Podcast appearances and mentions of Shiza Shahid

Celebrate culture and connection with Dinner at Our Place, the latest cookbook from the team behind Our Place, the makers of the beloved Always Pan®. Shiza Shahid, co-founder and CEO of the acclaimed cookware shares the brand's mission to bring people together through the joy of cooking and dining. With contributions from 11 renowned chefs, tastemakers, and restaurateurs, the book presents over 100 recipes alongside curated menus designed to inspire memorable gatherings. Each chapter of Dinner at Our Place is a fully crafted dining experience, complete with playlists, mood-lighting suggestions, and tips to elevate your hosting game. From Shiza Shahid's cozy family dinners to Kia Damon's creative take on Friendsgiving, the book offers a rich tapestry of culinary traditions and innovative approaches. Other highlights include Jen Monroe's playful Valentine's celebration, DeVonn Francis's Caribbean-inspired feast, and Keegan Fong's hot pot night with Mama Fong. At this event, Shahid will share the stories behind the cookbook and the collaborations that shaped its pages. Learn how each menu came to life, explore the joy of hosting through recipes like Saffron Tachin and Whole Salt-Roasted Fish, and discover the deeper purpose of building connections through food. Whether you're an experienced entertainer or new to the kitchen, this event is your invitation to celebrate the art of gathering. Shiza Shahid is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Our Place, a mission-driven brand reimagining kitchenware for the modern, global kitchen. Before Our Place, Shiza co-founded the Malala Fund with Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, serving as its founding CEO to champion every girl's right to education. She also launched NOW Ventures, an angel fund investing in mission-driven startups with a focus on female founders. Shiza has been recognized as one of TIME's “30 Under 30 People Changing the World,” Forbes' “30 Under 30 – Social Entrepreneurs,” and INC Magazine's “Top Female Founders.” Her thought leadership has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, and more. She's also a sought-after speaker, frequently appearing at major events like Aspen Ideas Festival, Fortune Most Powerful Women, and the World Economic Forum.  Buy the Book Dinner at Our Place: Recipes for Gathering Elliott Bay Book Company

As inflation drops to a two-and-a-half year low, Ian discusses what it could mean for interest rates with Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB.He's also joined by Kriti Sharma, chief product officer of legal tech at Thomson Reuters - which is launching a new generative AI assistant for the legal profession.And warnings of the risks of so called "forever chemicals" have led to a surge in demand a new non stick kitchen pan that's made without them. Shiza Shahid, co-founder of Our Place - the company behind the product - explains why.

Ingrid Michaelson is back to tell us about bringing “The Notebook the Musical” to Broadway after announcing it on Hoda and Jenna back in 2019. Also, this International Women's Day meet social activist Shiza Shahid who is changing the way we cook. Plus, check out some of our favorite women-owned businesses. And, honor some of the most inspirational women in a new trivia game called “Hall of Femme.”

Shiza Shahid is the co-founder and co-CEO of Our Place, a mission-driven startup reimagining kitchenware for the modern, multiethnic, global kitchen. Prior to Our Place, Shahid also co-founded the Malala Fund with Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. She led the organization as founding CEO, advocating for the rights of all girls to attend school. Shahid also launched NOW Ventures, an angel fund to invest in mission-driven startups. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Ravi Belani, Shahid shares how her life and career have shaped her view of entrepreneurship and offers advice for infusing mission and meaning into products and brands.

Shiza's career path has been one of pivots: she went from a childhood in Pakistan to college at Stanford. Post-college, she started off at McKinsey, but left for the non-profit world, co-founded the Malala Fund with Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. And then in 2019, she co-founded Our Place,a mission-driven startup reimagining kitchenware for the modern, multiethnic, global kitchen. Our Place's designs have resulted in more than 140 patents, waitlists of over 30,000 people and more than 1000 press headlines. The iconic Always Pan has sold out more than 30 times. Shiza shares how learning to cook led her to reimagine the kitchenware industry, how she persevered past 100 investor rejections, and why we often think opportunities are riskier than they are.

Shiza Shahid is the co-founder of Our Place – a lifestyle brand offering ethically made and toxin-free cookware. The brand's signature Always Pan, launched in summer 2021, is a multifunctional pan that combines eight pieces of cookware in one, and the newly released Always Pan 2.0 now replaces ten pieces of cookware. Following a collaboration with Selena Gomez earlier this summer, Our Place is now stocked in Selfridges, Harrods and Liberty and has a host of celebrity fans including Oprah Winfrey, Cameron Diaz and Joe Wicks. To celebrate the brand's new partnership with Grind, Shiza joined Charlotte to chat business tips, secrets to success and more… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shiza Shahid is an activist, an investor, and cofounder of the Malala Fund and Our Place. Shahid sat down with cohost Cleo Wade in front of a live audience to talk about her life journey, building a business rooted in social impact, how to make a difference in the causes you care about, and the mantra she uses to redirect pressure and anxiety.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, I speak to the very talented Shiza Shahid who's story has inspired and motivated me so much!We discuss many topics, including: - Growing up in Pakistan- Co-founding The Malala Fund- Her Viral Brand: Our Place & How She Grew Her Global Business Find out more about Shiza here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shiza/?hl=en Our Place: https://www.instagram.com/ourplace/?hl=en Website: https://fromourplace.co.uk

