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In this captivating first part of our two-part series, host K. Wilkes is in conversation with Mia Voss, who describes herself as "intentionally childless". In this engaging conversation, Mia shares her journey of choosing a child-free lifestyle, discussing societal pressures, personal choices, and the language surrounding childlessness. The dialogue explores the importance of community, the role of aunts and uncles, and the nurturing aspects of pet ownership. Additionally, the conversation touches on the experiences of men who are child-free and the societal expectations placed on women regarding motherhood. In this engaging conversation, K. and Mia explore the complexities and societal perceptions surrounding the choice to live child-free. They discuss personal experiences, the impact of societal norms, and the empowerment that comes with making such a choice. The dialogue also touches on the shifting cultural landscape regarding parenting, the importance of self-advocacy, and the joys of living a child-free life. Mia emphasizes the need for women to advocate for their reproductive rights and to embrace their choices without judgment. Be sure to check out Part II of this series with interview with Dr. Jennifer Neal who discusses her research on childfree adults.Chapters02:26 Introduction to Purposeful Childlessness04:50 Mia's Journey to Child-Free Living07:58 Societal Pressures and Personal Choices11:00 The Language of Child-Free vs. Childless13:59 Community and Support Systems16:56 The Role of Aunts and Uncles19:51 Pets as Family: A Different Kind of Nurturing22:54 Men and the Child-Free Choice26:04 The Impact of Societal Expectations on Women27:48 The Choice of Child-Free Living30:34 Societal Perceptions and Gender Dynamics32:52 Cultural Shifts and Child-Free Trends34:59 Empowerment and Self-Advocacy37:32 The Joys of Being Child-Free47:42 Final Thoughts on Child-Free ChoicesResources and Guest InfoGuest Website: https://miavoss.live/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miavossonthego/Like what you heard? Share with others and follow us @ponderingthoughtspodcast Instagram
In the second installment of our "Childfree By Choice" series, host K. Wilkes engages in an enlightening discussion with Dr. Jennifer Neal, a prominent researcher, at Michigan State University, specializing in child-free adults. This episode takes a deep dive into the motivations and demographics of individuals who choose not to have children, examining the stereotypes they face and the societal perceptions surrounding their lifestyle. Dr. Neal shares valuable insights from her research, highlighting the increasing visibility of child-free individuals and the implications for policy and societal norms. Together, they discuss the benefits of this choice and the importance of inclusive policies that address the unique needs of the child-free population. Join us for this thought-provoking conversation that sheds light on the growing acceptance of child-free living.Also be sure to revisit Part I of this series, The Choice to Be Childfree with Mia Voss. Chapters02:00 Introduction to Child-Free Research05:03 The Emergence of Child-Free Adults08:07 Understanding the Child-Free Terminology11:05 Reasons Behind Choosing Child-Free13:58 Demographics of Child-Free Adults16:53 Societal Expectations and Stereotypes20:05 Benefits of Being Child-Free27:13 Exploring Child-Free Research in the U.S.28:58 International Perspectives on Child-Free Living30:44 Demographic Insights into Child-Free Individuals32:59 Raising Visibility for Child-Free Choices34:14 Policy Implications for Child-Free Individuals36:54 The Future of Child-Free Conversations46:21 Final Thoughts on Child-Free LivingResources and Guest Information - Dr. Jennifer W. NealGuest Websites: https://www.jennawneal.com/Thechildfree.orgGoogle Scholar: Dr. Jennifer W. NealLike what you heard? Share with others and follow us @ponderingthoughtspodcast Instagram
Our guest, Tonia Jahshan, was recovering from a difficult time in her life when she had her first cup of tea… and it was love at first sip.You will be inspired by her startup story and will love hearing how she built her direct sales wellness drink empire to extraordinary heights, by building a thriving, committed community, one sip at a time.Tonia is the founder of Sipology, a multi-million dollar direct sales company selling wellness drinks and accessories.Tonya founded Sipology after suffering a miscarriage and traveling to Nova Scotia for a pause. While there, she had her first cup of Earl Grey de la Crème tea, and for the first time in weeks, things felt better.She launched Sipology in 2007 to share the healing power of tea with the world.In 2012, Tonia pitched the business on Dragons' Den (Canadian Shark Tank) and accepted an offer from Dragons Jim Treliving and David Chilton, skyrocketing the business to new heights.BTW: Tonia's pitch is the all time best pitch at Dragons' Den and is used as an example for potential guests pitching to be on the show. Also, Sipology's deal holds the record for the fastest closing of a deal on the show.Today, Sipology does millions in annual sales and has tens of thousands of consultants selling its products.The company has been recognized as one of Profit 500 Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies, and Tonia was named Canada's #1 Female Entrepreneur by W100 and 1 of 6 Women to Watch by Forbes.Watch Sipology's Dragons' Den pitch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV_AqVsorxQTo learn more about Sipology, please visit: https://www.sipology.comConnect with Tonia and Sipology online via these social platforms:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sipology/ and https://www.instagram.com/toniajahshan/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steepedteainc and https://www.facebook.com/ToniaJahshan/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonia-jahshan-29977410/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC ApplicationSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Leveraging LinkedIn as a Startup Founder is a different strategy than when you were an employee. You need to build your authority as the leader of your new business, while appealing to potential investors, business partners and talent.Our guest, Donna Serdula, is a leading authority on LinkedIn profile optimization. As the founder and president of Vision Board Media, a professional branding company, Donna helps individuals and companies tell their unique stories on LinkedIn and beyond. Via her website LinkedIn-Makeover.com, Donna and her team of over 20 writers and coaches help people collide with opportunity and transform their lives via future-forward career branding. Donna has authored two editions of LinkedIn Profile Optimization FOR DUMMIES, and she has been featured on many news outlooks, including Forbes, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal's Market Watch, LA Times, and NBC.Learn more about Donna and how she helps folks with a Linked Makeover here:https://www.linkedin-makeover.com/Connect with Donna on LinkedIn here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/todonna Hire Donna to speak here: https://donnaserdula.com/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#linkedinoptimization #leveragelinkedin #linkedinforstartupfounders #startupfounders WHAT WE LEARNED00:00 - Meet Donna Serdula06:00 - How to add Career Break to Your LinkedIn Profile09:00 - Donna's origin story16:00 - You have to educate your target audience, sales and marketing is not enough19:50 - How to brand your profile on LinkedIn25:50 - How to use LinkedIn Profile Optimization28:00 - zhuzh up your profile every month or two (pro tip!)34:00 - Getting asked to author a For Dummies edition for LinkedIn Profile Optimization38:00 - The best strategy for your LinkedIn headline40:00 - How to connect and invite on LinkedIn47:00 - The best advice for using LinkedIn's search engine50:00 - How to optimize your time on LinkedIn55:00 - Use LinkedIn's Bell featureJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC APPLICATION SUPPORTLearn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENCSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Knowing when to form and build a Board of Directors is a challenge for many startup founders.Once the Board is formed, how to manage and communicate with the Board presents an additional burden on founders.Our guest, Mahendra Ramsinghani, co-authored Startup Boards: Getting the Most of Your Board of Directors with Brad Feld, and has all the insights and advice you need to skillfully navigate this important segment of your startup's structure.Currently, Mahendra is the Founder of Secure Octane - a cybersecurity seed fund based in the San Francisco Bay area.He's invested in over fifty pre-seed and seedstage companies and, as the former Director of Venture Capital Initiatives for Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Mahendra led the legislation for two Fund-of-Fund programs in Michigan. Mahendra is also the author of two additional books - The Business of Venture Capital and The Resilient Founder.To purchase a copy of Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors, please visit: https://amzn.to/3N7YfjzConnect with Mahendra via these links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahendraram/Website: https://www.thebusinessofvc.com/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#boardofdirectors #startupboards #buildingeffectivestartupboards #founderadvice WHAT WE LEARNED00:00 - Meet Seasoned Startup Investor Mahendra Ramsinghani09:00 - Mahendra's origin story13:00 - Not knowing what to do can be either paralyzing or empowering18:00 - Mahendra's investor journey - how it began and how it's going25:00 - Secure Octane32:00 - When does a startup need to establish a Board34:00 - Who should be on a Board and how many members are needed based on stage of funding: Seed/Series A-D36:30 39:00 - Legal requirements for Boards and fiduciary responsibilities41:00 - What are the Board's responsibilities and what are the Founder's responsibilities43:20 - Who is in charge45:00 - Communication strategies and intellectual honesty48:00 - How does a Founder deliver bad news to a Board of Directors54:00 - Board of Director's Compensation Packages57:00 - How to off-ramp a toxic Board MemberJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC APPLICATION SUPPORTLearn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENCSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
