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Theresa began her career in the US Army, serving during the 2008 Iraq war and led the Only Ground-Combat Brigade during the Iraq Surge to bring every soldier home safely. As an Army Veteran, she discusses how she defines leadership and reflects on the recent passing of Vanessa Guillen who also served at Fort Hood.In this segment, we learn about Theresa's pivot from the US Army to founding her own business, Puppy Mama. Get an inside look on how Theresa has built her stealth community and the inner work we must do to be truly resilient.
While I was up in Sydney, I was lucky enough to spend time with Madison de Rozario, three-time Paralympian who is heading off for her fourth in Tokyo this year. Madi made her Paralympic debut in wheelchair racing at just 14 years old at the Beijing 2008 games taking home three silver medals since then as well as a string of other accolades and achievements. She is an incredible role model and advocate for the visibility of the disabled community, reshaping our perception of disability and truly going after your dreams. As you'll hear, she is delightfully bubbly, humble and articulate and it's no surprise to me that she was named the 2020 Barbie Australian Shero (that's she-hero) as part of Barbie's Global Role Model campaign inspiring women the world over with a one of a kind doll. As one of my favourite childhood brands, I've loved learning how Barbie is inspiring the limitless potential of every girl introducing different body types, hair, skin and everything in between and as you'll see in the episode image, Madi's doll comes complete with her racing chair. Madi's excitement and drive is infectious and I hope you enjoy hearing her story! + Follow Madison here + Announcements on Insta at @spoonful_of_sarah + Join our Facebook community here + Subscribe to not miss out on the next instalment of YAY!
While I was up in Sydney, I was lucky enough to spend time with Madison de Rozario, three-time Paralympian who is heading off for her fourth in Tokyo this year. Madi made her Paralympic debut in wheelchair racing at just 14 years old at the Beijing 2008 games taking home three silver medals since then as well as a string of other accolades and achievements. She is an incredible role model and advocate for the visibility of the disabled community, reshaping our perception of disability and truly going after your dreams.As you’ll hear, she is delightfully bubbly, humble and articulate and it’s no surprise to me that she was named the 2020 Barbie Australian Shero (that’s she-hero) as part of Barbie’s Global Role Model campaign inspiring women the world over with a one of a kind doll. As one of my favourite childhood brands, I’ve loved learning how Barbie is inspiring the limitless potential of every girl introducing different body types, hair, skin and everything in between and as you’ll see in the episode image, Madi’s doll comes complete with her racing chair. Madi’s excitement and drive is infectious and I hope you enjoy hearing her story!+ Follow Madison here+ Announcements on Insta at @spoonful_of_sarah+ Join our Facebook community here+ Subscribe to not miss out on the next instalment of YAY!
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On this episode, I’m talking with Theresa Piasta, the founder of the Puppy Mama community and the author of a new book sourced from real dog mom stories alongside advice from trainers, groomers and vets. We talk about the importance of creating a community around dogs and the nitty gritty details that it took to create this new book. We also touch on Theresa’s plans for her next book that will include advice on how to take your dog to more places so you rarely have to leave them behind. The rest of the shownotes can be found at wearwagrepeat.com/podcast
Today we chat about one of my favorite topics, COMMUNITY! It also happen's to be Theresa Piasta's as well. Theresa and I met back when Pax was right under 10k and she was knee deep (and still is) growing her company PuppyMama. I helped Theresa kick off her Instagram live series and have watched her blossom ever since. Theresa has a book coming out, Raising a Doodle, and guess what, I’m in it!! She even reads one of my quotes from the book in today's episode. In today's episode we cover a lot of ground. Theresa recently had baby and was able to share her experience of preparing for motherhood and postpartum, finding balance, and now living in her normal. Theresa and I talk about prioritizing different elements in business, letting go of certain expectations of ourselves, and most importantly creating a community. Theresa talks about the power of team both in her family unit and from outside sources while she went through pregnancy and then postpartum and how this help has encouraged a happy healthy household. We get real about not giving up on your dreams when becoming a mother and ultizling a community to help accomplish tasks. She’s a one woman show and has learned every step of the way. She’s an absolute inspiration. Before founding Puppy Mama, Theresa Piasta was a Vice President at J.P. Morgan—spending six total years in the Investment Bank and Sales & Trading businesses at two Wall Street banks. Prior to that she served as an Army Captain in a Field Artillery Brigade. During her fourteen-month Iraq deployment in 2008, Theresa led a large team to defend thousands of soldiers and contractors residing on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Delta near the Iranian border. She was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for her service. Theresa attended the Stanford GSB Ignite program in 2016 and received a B.A. in economics from Wellesley College in 2006. Theresa and her six siblings grew up in Sonoma County, California. Today she lives in San Francisco, CA, with her husband, son, and cavapoo, Waffles. Make sure to tune into the end where Theresa shares more about her first book ever, Raising a Doodle, which you can currently pre-purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and puppymama.com/book. It officially is available for purchase on November 4th! Happy Listening!
