable masks, holders, and organizers. $1 from every product sold goes to either Feeding America or Food Banks Canada. With over 20 years of experience in corporate marketing, sales enablement, and sponsorship strategy, Deanna has a history of successfully leading teams at Fortune 100 companies. Now, she has worked with her co-Founders to take commUNITY from Zero to a $1M business in under a year while enriching the community through socially conscious initiatives.
Ellen Yin is the founder of Cubicle to CEO, an online membership teaching service provider on how to make their first $10K a month, without a large audience or posting every day. To date, Ellen has served over 4,000 entrepreneurs through her online courses + agency services. She has been featured on the TODAY show with Hoda & Jenna and in publications like Authority Magazine, The Penny Hoarder, LA Style, and Disrupt Magazine. Ellen is also the host of the award-winning Cubicle to CEO Podcast, which features weekly interviews with successful female founders & business leaders. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Google Play for new episodes every Monday.
Today we have Valerie Emanuel, the Co-founder of Role Models Management! Valerie is an entrepreneur, mother, speaker and model rights activist. Her background is in talent and business management, as well as photo production. She started off as a model as a child and saw a real need for positive change within this industry that was antiquated and in need of disruption.
This week we are talking to Gloria Chou! Gloria is a PR mentor and pitch guru helping early-stage founders get recognized as industry leaders without ever paying for sponsored content. As a former U.S. Diplomat that’s never worked in PR or had any industry contacts, Gloria’s mission is to make PR more accessible so all founders can learn how to get traction and build credibility without hiring an agency to do it for them.
Hey listeners, thank you so much for tuning into another wonderful episode of Feisty Founders! Today we are talking to Sike Adeshokan, the CEO and founder of MyMenses. This is an initiative delivering menstrual education while advocating for menstrual equity and alleviating period poverty in the UK and Africa. To learn more, please visit www.mymenses.org and check out her company @mymenses on instagram and twitter!
Krista Berlincourt is the CEO & Co-Founder of Kensho Health. Krista's spent the past decade using transformative technology to drive social innovation, launching hundreds of today's top tech companies like T-Mobile, Microsoft, and Simple. She is an early appointee of The Forbes Councils, a founding member of The Aspen Institute's Fringe Diplomacy, and was named one Business Insider's top changemakers in tech. Krista is an internationally accredited coach and author who traverses the wide world of shame, grief, joy, and all of the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual things that make us human.
Rachel Kennedy is the founder of The Kennedy Curate, a lifestyle and education website for feminine millennial entrepreneurs and bloggers. Besides lifestyle content pieces she publishes articles and provide digital products and guides for bloggers on how to develop their website and social media content for better reach! Tune in to learn more from her journey as a feisty founder!
Sarah Greisdorf is the CEO and founder of Holdette which designs professional workwear with real pockets for women. Sarah founded the company in 2018 and has since assembled a team of four. Sarah and her team are currently preparing for the launch of their first line of women's suits this January. With the mission to support women from the moment they get dressed in the morning, the Holdette team launched Back Pocket this past Spring, a membership community providing resources for women entering the workforce for the first time. To learn more about her company, make sure to follow @holdette on Instagram!
Angelica assembled a team to build the tech startup, Strata, after having hundreds of conversations with parents and caregivers; several of whom noted that they'd lost touch with their joy or that they've endured strokes and severe health issues due to the pressures of caregiving. She is now the CEO and Founder of Strata - a family of brands centering self-care and wellness for modern parents, caregivers, and those most marginalized. They're on a mission to radically transform the behaviors that lead to caregiver burnout. To learn more about her journey, listen to this episode of Feisty Founders! Also, make sure to check her out on Instagram and Twitter @joinstrata. To check out her podcast, follow @joinmetime on Instagram! Thanks for tuning in :)
Welcome back to another episode of Feisty Founders! Today we have the lovely Mika Leah joining us to talk about her journey as the founder of, not one, but TWO companies! Mika launched her corporate wellness company Goomi Group, to make a healthy lifestyle accessible to everyone. Mika believes that she has the power to inspire people, by providing them with the opportunity to be healthy and happy. Most recently, Mika launched Buxxomly a Liftwear™️ Lingerie company. Buxxomly is the world’s first deep V-front, backless undergarment crafted from soft, body-fitting, recycled fabric designed to uplift, support, and actually be comfortable - all while being sexy enough to skip clothes entirely. To follow her work, make sure to check her out on instagram @mika.leah @buxxomly & @goomi.group. You can also find her companies at goomigroup.com and buxxomly.com. Finally, to stay up to date on all of our podcasts, make sure to subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @feistyfounders! Enjoy the show!
