Mused Mondays: Recent Episodes
Mused Mondays
A NEW podcast interviewing women in business. Helping you thrive as entrepreneurs, executives, and investors. NEW episodes every Monday! @musedmondays we interview trailblazing business leaders with the aim of helping you learn new things across an array of industries, whilst adding a dose of inspiration to start your week!The show is hosted by Karen Forster who has over a decade of experience as an investor, entrepreneur, and executive.Want to keep up with the latest Musings? Hit subscribe to this channel! Follow us, Mused Mondays (@musedmondays), on social media. Also sign up to our newsletter at http://www.musedmondays.comIn addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoy this podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review. It helps with our visibility! The more people who listen to this podcast, the more we can invest in it and make it even better for you!
Just a quick note to say thank you to our listeners who listened to Season 1 of Mused Mondays.
We’ll be taking a short break to recharge and come back with a BIGGER and BETTER Season 2.
In the meantime, follow us behind the scenes and keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Lina Calabria is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Bellroy, an Australian accessories brand making carry goods, such as bags, wallets, pouches, phone cases, and key covers. It is a Certified B Corporation.
Bellroy sells its products online as a direct-to-consumer brand and through retailers in 120+ countries.
Lina has 20+ years of engineering, entrepreneurial, and supply chain experience. Since co-founding Bellroy in 2009, Lina has held various roles within the company, including COO, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Why Lina and her co-founders decided to start Bellroy
2. What it’s like to work with family and manage co-founder dynamics
3. Bellroy products and why the team started with the wallet
4. How COVID-19 has impacted new product launches and sales
5. Lina’s thoughts on Bellroy having a physical presence in a digital first world
6. How to use technology and virtual reality to enhance the online shopping experience
7. Why sustainability is important to the Bellroy brand
8. What is a B-Corp and why B-Corp status is important
9. Why the team decided to raise external capital, despite bootstrapping to profitability
10. What’s next for Bellroy
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Bellroy
2. Follow Bellroy on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter
3. Follow Lina on Twitter
4. Certified B-Corps
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
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Julia Salasky is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Legl, a B2B Software-as-a-Service startup that provides workflow solutions to law firms. Some of Legl’s solutions include client onboarding, client outreach, payments, and integrations.
Legl has been recognized as award winning technology for the legal industry by Legal 500, Legal Week, Modern Law Awards, among others.
Julia has 15+ years of legal and entrepreneurial experience. She started her career as a corporate lawyer before moving on to human rights law with the United Nations. Julia is the founder of not one, but TWO start-ups: Crowd Justice, an award-winning funding platform for legal action, and Legl.
For her work, Julia has been featured in the Financial Times, Legal Week, Legal 500, City AM's Digital Innovators List, Debrett's, BBC, TechCrunch, and The Guardian, among others.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Why Julia decided to found Legl
2. Innovation in the legal industry and how to deal with slow behavioral change
3. How Legl automates manual workflow processes for law firms
4. Why it’s importance to truly understand your customer’s needs to build great products
5. How Julia transitioned from corporate and human rights lawyer to entrepreneur
6. What it’s like being a solo founder
7. What’s next for Legl
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Crowd Justice
2. Legl
3. Follow Legl on Twitter, LinkedIn
4. Follow Julia on Twitter
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
FOLLOW US:
As always, keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Claire Wasserman is the Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Ladies Get Paid, a community and online network of 70K+ women, promoting the professional and financial advancement of women worldwide.
Claire has 10+ years of marketing experience and was named one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women. She’s spoken at places such as Harvard Business School, Facebook, and the United Nations, and has appeared on Good Morning America, Forbes, The New York Times, among others.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. What motivated Claire to start Ladies Get Paid
2. How she built a community of 70K+ members
3. Why we need to tackle the taboo of money conversations
4. Why we must invest and grow our capital
5. Why Claire decided to write a book
6. How Claire overcame challenges in writing the book
7. Key themes explored in the book such as perfectionism, imposter syndrome, dealing with failure, among other topics
8. The wage gap and ways to negotiate for more
9. Ladies Get Paid next chapter
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Ladies Get Paid
2. Follow Ladies Get Paid on Social Media: Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook
3. Buy the Ladies Get Paid Book
4. Follow Claire on Instagram
5. Brave Not Perfect
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
FOLLOW US:
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In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Polly McMaster is The Founder and CEO of The Fold, a workwear for the modern professional woman. Prior to starting The Fold, Polly worked in Private Equity and Management Consulting.
