Takin’ Care of Lady Business®

Aliza Licht is the Founder & President of LEAVE YOUR MARK LLC, a multimedia brand focused on personal branding and career development that includes a bestselling book, podcast, community, and live mentorship events. As an award-winning marketer, Licht has built her expertise for over two decades in marketing, communications, and digital strategy at renowned brands in the fashion industry. Named one of “America’s Next Top Mentors” by The New York Times and Business Insider’s “Top 20 Most Innovative Career Coaches,” she is a sought-after consultant for brand clients as well as a members-only career coach, mentoring people on how to shape and amplify their personal brands to drive success.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Aliza Licht about building personal brands and transitioning career paths.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• How to tell “personal brand” stories online through social media
• The realization of sales engagement – not focusing on the numbers
• Why pushing yourself and staying open to new ideas will open doors for new opportunities
• Why determining goals for your content is essential in building a personal or company brand
• How social media can impact your role in a company
• Why women need to speak more about their values in building a brand
• Examples of how to transition career paths in a way where skills and experiences honed over time can still be utilized successfully.

Connect with Aliza:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alizalichtxo/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/leaveyourmarkpodcast/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlizaLicht?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Lea Goldman is an award-winning writer and editor who has run editorial divisions for G/O Media, Lifetime Television, Refinery29, and Marie Claire Magazine. Her hour-long drama pilot, “Escalade” was a semifinalist at the Austin Film Festival, and she is also the screenwriter of “The Terror of Trenton”, inspired by the true story of one of New Jersey’s first female senators. She also wrote a one-man show, “Comey: The Director’s Cut”, about fired FBI Director Jim Comey. She is a contributor to iHeartMedia’s scripted podcast division and A+E’s Six West production studio. She is the founder of Media Hacks, a networking group for influential women in media and entertainment.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Lea Goldman about navigating your career

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• How to take control of your narrative to get the career you want
• How digital media and traditional media are merging and changing
• Why female leaders thrive in chaos and how to embrace it
• Ways to embrace business as a woman

Connect with Lea:

Links Mentioned:

https://g-omedia.com/

Annie Evans is the Founder of Dream Ventures, advisor to early-stage women led companies and an active angel investor with a community of over 500 female angels (C level execs, founders, operators & experts). She is very dialed into the female founder community across tech, beauty, retail, women’s health, consumer goods and has helped raise over 20M for founders in the last 3 years through leading syndicates. Annie is Co-founder of Dream Ventures Accelerator that leads founders raising for the first time through a 7 week program to elevate their fundraise & growth strategy.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Annie Evans about raising money for your start-up.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• What is Dream Ventures and how they are helping women become investors while raising money for female founded companies trying to change the world.
• Why it’s important to invest in women as a collective build the matriarchy.
• How a special purpose vehicle – also known as a SPV, works – and how you can invest with less money.
• Why and how the mistakes Annie made in the past companies she founded led her to start Dream Ventures.

Connect with Annie:

Links Mentioned:

https://www.dreamventures.co/

Henley Vasquez is a travel expert, seasoned travel advisor and co-founder of a tech-forward travel agency, Fora. In August 2021, Henley co-founded Fora to create a new type of travel agency that welcomes everyone with the interest or passion — the go-to person for travel tips in their networks — to sell travel in a way that was previously reserved for pro travel agents. Henley’s mission is to build the next generation brand in travel and is looking to empower entrepreneurs to transform their passion for travel into revenue, and to do it by curating the most incredible experiences for travelers. Henley lives in New York with her three children and a Costa Rican rescue dog.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Henley Vasquez

about having the best vacation and being a travel agent is a great skill for women.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• Henley talks about how Fora is helping women make money doing what they do already.
• Henley talks about the benefits of being a travel agent are much like real estate.
• How FORA uses the collective personal experience to find the ideal vacation experience.
• Why this travel agency business model needed VC money to strengthen the experience and tech.
• Why women should get paid for the work and connections they provide.

Connect with Henley:

Links Mentioned:

https://www.foratravel.com/

Rachel Katzman is the Co-Founder of P.volve and Co-Founder and former CEO of Cuvée Beauty, a hair care line that she sold in 2019. Katzman launched the company in 2017 with co-founder, Stephen Pasterino. She’s known for her customer-centric approach to leadership and always challenging her team to “be the customer.” Day to day, she focuses on driving the creative vision of the company forward, growing the digital platform and looking to establish P.volve’s footing in the fitness space. All of this, she believes, can be done successfully in sweatpants. Katzman is still as obsessed with the method today as she was four years ago and can often be found taking classes (these days, virtually!) right alongside the P.volve community. 

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Rachel Katzman about starting and running a business centered around health.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• Why she created a business around a personal issue to be more purposeful.
• How Rachel’s past failures became her best teacher.
• How creating her digital business BEFORE Covid became a great advantage.
• Why she created P.volve as three different businesses combined into one.
• Reasons why Rachel decided to franchise the business and the advantages and growth therefrom.

Connect with Rachel:

https://www.pvolve.com/

Sophie Holm and Nicole Kyle are co-hosts and co-creators of I Also Want Money podcast, a movement to democratize, demystify, and demasculinize wealth. In their exploration of women’s emotional, social, and psychological relationship to money, their conversations explore investing, the creator economy, crypto & Web3, and more.

Nicole Kyle is a researcher, storyteller, gender equity advocate, and crypto & Web3 educator exploring the intersection of money, equality, creativity and technology. Nicole was named a 2022 LinkedIn Top Voice in Gender Equity and is a member of LinkedIn’s inaugural Creator Accelerator. A former journalist, Nicole spent eight years as a future of work researcher and consultant.

