Posts by Kate

If you really want to do something, don’t let what you don’t know hold you back—you’ll learn along the way.  It’s about hustle, and going after what you want. And if anyone knows this, it’s Gigi Goldman & Kiana Cabell, co-founders of Kopari (the clean beauty company with a cult following.) After just six years,…Read More

Command and control. That’s what Cathy Skula did at Rent-a-Center, starting just a few months out of college, and then working her way up for the next 18 years. From working the desk, to driving a truck, and even working collections, she has worked in every possible aspect of the business until, finally, she was…Read More

There’s a great way to build a business that is poised to quickly disrupt a $130 billion industry: take everything you’ve learned from building other businesses and apply it to your own. With your husband. And name it “Henry.” That’s the story, at least for Alexandria Ketcheson, Chief Brand Officer for HENRY (a groundbreaking mobile…Read More

How do you take the momentum of a more than century-old iconic brand and keep it current for a new generation, while staying true to what makes it part of the fabric of our culture? That’s the charge of special guest Mishka Pitter-Arnand, VP of Brand and Product Marketing for the Girl Scouts of the…Read More

“The bubbly state of mind.” For many of us, it probably sounds like a pretty nice place to be. Tawnya Falkner, the proprietor and managing member of the French sparkling wine company Le Grand Courtâge gives customers permission to embrace the spirit of joie de vivre and celebrate the art of elevating the everyday—often in…Read More

For Arianne Perry, founder of Sweet Defeat (the only clinically proven natural lozenge that stops sugar cravings in seconds), being an athlete not only gave her the strength, stamina, and discipline for being a mom — it helped her be able to run a company. With two-thirds of Americans overweight and one-third diabetic or prediabetic,…Read More

How much power do we really have? Could having the life you want  be as simple as manifesting it? Brooke Budke, Vice President of Marketing at TITLE Boxing Club — a fitness club with 60,000 members in nearly 200 locations and the mission of providing the best hour of someone’s day— believes in that power.…Read More

Today, Poppy King (founder of the game-changing, Australian-born beauty brand Lipstick Queen and author of the popular book Lessons of a Lipstick Queen) might just remind you of the Roald Dahl version of Willy Wonka. But the real story is how at just 7 years old a determination was sparked in her that led to…Read More

What if you could have access to health care that was designed for women and by women who support other female vendors and partners? This is concierge medicine. It’s real, and co-founded by General Manager Rachel Blank. Rachel joins Socialfly Co-Founder Stephanie Cartin in the MouthMedia Network studio for a conversation about building her business…Read More

Building a business is hard enough. In addition to being a mom? That’s another level. But co-founding a business with your spouse — someone who is already a serial entrepreneur and highly accomplished in their industry (in this case, haircare icon Frederic Fekkai) —- that takes some serious strategy, guts, and determination. Shirin Von Wulffen has…Read More