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So many women battle with having thin uterine linings when trying to conceive and today's guest, Kristen Tomlan joins us today with her reproductive endocrinologist, Dr. Rachel Danis, to walk us through how she combatted this issue and brought two beautiful children into this world. In this conversation, we discuss what sparked Kristen's courage to advocate for herself and seek a second opinion during IVF treatment, how she ended up working with Dr. Danis at RMA, why Dr. Danis was happy to work with her, and how she stayed strong through her infertility struggles. We delve into factors to consider when selecting a reproductive endocrinologist before hearing some insights into fertility treatment from both the patient's and doctor's perspective. Our guests even tell us about Kristen's thin uterine lining, misconceptions about how thick it needs to be to carry a pregnancy, and remind us of the dangers of Googling information when undergoing fertility treatment! Finally, and as always, we share what we are grateful for today. Thanks for tuning in!
Kristen Tomlan took the winding road to reach her dream of founding and running her own edible cookie dough business- and we're so glad she did! From taste testing with friends to an online store to a hugely popular brick and mortar location her journey to success was a wild ride and she's here to tell us all about it. If you have an idea you've been waiting to get started on you definitely need to click play!
Hoda Kotb and Jenna Hager bush get to play a Jackpot game. Also, McKay Blanchard and Eleanor Molver's wedding ceremony live on TODAY. Plus, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Hager Bush get to try some Vegas themed cocktails and mocktails.
Kristen Tomlan, Lippincott alum and founder and CEO of DŌ Cookie Dough Confection, shares how she pivoted from a career in branding to founding a company that quickly went viral. Listeners will be inspired by Kristen's endless optimism and her mission to spread joy—one sweet bite at a time.
Who doesn’t love cookie dough? Kristen Tomlan found a way to turn a guilty pleasure into a safe, versatile treat. Learn how she overcame a devastating health challenge to build a thriving, nationwide business. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Kristen Tomlan is the founder and CEO of DŌ, the world’s first edible cookie dough confectionery. I eat cookie dough whenever I can. We already have a lot in common. Kristen brings the “magic towel” to the pod (wait til you hear about her daughter’s adventures with spaghetti — no match for the magic towel!), and Caroline and Kristen try to figure out why everyone in their 30s is shopping at Abercrombie again. I mean really, what's next, roll-on glitter? Pogs? Do I need to go dust off the Beanie Babies???Mentioned On This Episode!The Magic Nano Towel: https://amzn.to/3sn05iCAbercrombie and Fitch Mom Shorts (Sized up to 37W!): https://fave.co/32kEbSk Isle of Paradise Tanning Drops: https://myshlf.us/p-68905 EDIBLE. COOKIE. DOUGH: https://www.cookiedonyc.com/pages/our-story Top 8 Best Selling Products in the Gee Thanks! Community in 2020!8. The Hot Tub ($529): https://amzn.to/3aYP1TO7. Digit for saving: https://digit.co/r/GeeThanks?ab6. Rakuten for cash back while you shop: https://www.rakuten.com/r/CAROLI33174?eeid=281875. Universal Standard: https://fave.co/3l5KtN74. LED Lights: https://amzn.to/2WZO9WG3. Home Comforts: https://bookshop.org/a/9875/97807432728652. The Revlon One Step: https://amzn.to/3o96cFO1. The Garden Witch Overalls (Size up!): https://amzn.to/383oGltSubscribe to Hotline Skin, a once monthly newsletter about skincare product recs from Jolie: https://www.geethanksjustboughtit.com/hotline-skin Shop our shelf of recommendations!: https://shoplist.us/geethanksjustboughtitAs always, reach me at Caroline@geethanksjustboughtit.com, @geethanksjustboughtitpod on Instagram, or leave me a message at 424-245-0736. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, h.e.r.LIFE gets a little academic, and we're not mad about it! Inspired by one of Rachel's favorite senior year classes (Communication & The Food System, Prof. Garrett Broad), she and Emma tackle the social media habit and otherwise millennial phenomenon, “Phone Eats First.” Rachel kicks it off with some trusty Urban Dictionary entries. What exactly does “phone eats first” mean and how is it used as present-day colloquialism? (01:20) Next up, what does it mean to be a “foodie”? (03:19) The girls run through their respective cooking backgrounds, then Rachel transitions into social media in quarantine times: how are Insta stories and TikToks feature food in new and unique ways (05:43). Next, did “Phone Eats First” start with editorial “food porn” in cookbooks and food