Shiza Shahid has been impressive pretty much all her life. At 14, she was working as a volunteer in women's prisons. At 18, she was off to Stanford. A few years later, she returned to her home, Pakistan, where she co-founded the Malala fund with now Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Malala Yousafzai. These days, she's running the cookware company, Our Place that has all the Insta girlies in a frenzy. The all-in-one Always pan has been an internet fave since it popped up on the scene, but the brand has a larger mission of telling stories through meals that bring people together. On this episode, Shiza talks about her business, transitioning from the nonprofit world and what her day-to-day is like running a company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On October 9, 2012, Shiza Shahid's life changed forever. It was on that day that 15-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman, capturing the world's attention. Before long, 22-year-old Shiza found herself leaving her corporate job to join a recovering Malala and her father in launching the Malala Fund, a nonprofit that advocates for girls' education across the globe. Little did Shiza know, this venture was actually just the beginning of her entrepreneurial journey...This week on How I Built This Lab, Shiza recounts the childhood experiences that forged her commitment to public service and advocacy—ultimately shaping her worldview and leading to her first encounter with Malala. She also discusses her pivot to the for-profit world with Our Place, the cookware company she co-founded in 2019 that's both profitable and making an impact.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On October 9, 2012, Shiza Shahid's life changed forever. It was on that day that 15-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman, capturing the world's attention. Before long, 22-year-old Shiza found herself leaving her corporate job to join a recovering Malala and her father in launching the Malala Fund, a nonprofit that advocates for girls' education across the globe. Little did Shiza know, this venture was actually just the beginning of her entrepreneurial journey...This week on How I Built This Lab, Shiza recounts the childhood experiences that forged her commitment to public service and advocacy—ultimately shaping her worldview and leading to her first encounter with Malala. She also discusses her pivot to the for-profit world with Our Place, the cookware company she co-founded in 2019 that's both profitable and making an impact.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Shiza Shahid is the face (and brains) behind Our Place, the cookware brand responsible for one of Instagram's most beloved products (the viral Always Pan). But Shiza, who was born and raised in Pakistan, has been an entrepreneur and activist long before Our Place took off. In 2013, she became the co-founder of the Malala Fund, a nonprofit formed to advocate for girls' education after Shiza's close friend, Malala Yousafzai, was shot by the Taliban on her way home from school. On this episode of The Everygirl Podcast, Josie and Alaina sit down with Shiza to discuss how business and advocacy can (and should!) go hand in hand, and all the lessons she's learned on her journey.Use code "EVERYGIRL" to get 15% off your Our Place order (we recommend The Always Pan!). For more career advice from The Everygirl, click here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As a kid growing up in Islamabad, Shiza Shahid volunteered in grassroots initiatives to help Pakistani women get an education. And that early interest in service pushed her to always advocate for important issues through her career. From the founding Malala Fund to her current biz, Our Place, Shiza says: a lot of good can be achieved through a combo of non-profit advocacy work and for-profit businesses.  In this episode, Shiza shares: Why she took on a variety of jobs and how that choice shaped her life How you can always find ways to create positive change – no matter how old you are Why ditching the idea of “perfection” is key to creating quality products The importance of understanding a brand's history as a way to make better choices as a consumer PS: use THESKIMM15 to score 15% off Our Place kitchenware.

Washington Post tech at work writer Danielle Abril speaks to entrepreneurs Brit Morin, Minnie Luong and Shiza Shahid for conversations about how they have reinvented their businesses in the face of record high inflation, supply chain disruptions and an evolving pandemic. Conversations recorded on Wednesday, July 13, 2022.

This episode is a burst of summer optimism and inspiration. We ponder the joy of Studio Pottery, discuss the power of cooking with Shiza Shahid of ‘Our Place' and take the temperature of the art world with an incisive review of Art Basel. Plus: curator Corinne Mynatt tells us about the history of ice, from cold houses of ancient Persia to the wonders of the modern freezer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode is a burst of summer optimism and inspiration. We ponder the joy of Studio Pottery, discuss the power of cooking with Shiza Shahid of ‘Our Place' and take the temperature of the art world with an incisive review of Art Basel. Plus: curator Corinne Mynatt tells us about the history of ice, from cold houses of ancient Persia to the wonders of the modern freezer.

