Entreprenista

Michelle Cordeiro Grant is the founder and CEO of Lively, a lingerie and swimwear company. She studied finance but decided not to pursue it and joined the lingerie department of the Federated Merchand...

11 Feb 202146min

Riana Lynn grew up in Chicago and, partway through graduate school, got interested in bringing more raw foods to her area. She had gotten into more general entrepreneurship in college, but healthy foo...

1 Feb 202148min

Alli McCartney has spent her career climbing the corporate ladder in the male-dominated field of financial advising. She has held positions at both Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan Private Bank. Today, s...

25 Jan 20211h 4min

Michelle Shigemasa has been in the beauty industry for a long time, working for brands such as Smashbox and Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Today, she’s the CEO of Murad, where she dedicates herself to promoti...

18 Jan 202149min

When Leslie Voorhees Means was looking for a wedding dress, she was disappointed to find outrageous prices and a relative lack of customization options. At the time, she worked in engineering and manu...

11 Jan 202153min

Sashee Chandran didn’t start out as an entrepreneur. She started out as the daughter of Chinese and Sri Lankan immigrants and grew up steeped in tea culture. She went on to work for Ebay, but when her...

4 Jan 202152min

The year has held a lot of surprises, some good and some bad. But one thing’s for sure: it was a year we’ll never forget. Today we reflect on 2020 and look forward towards 2021. We discuss the importa...

28 Des 202022min

Marissa Saporta and Jennifer Bernstein never dreamed of starting a company together. They had no background in entrepreneurship, but when the opportunity presented itself with the explosion of ecommer...

21 Des 202042min