With 20+ years working for the post office, our guest had a dream to one day own her own postal store with the ability to individualize customer service and provide guidance.In the spring of 2019 that dream came true when Tiffany Townsend founded Ship Black, a logistics super center focused on serving black owned e-commerce businesses.Ship Black is a one-stop-shop for startup businesses. It provides fulfillment services, education, and guidance in the customer service realm to elevate its customers' ecommerce business and the effectiveness of their supply chain. Tiffany is also an advocate for autism awareness, regularly volunteering her time and resources to support local organizations, and providing warehouse apprenticeship training and jobs, which helps individuals gain the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in the logistics and warehousing industry.To learn more about SHIP BLACK, please visit: https://shipblack.comTo receive the education you need to succeed at shipping with your business, please visit: https://shipblackuniversity.comFor a FREE Consultation with Tiffany and her team, please email: info@shipblackuniversity.com and put FREE in the subject line.Connect with Tiffany and SHIP BLACK on social here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ship-black/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-townsend-sb/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shipblackcoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shipblackco/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#fulfillmentcenter #blackownedbusiness #supportingblackownedbusinesses #ecommerce WHAT WE LEARNED:00:00 Meet Tiffany Townsend07:00 - Turning a dream into a reality12:00 - Buying an existing business14:00 - Pandemic pivot = mobile mailroom for Tiffany's community!20:00 - How serving customers ecommerce needs created SHIP BLACK - a one-stop-shop fulfillment center25:00 - Tiffany used Houston Ship Station for a seamless integration into all ecommerce platforms29:30 - The Pound Cake Story - how Tiffany saved an act of kindness during the pandemic 30:00 - The BEST ecommerce shipping advice you'll ever receive36:00 - Bootstrapping your business to success39:00 - Mailing solution specialist - Tiffany's educational arm of SHIP BLACK: https://shipblackuniversity.com44:00 - NOW is the time to fix and enhance all your product shipping needs!49:00 - the cheapest way is not always the BEST way50:40 - shipping insurance advice and insights53:00 - how Tiffany serves the autism world with specific training and skills learning for folks on the SpectrumJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC APPLICATION SUPPORTLearn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENCSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Social media strategies often leave you feeling like you're working for the social media platforms. Our guest and his team built an AI solution that helps make social media actually work for you and your business.Rhys Ryan, is the Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Engineer of Ekkobar, an AI solution giving you control over social media and the narrative you want to tell.Ekkobar uses social listening to keep an eye on the conversation and lets you know if anything needs immediate attention. There's also a web-based assessment platform letting you dig deep into the conversation to understand what is being said and how best to respond. Rhys began his career working for Fortune 500 tech companies such as Microsoft, HP, and Tandem. At these companies, he was able to utilize his degrees in computer science and math to create new computing techniques for cryptography, security, and early-day data science. Over his career Rhys has created award-winning patented technology that brought audio, video, telephony, natural language processing, and data science into the entertainment world. Tap the link to RSVP and join me for a delicious conversation with Rhys. You'll learn how his startup is helping brands control their narrative on social media while refining their ability to engage with customers.Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#brandreputation #controlthenarrative #socialmedia #activeintelligenceWHAT WE LEARNED ON THIS EPISODE:00:00 Meet Rhys Ryan09:00 - Mediocrity in large corporate environments led Rhys to launch his own business12:00 - an extraordinary lived experience in tech from the 70s, 80, 90s and 00s14:00 - I solve problems - this is the common thread of every founder18:30 - Why True Blood should have used Rhys' algorithm!24:00 - We spent five years to build ekkobar - here's what we learned28:00 - How ekkobar could have help Bud Light30:00 - The For and Against AI model38:00 - Best advice for neurodiverse founders on how to negotiate the startup landscape with an Asperger's brainJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC APPLICATION SUPPORTLearn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENCSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Our guest, Rajia Abdelaziz, is the Co-Founder and CEO of invisaWear, the best safety jewelry and fashion accessories technology on the market.From her own personal experience, Rajia understands how important it is to feel safe. She was walking to her car after an event at college, when a car full of guys pulled up next to her, yelling frightening comments at her, and when one of the guys started to get out to take action, Rajia was able to run and get in her car, unharmed. However, the feeling of being extremely helpless did not go away. Which is why, at just 21 years old, Rajia and her Co-Founder, Ray Hamilton, developed invisaWear, a life-saving technology for jewelry and fashion accessories. invisaWear's smart jewelry and accessories allow users to instantly connect with friends, family and authorities in case of an emergency. They look like necklaces, bracelets, keychains, fitness bands, and even scrunchies… but they are actually safety devices!With a double press of the button on the accessory, ADT Security sends a discreet alert containing the GPS location to up to 5 pre-configured emergency contacts and optionally alerts authorities. ADT is able to connect directly with 9-1-1 dispatchers at the nearest dispatch department and send help if needed. In just two years, Rajia and Ray developed the hardware and software, got the app approved on both iOS and Android, and over the following 3 years raised $3 million in funding to develop invisaWear's wide range of smart jewelry and accessories.With over 560k followers and 32 million views, invisaWear's TikTok channel consistently educates viewers on sexual assault awareness and other protective and defensive measures folks can take to stay safe.Rajia is a BostInno 25 Under 25 Recipient and has a Dual degree (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. To learn more about invisaWear please visit: https://www.invisawear.com/Follow invisaWear on social media here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/invisawear/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@invisawearConnect with Rajia on LinkedIn here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajiaabdelaziz/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#lifesavingtechnology #sexualassaultawarenessmonth #sexualassaultprevention JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC APPLICATION SUPPORTLearn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENCSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.What We Learned:00:00 Meet Rajia Abdelaziz11:00 - Believe in yourself15:00 - how to be a success entrepreneur at 2123:40 - best co-founder advice for startups26:00 - how invisaWear built its MVP30:00 - leveraging an Indiegogo campaign for traction33:00 - how invisaWear manufactures product locally36:00 - invisaWear's packaging strategy41:00 - how invisaWear works44:20 - leveraging partnerships - the ADT story59:45 - pitching investors when you're a woman1:06:00 - best advice for managing founder doubt1:08:00 - what does success look like today vs. when invisaWear was launched
To be their best selves, both professionally and personally, women need time in a welcoming space and place.Our guest, Shubhi Rao, spent years as a senior executive at Fortune 100 companies and understands how important women-centric spaces are for professional and personal growth.That's why she launched Uplevyl, a global digital platform designed to transform the lives of all professional women through shared experiences, peer connections, and highly curated, personalized content.A software engineer, finance and corporate executive, board member, global citizen, community leader, daughter, wife and mother, Shubhi is uniquely qualified to help women around the world to level up their skillsets and mindsets in a safe, female-centric online platform.Shubhi has served as a senior executive with Alphabet Inc./Google, Tesco (U.K.), PricewaterhouseCoopers (U.K.) and Ford Motor Company, among others. She also sits on the board of directors for organizations such as the Open Lending LLC, Center for Global Development, and International Center for Research on Women.To learn more about Uplevyl, please visit: https://www.uplevyl.comFollow Uplevyl on social media here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uplevylInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/uplevyl/Twitter: https://twitter.com/uplevylTo learn more about Linking Ventures, please visit: https://linkingventures.com/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#femalecentric #professionaldevelopmentforwomen #femaleleadership #femaletechfounderJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC APPLICATION SUPPORTLearn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENCSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
Having a Mentor is an essential part of career growth, especially for the under-networked tech worker.Our guest, Kirk Fernandes, is the Co-Founder of Merit, a tech mentorship and recruiting platform for the under-networked. Merits mission is to democratize the professional network by giving every knowledge worker in the world a world class network. With 6,000 members, the majority of which are women and people of color, Merit is is self funded by its community and team.Kirk has a decade of product leadership at Microsoft, Hightower, and VTS. He has mentored and managed 100s of product managers, designers and engineers throughout his career, and he's deeply passionate about building products, brands and teams.To learn more about Merit, please visit: https://www.get-merit.com/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #hrtech #mentorshipmatters JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC APPLICATION SUPPORTLearn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENCSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. #hrtech #undernetworked #mentorshipmatters #techmentorship
Bootstrapping your startup without relying on raising capital and loans is an ideal strategy, especially given the current investor and banking landscape.Our guest, Melissa Widner, has the best advice to help you launch and build your startup, without raising capital.She's the CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer and leader in revenue-based financing for tech startups, founders, and companies. Previously, Melissa was the Managing Director of NAB Ventures, the VC arm of the National Australia Bank, and a General Partner at Seattle based SeaPoint Ventures. A seasoned founder, Melissa has first-hand experience building a business from the ground up. She was the founder and CEO of 7Software, a Silicon Valley based enterprise software company acquired by Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR, acquired by SAP). Melissa is also the co-founder and Chairperson of Sydney-based Heads Over Heels, an organization that supports women entrepreneurs running companies with high growth potential.To learn more about Lighter Capital, please visit: https://www.lightercapital.com/To learn more about Heads Over Heels, please visit: https://www.headsoverheels.com.au/Follow Lighter Capital via these social platforms:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissawidner/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/lighter-capital/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lightercapital/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LighterCapital/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LighterCapitalThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers from Boston!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #raisingcapital JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC APPLICATION SUPPORTLearn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENCSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥#raisingcapital #femalefounders #bootstrapstrategies #startupstrategiesandadvice