magazines? (11:08) Thank you to Baumann & Johnston for this piece on “How to be a foodie.” And shoutout to Kristen Tomlan and her absolutely stunning cookie dough cookbook! Which brings Rachel to her next point: what do your cookbooks say about you? And is it that narrative the same as the one told by your Instagram feed? At (15:32), the girls reminisce about a time before Coronavirus, when they were free to brunch and Snap to their hearts' content. Carroll Place has never been so sorely missed. Emma narrates the excited/embarrassed moment when the food arrives, and everyone instinctively reaches for their phones (especially when you order based solely on aesthetics). But, does context matter for this social media habit? And how much is based on Insta-gratification? This leads Rachel to Madeline Basirico's study on the Phone Eats First phenomenon (18:36). Food, she says, is an easy way to form connections and interact socially. Rachel's question for listeners: would you phone-eats-first on a first date? Now, the ladies transition into what truly is the heart of the episode: are we just bragging? (20:31) Are food pics the ultimate conspicuous consumption? How wild that Veblen's 1899 work aligns so perfectly with our digital age?! At (24:26), Rachel leads a historical tracing of food as a status symbol. From the first sedentary lifestyles, to the 1950s housewife, not much has changed when it comes to food culture and performativity. Then, Food As Fuel: does social media help us or hurt us in terms of how we think about nutrition? (30:58) Are there new Instagram trends developing through modern food accounts? Thank you, Amanda Mull for your source on this, and quick shoutout to Cat's Clean Kitchen page! By (39:50), Rachel circles back to Basirico and asks, do we really think food photos on Insta paint an accurate picture? Rachel reveals an embarrassing (and deeply troubling) anecdote about her summer in the city. What does a $19 glass of wine on the Empire Hotel rooftop say about you?? Rach & Em leave you with this: by all means, let your phone eat first if that's what brings you joy! Don't let anybody shame your social media habits. That said, it never hurts to reflect on why we do the things we do. As always, thank you so much for listening! xoxo (see our full bibliography on our Instagram page: @her.blog.life)
What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. This is more than a proverb-- it's the real story of Kristen Tomlan, founder of DO, the original gourmet edible & bakeable cookie dough confectionery. After visiting a Philadelphia cookie shop, Kristen was inspired to create cookie dough that was safely edible—something that didn't really exist on the market at the time. She tag-teamed with her husband to make cookie dough into an experience, and a business, all while holding down her career job as a designer at a brand consultant firm. Then, out of the blue, illness left her on life support and enduring a three week hospital stay. As she recovered, Kristen realized her therapy of baking made her happy, and eventually she decided she was all in. As challenging as it was, before she knew it, her business that started with baking in her tiny Brooklyn apartment grew through word of mouth and a proactive social media presence. There were lines out the door for nearly a year, and today her unique take on the formerly forbidden treat is a viral success and has inspired fans worldwide including A-list celebrities. Now the company with a mission to spread joy employs 55 people, and since opening her shop in New York City's Greenwich Village, she's opened a series of successful pop-ups in cities throughout the country, served over one million customers through in person and online, become an author, launched the first-ever edible cookie dough at-home baking mixes, partnered with brands like Bloomingdales, KitchenAid, and Williams Sonoma, and caught the attention of some of the biggest publications out there. Kristen joins Socialfly co-founder Stephanie Cartin for a conversation about building her business and career, and describes her journey to success, including: why Kristen's actual customers became the best possible test market; the mission to teach people how to eat --and make-- safe cookie dough at home; the one thing Kristen wishes she had done before she started her own bakery that would have kept her from having to reinvent the wheel; why she launched the business online first instead of her original vision of a physical storefront; what happened in the scary moment she decided to tell her boss she was leaving her job; the challenge of fertility treatments while building a successful business; living by doing you, trusting your gut, and hell yes or hell no; and a very yummy in-studio taste test. Plus, a surprise.