It was a pleasure to host Shiza Shahid at my home, the co-founder and owner of Our Place – the cookware brand taking the world by storm.But Our Place is a mere fraction of what this incredible woman stands for. She also co-founded the Malala Fund in 2013, and has fought for women's rights and the right for education for young girls since she was a teenager. She is completely in line with my ethos when it comes to food and sharing moments together; the table is for everyone, regardless of who you are or where you're from.We talk about her childhood growing up in Pakistan during a time where it was becoming very politically turbulent and she opens up about her friendship with Malala and how they have worked together to create and change in the world.Our Place is a beautiful brand that isn't just aesthetically pleasing, but stands for community and inclusion and Shiza's path has only just begun. Mark my words; she's going to make a serious impact on this world!@shiza@crazysexyfood@hannahharleywww.crazysexyfood.comMusic by @casnova____I am beyond excited to announce that I have partnered up with Magimix for this season of Crazy Sexy Food!As the inventor of the food processor, Magimix is a family owned business that has an amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances and are cherished and adored all around the world by both chefs and home cooks alike.I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. Fast forward to today and my beautiful Magimix Cook Expert is literally the most used appliance in my kitchen! This latest innovation is both a food processer and multi-cooker in one machine – it's a game changer for me and such a dream to use. I think of it as my "personal sous-chef" – I give it all the hard work to get on with so I can focus on more interesting jobs like tasting, flavouring and serving up delicious meals.And don't even get me started on their ice cream machine, the Gelato Expert – it makes ice cream to rival even the best Italian delicacies! Oh – and if that isn't enough – come September they're launching a new range of Blenders.Fancy getting your hands on one of their products? Then use my code CSFMAGIMIX for a 15% discount at magimix.co.uk!Follow Magimix UK on social, download their brilliant app for hundreds of delicious recipe ideas and see how the amazing Magimix can become your "personal sous-chef" in your kitchen too! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Highly accomplished Renaissance woman Shiza Shahid, '11, discusses co-founding Malala Fund, creating and funding mission-driven start-ups, her childhood in Pakistan, and everything that's led to a life of world-changing work. In addition to being the mind behind enterprises such as NOW Ventures and Our Place, Shahid has appeared on 30 Under 30 lists in both Time and Forbes.

On Time's "30 Under 30" list of world change-makers, Shiza Shahid, entrepreneur & Stanford alum on impacting girls' lives through technology and education. Shiza Shahid talks investing in mission-driven technology, & high-growth business models to empower girls and women in the global economy.