The Fold has been featured in The Times, The Financial Times, Stylist, Tatler, among others. Famous wearers of The Fold include Royalty, Actresses, and Media Personalities.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Why Polly decided to start The Fold
2. How she thought through the risks of not returning to her lucrative career in private equity to pursue entrepreneurship
3. How The Fold stands out in an increasingly crowded womens workwear market
4. How The Fold is reimagining workwear in the midst of the pandemic, WFH, and zoom calls
5. Working around the challenges of operating in the fashion industry
6. What it was like fundraising whilst pregnant and building a startup as a solo founder
7. How The Fold is tackling the issue of ethics and sustainability in the fashion industry
8. What is next for The Fold post pandemic
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Follow Polly McMaster on Twitter and Instagram
2. The Fold
3. Follow The Fold on Social Media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
FOLLOW US:
As always, keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Dr. Rabia Malik is a Cosmetic Doctor, General Practitioner, and Founder of a new skincare line called Skin W1.
Dr. Rabia specialises in aesthetic medicine and non-invasive non-surgical facial rejuvenation and problem skin solutions. She holds consultations at luxury health clinics like the Lanserhof at The Arts Club and The Harrods Wellness Clinic.
In recognition of her work, she’s been featured in the Times, Tatler, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, The Financial Times, Cosmopolitan, among others.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. How to navigate the overwhelming amount of information out there on diet, lifestyle, skin health
2. Which supplements are important to overall skin health
3. The impact that fitness and weight loss can have on skin ageing and appearance
4. Skincare routines and best practices
5. When to buy drug store, luxury, and dermatologist approved skincare
6. Which ingredients to pay attention to in skincare products
7. Dr. Rabia’s work and treatments with skin texture
8. Dr. Rabia’s new skincare line - Skin W1
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Dr. Rabia Malik on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
2. Dr. Rabia Practice
3. INCI Decoder
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
FOLLOW US:
As always, keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Veronica Colondam is a self-made woman, philanthropist, social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of YCAB, a social enterprise that has empowered 3.5M underprivileged youth through education and 500K women entrepreneurs in Asia through micro financing.
Forbes has named her one of the 'Most Inspiring Women in Asia'. She’s the youngest ever recipient of the UN Vienna Civil Society Award.
Some of her other Awards and Recognitions include the World Economic Forum Young Global Leader Award, the Schwab Social Entrepreneur Award, and she’s been featured on the Tatler 500 List.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. The role of grief in starting and building social enterprise YCAB
2. What is YCAB and its role in empowering women and young adults across Asia
3. Why she created a microfinance business
4. The importance of creating a profitable business that can fund future projects rather than relying on charity funding
5. The charade of impact investing and the problems of measuring impact
6. Why most social entrepreneurs do not want to take capital from impact investors
7. The importance of finding the right partners
8. Why authenticity is a crucial trait of every leader
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. YCAB on Instagram and Twitter
2. YCAB
3. Veronica on Instagram and Twitter
4. Veronica’s Ted Talk
5. Journey To Impact
6. Discover Your True North
7. Grit
8. Impact
9. Option B
10. The How of Happiness
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
FOLLOW US:
As always, keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Cindy Gallop is the Founder and CEO of Make Love Not Porn, a sextech start-up that is changing the way we consume adult content.
Prior to Make Love Not Porn, she had a two decade career in advertising and marketing.
Cindy’s been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, Huffington Post, Marie Claire, The Guardian, among others.
In addition, she’s worked with brands like Calvin Klein, Facebook, L’Oréal, Twitter, and Virgin.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Why Cindy decided to create Make Love Not Porn (MLNP)
2. Who is the typical MLNP member and content creator
3. How MLNP prioritizes safety and trust with it’s members and creators
4. How MLNP is different from other adult content platforms like Only Fans
5. The challenges of building a sextech start-up
6. How MLNP has empowered content creators and members globally
7. Why cultural attitudes towards sex and adult content need to change
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Cindy on Twitter and Instagram
2. Cindy’s Ted Talk
3. Make Love Not Porn
4. The New York Times Article on Only Fans
5. The Information Article on Only Fans
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
FOLLOW US:
As always, keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Kiara Aguillon is a L.A., California, based partnerships manager who connects content creators and influencers with brands.
Some of the brands she’s worked with include Fortune 500, The Real Talk Show, and she’s been featured in Vanity Fair, among others.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Content creation and the importance of leaning into niches
2. How to utilize new social media platforms like TikTok to grow your following on other platforms
3. The role of traditional media and the credibility stamp that it can provide to content creators
4. The main routes to monetization for content creators
5. What are media kits and what to include
6. Engagement rates and why they are important
7. How indie brands and those on small budgets can work with content creators and influencers
8. Discrepancies and discrimination in content creator rates
9. When to hire and what to look for in talent management and representation
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Follow Kiara on Clubhouse @kirab123
2. Contact Kiara: kiarabaguillon@gmail.com
3. Instagram’s advice to content creators
4. Use Canva to create media kits
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
FOLLOW US:
As always, keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Mei Xu is the Founder of Chesapeake Bay Candles, which include botanical inspired fragrances and clean, minimalist, designs.
