Dr. Sandra Lee is a board certified Dermatologist and social media sensation. In response to her enormous fan base, Dr. Pimple Popper, as she has come to be known as, has turned her focus to developing products and content to give her YouTube fans more of what they came for. Her skincare line, SLMD and her blog, The Pretty Pimple, both provide answers to various skincare needs and questions. After being fascinated by an Instagram influencer, Dr. Sandra Lee decided to share videos of her daily wo...
Jun 27, 2018•44 min
This week Nada continues her conversation with Sica Schmitz from Bead & Reel. In last week’s episode, Part 1, Nada and Sica discussed what makes brands sustainable and how Sica decided to launch a one-stop online shop for thoughtful consumers. This week, Part 2, Nada gathers social media wisdom from Sica about keeping a healthy perspective on numbers, followers, and friends. She also shares how to identify the best platform to grow a community and convert sales. Follow Sica at @beadandreel a...
Jun 20, 2018•31 min
Sica Schmitz is the Founder and CEO of Bead & Reel, an ethical fashion blog and online boutique. After spending a decade in the fashion industry, Sica was tired of struggling to find clothing and accessories that met her ethical values. She launched Bead & Reel to provide an easy shopping space where like-minded brands and consumers could gather. In this episode, Sica admits to trying out multiple selling models in the early days. As Bead & Reel began to grow, so did her expertise in...
Jun 13, 2018•27 min
This week Nada continues her conversation with Agatha Achindu from Yummy Spoonfuls. In last week’s episode, Part 1, Nada chatted with Agatha about how she identified a gap in the baby food industry and utilized her African heritage to create convenient organic food. This week, Part 2, Nada gathers entrepreneurial wisdom from Agatha about being a founder and immigrant in America. She also encourages us to learn from our customers by letting them experience our products and services for themselves...
Jun 06, 2018•26 min
Agatha Achindu is the Founder and Chief Yummy Officer of Yummy Spoonfuls, a fresh and organic baby and toddler food company. When Agatha immigrated from Cameroon in the 90’s, she was shocked by the amount of processed food U.S. grocery stores sold. As the daughter of a farmer, she grew up eating organic food from her family’s garden. When she became a mother, she was committed to providing the same healthy food for her baby. Others took note and she quickly became known as the local baby food ch...
May 30, 2018•42 min
This week Nada continues her conversation with Morgan Hamel from The Garment. In last week’s episode, Part 1, Nada chatted with Morgan about how she came up with the idea of The Garment and her experience launching this platform. This week, Part 2, Nada deep dives with Morgan on the value of social media, influencers and partnerships to grow your own business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 23, 2018•28 min
Morgan Hamel is the Founder and CEO of The Garment, a platform that connects women to responsible clothing brands through capsule wardrobes. Morgan, an ethicist (yes--that’s a real thing), believes you can live a fuller, more vibrant life by owning fewer better things. Morgan came to realized that her need for connection and recognition caused her to shop. She had a closet full of clothes and yet was unsatisfied with her selection. She ultimately decided to change her mindset towards clothes and...
May 17, 2018•45 min
Rachel Repko is the Founder and CEO of Repko Grants, a consultancy that supports non-profits in securing revenue from private and corporate grants. After years of working in Public Relations for both nonprofit and for-profit businesses, Rachel decided to step away from work to be home with her three children. When Rachel decided to leave her job, her employers suggested that she try her hand at grant writing from home. A few years later Rachel was ready to return to work and decided to test the ...
May 03, 2018•58 min
In the late 90’s Abigail Killeen discovered the powerful story of Babette’s Feast. As a theater artist, she began working to adapt a version of Babette’s Feast for the stage. After sitting with her dream to share this story for over a decade, Abigail was now ready to present this play to a larger audience--the only thing she needed was cash. Enter Jennifer King, a social entrepreneur and philanthropist and the Founder of The Rugged Elegance Foundation. In this episode, learn how an artist and in...
Apr 27, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Emily & Alina Serebryany are Co-Founders of Petaloom, an e-commerce company that celebrates relationships through planted gifts. Tune in a learn how this mother-daughter duo is plotting to disrupt the corporate and office gift market one plant at a time. After selling her company, Emily Serebryany took some time to travel and ask herself “What’s next.” She discovered she wanted to give back, cultivate community, and support women in transition by launching a gifting company that specialized ...