Shiza Shahid is the co-founder and co-CEO of Our Place. She launched the Los Angeles-based brand in 2019, hoping to create a line of cookware that would simplify home cooking while catering to a wide range of culinary styles and traditions – a goal she achieved with the bestselling Always Pan. Born in Pakistan, Shahid is also the co-founder of Now Ventures and the Malala Fund alongside activist Malala Yousafzai. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2019, a chic and relatable new cookware company emerged, and soon the multitasking Always Pan dominated our Instagram feeds. Enter: Our Place. Co-founder and co-CEO Shiza Shahid built the brand with the mission of bringing people together through the power of home-cooking rooted in the modern multiethnic American kitchen. But before Shahid launched the beloved brand, her career path looked quite different. Out of school, she worked as a business analyst in Dubai before co-founding the Malala Fund and starting NOW Ventures to help support other mission-driven startups. On this episode, find out how Shahid's former careers led her to create a mission-driven e-commerce brand that's created not only celebrated products, but also a community.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Whether we like it or not, the government laws and regulations can massively affect the way we operate or cannot operate our businesses. Sometimes we need to advocate to make sure these laws and regulations are affecting us and, our customers, and our industries in positive ways. As we advocate, or do anything in life, conflicts of interest may arise.    In today's episode, we're going to discuss what Marion Mass is doing to improve the health care system through advocacy, how we as entrepreneurs can be better advocates within our industries, and how we can remove our conflicts of interest to improve our credibility.    Dr. Marion Mass is a mother, pediatrician, community volunteer, writer, and advocate for high-quality, sustainable health care in the U.S. that will attract bright, hardworking minds in the future. She trained at Duke's School of Medicine and the Northwestern Children's Memorial Hospital. She now practices in the Philadelphia suburbs. She co-founded the nonpartisan grassroots Practicing Physicians of America and serves as part of the leadership of the Free 2 Care coalition. She speaks, writes, and advocates for improving health care access and lowering its costs.    Why Marion Advocates   Marion is passionate about health care. She loved her journey through medical school and residency and loves taking care of patients. While looking at the landscape of medicine, she realized people aren't choosing to be doctors in the future.    She sees a lot of physicians going through what she calls Drexit: doctor exit. Doctors are frustrated with all the boxes they have to check through mandates, authorizations, insurance, etc. “There's so much that we have to do,” Marion said. “Physicians either get burned out or they get morally injured.”   Doctors are leaving. Many are retiring early. The profession has one of the highest rates of suicide in the U.S. The health care system is broken and unsustainable. “If we don't fix it,” Marion says, “America will be very unhealthy and sorry in the future when they show up to deliver their baby or have their appendix taken out and there's not a quality physician there that's well-trained to take care of them.”   Health care isn't just a problem in the U.S. I lived in Brazil for a couple of years, where they have a socialized medicine system that doesn't work. People often joke that those are the hospitals where you go to die. But they have a secondary health care system not provided by the government. It's surprisingly inexpensive and the doctors don't have to jump through all the same hoops, so they can focus on providing health care.    Marion shared a story about her friend who is from Ukraine, where they also have a socialized system. Her mother needed a hysterectomy there. She went to the government-run hospital and found out they had no soap, hand sanitizer, or toilet paper. She had to bring her own. For an inexpensive fee, Marion's friend moved her mother to a hospital that accepted cash, where she got good care and wasn't afraid of getting an infection.   Health care has consumed costs all across the board. Marion said the public sectors like school districts are paying more and employers are paying more. Overall, it's way more expensive than it needs to be. Marion realized all these things and came to the conclusion that she needed to do something about it.   Advocacy Efforts: Anyone Can Advocate   Marion started looking for groups to join and ways to advocate. On her first trip to Washington D.C., she was nervous. She went to a congressperson's office for a meeting, thinking, “These guys are going to be so well-versed. They're going to know everything I'm talking about, everything I've learned over the past couple of years.” Her hands started to sweat and she was worried she'd stumble over her words.   By the time the conversation was over, she thought, “Oh, I should have been doing this a long time ago.” Marion said, “I'm in a robe. I'm a recovering soccer mom with an MD. I'm a real person. I will have conversations with lawmakers while I'm in my bathrobe, sweeping my kitchen. . . . But if I can do this, anyone can.”   Sometimes we think we can't do something until we learn more about it or until we reach a certain point in our career. Marion didn't wait. She cared about the issues and wanted to do something to help, so she did.    She started writing, speaking, doing podcasts, hosting and attending events, serving on the editorial board of a county newspaper, and talking to lawmakers. To those who are considering getting involved, she said, “Finding your voice with speaking and writing to people that can change policy . . . is so important. We trained to do this. We're the ones that close the door and hear people's intimate stories. And it breaks my heart when people can't get what they need. I can't tolerate it anymore.”   Marion told me about a doctor who recently published a piece in 14 Pennsylvanian newspapers. She went to medical school in Pakistan and Marion said she's got a great voice. Marion encouraged her to speak up. Her piece was published and she's been on a podcast or two.   Anyone can do this. The internet has made it easy for anyone with a phone to make a difference. Our background, age, or experience doesn't matter. If we have an issue we care about, something that affects our lives or the lives of those around us, we can make an effort to change it. If we want to change something, we have the power to make change happen.   Entrepreneurs and Advocacy   Health care advocacy itself should be very important to us as entrepreneurs and CEOs because not only is it one of our biggest costs, but also because it is an essential part of taking great care of our people and our families. But health care isn't the only legislative issue we deal with in our organizations. Sometimes those legislative issues can cause a lot of problems in our businesses.   For example, over the past 10 years, there have been some adoption laws, rules, or regulations passed or implemented that have caused fewer children to be able to find loving, permanent families. Working with Adoption.com, I've had to get a lot more involved in advocacy within my niche of adoption over the last decade. I've worked with senators, congressmen, government organizations, and associations to try to get bad laws and regulatory implementation changed and prevent more bad laws from being created.    For example, this morning I did a little work to help encourage an Idaho senator to support some adoption legislation. As another example, when there were regulatory implementation issues causing a decline in international adoption years ago, I was able to go to DC to speak with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Glenn Beck, an adoptive father, had me on his show to discuss the solutions to the issue. It has been amazing over the years to see the people passionate about adoption and children come together to try to impact that change.    Shiza Shahid is an example of an entrepreneur striving to make a difference. This Stanford University graduate co-founded the Malala Fund with Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. Shahid led the organization as founding CEO, focusing on creating access to high-quality education for all children around the world. She also founded The Collective, a community of leading entrepreneurs that come together to build collaborative change (Source: CAA.com).   We often fall into the trap that “somebody should do something” about an issue. However, often, we are one of the somebodies who need to help solve the problem. You can probably make a lot more of a difference than you think when you work together with many others who share your passion.   Removing Conflicts of Interest   Many people who lobby and advocate in D.C. have conflicts of interest. Conflicts of interest take away from a person's credibility, hurting what they're trying to accomplish. That person's opponent can use conflicts of interest to attack them and destroy their credibility.    In 2010, the U.S. passed the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Marion described how this database allows any citizen to look up any physician in the country and see how much money they are taking from pharmaceutical manufacturers.    Marion detailed how important it is to have this information. If I go to a doctor and they prescribe me medication X and I look them up on the database and find out that they're taking thousands of dollars from the pharmaceutical company that manufactures medication X, I'm going to be suspicious; it's going to make me question whether I actually need that medication or not.   These aren't the only conflicts of interest. Marion believes that taking speaking or writing fees may do the same thing. Marion said, “As soon as you get paid by someone—a university, a hospital, an insurance company—as soon as you open up your mouth to take a speaking fee, it may make you suspect the same way that a doctor would be suspect by taking fees from pharma.” We can choose to take that money, but it may erode our credibility depending on who is paying for our speaking and writing.   Marion has done something to remove these conflicts of interest. She doesn't take speaking or writing fees. “I think the fact that I don't take speaking fees, and I know others like me that don't, I think that means something.” Refusing to take these fees gives Marion credibility.   Conflicts of interest can be a big part of reducing credibility. As customers realize we have a conflict of interest—even if we are honest and ethical—their trust declines. We need to remove our conflicts of interest wherever we can to improve our credibility.   Key Takeaways   Thank you so much Marion for sharing your stories and insights with us today. Here are some of my key takeaways from this episode:   Anyone can advocate. We don't need any special qualifications; we just need to care about issues and have a desire to make a difference. When we advocate, we should work together with many other people who share our passion for the issue. There are many issues that affect the businesses that may require us to advocate for our industry, our customers, and our businesses. If we remove our conflicts of interest and communicate that effectively, we will improve our credibility.   Connect with Marion   If you enjoyed this interview and want to learn more about Marion or connect with her, you can find her on LinkedIn or visit Practicing Physicians of America.     Want to be a Better Digital Monetizer?   Please follow these channels to receive free digital monetization content:   Get a free Monetization Assessment of your business Subscribe to the free Monetization eMagazine. Subscribe to the Monetization Nation YouTube channel. Subscribe to the Monetization Nation podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.  Follow Monetization Nation on Instagram and Twitter.   Share Your Story  Have you been involved in advocacy? If so, how has it affected your business? Please join our private Monetization Nation Facebook group and share your insights with other digital monetizers.   Read at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-become-an-advocate-for-our-industry-and-customers/ 