Sold online and in select retail stores like Target, Chesapeake Bay Candles was sold to Newell Brands for $75M in 2017.
Since stepping back from Chesapeake Bay Candles, Mei has been an active advisor to women owned businesses and recently launched Yes She May, a new eCommerce marketplace that promotes women owned businesses and stocks products in fashion, wellness, beauty, and home.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. How Mei started and bootstrapped Chesapeake Bay Candles
2. Manufacturing fragrance candles and the challenges of manufacturing abroad
3. Why Mei decided to sell the business
4. Why entrepreneurs need to create value and offer better solutions
5. How Mei overcame health issues and the importance of support systems
6. Mei’s next chapter with Yes She May, how the eCommerce marketplace is helping women businesses, and how it’s providing a better service offering versus Amazon, Etsy, eBay, and other online marketplaces
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Tipping Point
2. A Whole New Mind
3. Yes She May
4. Chesapeake Bay Candles
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
FOLLOW US:
As always, keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Rachael Corson is the Co-Founder of Afrocenchix, a natural hair care brand for afro and curly hair.
Sold online and in select Wholefood stores, Afrocenchix has been featured in the likes of Vogue, Glamor, Stylist magazine, and has won numerous awards for its scientific approach to hair care.
Rachael co-founded the hair care brand whilst at university and has won numerous awards for her work, including the WeWork Global Creator Award, KPMG Black Entrepreneur Award, among others.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Afrocenchix’s unique scientific approach to product
2. The importance of building an ethical, sustainable brand. The pros and cons that come with these values
3. Pitching Afrocenchix to Wholefoods and negotiating a deal that enabled the brand to be the FIRST Afro hair care brand in Whole Foods stores
4. Thoughts on product expansion to new categories
5. Sales strategy and balancing the need for exposure in stores versus selling online
6. What it was like pitching Ashton Kutcher and P Diddy at the WeWork Creator Awards in L.A., California
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Shoe Dog
2. The Everything Store
3. Venture Deals
4. The Road Less Travelled
5. Leaders Eat Last
6. Boundaries for Leaders
7. David and Goliath
8. Blink
9. Tipping Point
10. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
11. Afrocenchix
12. Rachael’s Post on the WeWork Creator Awards
13. Backstage Capital Accelerator Program
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
FOLLOW US:
As always, keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Tracy Chou is the Founder and CEO of Block Party, an app which is tackling online harassment.
Tracy is a former software engineer and one of the first hires at Quora and Pinterest. Alongside her engineering career, Tracy is most well-known for her work pushing for diversity in technology, co-founding the organization Project Include, alongside the likes of Ellen Pao.
For her advocacy and activism work, she has appeared on the covers of The Atlantic, WIRED, and MIT Technology Review. Tracy has been named Forbes Tech 30 under 30, MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators under 35, and Fast Company Most Creative People in Business; and been profiled in Vogue, ELLE, and other media outlets.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. What is online harassment and how it’s skewed to impact women and minority groups the most
2. How Block Party is solving the issue of online harassment and it’s route to monetization
3. Why social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter don’t care to address the issue of online harassment
4. Why we need to balance sharing our information on the internet with protecting our data
5. What it’s like to be a solo founder
6. When it’s important to ignore versus acknowledge conventional venture capital advice
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Rage Becomes Her
2. Invisible Women
3. Block Party App
5. Tracy’s Op-Ed on being a solo founder
6. Project Include
7. Tim Ferriss Article on 11 Reasons Not to Become Famous
And finally, we are running a COMPETITION! All you need to do is to review the show on your podcast provider and send a screenshot of the review to karen@musedmondays.com. The best review will win a luxury scented candle!
FOLLOW US:
As always, keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Jen Neundorfer is a Founding Partner at January Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, investing in women and minority technology founders.
Jen is an operator turned investor who has backed over 50 early stage startups. Previously, as a Partner and Co-Founder of Flashstarts, an early stage venture fund in the Midwest, she discovered her passion for investing in visionary women at the earliest stage of their entrepreneurial journeys. As an operator, she launched and scaled media and advertising businesses at 21st Century Fox and YouTube.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Jen’s unique path to venture capital
2. January Ventures investment thesis and what the team looks for in potential investments
3. Opportunities and challenges of raising a fund focused on under-represented founders
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Raising Boys
2. If you’re a women and / or minority founder seeking venture capital investment, you can submit your pitch to January Ventures here
If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review. It helps with our visibility! The more people who listen to this podcast, the more we can invest in it and make it even better for you!
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In addition you can follow your host Karen Forster (@karenbforster) on Instagram and Twitter.
Meg He is the Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ADAY, a direct to consumer fashion brand that sells technical, seasonless, closet staples.
