Six time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman has accomplished more in her 22 years than most do in a lifetime. She made history at the 2012 Olympics in London when she became the first American woman to win the gold medal for a floor routine. She went on to become the captain of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics team, winning gold alongside her team the "Final Five." Raisman also hasn't ruled out a 2020 Olympic return and was recently featured in Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit edition. Please leav...
Jun 18, 2019•25 min
Released Apr 2, 2018 As President and CEO of Old Navy, Sonia Syngal begins her day by reading customer comments every morning. She became CEO of the $7 billion, 57,000-employee business in 2017 and has lead the company to record growth. But her path to retail wasnt always so clear. Sonia, who has a background in mechanical engineering, began her career working for a car company before eventually finding her way to Silicon Valley and eventually to Gap Inc. and then exclusively Old Navy. On this ...
Jun 11, 2019•37 min
friends and family thought Debra was crazy when she decided to leave her stable job at a law firm in D.C. to pursue a career in media, much less at a company many had never heard of. That company was BET. Debra went on to spend 32 years at the company, 13 of them as CEO. On this episode, Debra explains the reasons why she chose to pursue a career in media and how her path to the C-suite was formed day-by-day, facing several battles along the way. She reflects on the most difficult parts of being...
Jun 04, 2019•51 min
Christina Applegate started acting at just 3 months old but gained widespread notoriety for playing Kelly Bundy on the hit show Married with Children. Since then, she's starred in major Hollywood films including The Sweetest Thing, Anchorman, and Bad Moms. On this episode, Christina opens up about building her career, growing up in the spotlight, being a breast cancer survivor, her ongoing battle with insomnia, and why she's recently taken a step out of the spotlight. Congratulations to our No L...
May 28, 2019•30 min
Barbara Corcoran had worked 22 different jobs by the time she was 23. She faced more than the usual amount of rejection growing up before famously taking a $1,000 loan from her then boyfriend and turning it into The Corcoran Group. Today she's a bestselling author and also a shark, using her own money to invest in companies on ABCs hit show "Shark Tank." Barbara shares an unheard pivotal childhood moment about her father's drinking habit. She also talks about being the only woman at the table e...
May 21, 2019•36 min
Arianna Huffington has broken norms for decades. A Greek immigrant, Huffington built a successful media empire as the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, has written 15 books and is now starting a new chapter with her health and wellness initiative, Thrive Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
May 14, 2019•27 min
Released: June 4, 2018 Wendy Williams is a major media mogul, an entrepreneur, and a self-described "hellcat on daytime TV." She's known today for her widely popular talk show that's now in its 9th season, The Wendy Williams Show, and has held a prominent career in media and entertainment ever since her since she got her start working at her college radio station. On this episode, Wendy gets candid about her career and having to make tough decisions. She also defines what success means to her an...
May 07, 2019•46 min
Released Oct, 15, 2018 When Melinda Gates learned about the creativity involved in coding in high school, her interests in STEM really took hold. After graduating with a BS and an MBA from Duke University, she took a job at Microsoft, became the General Manager of Information Products and also met her husband Bill Gates. Today, Melinda is the Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and created her own investment and incubation company Pivotal Ventures in 2015. On this episode, Melind...
Apr 30, 2019•48 min
Released Aug 28, 2017 She's a Golden Globe nominated actress turned entrepreneur who is responsible for creating the multi-billion dollar enterprise that is the Honest Company. Jessica Alba has become synonymous with her wellness brand and under her leadership, the Honest Company has become an empire...so how did she do it? On this episode, Alba gets candid about her early childhood influences, her first heartbreak, her leadership style and she shares her best (and worst) advice. Dont forget to...
Apr 23, 2019•20 min
Released Apr 25, 2017 Emmy nominated actress Anna Chlumsky first gained notoriety when she was only 10 years old when she starred in the movie "My Girl" alongside Macaulay Culkin. To the outside world it may have seemed like she was well on her way, but by the time she got to college at the University of Chicago (with Rebecca!) she had sworn off acting. After graduating, she moved to New York to work for Zagat and potentially pursue a career in publishing. After two years in the publishing world...
Apr 16, 2019•37 min
Released Jun 27, 2017 You may know Robin Roberts as an Emmy Award winning journalist and the co-anchor of ABCs "Good Morning America," the # 1 morning show. But she's also the founder of Rockn Robin Productions and host of the "Everybodys Got Something" podcast. Robin has also penned two books in which she shares her battle against a life-threatening illness and her inspiring return to the "GMA" anchor desk. In this episode, Robin talks about learning when to let go, overcoming fear and beati...