Times are changing and so is the way we do business. Corporate social responsibility is more important than ever, and not just to investors but to customers. More consumers are demanding that companies ditch outdated models for transparency and instead adopt open communication and sustainable practices in a bid to make the world a better place. In fact, 84% of consumers say it is important to them that a company supports charitable causes. Buying into brands that partner with charities is an easy way for consumers to feel like they’re giving back. And an overwhelming number are willing to pay more to know that what they’re spending their money on is actually good for the earth and the people on it. But the question is, can we create an ethical balance between profit and purpose? The short answer is yes and for this episode of WorkParty, our host Jaclyn Johnson sits down with Shiza Shahid who is doing just that with her kitchen and homeware company, Our Place. The co-founder of the Malala Fund is fusing her passion for philanthropy and social impact to build a brand that brings people together around home-cooked meals. Tune in to learn more about why investing from the heart is the key to building profitable businesses and thriving communities where everyone belongs. Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com.   Guest Shiza Shahid @shiza @ourplace   Visit fromourplace.com, and use code CULTIVATE at checkout to receive $15 off your order   Visit www.Tradesy.com and save $50 on our purchase of $200 or more with code WORK at checkout   Visit www.Phexxi.com   Produced By Dear Media

Shiza Shahid is an entrepreneur, an investor, a speaker, and a women's rights advocate. She's passionate about leveraging philanthropy, venture capital, technology, to drive scalable social impact. Shiza talks about her experience as an entrepreneur and more on today's show. "I think there's a role for nonprofits. I think there's a role for businesses. And I think both of those need to work together." - Shiza Shahid

Shiza Shahid is the founder of Our Place, a social enterprise cookware company that celebrates global culinary traditions. Shiza went from founding Nobel Laureate Awarded Malala Fund and advocating for girls' and women's education rights in her native Pakistan to creating a mission-driven social enterprise. At Our Place, they're making beautifully curated, multi-purpose pieces like the Always Pan which doubles as a steamer, a saucier, a fry pan, and a spoon rest. Think of it as the capsule wardrobe for your kitchen! Shiza and I chat about everything from the ancient healing techniques of Ayurveda, to why socially-conscious business is the way to make real and sustained change, and why kitchery is not just one of the most fun dishes to say, but to eat, too. Be sure to follow us on Instagram @kristasimmons @forkintheroadmedia for more.

Despite being a multi-hyphenate, Shiza has a deep focus on building an intentional, deliberate, “chosen” community. You’ll hear about how she creates gatherings and experiences that energize all involved. And you’ll hear about the vision behind her new venture, Our Place, which is an ethical, sustainable, mission-driven kitchenware line, rooted in the belief that when you bring people together around a home-cooked meal, you make the world smaller in the best way. Everything Shiza does is rooted in intention, community, tradition and identity. Which is why, when you hear about Shiza’s team rituals and her strategies for managing life and work in quarantine, you’ll see how they point right back to her intentions. Resources: “Relationships are everything.” – Shiza Shahid “My community is chosen. It’s not accidental...I chose each and every person that I spend time with and very often I’m choosing them because I admire them. I admire their values. I admire their intellect. I admire what they’ve done in the world, what they’re driven to do. I admire the way in which they lift me up and the way that I can do the same for them, so it’s very much a community of people who are on the same wavelength.” – Shiza Shahid “A lot of our experiences are designed for extroverts...If we can start to think about how different kinds of people connect, then we can create gatherings that really bring out the best in all of us and that leave us feeling energized and not depleted.” – Shiza Shahid “Home cooking is the bedrock of culture and tradition...You come into my kitchen and you will know who my mother is, who my grandmother was—it is built into our DNA. When everything else falls apart, home cooking remains this place where we express our identity.” – Shiza Shahid Erica’s website Erica’s book, Bring Your Human to Work Text ‘human’ to 66866 to sign up for Erica’s newsletter where she shares how to honor relationships well and how to bring your human to work and life. Connect with Shiza: Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Connect with Erica:  Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Since Shiza Shahid was a child growing up in volatile Pakistan, she championed human rights and fought for the voiceless. Her passion led her to work side by side with Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who became an activist for girls education and was shot by the Taliban for her beliefs. Shiza co-founded the Malala Fund and helped build it into a powerful force for good. Shiza is carrying on her mission of social good with unique entrepreneurial pursuits, including a new cookware line that truly gives back to communities around the world. Shiza shares her phenomenal stories of seeking justice and doing what's right on this episode of “The May Lee Show”.

