Abigail Cook Stone always knew she wanted to build a company. She went to Columbia Business School, but eventually found that she wasn’t cut out for something involving heavy technical skills. After starting out as an art buyer for Ralph Lauren, she pursued a longtime passion: candle. Today, she’s the owner of the Otherland, a candle making startup whose mission it is to transport customers to another world. Today, Abigail tells all. We talk about her background in art and business, branding, wh...
Dec 14, 2020•51 min
Robyn Mermelstein started her career working in PR, but soon realized that she wanted to see more of the processes she was a part of. It’s been a long time since that realization, during which she’s held high level marketing roles in Bliss, Jurlique, the Hain Celestial Group, Babyganics, and, most recently, PM Pediatrics. She’s also raising two daughters. How has she done it? In today’s episode Robyn spills her secrets, which include but aren’t limited to positivity, determination to make the be...
Dec 07, 2020•57 min
Liana Douillet is the Chief Marketing Officer at Skillshare, an online learning community for creatives, inspiring millions of members who come together to find inspiration and take the next step in their creative journey. Previously the COO of Blockchain, she spent four years helping the company grow its revenue, expand into new product lines and geographies, and 10x its user base to over 40M. Liana also spent a decade with professional services company Axiom, leading Branding and Communication...
Nov 30, 2020•52 min
We often hear that “you are what you eat”, but in this episode with Dr. Casey Means, co-founder of Levels, we learn how your nutrition may be the most important key to achieving optimal health. Casey kicked off her career in medicine being a Head and Neck surgeon, and now is the co-founder of a digital health company that combines glucose monitors with intelligent software that helps your track and understand your data. She is passionate about educating her audience about the benefits of prevent...
Nov 23, 2020•53 min
Halle Tecco is the CEO and Founder of Natalist, a company proudly ‘funded, founded, and led by moms’ specializing in fertility and pregnancy products. After graduating with a BS in Finance, she moved to Silicon Valley and in 2010 was a Business Development Manager for Apple, developing health and medical apps. The same year she also founded Rock Health, the first venture fund dedicated to digital health and since 2007 has angel invested in over 100 companies. Halle has an MBA from Harvard Busine...
Nov 16, 2020•58 min
Melissa Facchina is the Founder and CEO of Siddhi Operations, an outsourced operations firm devoted exclusively to providing knowledge, execution and support for emerging food & beverage brands. Melissa grew up in the food & beverage business and at 30, she left the family business to start her own company. A move to New York City saw her launch a business using her core skills in food and manufacturing to fill the gap for healthy brands. Siddhi Operations is now the premier outsource op...
Nov 09, 2020•51 min
JJ Ramberg is a tech entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Goodpods, a platform dedicated to recommending podcasts curated to your own particular interests and tastes. An MBA graduate from Stanford University, JJ was the national TV host of MSNBC’s second longest running program, Your Business - a program originally slated to run for 6 months and ran for 12 years! In the same period she launched her first business, Goodshop, an online coupon site for consumers to save money. To date, Goodshop has donat...
Nov 02, 2020•43 min
Jessica Rolph is the Cofounder and CEO of Lovevery, a new child development company helping parents feel confident they are making the most of each learning stage of their babies life experience. Equipped with an MBA in Management from Cornell University, in 2005 she Co-Founded the brand Happy Family, an impactful organic baby food company she, and her friend Shazi Visram, took from concept to mega brand. In 2013 Happy Family was acquired by Danone, allowing the French food group to enter the US...
Oct 27, 2020•52 min
Caroline Beckman is the founder and CEO of Nouri Life, a probiotics company with a mission to bring community and immunity together by delivering Gut Health solutions to the commercial market. At only 18 years old, and within weeks of beginning her Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with the University of San Diego, Caroline connected with a group of entrepreneurs to form the company Suja Juice. Here, her role as VP of Special Projects meant choosing being a full-time entrepreneur over ...
Oct 19, 2020•47 min
Abby Taylor is the Co-Founder and creative genius behind Playa Bowls, a 90+ store franchise that has an Instagram-cult following of loyal customers, making acai bowls that contain one of the highest percentages of acai pulp in the country. Featured in media publications such as Forbes and The Washington Post, and listed No 6 in the top 50 restaurants by Restaurant Business Magazine, Abby has made a successful franchise out of her passion for travel and healthy eating. Abby began her entreprenist...
Oct 12, 2020•45 min
Suneera Madhani is the Founder and CEO of Fattmerchant, a revolutionary payment processing technology company helping businesses around the world accept modern forms of payment, stay competitive, and track data without breaking their budget. She is the co-host of the CEO School Podcast, a show dedicated to helping more female founders break through their financial glass ceilings, skyrocket their sales, and achieve $1-million - or more - in annual revenue. Her inspirational story of building her ...
Oct 05, 2020•58 min
Sophia Hutchins is the Founder and CEO of Lumasol, a skincare company devoted to designing products to inform and protect their customer’s health. Their unique sunscreen formula revolutionized the way consumers protect their skin from harmful UV rays and has been featured in media publications like Forbes, The New York Times, and Allure Magazine. Sophia began her entreprenista journey soon after earning her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Pepperdine University. In March 2019, she successfull...
Sep 28, 2020•46 min
Katya Libin is the Co-Founder and CEO of HeyMama, an application-based membership community dedicated to working mothers. Having led the business since its inception, Katya has helped HeyMama reach mothers worldwide, fostering connections and community with working mothers. Prior to co-founding the company, she worked with large corporations and brands such as Apple, Intel, and Conde Nast as well as the Global Director of Sponsorships with Social Media Week. She holds a degree in Political Scien...