Apr 09, 2019•51 min
Released Aug 01, 2017 Issa Rae is doing it all. In addition to being the creator, co-writer and star behind HBO's "Insecure," she's also a bestselling author and has a popular YouTube channel garnering millions of views. After graduating from Stanford in 2007, she received a theater fellowship at The Public Theater and then worked odd jobs between business school and law school until her web series "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl" went viral. Funded through Kickstarter, the web series w...
Apr 02, 2019•18 min
This is a rebroadcast of Ep. 16. This episode was first released on April 11, 2017. Oscar nominated actress turned businesswoman Kate Hudson grew up in a family of artists and found her love of performing at a young age. After being accepted into New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, she convinced her parents Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell to let her defer for a year to travel and pursue acting. Shortly after, she landed her breakout role as Penny Lane in "Almost Famous" which earned her...
Mar 26, 2019•26 min
This is a rebroadcast of Ep. 100. This episode was first released on Nov. 12, 2018. Supermodel Karlie Kloss was discovered when she was only 13 years old and since then has become one of the most recognizable faces in the world. From walking the runways for top designers to modeling in international campaigns to appearing on the cover of countless magazines, Karlie has developed a platform that extends across the globe. Off the runway Karlie is passionate about STEM, she began taking coding clas...
Mar 19, 2019•32 min
This is a rebroadcast of Ep. 56. This episode was first released on Oct 31, 2017. If the average woman only wears about 20% of her closet, what happens to the other 80%? You might not need it anymore. CEO and Co-founder of Rent the Runway Jennifer Hyman says closets might become a thing of the past. Hyman's idea for Rent the Runway began while she was still a student at Harvard Business School and one of her first meetings involved pitching Diane von Furstenberg. On this episode, Hyman opens u...
Mar 12, 2019•51 min
It's a special crossover edition of No Limits and Skimm'd from The Couch! Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg were in their mid-twenties when they quit their jobs at NBC to create theSkimm, in their New York City apartment with no plan B. What was once known as project TBD became a daily newsletter that is sent out to over 7 million subscribers and has transformed the way female millennials receive news. On this episode, co-founders and co-CEOs, Carly and Danielle discuss how they got the courage ...
Mar 05, 2019•46 min•Ep. 126
Susan Feldman worked in retail for over two decades serving as the President of Sales for Ralph Laurens sleepwear line before deciding to try her hand at entrepreneurship. At the age of 53, Feldman co-founded One Kings Lane, a home décor business that sold to Bed, Bath & Beyond in 2016 leaving her with a tough decision to make
what to do next? On this episode, Feldman discusses starting her new company In The Groove, tips on being a successful entrepreneur and the invaluable lessons she ha...
Feb 26, 2019•26 min•Ep. 125
Claude Silver became the first ever Chief Heart Officer of VaynerMedia in 2014 where she is the right hand to Gary Vaynerchuk and mentor to almost 1000. Silver was managing a grocery store in San Francisco and studying clinical and transpersonal psychology before being offered a job in advertising by a customer just before the rise of the dotcom boom. On this episode she talks about what it means to be a chief heart officer, overcoming limiting beliefs and fear of networking plus advice on findi...
Feb 19, 2019•36 min•Ep. 124
Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck created the idea for Hello Alfred on a piece of paper with stick figure drawings while attending Harvard Business School. They got their start by slipping postcards under doors in Boston to promote their services, and later decided they wanted to cancel the business for multiple reasons. But it was too late, their customers were already hooked, leaving these co-founders with no choice but to press on. On this episode, Sapone and Beck discuss how they built Hello A...
Feb 12, 2019•48 min•Ep. 123
Fresh out of the University of Dayton, Jessica Holscott cycled through a variety of positions at GE while working in the Financial Management Program, allowing her to combine her love of finance with her new found love of media. In October 2018, Jessica was named the first female CFO of HBO, attributing much of her success to her mother who raised her on her own throughout middle and high school, working two jobs and showing a young Jessica what it means to work hard. On this episode, Jessica di...
Feb 05, 2019•44 min•Ep. 122
After several years of working in private equity, Angela Sutherland never thought she would one day become the co-founder of a baby food company. However, when Sutherland became pregnant with her first child, she realized the gap in the market of easily accessible food that is also nutritionally sound. After doing some research and pitching the problem to her longtime friend Evelyn Rusli, the two decided to create Yumi, an organic baby food company with weekly deliveries. On this episode, Suther...