40 million drivers can't transition to electric vehicles without an affordable and convenient EV charging infrastructure. Increasing access to affordable public charging not only encourages the adoption of EVs, but leads to cleaner air and healthier communities.Our guest, Tiya Gordon, is Co-Founder and COO of itselectric, a cleantech startup bringing EV charging to the millions of drivers who cannot charge at home as they park their cars on city streets.itselectric does this by overcoming city electrical grid limitations by using energy from buildings to power a publicly accessible curbside charger.In return, they share revenue with the property owners.It is a collaborative economic model and one that allows for EV chargers to be deployed within cities at speed and at scale.Tiya has spent over 20 years in design, leadership, and operations across a range of disciplines for some of the country's top firms and institutions. Her work has received the industry's top accolades, including The National Design Award from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.To learn more about itselectric, please visit: https://www.itselectric.us (tap the Get Involved tab!)Follow and connect with the itselectric team via these social platforms:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/itselectric/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itselectric_co/Twitter: https://twitter.com/itselectric_coThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #evchargingstations #cleantechJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC APPLICATION SUPPORTLearn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENCSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
When people are given the opportunity to take someone else's point of view - walk a mile in someone else's shoes - bias against stigmatized groups is reduced.Our guest, Aubrey Grant, MD, is the Co-Founder and Chief Equity Officer of Equity Commons, where he and the team are integrating a unique blend of cross-disciplinary research, cutting edge technology, and established discussion-based learning to bring organizations highly effective and engaging approaches to address the complexities of implicit bias. Dr. Grant is a clinical sports cardiologist at Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital with specialty training in advanced cardiac imaging. He is dedicated and passionate about investigating health disparities. As a cardiology fellow at Georgetown University, he began serving with the American Heart Association to raise awareness on inequities in medicine. Outside of clinical duties, Dr. Grant is passionate about implicit bias and leveraging technology and innovation to create thoughtful and engaging mitigation strategies for physicians.To learn more about Equity Commons, please visit: https://equity-commons.com/productFollow Equity Commons on social via:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/equity-commons/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EquityCommonsVRThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #virtualreality #implicitbiasJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEWBENC APPLICATION SUPPORTLearn more here: https://bit.ly/GetWBENCSend me an email: ande@andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
He had zero experience in the liquor industry. He didn't have a background as a food scientist. He knew no one, had no connections, and had never worked in a bar, restaurant, or distillery.What our guest, Jackie Summers, did have was an abundance of audacity, passion, and the ideal Mentor, who helped him quickly build the social capital and liquor industry knowledge he needed to launch a liqueur brand from Brooklyn, NY!After 623 failed attempts, Jackie was able to create the first-ever shelf stable version of a 500-year-old beverage he called Sorel: an Hibiscus flavored, Caribbean classic, handcrafted artisanal liqueur.In 2016 Jackie was unable to keep up with demand and had to close down Jack From Brooklyn. But he never lost sight of his dream, and relaunched the brand in 2021, partnering with America's oldest distiller, Laird & Company, where he can produce thousands of bottles of Sorel.Jackie is a James Beard Finalist, a seasoned public speaker, and has many accolades to his credit, including being ranked among the world's “100 Most Influential Bar Industry Figures” by Drinks International Magazine for 4 years in a row and being named one of The 50 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Food.To learn more about Sorel, please visit: https://sorelofficial.com/Follow Jackie and Sorel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theliquortarian/https://www.instagram.com/sorelofficial/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #blackownedbusiness JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥
Innovation is often inspired by biomimicry - the design and production of materials modeled on biological entities.Our guest, Sissi Liu, is passionate about solving complex societal problems with cutting-edge technology, and she was inspired by the metalmark butterfly for her innovative new product.After nearly 20 years in clean tech/sustainability, entrepreneurship, and venture investing, Sissi co-founded Metalmark Innovations to tackle air quality and climate change challenges.Metalmark Innovations is a Public Benefits Corporation and is releasing its patent-pending product: Tatama, the first self-cleaning commercial air purifier. Inspired by the nanostructure of the metalmark butterfly's wings, Tatama provides air cleaning with HEPA-grade filters that capture 99.97% of airborne particles.Once a month, Tatama quickly destroys the captured materials and renews the filter for the next cycle, resulting in indoor air that's far cleaner than outdoor air, without the hassles of typical air purifiers.You can learn more about Metalmark Innovations here: https://www.metalmark.xyz/Follow Metalmark on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metalmark/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplifeJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. #biomimicry #airquality #climatecrisessolutions #publicbenefitscorporation
Many parents are seeking ways to give their children a better head start financially in life.Our guest, Ksenia Yudina, is a chartered financial analyst, a Mom, and the Founder and CEO of UNest, an app that empowers parents to easily invest and save for their kids' future.After coming to the U.S. from Russia at 18, Ksenia took on $180,000 in debt to pay for college. She quickly realized that many other graduates were strapped with debt and saw a need for a more accessible savings vehicle than the traditional 529 that requires confusing paperwork and fees.In 2020, Ksenia launched UNest, and has raised over $38 million from well-known VCs to build her fintech platform into a popular savings and investment vehicle for parents.With many of UNest's team members located in Ukraine, on February 24, 2022, Ksenia had to work around the clock to evacuate her team members to safety.To learn more about UNest and download the app, please visit: https://www.unest.coBe sure to follow UNest on LinkedIn and Twitter here:https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-nest/https://twitter.com/UNestThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.combestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #startuplifeJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥ #fintechfounder #startupstories #raisingcapital #femalefounder #startupstrategiesandadvice
Research shows that aligning company and personal purpose improves productivity, retention, and overall wellness in the workplace.Greg Sloan, CFP®, CEPA, CPMTM, is the Chief Purpose Officer and Co-Founder of Go Beyond, a talent development company that leverages behavioral science and technology to help companies attract, engage, and grow their people.Go Beyond has humanized and gamified the purpose discovery process for both company and worker. Their SaaS platform includes on-demand videos, self-guided exercises, and behavioral assessments to build a purpose-centered culture.With over 25+ years of experience in financial services, Greg is a serial founder who discovered the benefits of activating personal purpose in the workplace and loves sharing this knowledge with other leaders. To try Go Beyond, please visit: https://www.gobeyond.work/solutions/purpose-pulse and select "try it for yourself" and receive 15% off using promo code Ande15. Measure the 6 Factors driving disengagement, turnover, and burnout: https://www.gobeyond.work/solutions/purpose-pulseConnect with Greg and Go Beyond via these social platforms:Greg Sloan's personal LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregonpurpose/Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/go-beyond-work/Greg Sloan's personal Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/greg.sloan.520Company's Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/trygobeyond.workGreg Sloan's personal Twitter:https://twitter.com/gregonpurposeTwitter:https://twitter.com/GoBeyond_workGreg Sloan's personal Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/gregonpurpose/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gobeyond.work/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #hrtechstartupJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥
How does one take a brilliant expertise and turn it into a thriving, profitable B2B tech platform serving thousands of paying customers?Our guest, Lee Rubin, is the CEO and Co-Founder of Confetti, a young, well-funded startup helping companies create memorable, easy-to-plan experiences that inspire dynamic workplaces, encourage healthier offices, and motivate happier, more holistic teams. Today Confetti is loved by 2,500+ businesses such as Google, Facebook, Spotify, and many other startups, firms and agencies. A visionary culture leader with a decade of experience in B2B sales, Lee is one of the world's experts on remote event planning. Under her leadership, Confetti scaled from $0 to $12 million in annual revenue within 2 years using only $2.5 millon in funding. Lee now leads a team of 60 people who support a customer base of over 4,000 unique paying companies. Her hope is that Confetti not only offers a place for people to easily and quickly book these experiences, but to be a vehicle that changes the relationship people have with their jobs and the people they work with by making it more meaningful.To learn more about Confetti, please visit: https://www.withconfetti.com/Connect with Lee and follow Confetti via these social platforms:Lee via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubinl/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/with_confetti/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/withconfetti/Twitter: https://twitter.com/withconfettiThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #femalefounder JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥
Supporting and funding entrepreneurs is a terrific way to accelerate economic development in a community.Our guest, Ian Cain, is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of QUBIC Labs, a startup incubator and innovation hub focused on helping entrepreneurs and innovators to develop world-class companies to serve businesses, governments, and people.QUBIC Labs is located in Quincy, MA – the birthplace of many famous founders and innovators: from John Adams and John Hancock to Howard Johnson's ice cream parlors and hotels, and our beloved Dunkin Donuts.Ian also serves his local community as an elected representative to the City Council in Quincy, MA, a member of the Board of Directors at Bay State Community Services, and a member of the Board of Advisors at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton. To learn more about QUBIC Labs, please visit: https://www.qubiclabs.comFollow QUBIC Labs online via:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qubiclabsTwitter: https://twitter.com/qubic_labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/qubic_labsThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