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Terri talks to Theresa Piasta, CEO and Founder of Puppy Mama about her experience in the US Army and her 14-month deployment in Iraq. Theresa shares her journey in choosing to go into the military, touches on some of the challenges in being a woman in the military, and how she leveraged LinkedIn and informal veteran network to land a civilian job on Wall Street after she got out of the military. Who is Theresa Piasta? Theresa Piasta is the Founder of Puppy Mama - a pet-tech company leveraging technology to enhance the lives of dog moms around the world. The Puppy Mama online store is bringing style to dog moms everywhere! And, the Puppy Mama web application gives dog moms a safe place to share, connect with one another, effortlessly schedule fun meet ups with their friends, and rate businesses, travel services, and hotels to advocate for a more dog-friendly world. Before Puppy Mama, Theresa was a Vice President at JPMorgan, and served as an Army Captain in a Field Artillery Brigade. During her 14-month Iraq deployment in 2008, Theresa led a large team to defend thousands on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Delta near the Iranian border. She was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for her service. Theresa attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business Ignite program and received a B.A. in Economics from Wellesley College. She also studied military science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a ROTC scholarship recipient and was a collegiate soccer player for two seasons during her time at Wellesley College. Show Highlights Theresa talks about her experience in the US Army and her deployment in Iraq She expands on why military veterans would make good founders and employees in the civilian world and the difficulties in getting jobs after being in the military Theresa talked about leveraging LinkedIn when she came back from Iraq to get her job on Wall Street and how she leveraged the veterans network Terri asks Theresa if her time playing competitive soccer helped her achieve her professional and entrepreneurial goals Terri talks about one of her favorite soccer tournaments in Petaluma over Halloween when she was a kid Terri asks Theresa about whether she’s had trouble being taken seriously because she is beautiful or if this has helped her Theresa talks about how she had two choices in the type of woman she was going to be in the military and suffered retaliation as a result of her choice to not date men in the military Theresa came from a military family and chose to go into the military after she graduated from Wellesley College after participating in the ROTC program at MIT Theresa is very proud to have been in the military and to have served her country, but she didn’t sign up for the extreme sexual harassment she experienced while in the military Terri’s Key Takeaway It is important for girls to play competitive sports to learn valuable life skills that apply beyond the field or court. References in the Podcast Puppy Mama: https://www.puppymama.com/ Skillmill: https://www.skillmil.com/ Shift: https://www.shift.org/ Jillian Manus of Structure VC: http://structure.vc/ Serena Williams Gatorade commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JvRVILczps Contact Theresa can be reached at woof@puppymama.com Waffles can be reached at waffles@puppymama.com Instagram: @puppy.mama Puppy Mama application; https://app.puppymama.com/auth You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.