Welcome back to another episode of Feisty Founders. Today, we are talking to Sanja Komljenovic! She is the Founder and CEO of ONA, a female-driven brand strategy and creative agency. Her experience is rooted in branding, content creation and media, with insights into how consumers react to content. ONA’s core competency lies within the sports, lifestyle and social good spaces. Clients include sizable brands such as Nike and Snapchat, as well as well-funded celebrity start-ups such as JLO’s Niyama Sol, and Zooey Deschanel’s Lettuce Grow.
Sanja’s career began in sports, working for five and a half years with the Los Angeles Clippers before she was recruited for social/ digital with Nike Global Basketball Network. At Nike, she worked with LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant! How exciting! Listen to this episode to learn more about how she was able to build a brand for herself!
Hello everyone! Today we have Usha joining in to talk to us more about her journey! Usha combines her knowledge and practice of the ancient Eastern energetic practices learned from her teachers, Himalayan Yoga Master Yogrishi Vishvketu and maestra Doña Maria Carmen, a Zapotec midwife and curandera.
She draws upon her education as a holistic nutritionist, childbirth educator, full-spectrum doula, herbalist, and yoga teacher trainer to create profoundly comprehensive teachings offered in a clear, accessible, and compassionate way. Tune in!
Welcome back! Today we are talking to Tearra, the founder of REIMAGE Beauty. REIMAGE® Beauty (“REIMAGE”) is a social-conscious beauty company founded to provide smart cosmetics that accessorize the natural beauty that all females possess. We provide our customers with clean cosmetic alternatives and beauty services. At REIMAGE, social responsibility is taken very seriously. Tune in to hear more about Tearra’s experiences as a feisty founder! To learn more about Tearra’s company, REIMAGE, make sure to check them out @reimagebeauty on Instagram and on facebook (facebook.com/reimagebeauty). To stay updated on future episodes and news, give us a follow on instagram, twitter, and linkedin @feistyfounders, and don’t forget to hit that subscribe button!
In today’s episode we are talking to Jacinta Gulasekharam, an impatient, impact driven social entrepreneur and connector. She co-founded Dignity, a social enterprise with a mission to deliver period equity and has created access to 30,000 sustainable period products. The Positive Periods campaign she led resulted in the government committing to free period products for students in NZ. To check out Dignity, follow them @_dignitynz on instagram, @dignitynz on twitter, and their facebook page @dignity4all !! To stay updated on our future episodes, make sure to check out our social media platforms @feistyfounders on instagram and twitter, and linkedin - and don’t forget to subscribe and share the feisty founders podcast with your friends and family!
Yaa Priscilla Birago is a mentor, speaker, IT consultant, philanthropist and a social entrepreneur. She is the Co-founder and CEO of FemmeBnB Inc., the first social networking vacation and short-term rental platform that allows women to rent their spaces to other women in hopes of maximizing safety, comfort, and peace of mind. She started the company in 2017 to provide a safe space, community and convenience for women travelers. Tune in to hear more about her inspiring journey!
Sanjana Dixit is an 18 year old student at the University of California Los Angeles, majoring in Molecular Biology and Business Economics. She is the Founder & Executive Director of RutuChakra, an organisation she founded at the age of 16. In 2019, Sanjana became one of the youngest social entrepreneurs to receive the award ‘Young Leaders Creating a Better World for All’ at the Women Economic Forum and has been named as one of India’s ‘Top 10 Young Changemakers’ by Ashoka Organization. Listen in to her story about starting an organization to help period poverty and stigma in India!
(Part 2) Welcome to our first official episode of Feisty Founders. Today we will be listening in on Katie Diasti’s journey as a young entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of Viv, a sustainable menstrual product brand! Tune in to see how she has grown as a successful business women in the period equity field!
(Part 1) Welcome to our first official episode of Feisty Founders. Today we will be listening in on Katie Diasti’s journey as a young entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of Viv, a sustainable menstrual product brand! Tune in to see how she has grown as a successful business women in the period equity field!
Hi! Thanks for tuning in. We are so excited to bring to you some amazing conversations with fellow female founders. Make sure to tune in to hear from our inspiring guests!