Meg has 10+ years of experience across start-ups and venture capital. Meg started her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and went onto venture capital, working for the likes of Atomico and Aileen Lee at Cowboy Ventures, before transitioning to working at Poshmark. Meg is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.
ADAY has been recognized as one of The World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company and 30 Female Founded Startups to Watch by Business Insider.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Building ADAY and the problem that the fashion brand solves for Millennial and Gen-Z women
2. How to build a fashion brand in a hyper competitive fashion industry
3. Sustainability in the fashion industry
4. Entrepreneurship, failure, and mental health
Listen to the entire show and you may find an ADAY PROMO CODE during the discussion!
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. How to be an adult: https://amzn.to/38lJPGv
2. Check out ADAY
If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review. It helps with our visibility! The more people who listen to this podcast, the more we can invest in it and make it even better for you!
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Vernita Brown is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Natalist, a femtech start-up that sells fertility and pregnancy products online and in select Target stores.
Vernita has 10+ years of experience across leadership, asset management, program development, and recruitment. Vernita serves on the board of the International African American Museum, based in Charleston, South Carolina. She’s been recognized as one of Anderson Independent Mail’s “20 under 40”, Athena's Young Professional of the Year, and Greenville’s Best and Brightest.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Fertility issues and Natalist’s product solutions
2. Building a sustainable femtech brand
3. Maternal mortality in the US and discrepancies amongst ethnic groups
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Burnout
2. Natalist
If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review. It helps with our visibility! The more people who listen to this podcast, the more we can invest in it and make it even better for you!
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Amanda Goetz is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Teal, a start-up that helps professionals navigate change and drive their career with confidence and purpose, and the Founder of House of Wise, a luxury CBD Brand that helps women with stress, sex, and sleep.
Amanda has 15 years of marketing and branding experience, having worked for The Knot and celebrity wedding planner, David Tutera.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Marketing, personal branding, and influencers
2. CBD and building House of Wise
3. Wedding planning tips
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. The Road Less Traveled and Beyond
2. Waking Up
3. House of Wise
If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review. It helps with our visibility! The more people who listen to this podcast, the more we can invest in it and make it even better for you!
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Noor Sweid, is the Founder and General Partner of Global Ventures, a Dubai headquartered venture capital firm focused on growth investments in the Middle East and Africa. Noor also founded Zen Yoga, a leading chain of yoga studios in Dubai.
Prior to founding Global Ventures, Noor worked at Depa Group, a global leader in interior solutions.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Investing in the Middle East and Africa
2. What it’s like to work and scale a billion-dollar company that also happens to be the family business
3. How the region is ahead in enabling women to juggle professional and personal lives
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. The Conscious Parent
2. The Hard Things About Hard Things
3. What it Takes
4. The Art of Gathering
5. Untamed
If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review. It helps with our visibility! The more people who listen to this podcast, the more we can invest in it and make it even better for you!
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Kat Cole is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and President of Focus Brands, the parent company of iconic food and beverage brands such as Carvel Ice Cream, Cinnabon, Auntie Annes, and Jamba Juice, and has a presence in 60+ countries.
Prior to Focus Brands, Kat Cole was an Executive Vice President of Hooters, an American sports bar & grill chain with an international presence. She’s been recognised as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (YGL) and Fortune's 40 under 40 Top Young Business Leader.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. What it takes to build and run iconic brands that stand the test of time
2. How Focus Brands was actually ahead of the curve by leveraging technology to adapt to changing consumer habits
3. How Kat’s childhood experiences have shaped her leadership style
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Leapfrog
2. Give and Take
3. Originals
4. It’s About Damn Time
If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review. It helps with our visibility! The more people who listen to this podcast, the more we can invest in it and make it even better for you!
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Tessa Clarke is the Co-Founder and CEO of OLIO, a food sharing app with 2M users across 50+ countries, who collectively have shared 6M+ portions of food.
Prior to founding OLIO, Tessa worked in a variety of corporate roles across Fintech, e-Commerce, and Management Consulting.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. How food sharing can be one of the most impactful things we can all do to tackle climate change
2. How she navigated fundraising and pitching to venture capital firms as a woman running a social enterprise technology start-up
3. What it was like to be chosen by the Duchess of Sussex and featured in a special edition of Vogue Magazine
BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. This Changes Everything
2. The Great Disruption
3. The Lean Startup
If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review. It helps with our visibility! The more people who listen to this podcast, the more we can invest in it and make it even better for you!
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Look no further with the launch of Mused Mondays! Starting from November 30, we'll be bringing you interviews with the very best of women in business, featuring entrepreneurs, executives, and investors from around the world! NEW episodes every Monday!
Want to keep up with the latest Musings? Hit subscribe to this channel! You can find more information and resources on the show at www.musedmondays.com. Keep up with the latest musings (@musedmondays) on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
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