Founders – you work so hard to be prepared for investors' questions during your pitch presentations.But are you qualifying those investors? Your time is valuable, and you need to minimize the chance of wasting your time with investors who will not invest in your startup.Our guest, Alex Iskold, is a 4x founder, a software engineer, an investor in over 150 startups, and the Founder and a Managing Partner at 2048 Ventures, where he leads pre-seed rounds, backs visionary founders who are creating technologies of the future, with a specific focus on biotech, deep tech, platform and API companies.Alex writes one of the top startup blogs (a personal fave!), called Startup Hacks, and is a life-long learner and deeply interested in Complexity Science and Systems Thinking. (https://www.startuphacks.vc/)Prior to founding 2048 Ventures, Alex spent 5 years at Techstars as the Managing Director of its NYC program. He was also the founder and CEO of Info Lab (acquired by IBM), founder and CEO of GetGlue (backed by USV, RRE, Time Warner), and a Chief Architect of distributed computing startup DataSynapse (acquired by TIBCO).Alex currently serves as a Coach and a VC in Residence at the Harvard Business School, and he previously taught an award-winning undergraduate computer science class at NYU. 11 Questions Founders Need to Ask Investors During the First Meetinghttps://www.startuphacks.vc/blog/2016/09/21/11-questions-founders-need-to-ask-investors-during-the-fist-meeting30 Questions Investors Ask During Fundraisinghttps://www.startuphacks.vc/blog/2016/09/13/30-questions-investors-ask-during-fundraisingTo learn more about 2048 Ventures, please visit: https://www.2048.vc/Follow Alex via:Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiskoldLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iskold/Startup Hacks: https://www.startuphacks.vc/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Karen Lee is on a mission to reimagine e-commerce for beauty lovers by providing a trusted market place for buying and rehoming new beauty products.Glou Beauty is empowering beauty lovers to become more conscious consumers, pushing against an industry that encourages over-consumption.As the first consumer-to-consumer re-commerce marketplace for beauty, Glou enables consumers to easily buy and sell makeup, skincare, and beauty products.The platform is an environmentally friendly option as it both minimizes waste and maximizes the useful life of a beauty product, while allowing consumers to shop different beauty brands and products at an accessible price point. Good for the planet, good for the wallet!An actor, sailor, polyglot, robot-fixer, and beauty product encyclopedia, Karen spent 8+ years in fashion and luxury and, in just 5 years, earned her HBA & MSc from Ivey Business School, and an MiM from CEMS schools Tsinghua University and Bocconi University.To learn more about Glou Beauty and it's rehoming platform, please visit: https://www.glou.coFollow Glou Beauty everywhere it glows:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gloubeauty/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glou-beauty/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gloubeautyThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.combestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplifeJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥
You don't have to come up with a terrific idea to become an entrepreneur. You can buy and scale an already established business!Our guest, Allegra Stennett, is the Co-Founder of New Majority Capital, an impact investing firm that addresses the racial and gender wealth gaps in the United States by providing training and capital for BIPOC and women entrepreneurs to buy and scale existing small businesses.Prior to launching NMC, Allegra completed an MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management and an EdM in Education Policy & Management at Harvard Graduate School of Education.After graduating at Andrews University, Allegra was a commercial and investment banker at J.P. Morgan for 5 years, where she covered a variety of multi-billion dollar client relationships in the Healthcare, Industrials, Oil & Gas, and Nonprofit sectors; launched a second language program to prepare 5,000 tri-state employees for expat assignments; and was the only person in her banking cohort to personally close a $100 million transaction.To learn more about New Majority Capital, please visit: https://newmajoritycapital.com/To learn about New Majority Capital's Wefunder Campaign, please visit: https://wefunder.com/newmajoritycapitalBe sure to follow Allegra and New Majority Capital on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-majority-capital/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/allegrastennett/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers! Ande ♥https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #racialwealthgapJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSJoin Innovation Women here: https://bit.ly/AndeInnoWomenArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Helping schools help students is a mission that began in Alyse Maslonik's childhood.From living in a domestic abuse shelter to creating a self-funded business that now raises millions of dollars for under-privileged children, Alyse has experienced it all. At age 21, with a measly $63 dollars to her name, she packed up everything she owned and set out on a journey to change her life. By the age of 23, she was managing a multi-million-dollar property asset in Charlotte, NC and went on to become one of the youngest Sales & Marketing Representatives for a custom home builder in the Charlotte region, where she developed a love of helping people achieve their own piece of the American dream through home ownership.With fierce determination and a belief that she could make a difference, Alyse founded RedefinED Advisors LLC, a strategic development partner for non-public and private schools that now offers a wide array of services to help schools grow funding and enrollment.As CEO of RedefinED Advisors LLC, Alyse continues her lifelong mission through the Triumph Over Tragedy Scholarship Award, which provides additional scholarships to students that have demonstrated their ability to triumph over tragedy and who have remained resilient in the face of adversity.To learn more about RedefinED Advisors, please visit: https://www.redefiningeducation.org/Connect with Alyse and RedefinED Advisors on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/redefiningeducation/Here's the link to the TECH IN MOTION Fireside Chat: https://events.techinmotion.com/fireside-chat-c-light-technologiesThe link to Dan Pallotta's Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/bfAzi6D5FpMThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startupadviceJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
The chemical industry has become the third largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, with more than half of its resources ending up in waste streams.Our guest, Daniela Blanco, Co-Founder & CEO of Sunthetics, is solving this global problem by making the chemical industry more sustainable by helping it fast-track innovation, which leads to better materials and more efficient processes.Daniela obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from New York University (2020). At Sunthetics, she developed ground-breaking machine-learning platforms that enable the development of new chemicals, materials, and processes up to 15 times faster, significantly reducing R&D emissions by up to 95%.Daniela has multiple patents on sustainable chemical technologies and has been named Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy North America, Rising Star in Sustainability, Top Innovator Under 35 in Latin America by MIT Technology Review, Top Female Founder by Inc Magazine, Top Graduate Inventor by Lemelson-MIT, Global Student Entrepreneur Champion, and Brightest AI-CI Mind by the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.Her story and vision led her to co-star in National Geographic's recent documentary, Own the Room, available to stream on Disney+.To learn more about Sunthetics, please visit: https://sunthetics.io/Please follow Sunthetics on social here:Instagram: @suntheticsmlLinkedIn:Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #startuplifeJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
If you build it they will come is a popular myth in the startup ecosystem.Our guest, Cindy Fossouo, Founder & CEO of Information Systems Builder, loves solving the problem facing many tech founders: how to market their products and services to their ideal customers.Her San Francisco-based firm is a branding and marketing company providing services for tech startups seeking to differentiate their product and stand out in a crowded and noisy world.From competitor research to building a sales funnel, Information Systems Builder gives the tech founder and their team the framework they need to reach their target market and revenue projections.Cindy is also a deal partner at a venture capital firm where she helps connect startups with capital.Through the success of Information Systems Builder, Cindy's goal is to help other startups succeed in every way possible.To learn more about Information Systems Builder, please visit: https://www.informationsystemsbuilder.com.Connect with Cindy on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-fossouo-a2b9791b8/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.combestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplifeJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Innovative products, services and behavior changes are key ingredients for solving the world's most pressing issues.Our guest, Lori van Dam, is the CEO of Hult Prize, an organization that inspires student entrepreneurs to solve the world's biggest challenges through innovative social enterprises with positive global impact.Hult Prize was launched in 2009 by a group of Hult International Business School students with the support of the Hult family, founders and owners of EF Education First, and benefactors of the Hult International Business School.Through its year-long competition, over 100,000 young people in 120 countries work to create high-impact startups that address the annual challenge in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.Finalists pitch their businesses to a panel of expert judges, and the winning team receives 1 million USD in funding to make their idea a reality.Prior to joining Hult Prize, Lori spent six years as an executive leader for Susan G. Komen, as executive director of The One Fund Boston, which was created by the Mayor of Boston and Governor of Massachusetts to provide support for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing victims, and for 20 years she worked for EF Education First, a global education company.To learn more about the Hult Prize, please visit: https://www.hultprize.org/Follow the Hult Prize on these social platforms:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hultprize/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hultprize/Twitter: https://twitter.com/hultprizeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hult-prize-foundation/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #hultprizeJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUP Get an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥
Founders - you will be INSPIRED by and UPLIFTED from this delicious conversation with global clean beauty brand founder Kim Roxie!Southern belle, seasoned makeup artist, licensed esthetician and member of the Cosmetic Executive Women, our guest – Kim Roxie – experienced firsthand how multicultural women have been overlooked in the clean beauty market.At the age of 21, with a $500 investment, she opened her own makeup shop that catered to multicultural women in her hometown of Houston, Texas. After running her shop for 14 years Kim launched LAMIK Beauty in 2020 as an e-commerce clean beauty company making LAMIK the first black-owned clean makeup brand carried by the major beauty specialty retailer, Ulta.com – changing the clean beauty game in Houston, Texas and beyond.Kim has received numerous awards including the Barack Obama and Joe Biden Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service, the Houston Business Journal's “40 under 40,” the Innovation Map Award's “Top Founder under 40”, the American Business Journal's Most Influential Young Executives and “one of the 30 Black Stars” by Face2Face Africa.She is so beloved by her hometown, that the City of Houston formally named June 23rd as Kim Roxie day in her honor!At 46:00 on the audio, Kim demonstrates how to use LAMIK's Revelation Brow Due while chatting with us - awe*mazing! https://lamikbeauty.com/collections/b...To learn more about LAMIK Beauty and to purchase products, please visit: https://lamikbeauty.comPlease follow LAMIK Beauty on social:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LAMIKCosmeticsInstagram: https://instagram.com/lamikbeautyTwitter: https://twitter.com/lamikbeautyThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.combestpodcastlforstartups #startupstories #startuplifeJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Who's ready for some tea from the leading source for LGBTQ+ business news, served with dignity and depth?Our guest, Travers Johnson (he/him), is the Founder & CEO of Queerency, an award-winning LGBTQ+ business media startup, and the Creator of LGBTQ+ Business Week, an annual 7-day celebration of queer-owned small businesses.The winner of the Google News Initiative Pitchfest and the Maynard Institute Media Entrepreneurship Award, Travers' delicious delivery of the queer economy news through Instagram and TikTok reels has made him a worldwide favorite media founder!An award-winning content strategist and editor with 15 years of experience in digital media, book publishing, and email marketing with companies including Penguin Random House, Edelman, Mailchimp, and Scholastic, Travers was trained at Morehouse College and Georgetown University, and is passionate about helping people tell their stories across various mediums.To learn more about Queerency, please visit: https://www.queerency.com Follow Queerency on social media here:TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queerencyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/queerencySubscribe to Queerency's Newsletter here: https://www.queerency.com/newsletterThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestpodcastlforstartups #startupstories #startuplifeJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥
You're never too old to realize a new dream and build an innovative tech business.Our guest, Danielle D. Duplin, is the Founder and President of FreeWind Productions, an award-winning public speaking coach, and an executive producer of strategic innovation programs.She's also a beloved Mentor and Pitch Coach to hundreds of startups and scaleups via MassChallenge, FinTech Sandbox, Leading Cities Accelerator (Smart CitiesTech), TechStars, JETRO (Japan's BioTech), AGENCY (AgeTech), and AARP AgeTech Collaborative – many of which have raised millions of dollars and won ‘best in show' challenges.Danielle's latest entrepreneurial venture is Founder of AGENCY: Worldwide Innovation for Living Longer and Aging Better, a global community of innovators focused on improving the aging journey; as well as Cofounder of the Founders Over 55+ Collective to help “late in life” founders grow their companies and signal a counternarrative to ageism.Please reach out to Danielle via email: danielle@freewindproductions.comYou can learn more about launching a business after 55 by visiting: https://www.agencytoinnovate.com and connecting with them online via:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agency-cic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AGENCYCICConnect with Danielle on these social platforms:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielledduplin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielleDDuplinThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.combestpodcastforstartups #startupstories #proaging #livelongerJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Menstruation is one of the many bodily issues women have been taught to suppress.Our guest, Rachael Kim, said “enough with the silence,” and is actively changing the social conversation around menstrual health.She's the Co-Founder and CEO of My Comma—an organic period care subscription platform amplifying women/BIPOC led brands to menstruators, and powering new routines.My Comma represents the pause to take care of oneself, acknowledge the different facets of you, and the fact that it takes more than yourself to change the social conversation around menstrual health.This work gave rise to the Femtech Salon series taking place in LA, ATL, MIA with other high growth cities — to support and amplify diverse femtech founders by creating more connected ecosystems in their respective local cities.A Forbes Trailblazer, Rachael is a Northwestern and London School of Economics alum who spent 10 years working for Strategy, Risk, and Analytics in Accenture. As an ex-corporate intrapreneur turned social impact entrepreneur, after experiencing health issues, she uses her superpowers for gender equity, particularly period equity while supporting overlooked businesses.To learn more about My Comma, please visit: https://mycomma.life/Newsletter subscription link: https://mycomma-news.beehiiv.com/subscribeThe Quarterly box subscription link: https://mycomma.life/products/the-quarterly.Follow My Comma on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mycommalife/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mycomma/Connect with Rachael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachael-m-kim or via email here: rachael@mycomma.life.Check out Shine Registry for your business shower or to gift a founder: https://www.shineregistry.com/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥ https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplifeJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyons ANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/ How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥
What do you get when you combine beautiful dispensers, a sanitizer people love to use, and a commitment to doing business in a better way?A hand sanitizer system that prevents more plastics from polluting our planet and helps to remove existing plastics too! Our guest, Ashley Wayman, is the Founder of Shimmy – a customizable and eco-friendly hand sanitizer system elevating the way businesses provide this necessary consumable to their employees and customers.Built to last, Shimmy's impeccably designed containers are made with as little plastic as possible, and all refills are packed in easy-to-recycle aluminum. They also partner with Climate Neutral and Plastic Bank® to offset their carbon emissions and plastic footprint.Prior to founding Shimmy, Ashley led Integrated Promotions for Wayfair through their IPO in 2014, and led the mobile marketing team at Rue La La during the flash sale site craze.To learn more about Shimmy, please visit: https://getshimmy.com and follow Shimmy on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/getshimmy/Inquire for your business to have Shimmy for your sanitizing needs! Visit: https://getshimmy.com/#contact_formThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥
Every woman, regardless of hair texture, deserves a wig that resembles the hair that she lost.Our guest, Pamela Shaddock, is Co-Founder and COO of Coils to Locs, a social impact, for-profit enterprise that addresses a healthcare disparity: the lack of coily, curly, ethnically inspired wigs at cancer center hospitals and medical hair loss salons that can be purchased with health insurance reimbursement if applicable.Pamela and her Co-Founder (and sister!) Dianne Austin are intimately aware of how dehumanizing fighting cancer and traction alopecia can be, even with the best efforts and the most compassionate care. Hair loss adds to the feeling of powerlessness and loss of control, especially when you can't find a wig that resembles the hair you lost.A professional film, TV and stage actress with a strong background in nonprofit, Pamela co-leads the company's free health, wellness and beauty workshops for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers.Add wind to Coils to Locs Equity Crowdfunding Campaign on Wefunder here: https://wefunder.com/coilstolocsTo learn more about Coils to Locs, please visit: https://coilstolocs.comTo purchase a Coils to Locs wig, please visit: https://coilstolocsstore.comFollow Coils to Locs on Social here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coils-to-locs/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coilstolocswigs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoilsToLocsTwitter: https://twitter.com/CoilstoLocsPamela's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelashaddockThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥
Are you ready to say Hasta Luego to 2022 and Hello Gorgeous to 2023?Our guest, seasoned founder, mouthy activist, super opinionated blogger and Host of the popular $h!t We Don't Talk About Podcast, Mia Voss, joined us again on the 3rd Annual Andelicious Startup Life LIVE Holiday and Solstice Celebration!Mia and I touch on so many topics, including:• Mia's Year in Review – WOWZA • Glorification of entrepreneurship • White supremacy and capitalist hustle culture based on slavery per our friends at The Nap Ministry• Musk + Elizabeth Holmes + what happens to unicorn founders• Ageism in the startup ecosystem (and everywhere!) • The blame/shame game… Founders feeling shame for: bad hires, not raising $$$, not being a Unicorn, etc.• CU BYE Clubhouse• funding female founders • women's rightsTo learn more about Mia's extraordinary work in the world, please visit: https://miavoss.live/May 2023 be structured enough for success and achievement and flexible enough for creativity and fun.Waving from Boston and wishing you a Happy, Joy-Filled Holiday Season!Ande ♥TMC Services - Founded in 2001, Mia has been the HBIC (head broad in charge) on so many commercial & multi-family projects as the Quality Assurance/Punch List Management Inspector - making sure that things are up to high quality standards for the end user. It can be a thankless job since she basically gets paid to boss construction teams around. She is also a co-founder and brand ambassador for Inspect.com - an online search engine for finding the perfect inspector.Host of the Popular Podcast Shit We Don't Talk About. Launched in 2021 this podcast is for everyone. Mia covers topics including Anxiety, Suicide, Racism, Breast Cancer, Childless Matriarch, Neurodiversity and the list continues.Mia Voss Live - offering her opinionated opinion on brands & products including cars, green lifestyle products and more. Since women make over 85% if not more of overall buying decisions, we need to know what great products can be trusted!Mia On The Go - luxury travel blogging was the name of the game until March 2020 - before that, Mia had been collaborating with numerous travel agencies and marketing agencies to showcase various city and countries including Denver, Chicago, New York, Boston, Lake Tahoe and more. Country adventures included Italy, Zimbabwe and South Africa.https://andelyons.com #bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #startupstrategies JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show! https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE:https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/ Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIP If you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Events are a great way to bring people together, and share a moment, message or idea with a captive audience. They do, however, take considerable time, effort, and organization to execute successfully.Our guest, Dr. Shanna M. Scott, has fine-tuned the art of event planning with her business, Shanna Scott PR & Events, removing the stress and effort from her clients' shoulders.For 18 years Dr. Shanna and her team have produced luxury lifestyle and transformational events and messaging that leave their clients delighted from the experience and thrilled with the results.To learn more about Shanna Scott PR & Events, please visit: https://www.shannascott.com/Connect online with Dr. Shanna via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannamscott/ Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better.Waving from Boston – cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com #startupstories #startuplife #startupstrategies #eventplanner JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