What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. This is more than a proverb-- it’s the real story of Kristen Tomlan, founder of DO, the original gourmet edible & bakeable cookie dough confectionery. After visiting a Philadelphia cookie shop, Kristen was inspired to create cookie dough that was safely edible—something that didn’t really exist on the market at the time. She tag-teamed with her husband to make cookie dough into an experience, and a business, all while holding down her career job as a designer at a brand consultant firm. Then, out of the blue, illness left her on life support and enduring a three week hospital stay. As she recovered, Kristen realized her therapy of baking made her happy, and eventually she decided she was all in. As challenging as it was, before she knew it, her business that started with baking in her tiny Brooklyn apartment grew through word of mouth and a proactive social media presence. There were lines out the door for nearly a year, and today her unique take on the formerly forbidden treat is a viral success and has inspired fans worldwide including A-list celebrities. Now the company with a mission to spread joy employs 55 people, and since opening her shop in New York City’s Greenwich Village, she’s opened a series of successful pop-ups in cities throughout the country, served over one million customers through in person and online, become an author, launched the first-ever edible cookie dough at-home baking mixes, partnered with brands like Bloomingdales, KitchenAid, and Williams Sonoma, and caught the attention of some of the biggest publications out there. Kristen joins Socialfly co-founder Stephanie Cartin for a conversation about building her business and career, and describes her journey to success, including: why Kristen’s actual customers became the best possible test market; the mission to teach people how to eat --and make-- safe cookie dough at home; the one thing Kristen wishes she had done before she started her own bakery that would have kept her from having to reinvent the wheel; why she launched the business online first instead of her original vision of a physical storefront; what happened in the scary moment she decided to tell her boss she was leaving her job; the challenge of fertility treatments while building a successful business; living by doing you, trusting your gut, and hell yes or hell no; and a very yummy in-studio taste test. Plus, a surprise.
Everyone knows the best part of baking cookies is eating the dough! That is why St. Louis native, Kristen Tomlan, took her passion of baking and combined it with her love of cookie dough to open the world's first edible cookie dough confectionary, DŌ Cookie Dough Confections in New York City. She started the business out of her 450 square foot New York City apartment all while working full time and DO quickly became more popular than she ever anticipated. Kristen’s unique take on the formerly forbidden treat became a huge success and has inspired fans worldwide, including Reese Witherspoon, Kim Kardashian, Ryan Seacrest, and Chrissy Teigen, to eat cookie dough just how we all like it, with a spoon straight out of the mixing bowl!
@siriusxm #siriusxmfaction @rolandsfoodcourt with @gennaro.pecchia We have a couple of sweet crowd pleasers stop by the Food Court. First, business owner, entrepreneur & now cookbook author @kristentomlan explains all about the cookie dough fever that is at a high right now & Kristen is at the heart of it all. The founder of @cookiedonyc #DO, Cookie Dough Confections, the world's first cookie dough scoop shop, she has turned everyone's guilty pleasure into the next big dessert craze and an entirely new category of dessert: safe-to-eat raw cookie dough. @grandcentralpub & Kristen published her book, and the first ever branded cookbook for raw cookie dough, Hello, Cookie Dough: 110 Doughlicious Confections to Eat, Bake, and Share! Kristen is simply a Sweet Dynamo! Speaking of Sweet...we catch up with @ianziering - Maybe you all know him as Steve Sanders from Beverly Hills 90210 @bh90210 or maybe you know him from the wildly successful #Sharknado @sharknadomovie films. Ian is the host of the upcoming @foodnetwork FOOD NETWORK CHALLENGE, premiering December 23rd at 10:00PM EST The show will feature the country's top cake makers, bakers & sugar artists compete against each other. Ziering will lead a collection of master bakers as they compete in two rounds to win the $10,000 prize. We have a great chat about his upbringing in @visit_nj #newjersey Big Love & Thank You! @paulofcharsky
In her early 20’s, Kristen Tomlan was working in branding in New York when a cookie dough craving had her wondering why no one ever made the guilty pleasure safe to eat. She set out to create safe, edible cookie dough and began selling the product online. Her side hustle quickly snowballed into a full blown brick and mortar as word spread like wildfire about her treats. Dō, Cookie Dough Confections opened to a line down the block and business has not slowed since. Aspiring entrepreneurs and bowl-lickers alike will love this chat about building a business that brings out the kid in all of us. Go to Mejuri.com/eat, and you’ll get free shipping on orders over one hundred dollars!
Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comedy, and insight into the world of hospitality and its customers. Katherine Sprung, a 5+ year business owner in the food industry, with 4 additional years of hospitality experience, working in restaurants and bars, invites a guest on the show, to go through their Yelp/Google/online reviews, discuss customer interactions, what it's like to be a business owner, and everything in between.
What’s it like when your company goes viral? Take it from Kristen Tomlan, the founder and CEO of a viral cookie dough company called DŌ: “It’s terrifying.” And exhausting. And it exacerbated every weakness in her business, including staffing, supply and production. We learn how she fixed it, and harnessed the kind of huge opportunity that may have sunk others.
“The more that I worked with women, the more I loved working with women.” Kristen Tomlan, the founder and CEO of DŌ, takes us on her journey of bringing you safe-to-eat cookie dough straight from the mixing bowl! In this episode, she tells us what it was like starting a business and how it evolved from an online shop to an extremely successful storefront in Greenwich Village. To buy some cookie dough, or for more information, please visit http://cookiedonyc.com or check out their Instagram @cookiedonyc! Edited by Daniel Abendroth. Cover Art designed by Kyja Kutnick.
Kristen Tomlan, the founder and CEO of DŌ, takes us on her journey of bringing you safe-to-eat cookie dough straight from the mixing bowl! In this episode, she tells us what it was like starting a business and how it evolved from an online shop to an extremely successful storefront in Greenwich Village. To buy some cookie dough, or for more information, please visit https://cookiedonyc.com or check out their Instagram @cookiedonyc! Edited by Daniel Abendroth. Cover Art designed by Kyja Kutnick.
The beauty of entrepreneurship is that we are all figuring it out together; no one is perfect and everyone is a rookie at least once in their career. Always ready to embrace a new challenge, Entrepreneur Magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Jason Feifer, steps up to the mic to host his first-ever radio program. We'll discuss earnest first attempts, failures, and origin stories of top companies with Justin Klosky of O.C.D. Experience and SeriesFest, Joelle Mertzel of Butterie, Mario Armstrong of Never Settle Show, and Kristen Tomlan of DŌ. [00:00:00] Attention Rookies: Check Your Ego at the Door! [00:05:53] Justin Klosky: Actor Turned Entrepreneur [00:11:30] Do-it-Yourself Research and Development [00:18:21] Reassess for Success: Turn 'No' into 'Yes!' [00:25:55] Mario Armstrong's Life-changing Rejection [00:33:21] DŌ Deals with Insane Demand
What's it like when your company goes viral? Take it from Kristen Tomlan, the founder and CEO of a viral cookie dough company called Do ("Dough") "It's terrifying." And exhausting. And it exacerbated every weakness in her business, including staffing, supply and production. We learn how she fixed it, and harnessed the kind of huge opportunity that may have sunk others.
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In this week's mouth watering episode, Jeremy chats with Kristen Tomlan, Founder & CEO of DŌ, Cookie Dough Confections, a young startup that uses the highest quality ingredients and zero preservatives to make individual batches of ready-to-eat cookie dough perfection. Download the interview to hear why cookie dough is "the new cupcake"!