This week’s episode is truly such an honour and treat for me to share with you all, as the guest this week is Shiza Shahid. Shiza is someone who is an incredible inspiration, a force for positive change in the world, and a woman who knows how to creatively shake up the status quo in business ventures so that they can be rooted in community building and diversity. Shiza is already known as the co-founder of the Malala Fund, as well as NOW Ventures, but she’s on the show today to share some exciting details her latest venture, the direct-to-consumer cookware company Our Place. Hospitality is sacred in Shahid's native Pakistan and feeding someone is an expression of love. Shiza brings her home country’s passion for hospitality into all of her business ventures. She has a strong desire to leverage philanthropy, entrepreneurship, technology, and the media to drive scalable social impact in business. Our Place, her e-commerce brand, is making unique cookware rooted in the modern multi-ethnic American kitchen, cofounded with Amir Tehrani and Zach Rosner, further embodies this passion. Our Place sets itself apart from its competitors by focusing their efforts on sustainable packaging, non-toxic non-stick coating on their signature Always Pan free of Teflon and PFAs. The brand launched in September 2019 with its Essentials Collection at Hank's Mini Market in South LA in partnership with the LA Food Policy Council to end food deserts in the region. Their following collections focus on unsung cultural traditions such as Nochebuena and Lunar New Year and give back to the communities they source their products from. Whether it's artisans in Oaxaca, MX or female-owned and operated factories in China - Our Place's main focus is doing things better, better for the environment, better for the community and better for their workers. Shiza shares today how Our Place came to be, the way her relationship with kitchen and culture influenced how she runs the business – from the product development to how it’s shared and styled.  Learn More about Shiza and Our Place:  Our Place Website  Instagram: @ourplace Instagram: @shiza Facebook: @fromourplace Twitter: @ourplace

Growing up in Islamabad, Shiza Shahid became interested in activism. And that interest propelled her to start the global nonprofit, the Malala Fund. Eight years (and Malala's Nobel Peace Prize) later, Shiza continues to make an impact through her angel fund and her line of sustainable cookware, Our Place.  In this episode, Shiza shares why she created a secret summer camp for girls in Pakistan (11:17), her reaction when Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize (16:44), and her advice for employees looking to create change in the workplace (28:42). SFTC listeners get 20% off fromourplace.com products with the discount code 'Skimm'.

This week we're sharing an episode from Hello Sunshine's How It Is podcast. No matter how much money we have (or don’t have), it shapes our identities in profound, surprising, and sometimes uncomfortable ways. Author Roxane Gay tells us why she won’t compromise on getting paid; comedian Ms. Pat shares the freedom that comes from breaking the cycle of poverty; and entrepreneur Shiza Shahid explains why women’s financial empowerment will change the world. Hosted by Diane Guerrero.

Happy New Year! We’re kicking off 2019 talking to the impressive Pakistani entrepreneur and investor Shiza Shahid. She’s the cofounder of The Malala Fund and has just launched her new investment platform Now Ventures. As we all know, Malala Yousafzai was almost assassinated by the Taliban for wanting to go to school, she was rewarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, and with the help of Shiza, she’s been able to spread the word globally about the importance of education. Shiza Shahid also talks about why it’s important for companies to have a purpose beyond profit. What better way to start the year?