Did you know the fashion industry is responsible for over 4% to the global greenhouse gas emissions? And it's not just a carbon impact, but water, chemicals, deforestation, textile waste, microplastics and more.The U.S. market presents a huge opportunity to systemically refashion apparel supply chains to localized demand chains.Our guest – Lisa Morales-Hellebro – is catalyzing this paradigm shift as CEO and Founder of REFASHIOND OS (rOS), automating on-demand manufacturing for the $2.7 trillion fashion industry via the first network of localized microfactories, connected via a shared tech stack — good for people, planet, and profits.She's also the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of REFASHIOND Ventures, a NY-based, early-stage supply chain technology venture fund that invests in startups refashioning global supply chains.With a clear passion for supply chain challenges, Lisa founded The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation, an organization that is changing how supply chain professionals learn about, collaborate, and adopt early-stage supply chain innovation around the world.Please join me on Friday, December 9th at 12pm ET to meet Lisa and learn why she's passionate about helping fashion tech and supply chain startups achieve industry adoption, growth, and scale.To learn more about REFASHIOND Ventures, please visit: https://www.refashiond.com/To learn more about REFASHIOND OS, please visit: https://www.refashiondos.com/Please connect with Lisa and REFASHIOND via these social platforms:Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisahellebo and https://twitter.com/REFASHIONDLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/supplychainlocalization (Lisa) and https://www.linkedin.com/company/refashiond/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #fashiontech #supplychain JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com. Ande ♥
The exciting anticipation of launching a new business can quickly fade if a newly minted founder isn't properly prepared for startup life.Born into an entrepreneurial family, Alejandra Santos is deeply empathetic to the struggles and challenges entrepreneurship presents. That's why she launched Startup Tandem – to help entrepreneurs start their businesses off on the right foot!Startup Tandem's finance and business services are curated specifically for startups, they fit all business needs at any growth level, and their clients are early-stage Startups in the CPG, SaaS, and professional service industries.Alejandra began building her startup resilience muscles years ago, when she arrived in Miami from Honduras at the age of 17 with no support, money, or family. During her first few years in the US, Alejandra struggled to keep a roof over her head and food on her table, while at the same time pursuing an education. She persevered, earned degrees in finance and accounting, worked for 14 years as a finance and accounting consultant, and recently completed her Master's degree from Pepperdine University.NEED HELP?While tuning in live (or later via replay), be sure to ask any questions you're struggling with in your startup journey. The answers Alejandra and I provide will help you and other founders tuning in!To learn more about Startup Tandem, please visit: https://www.startuptandem.com/Be sure to connect with Alejandra and Startup Tandem via these social platforms:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aalejandrasantos/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-tandem/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuptandem/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better.Waving from Boston – cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #startupstrategies JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
A recent study reported the #1 reason people were quitting their jobs was due to a lack of career development and advancement.Serial entrepreneur Sandra A. Babu-Boateng is solving that problem with her new tech startup LegacyShift: a B2B market network platform that matches members with internal experts for skills training, mentorship and career support.Sandra personally experienced some of these issues during her corporate career, when she found herself unprepared to navigate corporate culture as a Black woman. Not seeing a pathway to growth and success, Sandra left corporate America to become a serial entrepreneur. Prior to launching LegacyShift, Sandra co-founded PanaGenius Inc., a U.S. based digital media company serving global Black audiences. As CEO, she built the company's flagship brand Face2face Africa, into one of the largest Black-owned media platforms, reaching over 3 million monthly readers globally and engaging thousands of professionals and industry leaders in conferences each year. You can learn more about LegacyShift here: https://legacyshift.com/Connect with Sandra on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-babu-boateng-7576a921/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #femalefounders #techfounder JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
How do you instill a sense of resilience in students that allows them to look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity? You teach them entrepreneurship!On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, we celebrated National Entrepreneurship Month and Giving Tuesday by amplifying one of my favorite nonprofit organizations: BUILD.BUILD utilizes entrepreneurship education to help students develop ownership and agency over their own academic and career success, while addressing racial equity and career opportunity gaps by giving under-resourced youth the building blocks to fast track their future and become the CEOs of their own lives. The BUILD partners and volunteers play a key role in helping their students launch micro-enterprises, succeed in high school, and build a network of supportive adults committed to opening doors for them in the future.As many founders know, developing an entrepreneurial mindset helps students develop the capability to envision a future that's filled with possibility. When kids graduate from BUILD's programs, they have a plan and a vision for their future!Please join me in supporting this impactful organization! You will love meeting BUILDS's phenomenal President, Thais Rezende; a former student sharing his journey – Tony Shavers, III; and you'll hear from educators, students, mentors and fundraisers, all adding their delicious wind to this wonderful organization.To add wind to BUILD's sails with a donation - especially a sustainable, monthly donation - please tap this link: https://bit.ly/BUILDGivingTuesday2022Follow BUILD on social via these platforms:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildorg/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BUILDNationalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BUILD.orgYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/build1600Thank you for carving out time to learn about BUILD and add wind to their sails - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #youthentrepreneurship JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
How does a founder know when it's time to launch a PR campaign for their startup, and how do they get media prepared?Our guest, Sabrina Stocker, is a PR expert and founder of Two Comma PR, a unique public relations agency helping businesses get media exposure and quickly build their online brand presence.A former tennis coach and player, Sabrina studied for her MBA at Edinburgh Business School, where she became the youngest person ever to graduate.Combining her sports and business knowledge, Sabrina started her own events company, running tennis tournaments for children. From humble beginnings, where she used her own medals and trophies to give to the winning children, Sabrina expanded the company, running over 400 tennis tournaments a year with a team of 42 brand ambassadors, and a six-figure annual revenue. Sabrina provides step-by-step advice and guidance on how you can build credibility and gain media attention throughout our delicious conversation. She also shares the best founder journey advice from her lived experience.To learn more about Two Comma PR and DOWNLOAD Sabrina's FREE giveaway The Trusted Authority Checklist, please visit: https://www.twocommapr.com/Connect with Sabrina on these social platforms:LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinastocker-publicrelationsexpertINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sabrinastocker.r/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife #howtogetpr JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
How it started: co-hosting networking events and roundtables for founders.How it's going: a Florida-based hybrid accelerator and seed VC fund helping early-stage startups scale!Our guest, Justis Mendez, was born in the Stockyard neighborhood of Cleveland. Raised by his grandparents and single mother, Justis went on to teach himself finance and build networks across the country.He founded startup Qu Parking, an "Airbnb for residential parking,” and led business development for Pinata, a fintech startup based in NYC helping tenants earn rewards for paying rent. In 2017 Justis Co-Founded OneSixOne Ventures with Pablo Casilimas, a hybrid accelerator and VC seed fund. The 10-week accelerator program covers topics from building an MVP and customer acquisition, to forming a team and raising capital, and has a strong mentorship component.To learn more about OneSixOne Ventures and apply to their accelerator, please visit: https://www.onesixone.ventures/Follow and connect with Justis and OneSixOne Ventures on these social platforms:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/onesixone-ventures and https://www.linkedin.com/in/justis-mendez-a78453b6/Twitter: https://twitter.com/161venturesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onesixoneventures/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/Innovation Studio: innovationstudio.org/programs/scale/driving2043SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
For a brand-new startup and its first-time founders, an accelerator program is an ideal opportunity to get valuable peer, mentor and financial support.Our guest, Caroline Winnett, is the Executive Director of one of the world's leading accelerator programs and a global hub for entrepreneurship: Berkeley SkyDeck.Founded by UC Berkeley students, alumni, and faculty who were seeking to bring their scientific and technical discoveries to market, the program is ranked second to Stanford in producing venture capital-backed entrepreneurs.SkyDeck has a strong DEI initiative and, since 2018, has significantly grown the number of startups founded by female founders and historically-overlooked founders.Caroline is a serial entrepreneur, civic activist, angel investor, advisor and board member of several startups, as well as and a frequent speaker on startups, accelerators, women in business and consumer neuroscience. Please join me on Tuesday, November 15 at 12pm ET to meet Caroline, hear her amazing founder and funder stories, and learn why she's leading a top, world renown accelerator program.AMPLIFY YOUR STARTUPWhile tuning in live, be sure to share your business name, one liner and website in the comment threads during the live show - Caroline and I will showcase and celebrate your startup to the LIVE and REPLAY Viewers !Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.comJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.