Apr 18, 2018•1 hr 17 min
Laura Williams is the Founder and CEO of Poppyhill Flowers, a Wedding & Event Floral Design company based in Los Angeles. In 2010 Laura, a social worker and teacher, found herself in the midst of a health crisis that would no longer allow her to continue teaching. As she searched for what was she was next, her husband asked her, “What makes you feel alive?” She remembered the poppy hills of Spain that she encountered many years before. So naturally, she launched a floral design company! In t...
Apr 11, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Mareya Ibrahim is the Founder and CEO of Grow Green Industries, Inc., an eco solutions company focusing on produce food safety and shelf life. Grow Green Industries has created the Eat Cleaner product line which removes 99.99% of wax, pesticide and agricultural/handling residue that can carry bacteria from fresh produce. Although Mareya was in the food industry as a holistic nutritionist and trained chef, she didn’t see the need for the Eat Cleaner products until her father was diagnosed with ca...
Apr 04, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Jenny Zheng is the Founder and CEO of Little Fluffy Head Cafe, a Los Angeles based “cheese tea” shop selling an innovative, tasty treat new to the American market. Think of a fluffy cream cheese topping--not a block of cheese! Three years ago while on a trip to Asia, Jenny tasted cheese tea for the first time and loved it. During that time she was working on her master’s in bioengineering at UCLA, but cheese tea ignited a passion in her to bring this unique beverage to her new home in Los Angele...
Mar 29, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Courtney Cowan is the Founder and CEO of Milk Jar Cookies, a Los Angeles based cookie shop selling small-batch handmade classic and adventurous cookies. Courtney has been baking cookies since she was a child, and this hobby continued to give her joy into her adult life. She would often bring cookies to work, but her co-workers had no idea they weren’t from a bakery and that Courtney herself had made them. Soon she began selling cookies online as a side-hustle. Although Courtney enjoyed her job i...
Mar 22, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Mary Cecchini is the Founder, Chief Adventurer and Travel Designer of Living Big Travel, a travel company that offers hosted small group adventures and travel design to support women in making their vacation...a vacation! After years of climbing the corporate ladder in marketing and event production, Mary realized she wasn’t finding joy in her work. She decided to quit her job, travel extensively and create space to dream of a career that would allow her to thrive. In this episode, Mary shares h...
Mar 15, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Liz Dennery Sanders is the Founder and CEO of SheBrand, a boutique branding and marketing firm specializing in women and women-owned businesses. Liz is also the author of a newly published book called Style & Substance: How to Create a Compelling Brand. For 20+ years Liz has worked in fashion, marketing and public relations. Before launching SheBrand, she owned and ran a successful PR agency, Dennery Marks Inc. In this episode, Liz shares how she has put her belief in women into action. SheB...
Mar 08, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Christine Hildebrand is the Founder and CEO of Emergent and Life Foundations. These two service-based companies help businesses and individuals identify their mission and grow into their potential from the inside out. In this episode, Christine shares how she experienced an “awakening” while rising to the top of her retail buying position. She discovered it wasn’t what she expected and decided to figure out what she was being called towards. This journey took her on the entrepreneurial path of s...
Mar 01, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Jala Smith-Huys is the Founder and CEO of Seek & Swoon, a textile company that makes heirloom quality knit throws. These beautiful, recycled cotton blankets are inspired by faraway travels but made right here in America. In this episode, Jala shares that she was ready to pivot from social media and marketing consulting, but was waiting for an idea that she cared about before she made any sudden moves. It was her son’s baby blanket that sparked the inspiration to explore launching a textile b...
Feb 21, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Kathryn Petralia is the President and Co-Founder of Kabbage. A financial services data and technology platform that provides an automated application process for small business loans. In this episode, Kathryn admits that she never saw herself as an entrepreneur, but always pursued jobs that sparked her interest, which happened to be start-ups. From crowdfunding to angel investors, Kathryn advises on how to prove your business’s worth by being committed to actually doing the work you set out to d...
Feb 14, 2018•55 min
Cristina is an Attorney, Author, 3-time Emmy Winner Television Personality, Radio Host, and Speaker. She has used her passion for the law and people to educate the public on the importance of identity, family, diversity, and integrity. Cristina didn’t set out to become a multi-hyphante-preneur. She planned on being an excellent lawyer, wife, and mom. Her hard work, passion, and dual cultural vantage point opened up unexpected doors. From taking a seat as a judge for courtroom television to autho...