Jan 29, 2019•48 min•Ep. 121
Shannon Brayton has served as the Chief Marketing Officer of LinkedIn since 2015. Her previous credentials include multiple big name tech firms and startups, such as Intuit, Yahoo!, eBay, and OpenTable. At the age of 19, Shannon began working full time during the day and attending college classes at night, opting for a less traditional route. On this episode, Shannon discusses how she navigated hard decisions of when and how to leave a company, emphasizes the importance of transparency within te...
Jan 22, 2019•47 min•Ep. 120
Rebecca has a special message about a new podcast three-years-in the making. It's called "The Dropout" and you can subscribe here: https://apple.co/2FAlmjZ Launching January 23, 2018, "The Dropout" tells the story of the rise and fall of former Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire. She dropped out of Stanford to launch her company Theranos -- claiming her technology could detect hundreds of diseases from a drop or two of blood. If it worked, she would h...
Jan 16, 2019•4 min
Sarah Friar spent six years as the CFO of Square before becoming the CEO of Nextdoor in October 2018. From actual gold mines to Goldman Sachs to Salesforce, Sarah's experience has taken her around the world, but CEO wasnt necessarily a title she had her sights set on. On this episode, Sarah discusses her path to the c-suite, learning to be a risk taker and handling the tradeoffs along the way. Congratulations to our No Limits Entrepreneur of the Week: Jules Miller, CEO and Founder of The Nue Co...
Jan 15, 2019•45 min•Ep. 119
Payal Kadakia struggled to find a dance class to take in New York City, leading her to leave her life in corporate America to found ClassPass, an app, and website that compiles fitness classes and makes finding and booking one easier than ever. On this episode, Payal discusses her two failed attempts to create this platform that now exists in over 80 cities worldwide, finding third times the charm to ring true in her life. She shares the doubts she faced while on her journey to entrepreneurship ...
Jan 08, 2019•41 min•Ep. 118
Nancy Dubuc spent nearly 20 years at A&E Networks, 5 of those as CEO before her desire to start a new chapter in led her to Vice Media. Dubuc joined the company as CEO in 2018. Throughout her career in the media industry, Dubuc has held a number of different roles in a variety of departments, using process of elimination and advice from mentors, to find out her true passion. On this episode, Nancy shares her career path and how she has made decisions along the way. She delves into the choice...
Jan 02, 2019•51 min•Ep. 117
Angie Mar is the executive chef and owner of The Beatrice Inn. But her path to the culinary industry wasnt so clear cut. At the age of 18, Mar entered corporate America with one goal: to make money. After nine years working in corporate real estate, she decided it was time for a change of scene and took some time to travel and find that next step. While in Spain, Mar discovered her love for cooking, and would later go on to purchase a piece of New York history, The Beatrice Inn, transforming it...
Dec 26, 2018•44 min•Ep. 116
Kate Bosworth made her first on-screen appearance at the age of 14 (alongside of a then-12-year-old Scarlett Johansson) with no prior acting experience, just a love for horses and an unwavering sense of determination. From that first movie Kate fell in love with filmmaking and spent the next two decades building a career transcending genres and avoiding typecasting. On this episode, Kate discusses her start in the acting world, forging her own path, and making the difficult decision between Prin...
Dec 18, 2018•45 min•Ep. 115
As a child, Debra Lee assumed she would spend the majority of her career practicing law to please her father. Many co-workers, friends and family thought Debra was crazy when she decided to leave her stable job at a law firm in D.C. to pursue a career in media, much less at a company many had never heard of. That company was BET. Debra went on to spend 32 years at the company, 13 of them as CEO. On this episode, Debra explains the reasons why she chose to pursue a career in media and how her pat...
Dec 11, 2018•52 min•Ep. 114
Kirsten Green is the venture capitalist behind Reese Witherspoons Draper James, Emily Weisss Glossier, Tyler Haneys Outdoor Voices and dozens of other companies. Throughout her life, she has always classified herself as a practical and number-oriented individual. Instead of taking a year off after college, like many of her friends, Kirsten opted for a more financially stable route. She took a job at Deloitte & Touche, earned her CPA and later went on to work in investments for Banc of Ame...
Dec 04, 2018•42 min•Ep. 113