Improving systemic social and environmental challenges isn't just for nonprofit agencies.Our guest, Pauline Koelbl, is a gender-lens/impact investor and a leading innovation expert in developing and emerging economies, with over 20 years' experience in international affairs and venture philanthropy.She's the Founder and Managing Partner of ShEquity, a fund providing smart investment to impactful, innovative, and scalable African female-led and owned businesses; and she's the Founder/CEO of AfriProspect, a company focused on connecting African innovators with global markets. Pauline is also the co-founder of PROWAH (Professional Women of African Heritage) and is currently serving on a variety of Boards of impact driven companies/organizations including impact investing funds, universities, as well as those promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in Africa.To learn more about ShEquity, please visit: https://shequity.com/Follow Pauline and ShEquity via these social channels:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauline-koelbl-36112327/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/shequity/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulineKoelbl and https://twitter.com/ShEquityAfricaThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your startup will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupstories #startuplife JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVECONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
Growing up an underestimated, first-generation Mexican-American daughter to immigrants, our guest, Lolita Taub, had a dream to give her family a better shot at life.Today Lolita is a General Partner at Ganas Ventures, where she invests in pre-seed and seed community-driven companies in the US and Latin America, with a mission of creating generational wealth in community.With 15 years working within the Silicon Valley ecosystem, she has accomplished $70M+ in sales and made 90+ investments as an Angel Investor, she's a Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners, and a VC at Backstage Capital and The Community Fund.Lolita is also a Co-Founder of proprietary matching tools Startup-Investor Matching Tool, the GP-LP Matching Tool, and the LaaS (Lolita as a Service!) community, which brings along a community of over 4K+ founders, funders, and ecosystem friends.Forbes and Inc Magazine have featured Lolita as a woman promoting investment in underestimated founders and funders. She has a BA from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the IE Business School. Lolita is currently in LATAM, hunting for unicorns, and most importantly, she is a dog mom to the cutest Dachshund mix, Choco.To learn more about Lolita's awe*mazing work in the world, please follow her everywhere she GLOWS:Lolita Taub: https://lu.ma/lolitataub Ganas Ventures: https://www.ganas.vc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolitataub/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/ganasvc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lolitataub and https://twitter.com/ganasvcInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lolitataub/ and https://www.instagram.com/ganasvc/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #startupinvestor #startuplife CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://andelyons.com https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.facebook.com/StartupLifew... https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ https://www.pinterest.com/andelyons/ https://angel.co/andelyons TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ANDELICIOUS RESOURCES:JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEAGORAPULSEMy favorite digital marketing dashboard is AGORAPULSE – it's the best platform to manage your social media posts and presence! Learn more here: http://www.agorapulse.com?via=ande17STARTUP DOX Do you need attorney reviewed legal documents for your startup? I'm a proud community partner of Startup Dox, a new service provided by Selvarajah Law PC which helps you draw out all the essential paperwork needed to kickstart your business in a super cost-effective way. All the legal you're looking for… only without confusion or frustration. EVERY filing and document comes with an attorney review. You will never do it alone. Visit https://www.thestartupdox.com/ and use my discount code ANDE10 to receive 10% off your order.SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
While not all entrepreneurs are artists, all artists are entrepreneurs.They have a product or idea to sell, and they need to approach their business as any entrepreneur would.Our guest, Sky Bergman, is an accomplished, award-winning photographer who recently made her directorial debut with Lives Well Lived, a film celebrating the incredible wit, wisdom and experiences of adults aged 75 to 100 years old. Sky's fine art work is included in permanent collections at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Her commercial work has appeared on book covers for Random House and Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., and magazine spreads in Smithsonian, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Reader's Digest, and Archaeology Odyssey.Sky was recently named a CoGenerate Innovation Fellow, joining an impressive group of 14 other social entrepreneurs with cogenerational solutions to today's biggest problems. These 15 inspiring social entrepreneurs bring older & younger people together to address racial inequality, climate change, social isolation and more.To learn more about Sky's beautiful film, Lives Well Lived, please visit: https://www.lives-well-lived.com/Follow Lives Well Lived on these social channels:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liveswelllivedTwitter: https://twitter.com/liveswelllivedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/liveswelllived/Connect with Sky on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skybergman/WATCH LIVES WELL LIVED via:PBS Passport (free with a PBS membership: https://www.pbs.org/show/lives-well-lived/AMAZON: https://bit.ly/LWLAmazoniTUNES: https://apple.co/2YpODcIDVD: https://shop.pbs.org/WD7182DV.htmlThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #artistpreneur #documentaryfilmmaker #documentaryfilmmaking CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://andelyons.com https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.facebook.com/StartupLifew... https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ https://www.pinterest.com/andelyons/ https://angel.co/andelyons TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Carrier Challenge – ends October 31st.Carrier Landing Page: https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/healthy-homes-challengeScroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ANDELICIOUS RESOURCES:JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEAGORAPULSEMy favorite digital marketing dashboard is AGORAPULSE – it's the best platform to manage your social media posts and presence! Learn more here: http://www.agorapulse.com?via=ande17STARTUP DOX Do you need attorney reviewed legal documents for your startup? I'm a proud community partner of Startup Dox, a new service provided by Selvarajah Law PC which helps you draw out all the essential paperwork needed to kickstart your business in a super cost-effective way. All the legal you're looking for… only without confusion or frustration. EVERY filing and document comes with an attorney review. You will never do it alone. Visit https://www.thestartupdox.com/ and use my discount code ANDE10 to receive 10% off your order.SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
Bringing an MVP to life can be expensive, time consuming, and heartbreaking if the results aren't customer and investor ready.Our guest, Ayush Singhvi, launched Byldd to address a gap he saw in software entrepreneurship: aspiring founders spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on ineffective developers or agencies without receiving a marketable product. Byldd is an MVP Development Company that helps founders build revenue-generating, scalable MVPs for under $10K using a combination of proprietary technology and pre-built modules.Ayush's love for the high-energy, results-oriented world of entrepreneurship, and the idea of solving problems through software, drove him to the startup world in 2014. Over the next 4 years, he took on the roles of product manager, senior engineer and CTO at early-stage and scaling companies.To date, Byldd has helped 40+ founders go to market, get their first customers and start scaling. Companies Byldd has worked with have generated $100Ks in revenue, have been accepted into YCombinator and raised money at 8 figure valuations.To learn more about Byldd, please visit: https://byldd.com/Connect with Ayush and Byldd on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayushsinghvi/https://www.linkedin.com/company/byldd/Check out Ayush's favorite resources here:https://www.fullstory.comLean Startup: https://amzn.to/3FACe9mThe Hard Thing About Hard Things: https://amzn.to/3fnxWrbThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #mvpdevelopmentcompany #buildascalablemvpCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://andelyons.com https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.facebook.com/StartupLifew... https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ https://www.pinterest.com/andelyons/ https://angel.co/andelyons TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Scroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/Girls Just Wanna Have Funds Movie Fundraising Campaign:https://girlsjustwannahavefunds.wedid.it/campaigns/10889ANDELICIOUS RESOURCES:JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEAGORAPULSEMy favorite digital marketing dashboard is AGORAPULSE – it's the best platform to manage your social media posts and presence! Learn more here: http://www.agorapulse.com?via=ande17STARTUP DOX Do you need attorney reviewed legal documents for your startup? I'm a proud community partner of Startup Dox, a new service provided by Selvarajah Law PC which helps you draw out all the essential paperwork needed to kickstart your business in a super cost-effective way. All the legal you're looking for… only without confusion or frustration. EVERY filing and document comes with an attorney review. You will never do it alone. Visit https://www.thestartupdox.com/ and use my discount code ANDE10 to receive 10% off your order.SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
Everyone needs a good headshot. EVERYONE.When our guest, Kevin Thai, learned he was having a son at the same time he was being laid off during the pandemic, he immediately turned to the business of headshot photography. Fortunately, classic headshots never go out of style, which makes professional headshot photography a stable, profitable niche … especially for a new Dad!Kevin quickly built his social capital on LinkedIn, focusing on Boston's thriving startup community, and soon his photography business was soaring with referral-based business. Today he has over 250 5-star reviews on Google!While his clients, ranging from startup hustlers to C-Suite professionals, love his phenomenal photography skills, they also can't get enough of his Dad jokes.To learn more about Kevin's extraordinary headshot services, please visit: https://www.threecirclesstudio.com/Connect with Kevin on social via:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinthai/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/threecirclesstudio/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #headshotphotography #headshotphotographer CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://andelyons.com https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.facebook.com/StartupLifew... https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ https://www.pinterest.com/andelyons/ https://angel.co/andelyons TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Carrier Challenge – ends October 31st.Carrier Landing Page: https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/healthy-homes-challengeScroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ANDELICIOUS RESOURCES:JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEAGORAPULSEMy favorite digital marketing dashboard is AGORAPULSE – it's the best platform to manage your social media posts and presence! Learn more here: http://www.agorapulse.com?via=ande17STARTUP DOX Do you need attorney reviewed legal documents for your startup? I'm a proud community partner of Startup Dox, a new service provided by Selvarajah Law PC which helps you draw out all the essential paperwork needed to kickstart your business in a super cost-effective way. All the legal you're looking for… only without confusion or frustration. EVERY filing and document comes with an attorney review. You will never do it alone. Visit https://www.thestartupdox.com/ and use my discount code ANDE10 to receive 10% off your order.SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