I’m thrilled about today’s interview. Shiza Shahid co-founded The Malala Fund along with the youngest Nobel-Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. I’m sure you already know this, but just in case, Malala was the young girl in Pakistan who was shot in the head on her school bus by the Taliban for going to school, but she survived and became internationally recognized. So Shiza, who I speak to in this interview, was one of Malala’s early mentors. While in college, Shiza started a secret summer camp for girls in Pakistan, which is also her home country. Today, Shiza is a venture capital investor and many other things. Named one of Time's "30 Under 30 People Changing the World" and Forbes "30 Under 30 - Social Entrepreneurs," she’s also host of the USA Today news show "ASPIREist," which activates millennials to have a positive impact.http://majomolfino.com/blog/2018/11/1/shiza-shahidIn this episode, we talk about why empowering women around the world is so important and what Shiza sees as global trends as she travels to different continents. As a fellow immigrant, she shares how culture helped her shift perspectives, and what it means to reclaim your identity when you grow up cross-culturally. Highlighted Excerpt: Majo: You do so much. How do you stay grounded? How do you avoid overwhelm or do you just feel overwhelmed?Shiza: How do I avoid overwhelm? I think perhaps by  not comparing myself. I think a lot of the overwhelm comes from comparison. Now when we do good things we have to put it on Instagram and count how many likes it got, and I think a lot of that comparison causes dissatisfaction and unhappiness. Because if you go and truly help someone, the way that will make you feel will give you so much satisfaction, it will calm the fatigue and help with the overwhelm, so as long as you don’t go to that place of you know, “Is this good enough?Am I good enough?” and allow the satisfaction of doing your work become overshadowed by the comparison, which I think we’re constantly in the middle of particularly here in the West. I was in Pakistan for a while, and I realized that I didn’t buy anything for weeks, and I was barely on social media, and I came back to the U.S. and started getting hit by all these ads and all these things I felt I needed to buy, and information about other people doing other things.Majo: When you came back you started noticing that you were comparing? Shiza: Absolutely. I think that over here, there’s a lot of that comparison, even when you’re doing so called social impact work, you’re still comparing –Majo: Right. Like, who’s doing more social impact work.Shiza: Right. I think avoiding that. Getting outside this place which can really do that to you, and focusing on direct impact. Show Notes:Shiza’s parents and upbringing in Pakistan [3:20]On volunteering as a teenager in women’s prisons and her passionate activism as a young woman [5:36]Applying to college in the U.S. on a whim and her decision to go to Stanford where she was first exposed to technology and entrepreneurship, but still feeling connected to help women and girls back in Pakistan [6:58]The online diary of Malala Yousafzai (at the time, 11 years old), inspiring Shiza’s creation of a secret summer camp amongst dangerous circumstances [11:30]Joining McKinsey and receiving the news of Malala being shot [14:00]On co-founding and building The Malala Fund at age 22 and leaving the safe, predictable path [21:00]Witnessing Malala become the first child to win The Nobel Peace Prize and how it shifted stereotypes about what courage looks like [26:00]On the polarization of technology, tech utopianism, and how social media creates a divide and leads to a rise in extremism, as well as the need for a representative group of people making decisions [28:00]On being a global citizen and how that perspective-shifting encourages entrepreneurship [32:20]The patterns she sees across the world, particularly around the false facts and news, as well as untapped opportunities such as supporting women in computer science in the Middle East [36:00]How to deal with feelings of overwhelm and unhappiness in a culture of consumerism and comparison [40:00]On reclaiming identity having grown up cross-culturally [43:00]REFERENCES:Learn more about Robin Berzin and Parsley Health here. A BIG THANK YOU & SHOUT OUT TO OUR BADASS PATRONS ESPECIALLY: Brigid Cabry Nelson leads Lettershop, an award-winning creative studio that serves a wide range of clients—from boutique retailers to large corporations—approaching each and every project with vigor and enthusiasm. Learn more about Brigid and her work here. Bianca Wendt, an award-winning art director and graphic designer based in San Francisco and London. Learn more about Bianca and her work here.Pssst....don't forget to follow me on Instagram for more goodies, inspiration, and updates when episodes drop – yay!MUSIC:by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs

I’m thrilled about today’s interview. Shiza Shahid co-founded The Malala Fund along with the youngest Nobel-Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. I’m sure you already know this, but just in case, Malala was the young girl in Pakistan who was shot in the head on her school bus by the Taliban for going to school, but she survived and became internationally recognized. So Shiza, who I speak to in this interview, was one of Malala’s early mentors. While in college, Shiza started a secret summer camp for girls in Pakistan, which is also her home country. Today, Shiza is a venture capital investor and many other things. Named one of Time's "30 Under 30 People Changing the World" and Forbes "30 Under 30 - Social Entrepreneurs," she’s also host of the USA Today news show "ASPIREist," which activates millennials to have a positive impact.http://majomolfino.com/blog/2018/11/1/shiza-shahidIn this episode, we talk about why empowering women around the world is so important and what Shiza sees as global trends as she travels to different continents. As a fellow immigrant, she shares how culture helped her shift perspectives, and what it means to reclaim your identity when you grow up cross-culturally. Highlighted Excerpt: Majo: You do so much. How do you stay grounded? How do you avoid overwhelm or do you just feel overwhelmed?Shiza: How do I avoid overwhelm? I think perhaps by  not comparing myself. I think a lot of the overwhelm comes from comparison. Now when we do good things we have to put it on Instagram and count how many likes it got, and I think a lot of that comparison causes dissatisfaction and unhappiness. Because if you go and truly help someone, the way that will make you feel will give you so much satisfaction, it will calm the fatigue and help with the overwhelm, so as long as you don’t go to that place of you know, “Is this good enough?Am I good enough?” and allow the satisfaction of doing your work become overshadowed by the comparison, which I think we’re constantly in the middle of particularly here in the West. I was in Pakistan for a while, and I realized that I didn’t buy anything for weeks, and I was barely on social media, and I came back to the U.S. and started getting hit by all these ads and all these things I felt I needed to buy, and information about other people doing other things.Majo: When you came back you started noticing that you were comparing? Shiza: Absolutely. I think that over here, there’s a lot of that comparison, even when you’re doing so called social impact work, you’re still comparing –Majo: Right. Like, who’s doing more social impact work.Shiza: Right. I think avoiding that. Getting outside this place which can really do that to you, and focusing on direct impact. Show Notes:Shiza’s parents and upbringing in Pakistan [3:20]On volunteering as a teenager in women’s prisons and her passionate activism as a young woman [5:36]Applying to college in the U.S. on a whim and her decision to go to Stanford where she was first exposed to technology and entrepreneurship, but still feeling connected to help women and girls back in Pakistan [6:58]The online diary of Malala Yousafzai (at the time, 11 years old), inspiring Shiza’s creation of a secret summer camp amongst dangerous circumstances [11:30]Joining McKinsey and receiving the news of Malala being shot [14:00]On co-founding and building The Malala Fund at age 22 and leaving the safe, predictable path [21:00]Witnessing Malala become the first child to win The Nobel Peace Prize and how it shifted stereotypes about what courage looks like [26:00]On the polarization of technology, tech utopianism, and how social media creates a divide and leads to a rise in extremism, as well as the need for a representative group of people making decisions [28:00]On being a global citizen and how that perspective-shifting encourages entrepreneurship [32:20]The patterns she sees across the world, particularly around the false facts and news, as well as untapped opportunities such as supporting women in computer science in the Middle East [36:00]How to deal with feelings of overwhelm and unhappiness in a culture of consumerism and comparison [40:00]On reclaiming identity having grown up cross-culturally [43:00]REFERENCES:Learn more about Robin Berzin and Parsley Health here. A BIG THANK YOU & SHOUT OUT TO OUR BADASS PATRONS ESPECIALLY: Brigid Cabry Nelson leads Lettershop, an award-winning creative studio that serves a wide range of clients—from boutique retailers to large corporations—approaching each and every project with vigor and enthusiasm. Learn more about Brigid and her work here. Bianca Wendt, an award-winning art director and graphic designer based in San Francisco and London. Learn more about Bianca and her work here.Pssst....don't forget to follow me on Instagram for more goodies, inspiration, and updates when episodes drop – yay!MUSIC:by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs

Shiza Shahid is the co-founder of the Malala Fund and Now Ventures. She is from Pakistan, and has worked and lived in many places since then. She currently runs Now Ventures from San Francisco, aiming to fund mission-driven startups that want to balance sustainable business growth with global impact. We met Shiza at the SingularityU Nordic Summit in Stockholm. For more information, check out http://hejaframtiden.se / Podcast host: Christian von Essen

No matter how much money we have (or don’t have), it shapes our identities in profound, surprising, and sometimes uncomfortable ways. Author Roxane Gay tells us why she won’t compromise on getting paid; comedian Ms. Pat shares the freedom that comes from breaking the cycle of poverty; and entrepreneur Shiza Shahid explains why women’s financial empowerment will change the world. Hosted by Diane Guerrero. Brought to you by Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. We want to hear YOUR story. Find us @hellosunshine on Instagram and Twitter and hello-sunshine.com. #HowItIsSponsored by Ritual (code: Howitis) and ZipRecruiter (code: Howitis).

Growing up in a post-9/11 Pakistan, Shiza Shahid had what she called an "activist childhood," where she volunteered in prisons, refugee camps and disaster relief efforts after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. When the Taliban issued an edict banning girls from going to school, the then-Stanford University sophomore created a secret summer camp in Pakistan for girls, one of which was a 12-year-old Malala Yousafzai. When Malala was shot in 2012 by a Taliban gunman, Shahid co-founded the Malala Fund to promote Malala's story of perseverance and advocacy for girls' education.

Shilpa Shah and Jenna discuss brands new responsibility to provide thought leadership for consumers who are seeking wisdom and direction. Shilpa breaks down why gratitude is our secret weapon setting ambitious goals and shares a simple framework to practice before you set your next goal: Acknowledge how far you've come. Give gratitude for how hard you've worked and to everyone who surrounds you. Approach your next goal with that mindset. We also walk through the lessons Shilpa's learned from the women profiled in Cuyana's Essential Women series: Emily Current and Meritt Elliott, Audrey Gelman, Ayesha Curry,  Christiane Lemieux, and Shiza Shahid.

Shiza Shahid is an entrepreneur, technologist, investor and impact leader. Sha co-founded the Malala Fund with Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, and led the organization as founding CEO.

Listen to this discussion with Shiza Shahid, entrepreneur extraodinaire and most notably known as the co-founder of Malala Fund. She chats about entrepreneurship and the important role immigrant entrepreneurs in America. Here is the blog post on her appearance to learn more about her. http://immigrationlawyersinseattle.com/2017/09/03/tahmina-talks-immigration-shiza-shahid-co-founder-malala-funds-sept-5th-10am-desi-1250am/

Actress Ashley Judd is an advocate and activist who has traveled the world promoting empowerment and equality, effective grassroots programs, and strategies to advance women's health, curb HIV, alleviate poverty and much more. As a global champion for women, she has led major campaigns to reduce maternal mortality and increase resources for women and girls. Later in the episode: The Best Thinking about the Transformative Power of Women and Girls featuring a stellar lineup including Arianna Huffington, Jane Harman, Shiza Shahid of the Malala Fund, and others.

From human rights to economic opportunity, bold and rigorous thinking about gender equality can lead us to a safer, more prosperous, and more just world. As we think about the next ten years, how will the lives of women improve and prosper? What are the big ideas from women, and about women, that will help transform the next decade into one of real opportunity at home and abroad? Remarkable leaders across a variety of sectors will present their thoughts about ways to advance the cause of women and girls, and in so doing, advance the entire world. Underwritten by PepsiCo. Monique Villa, Arianna Huffington, Pamela Reeves, Christina Paxson, Jane Harman, Shiza Shahid, Sally Blount, Lori Gottlieb, Sherrilyn Ifill, Joanna Lipper