Sep 21, 2020•47 min
Jill Koziol is the co-founder and CEO of Motherly, an online community and website designed to provide mom-to-mom inspiration and expert advice to help mothers around the world learn proven tips and tricks to make motherhood more empowering and rewarding. She is also the former co-founder of HoneyBee Child, an upscale, mom-inspired brand offering baby and toddler products. Jill holds a Master’s degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University, a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Ec...
Sep 14, 2020•53 min
Sometimes, the best plans are unplanned. 2020 has certainly been filled with hard-learned lessons for many professionals across every industry. In the midst of a pandemic, entreprenistas worldwide have had to learn how to pivot their businesses while homeschooling their children and staying productive. We’ve had to learn how to not only survive during these unprecedented times - but how to thrive. In today’s episode, Courtney and I share the lessons we’ve learned since the coronavirus took the w...
Sep 14, 2020•26 min
Rebecca Minkoff built a global brand with a wide range of apparel, handbags, footwear, jewelry and accessories (including tech). She’s also an icon, a mentor, an innovator, a thought leader, and a media personality. Rebecca joins Socialfly co-founders Stephanie Cartin and Courtney Spritzer for a conversation about building her business and career, and describes her journey to success. It’s Becky—unfiltered.
Sep 14, 2020•50 min
Be all in. That’s the philosophy of Intraprenista Kasey O’Leary, Vice President of Global Marketing for what she calls “a 100 year old startup”, one of the biggest names in hospitality and hotels: Hilton. From her start in a family ad agency...
Aug 24, 2020•45 min
Launching the next huge business would be a massive challenge for anyone. But high level business experience and two years of focus have kept Julie Bornstein on the path to the next level of success. Julie is the Founder of , a new shopping app...
Aug 17, 2020•54 min
Build what you can sell, don’t sell what you can build. Great advice from Miami-based entrepreneur Andrea Lisbona, the founder and CEO of Touchland: a vegan, cruelty-free hand sanitizer that makes your skin happy, kills 99.9% of germs, and...
Aug 10, 2020•42 min
If you think you can get cheese from plants, you are right. Case and point: Miyoko Schinner, the tenacious, award-winning vegan celebrity chef, cookbook author, and animal sanctuary founder behind the dairy-free cheese brand Miyoko's Creamery....
Aug 03, 2020•51 min
“Find your path to yes." Wise words from model-turned-business-powerhouse Alexandra Cristin, a self-proclaimed ‘accidental entrepreneur’ who built her company, Glam Seamless, from just a thousand dollars all the way through being acquired...
Jul 27, 2020•49 min
This dynamo serial entrepreneur and retail real estate expert has an impressive track record of building three successful New York-based businesses and a notable portfolio of real estate. Yet, Pam Wolf says being a mom is the greatest passion she...
Jul 20, 2020•54 min
Tracy Chadwell, Founding Partner of 1843 Capital (an early stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies with diverse founding teams) knows something about money. She was named one of Entrepreneur Magazine's "100 Powerful Women" and...
Jul 13, 2020•49 min
One of the biggest challenges of launching a company is transitioning from the security and support of a corporate job into the unknown, and how your former corporate allies may question every move you make. For Alexandra Zatarain, cofounder of ...
Jul 06, 2020•52 min
Things turn out the best for those who make the best of what turns out. So says Lindsay McCormick, co-founder of Bite Toothpaste Bits, who launched a business that was inspired well beyond money, after watching a documentary about the plastic crisis...
Jun 29, 2020•52 min
From admiring her grandmother’s Chanel #5 -- to her own Ah-Ha moment watching Oprah -- a love for creating fragrances and inspiration has driven Lisa Price to fulfill a dream, and she is certain that the universe conspired to make it happen. Carol’s Daughter, her natural haircare and beauty product company featuring remarkable scents and made with rare, natural ingredients, has grown from her kitchen to a thriving business. From a celebrity investment team with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to a g...
Jun 22, 2020•55 min
Naturally, treStiQue (a brand with high-performance, cruelty free cosmetic products and customizable makeup routines) was not born nine months from conception. It was nine years in the making. Despite growing up on a farm, co-founder Jennifer Kapahi always loved beauty, and enjoyed doing makeovers for her mom when she was just a kid. Then, art school, and even taking her place as one of 15 people selected out of 3,000 applicants in the Bloomingdale's executive training program. Next, she worked ...
Jun 15, 2020•50 min
Let’s be honest: being a Mamaprenista is really two full time jobs. But for Joanna Parker, co-founder of Yumble (a weekly subscription service that delivers healthy, delicious fully-prepared meals specifically designed for kids), it’s the "mama" job that actually inspired the “prenista” in her. Trying to solve mealtime challenges with her own kids, Joanna had an idea to lighten the load of other mothers, sharing a post on Facebook with an offer to cook for others. Before she knew it, her family'...
Jun 08, 2020•51 min
Let’s talk fur. Not the mink coat kind of fur. It’s high time that pubic hair gets the attention it deserves. CEO Laura Schubert co-founded Fur as a force for good in the world by creating effective, clean products, and challenging outdated societal views that breed unnecessary shame and stigma around our bodies. The company offers products that hydrate skin, soften hair, and eradicate ingrowns from head to toe. Its facial-grade, vegan, cruelty-free, non-toxic ingredients are dermatologically an...
Jun 01, 2020•47 min
It’s hard enough making sure your children are fed, without having to choose between making their baby food from scratch or feed them highly-processed jars and pouches from the store. Lisa Barnett knew there just had to be a better solution, and co-founded Little Spoon, a brand built for the modern parent that is rethinking the sleepy industry of highly processed, unhealthy baby food by delivering high quality, fresh baby food right to your door. This runaway hit of a 15 person business that lau...
May 25, 2020•55 min