Feb 07, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Jennifer Kennedy is the Founder and CEO of By Your Side Collection. Her business offers tangible ways for communities of friends to support and encourage through jewelry. In this episode, Jennifer shares how her diagnosis of cancer inspired the mission of her company. During her 12th year of living cancer-free, Jennifer’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer as well. At her mother’s first chemo appointment, Jennifer had a life-altering interaction with a patient in the waiting room. Seeing th...
Jan 31, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Heather Trilling is the Founder & Principal of Trilling Landscape & Design and the Founder & Designer of the newly launched Lumber + Linen. In both businesses, she designs and curates intentional outdoor spaces. Heather has always worked in creating a “healing environment”. Originally, she was a nurse in the pediatrics department at UCLA, but her landscaping hobby caught the eye of an HGTV producer. To her surprise, she landed a role on an HGTV show and subsequently launched Trilling...
Jan 24, 2018•1 hr 11 min
We have big plans for Season 2 of LIBERTY Sessions with Nada Jones, but before we share amazing stories of female founders, we want to hear from you! We have a little survey for you to participate in. So give this mini-episode a listen and share with us your comments and suggestions at info@libertyforher.com. Also, please check out our Kickstarter campaign and support our effort to get the LIBERTY Editorial Journal into the hands of women everywhere! The Kickstarter campaign ends January 31st, s...
Jan 18, 2018•9 min
Brittany Merrill Underwood is the Founder and CEO of Akola Project, a non-profit jewelry brand that empowers marginalized women through training and employment in Dallas, Texas, and Uganda. A 2006 trip to Uganda and a meeting with a woman named Sarah, a woman who cared for the stray kids, changed Brittany’s life forever. Seeing first hand that the creation of employment opportunities would, in turn, transform the lives of women, their children, and their communities prompted Brittany to launch A...
Nov 30, 2017•1 hr 11 min
Amy Swift is a Brand Strategist, Copy Writer and Founder of AmySwift.com as well as the Founder of SMARTY. Her secret sauce lies in helping brands to unpack and restructure their messaging. Amy has been cultivating community and conversations around female entrepreneurship long before it was popular. First through Ladies Who Launch, where she co-authored a book and ran the West Coast region. Eventually, Amy pivoted to launch SMARTY a community platform that supported female-owned small businesse...
Nov 22, 2017•1 hr 20 min
Ryan Larson is the Founder and CEO of Tin Parade and Savoir Flair Weddings. She’s one of those people that has a knack for elevating the simplest of gatherings and turning them into something special. She caught the entrepreneurial bug early on. By the time she was eight years old, she had a paper route. Since then she has always looked for ways she could create her own income and live by her own rules. As an adult, she channeled that same spirit by launching Savoir Flair Weddings, a wedding des...
Nov 16, 2017•1 hr 8 min
Kara Dykert is the Founder and CEO of Kara Elise and Author of Toast. She specializes in creating spaces that spark community. She is also a recipe creator, food stylist and officially the hostess with the mostess. After working in the wedding planning industry for years, Kara was ready for a change. She moved to Los Angeles and decided to create her dream job, a dinner party company. She began hosting a bi-monthly dinner party from her loft called Whisky Wednesdays. Kara’s dream job organically...
Nov 08, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Alexa Fischer is the Founder and CEO of AlexaFischer.com and Wishbeads. She specializes in teaching people how to speak their truth and find their internal light, in her words, “all 1000 watts”. Trained at Yale School of Drama, Alexa had a successful career in acting. An “aha” moment prompted her to leave acting when she realized it wasn’t fulfilling her core passion, to love people. Three days later she took a job doing media training. Organically, she began getting clients and she her coaching...
Nov 02, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Lauren Foundos is the Founder and CEO of FORTË, a streaming platform that brings live and on-demand boutique fitness classes to your home. It’s the Netflix of gym memberships. How cool is that? Lauren Foundos never set out to be an entrepreneur. She had a thriving career as a bond trader, but the Wall Street lifestyle was preventing her from integrating a core passion of hers, working out. So Lauren assembled a crew of co-workers and clients who, instead of going out to happy hour, would go to b...
Oct 25, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Carley Rudd is a travel photographer and so much more. In addition to capturing exotic photos from all over the world, Carley also creates visual content for other brands. A creative soul from the beginning, she was raised by two artists and was always the “girl with the camera” growing up. Carley initially pursued a career in PR and marketing, while photography was an off-hours passion. One by one, photography jobs came Carley’s way and after 3 years as a side hustle, she decided to pursue her ...
Oct 18, 2017•1 hr 4 min
