Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Daina Trout, co-founder and CEO of Health-Ade Kombucha, about starting a company with her husband and best friend, running a company during the pandemic, and managing relationships with investors.
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Matthew Prince, co-founder of Cloudflare, about transparency as leader, election security and how his company has grown over the past decade.
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Steve Huffman, founder and CEO of Reddit, about the rise of the community The_Donald, political disinformation online, and running a 700-person company through this pandemic.
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to tennis star Maria Sharapova about starting a company while in the midst of an entirely different career, finding balance in the pandemic, and her passions for design and branding.
On today’s episode, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks with Supergoop founder Holly Thaggard about changing an industry to break into it, being your brand’s visionary and spokesperson, and taking every meeting you can to get off the ground.
On today's episode, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Melissa Ben-Ishay, founder and CEO of Baked by Melissa, about tiny cupcakes, combatting imposter syndrome and stepping into the role of CEO at her company.
On today's episode, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to John Mackey, founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market. They discuss company culture, learning from mistakes and his new book Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business.
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Scott Svenson--co-founder, chairman and CEO of MOD Pizza--about the purpose behind his company’s existence and balancing that motivating mission with fiscal sustainability.
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Rich Kleiman, co-founder of Thirty Five Ventures, about his partnership with NBA superstar Kevin Durant, his time at Roc Nation, and how to break out of complacency.
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Michael Acton Smith, co-founder and co-CEO of Calm, about executing on the day-to-day work of starting a business, serial entrepreneurship and digital monsters.
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, about mitigating risk, preparing for business after COVID-19 and a food dehydrator informercial that sparked Neil's entrepreneurial spirit as a child.
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Sandra Oh Lin, founder and CEO of KiwiCo, and leadership during COVID-19,
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Tariq Farid, founder and CEO of Edible Arrangements, about mentorship, growing a business with a franchise model and how his company has handled the economic crisis brought on by COVID-19.
The founder of the iconic clothing brand Eileen Fisher built a company rooted in creative values and radical simplicity of design. Over the years, the vision frayed--especially when she became less involved in maintaining it. She explains to Christine Lagorio-Chafkin how she found her voice and is using it to bring her brand back to its roots while calling on the industry to adopt sustainability
Zola CEO and co-founder Shan-Lyn Ma speaks with Christine Lagorio-Chafkin about why building and fortifying her vision for a wedding-registry company took four years. Only then was it time to branch out into new products and services.
Julia Cheek, founder and CEO of Everlywell, talks to Christine Lagorio-Chafkin about being a first time entrepreneur, facing uncertainty and believing in your ideas even when no one else does.
On this episode, Deirdre Quinn talks about her partship with Shun Yen and Ida Siu, Lafayette 148's founding and how they are making it through the current economic crisis
Nir Eyal, author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, talks to Christine Lagorio-Chafkin about distraction. Subscribe to What I Know on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
Scott Harrison is the founder and, therefore, chief fundraiser for Charity:Water. Charity: Water is a non-profit that has raised money for and executed more than 50,000 projects that have provided safe and clean drinking water to more than 11 million people. Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Scott about how he uses storytelling, including his own compelling personal history, to grow his company. Subscribe to What I Know on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
In 2001, Rebecca’s career as a fashion designer and founder started, in some ways, by chance. She had been designing her own clothes on the side and one piece she had made was an altered version of the iconic “I Love NY” t-shirt. She sent that shirt to actress Jenna Elfman on September 9th, 2001. Elfman wore that shirt on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno two days after 9/11. Rebecca’s t-shirt would end up in the pages of magazines like Glamour, In Touch and Us Weekly. That was the catalyst for nea...
Captain Scott Kelly is a retired NASA astronaut who spent almost a year on the International Space Station. Over four flights, he’s spent more than 500 days in space, and, while commanding the ISS, made the single longest space mission by an American. Host Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks to Capt. Kelly about facing uncertainty and doing so while keeping your health and mental health in check while being socially isolated.
The greatest businesses weren’t born from moments of genius. They emerged after years of discovery--and often after years of failure. What I Know from Inc. magazine takes you inside the messy, painful, and --every so often -- transcendent journey of starting a company. Through candid interviews, Inc. senior writer Christine Lagorio-Chafkin draws out the real grit and true lessons behind innovative companies and remarkable brands.