Terri talks to Theresa Piasta, CEO and Founder of Puppy Mama about how she decided to take her experience improving her health through canine therapy to build a business around finding ways for women to live their lives more fully with their pups. This includes both through accessories and apparel for their dogs and finding pet-friendly places for them to take their dogs with them whether it be for travel, dining, or other daily activities. Who is Theresa Piasta? Theresa Piasta is the Founder of Puppy Mama - a pet-tech company leveraging technology to enhance the lives of dog moms around the world. The Puppy Mama online store is bringing style to dog moms everywhere! And, the Puppy Mama web application gives dog moms a safe place to share, connect with one another, effortlessly schedule fun meet ups with their friends, and rate businesses, travel services, and hotels to advocate for a more dog-friendly world. Before Puppy Mama, Theresa was a Vice President at JPMorgan, and served as an Army Captain in a Field Artillery Brigade. During her 14-month Iraq deployment in 2008, Theresa led a large team to defend thousands on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Delta near the Iranian border. She was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for her service. Theresa attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business Ignite program and received a B.A. in Economics from Wellesley College. She also studied military science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a ROTC scholarship recipient and was a collegiate soccer player for two seasons during her time at Wellesley College. Show Highlights Terri and Theresa talk about meeting at The Guild’s Serendipity event this past fall Theresa talks about what Puppy Mama, her dog Waffles, and how she came up with the idea for Puppy Mama Terri asks about the size of the market for pet care and more specifically about how big the market is for Puppy Mama with the two different focus areas for Puppy Mama Big businesses like Disney are recognizing the needs of their customers and have opened up their facilities to pets and pet owners in order to attract them to their businesses. Theresa talks about the difficulties associated with being a female founder with a startup targeting the female consumer market If Theresa could wave a magic wand, she would make it so that people would treat each other like dogs treat each other and create positive human interactions Terri’s Key Takeaway Female founders with startups targeting a female audience continue to find challenges in raising capital from male investors who often need to be educated on the size of the market opportunity and that the opportunity actually exists. References in the Podcast The Guild’s Serendipity un-conference: https://www.guildserendipity.com/ Puppy Mama: https://www.puppymama.com/ Slush: http://www.slush.org/ YouTube video of Terri’s panel at Slush on shifting demographics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP-1LQ3838s&t=27s Contact Theresa can be reached at woof@puppymama.com Waffles can be reached at waffles@puppymama.com Instagram: @puppy.mama Puppy Mama application; https://app.puppymama.com/auth You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.
Today we are going to talk about powering through assumptions. There is a tendency for people to assume things about us by the way we look, and they try to put us into a little box, but there is always so much more to the picture. As with the case with my guest expert today, The Puppy Mama! We give you the most creative ways to push through those assumptions and become a healthier, more fulfilled version of yourself by breaking those boxes and expectations boldly.
When Susy Koontz learned about a correlation between movement – how exercise stimulates brain growth – and enhanced learning, she created Math and Movement training for kids – and discovered that it helps math-phobic adults, too. www.mathandmovement.com These findings – from an Ogilvy PR survey on behalf of Change the Equation – may surprise you: 29% of Americans reported that they're not good at math, for 37% of women vs 21% of men. 39% of 18-24 year-old Americans were most likely to believe they are not good at math. Nearly 30% of Americans said they'd rather clean the bathroom than solve a math problem. 63% of Americans reported difficulty doing some type of math: estimating distances or weight (35%), figuring out savings $ needed for retirement (34%), and calculating tax (24%). Meet Theresa Piasta, creator of the SF-based startup Puppy Mama, Inc., a new community app using technology to connect women and their dogs with info on pet-friendly travel, services, places and activities. A Bronze Star Medal U.S. military veteran who served four years in the Active Duty U.S. Army, including a 14-month tour in Iraq, Theresa was inspired to create Puppy Mama during her own healing journey from severe migraines and neurological issues, later diagnosed as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from her military service. The app is live at https://www.puppymama.com. More info: https://www.pawssion.org
Ways to celebrate Adopt-a-Shelter Pet Day on April 30 from Health and Lifestyle contributor Monica Leighton. Bringing your best friend wherever you go just got easier: introducing the new Puppy Mama App with founder Theresa Piasta. De-stress with your pet: learn about "Doga - Yoga for and Your Dog "with Lisa Recchione.
Ways to celebrate Adopt-a-Shelter Pet Day on April 30 from Health and Lifestyle contributor Monica Leighton. Bringing your best friend wherever you go just got easier: introducing the new Puppy Mama App with founder Theresa Piasta. De-stress with your pet: learn about "Doga - Yoga for and Your Dog "with Lisa Recchione.