Female Founders and Leaders are changing the landscape of business every single day.Helping women leaders who are creating positive change, building their businesses and the legacies they want to leave behind is social entrepreneur and brand strategist Erika Brechtel's Ikagi.She's the founder of Élanoura, an organization that brings together and supports women by providing opportunities to explore a purpose bigger than themselves, connections outside of themselves and impact beyond themselves.Her upcoming book, Make Your Mark, Make It Matter, provides women founders with the tools to elevate, integrate, and create the change they want to see in the world and build their own legacy of impact.To learn more about Erika and Élanoura, please visit: https://elanoura.com/Follow and connect with Erika and Élanoura on these social platforms:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elanouraglobal/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikabrechtel/Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikabrechtelInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/elanouraglobal/ and https://www.instagram.com/erikabrechtel/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #womeninbusiness #womenempowerment #femalefounders CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://andelyons.com https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.facebook.com/StartupLifew... https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ https://www.pinterest.com/andelyons/ https://angel.co/andelyons TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Carrier Challenge – ends October 31st.Carrier Landing Page: https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/healthy-homes-challengeScroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ANDELICIOUS RESOURCES:JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEAGORAPULSEMy favorite digital marketing dashboard is AGORAPULSE – it's the best platform to manage your social media posts and presence! Learn more here: http://www.agorapulse.com?via=ande17STARTUP DOX Do you need attorney reviewed legal documents for your startup? I'm a proud community partner of Startup Dox, a new service provided by Selvarajah Law PC which helps you draw out all the essential paperwork needed to kickstart your business in a super cost-effective way. All the legal you're looking for… only without confusion or frustration. EVERY filing and document comes with an attorney review. You will never do it alone. Visit https://www.thestartupdox.com/ and use my discount code ANDE10 to receive 10% off your order.SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
Digital marketing strategies look great on paper, right? But when it comes to implementing a startup's social media presence, brand and content consistently, many founders get overwhelmed.Our guest, Janelle Jones, is the founder and CEO of Janelle and Co., a boutique consulting agency that takes service-based brands to the next level with growth-based holistic marketing strategies. The team at Janelle & Co. are on a mission to amplify change-makers' services by providing innovative, customized strategies. They work as direct partners with clients to strengthen their brand presence and boost all aspects of their business. To learn more about Janelle's outstanding services, please visit: https://janelleajones.com/Hire Janelle and receive an Andelicious 10% discount!Follow and connect with Janelle on social:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janellejspeaks/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonesjanelle/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/janellejones/Twitter: https://twitter.com/janellejspeaksThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #digitalmarketingagency #smallbusinessowner Psst: If you're thinking “Wow – that Andelicious Advice really helped me,” please buy me a cup of coffee – a breve cappuccino will make my heart and mind sing with joy and keep me powered to serve more founders – thank you! You'll also find some Andelicious documents and resources for startups ready to download and ease your founder journey. ♥https://www.buymeacoffee.com/andelyonsCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://andelyons.com https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.facebook.com/StartupLifew... https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ https://www.pinterest.com/andelyons/ https://angel.co/andelyons TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Carrier Challenge – ends October 31st.Carrier Landing Page: https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/healthy-homes-challenge?utm_content=1663250503&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin Switchpitch Application Page (requires free account to access): https://app.switchpitch.com/public-trackers/2722Apply to Richard King Mellon Foundation: https://www.rkmf.org/pages/applyScroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/How to Raise a Seed Round: https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ANDELICIOUS RESOURCES:JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEAGORAPULSEMy favorite digital marketing dashboard is AGORAPULSE – it's the best platform to manage your social media posts and presence! Learn more here: http://www.agorapulse.com?via=ande17STARTUP DOX Do you need attorney reviewed legal documents for your startup? I'm a proud community partner of Startup Dox, a new service provided by Selvarajah Law PC which helps you draw out all the essential paperwork needed to kickstart your business in a super cost-effective way. All the legal you're looking for… only without confusion or frustration. EVERY filing and document comes with an attorney review. You will never do it alone. Visit https://www.thestartupdox.com/ and use my discount code ANDE10 to receive 10% off your order.SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
Urban and indoor farming are the future, but traditional farming methods and tools won't always translate from the field to the indoor farm.Our guest, serial entrepreneur Aja Atwood, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Trella Technologies Inc., an AgTech startup on a mission to create energy-efficient and globally scalable solutions to problems unique to the indoor farming industry.With fellow inventor and Co-Founder, Andres "Dre" Chamorro III, they prototyped, built, and built again, Trella's patented plant-training solution. At every step, they got input from experienced growers, incorporating feedback and improving the design.The result: Trella's first technology: TrellaGro LST™, the only automated patented solution to growing tall fruiting and flowering plants via stacked vertical farming.Aja graduated cum laude from Northeastern University's College of Engineering and worked as an international engineering consultant and specialist focused on climate disaster risk engineering to reduce property damage and business interruptions from natural catastrophes.To learn more about Trella Technologies, please visit: https://www.trella.io/To learn more about Trella's Wefunder Campaign, please visit: https://wefunder.com/trella.technologies.llc Please email Aja if you have any questions: Aja@Trella.io.Connect with Aja and Trella online via these social platforms:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trellatech/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaatwood/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrellaTechInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trellatech/Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #indoorfarming #agtech #inventor Psst: If you're thinking “Wow – that Andelicious Advice really helped me,” please buy me a cup of coffee – a breve cappuccino will make my heart and mind sing with joy and keep me powered to serve more founders – thank you! You'll also find some Andelicious documents and resources for startups ready to download and ease your founder journey. ♥https://www.buymeacoffee.com/andelyonsCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://andelyons.com https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.facebook.com/StartupLifew... https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ https://www.pinterest.com/andelyons/ https://angel.co/andelyons TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Apply to Richard King Mellon Foundation: https://www.rkmf.org/pages/applyScroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ANDELICIOUS RESOURCES:JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEAGORAPULSEMy favorite digital marketing dashboard is AGORAPULSE – it's the best platform to manage your social media posts and presence! Learn more here: http://www.agorapulse.com?via=ande17STARTUP DOX Do you need attorney reviewed legal documents for your startup? I'm a proud community partner of Startup Dox, a new service provided by Selvarajah Law PC which helps you draw out all the essential paperwork needed to kickstart your business in a super cost-effective way. All the legal you're looking for… only without confusion or frustration. EVERY filing and document comes with an attorney review. You will never do it alone. Visit https://www.thestartupdox.com/ and use my discount code ANDE10 to receive 10% off your order.SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
Founder and CEO Marcie Dickson is pursuing her vision to make arbitration and mediation more transparent, inclusive, and diverse. Leveraging nearly 20 years of business development experience – including as the only Black female Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer in ADR nationally and one of only a handful in the legal industry – Marcie now leads an experienced team and a prominent and diverse panel of neutrals at her company, Alterity ADR.Alterity ADR is the largest female and minority-owned national dispute resolution firm in the country. Built on diversity, its mission ensures that they relate to all parties in disputes.Marcie has been recognized for her work and leadership in ADR by Bloomberg Law, Forbes, The American Lawyer, Law360, and the American Bar Association.She is a guest host of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section podcast “Resolutions” and serves as a steering committee member of the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge (ERA) and the Black In-House Counsel Black Diamond Series. To learn more about Alterity ADR, please visit: https://alterityadr.comPlease tap these links to connect with Marcie and Alterity on social:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marciedickson/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/alterityadr/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlterityADRThank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande ♥https://andelyons.com#bestyoutubechannelforstartups #conflictresolution #alternativedisputeresolution #ADR Psst: If you're thinking “Wow – that Andelicious Advice really helped me,” please buy me a cup of coffee – a breve cappuccino will make my heart and mind sing with joy and keep me powered to serve more founders – thank you! You'll also find some Andelicious documents and resources for startups ready to download and ease your founder journey. ♥https://www.buymeacoffee.com/andelyonsCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://andelyons.com https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.facebook.com/StartupLifew... https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ https://www.pinterest.com/andelyons/ https://angel.co/andelyons TikTok: @andelyonsANDELICIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTSArlan's Academy: https://arlansacademy.com/Apply to Richard King Mellon Foundation: https://www.rkmf.org/pages/applyScroobious - use Ande15 discount code: https://www.scroobious.com/https://bit.ly/AAElizabethYinTune in to Mia Voss' Shit We Don't Talk About podcast here: https://shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com/ANDELICIOUS RESOURCES:JOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEAGORAPULSEMy favorite digital marketing dashboard is AGORAPULSE – it's the best platform to manage your social media posts and presence! Learn more here: http://www.agorapulse.com?via=ande17STARTUP DOX Do you need attorney reviewed legal documents for your startup? I'm a proud community partner of Startup Dox, a new service provided by Selvarajah Law PC which helps you draw out all the essential paperwork needed to kickstart your business in a super cost-effective way. All the legal you're looking for… only without confusion or frustration. EVERY filing and document comes with an attorney review. You will never do it alone. Visit https://www.thestartupdox.com/ and use my discount code ANDE10 to receive 10% off your order.SPONSORSHIPIf you resonate with the show's mission of amplifying diverse founder voices while serving first-time founders around the world, please reach out to me to learn more about making an impact through sponsoring the Startup Life LIVE Show! ande@andelyons.com.Ande ♥
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