Sophie Holm is co-founder of DAM Finance, a Web 3.0 DeFi project. DAM creates Dotsama purchasing power through dPRIME, a stable Dotsama currency on Moonbeam. dPRIME is backed by Dotsama portfolios on GLMR. 

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Nicole Kyle and Sophie Holm about investing options for women and in future.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

-Women are socialized to be consumers and not investors

-Alternative asset investments

-Why are women traditionally involved with philanthropy and not investing

-Web3, blockchain and other future alternative investments

-Nicole’s gender equity publications on LinkedIn and newsletter

-Get comfortable enough to make a move

-Worst advice they’ve received

Connect with Nicole Kyle and Sophie Holm:

Twitter https://twitter.com/ialsopodcast

Instagram @ialsopodcast

Ashley Lynn Priore is an American chess player & coach, entrepreneur, democratic strategist, author and contributor, and media personality currently serving as the founder, inaugural president, & CEO of Queens Gambit, a national nonprofit using chess to teach strategic leadership, and in turn, give youth the tools they need to change the world. Ashley has been featured and recognized for her work using chess to combat society’s biggest issues in Elite Daily, Katie Couric Media, Forbes, and USA Today. An awarded chess player in her own right, Ashley is known for her fierce leadership in creating gender equity in chess education.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Ashley breaks down what it takes to win in chess, business, and life.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• How sexism has kept women out of chess throughout history, and how modern, entrepreneurial women are changing that
• How the Queen’s Gambit is using chess as a stepping stool into a new world for future female leaders
• Anticipating and preparing for the obstacles between you and your goal
• Breaking into different white male dominated spaces, from chess to business and politics

Connect with Ashley:

WEBSITE: https://www.ashleylynnpriore.com/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ashleylynnpriore/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/priore_ashley

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-lynn-priore/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ashleylynnpriore/

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgR89t74eiroUosTX0PjOw

Amy Emmerich is a visionary media executive with a track record of Emmy-winning original content across multiple platforms. She is currently the CEO of the Miss Universe Organization. Her vision is to personify all women who participate in the competition and to elevate the conversation around the social good this organization brings to the world. She was most recently the Global President & Chief Content Officer at Refinery29, the leading digital lifestyle media company for women. She crafted a powerful vision for the brand; then diversified it across multiple new business lines resulting in a successful acquisition for the company by Vice Media. Over her more than 25-year career, she’s been a champion for underrepresented voices, including spearheading Refinery29’s Shatterbox short-film series for women filmmakers. She has experience developing content and programming for brands including HBO, MTV Networks, Travel Channel, and Vice Media. An award-winning producer, she has a full spectrum of production and development experience across platforms, including linear television, digital video, short film and emerging social media.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Amy takes gives us a “behind the scenes” look at her career, and gives valuable advice for yours.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• How women entrepreneurs are creating a more supportive, less exploitative “feminist capitalism”
• Pivoting in your career, breaking into different fields, learning new skills, and doing what’s right for you
• How Amy and her team are reconceptualizing the Miss Universe Organization as a force towards a more equitable world
• Challenging yourself to go bigger and better, especially when you might be second guessing yourself

Connect with Amy:

WEBSITE: https://www.amyemmerich.com/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Emmerschmidt

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyemmerich/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/amyemmerich/

Takin’ Care of Lady Business with Jennifer Justice

Episode 043: She Did It Her Way: Making a Name for Yourself

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Elyce tells us how she carved out her own name in the fashion world with Frances Valentine.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• Learning what your strengths are as you go along, and tailoring your role in your business accordingly
• The importance of choosing co-founders who compliment each other’s strengths and specialties, and how to continue hiring after establishing that team
• Recognizing the signs that you’ve grown and learned enough from being in a collaborative, team-driven environment to go out and start a business on your own
• Realizing that you can make the world a better place by holding on to your money and investing it, rather than giving it all away, as women with wealth are often pressured to
• Conceptualizing “growth” and “expansion” in measurable terms
• Acknowledging when a certain product or effort may not be growing or expanding, and how to dial it back

Connect with Elyce:

WEBSITE: https://francesvalentine.com/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/fvalentineny

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FValentineNY/

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elyce-arons-544a69108/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/elyce_arons/

PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/fvalentineny/

Takin’ Care of Lady Business with Jennifer Justice

Episode 042: Trust Your Process: Gen Z, College, and Opportunity

Julia Haber is the Co-Founder & CEO of Home From College, a nationwide platform for students to build better resumes and get flexible work experience at an early stage in their career. Previously, she founded WAYV, an experiential agency bringing Fortune 500 brands like Shopify, Refinery 29 and Google to college students for on campus activations. At the start of her career, Julia spent time at Snapchat and Spotify. She is a thought leader in the Gen Z consumer tech space and resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Julia explores the modern job landscape for recent college graduates.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• Authentically reaching younger client bases by positioning yourself as someone who not only understands them, but can help them
• Why returning to an organic, word-of-mouth marketing approach may be the breath of fresh air your business needs
• Why utilizing LinkedIn may not be enough to find a competitive and fulfilling job, especially for young people just out of college 
• Why Gen Z values transparency
• What you can learn from Julia’s career pivot, and how she made her career work for her

Connect with Julia:

WEBSITE: https://homefromcollege.com/

TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@homefromcollege

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/homefromcollege

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliahaber/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/homefromcollege