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Girlfriends & Business

Girlfriends & Business

Lori Harder, Alli Webb, Brittany Driscoll

Girlfriends & Business is for ambitious women who want to take their business, career, and life to the next level. Hosts Alli Webb, the founder of Drybar; Lori Harder, the founder of Lite Pink; and Brittany Driscoll, the founder of Squeeze, are your new virtual business besties bringing you the conversations, mentorship, and advice they wish they had while building their businesses.  They’re the girlfriends you’ve always wanted and they’re bringing you conversations and real-world insights with other female entrepreneurs, founders, and experts to help you grow and scale your business while balancing your life and relationships. Also available weekly - a roundtable chat between this powerhouse trio, who all have very unique and distinctive backgrounds ready to share their takeaways from their own experiences and ups and downs.  Get ready to laugh, cry, and be inspired while listening to real, approachable advice and authentic stories that will motivate you along your journey. They'll be that reassuring voice you need to remind you, you don't need to be an expert to start your own thing or get that raise! We got you and believe in you! 

82 - 81. Julie Solomon On Accepting Shame, Making Bold Decisions And Getting What You Want
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  • 82 - 81. Julie Solomon On Accepting Shame, Making Bold Decisions And Getting What You Want

    Brit is joined by brand expert, educator, podcaster, and author Julie Solomon. She’s the ultimate powerhouse woman who recently published her first book called Get What You Want: How to Go From Unseen to Unstoppable. Julie was one of the first influencers to use her PR background to monetize her social media and pitch herself to major brands. We talk about how she’s learned to hone in on her bold decision making skills and break out of the ‘stuck’ mentality. We discuss how to be vulnerable online while still respecting your own boundaries, and the importance of finding a medium that makes you feel safe and heard. Julie also pulls back the curtain on the writing process for her book and shares what she hopes readers will get out of it. 

     

    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:

    How Julie went from managing herself to consulting for other people, and eventually creating the personal branding playbook  How to be more solutions-focused  A time in Julie’s life when her relentlessness and limiting beliefs about money was her downfall  How to take your expertise and disrupt an industry  What to expect from her book 

     

    RESOURCES

    Text GIRLFRIENDS to 310-496-8363 for updates and a chance to be featured on the show!

    CONNECT WITH JULIEFollow Julie: @julssolomon Get your copy of her new book: Get What You Want: How to Go From Unseen to Unstoppable Listen to The Influencer Podcast 

    CONNECT WITH BRIT

    Follow Brit: @britdrisc Follow her business, Squeeze: @squeeze 

    CONNECT WITH LORI

    Follow Lori: @loriharder Follow her business, Lite Pink: @drinklitepink Follow her podcast, Earn Your Happy: @earnyourhappy Listen to Earn Your Happy: 

    CONNECT WITH ALLI

    Follow Alli: @alliwebb Follow her business, Becket & Quill: @becketandquill Follow her business, Squeeze: @squeeze 

     

    ABOUT JULIE

    For more than fifteen years, Julie Solomon has been empowering lives—including her own. The host of The Influencer Podcast, Julie, has launched several successful online programs and masterminds, including Pitch It Perfect, The Influencer Academy, and SHINE Mastermind. She helps women turn messages into movements and empowers entrepreneurs to grow their influence and impact through her work. Julie was recently named one of the Top 100 leaders in influencer marketing.

    In her weekly chart-topping podcast, The Influencer Podcast, she offers up real-time coaching, straight talk, and conversations about business growth and personal development to her millions of listeners worldwide. From her start as a publicist representing some of the top music acts and thought leaders of our generation, Julie has grown to teach tens of thousands of students worldwide.

    Her work is featured in outlets including FORBES, Entrepreneur, Business Weekly, SUCCESS, and People Magazine. Julie currently lives in Nashville with her husband, award-winning actor and activist Johnathon Schaech, two children, Camden and Lily Jo, and their sassy pomeranian Foxy.

    Tue, 07 Jun 2022 - 43min
  • 81 - 80. How Hannah Skvarla, Co-Founder Of The Little Market, Started A Non-Profit Dedicated To Creating Economic Opportunities For Underserved Women Worldwide

    Co-founder of The Little Market, Hannah Skvarla, shares her journey of starting a non-profit rooted in fair trade with her friend, Lauren Conrad. The Little Market is a nonprofit fair trade shop featuring ethically sourced products that are handmade by artisans around the world. Lori and Hannah discuss everything from communicating expectations with business partners to the power of in-person events and even how motherhood has impacted her approach to entrepreneurship. Hannah shares how she has navigated the ever-changing e-commerce industry and overcome major challenges, including the recent supply chain issues that the pandemic has brought on. Listen in to hear more of Lori and Hannah’s conversation about staying focused, intentional and proactive in business. 

     

    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:

    How she and her co-founder Lauren Conrad launched The Little Market  Overcoming challenges that she has faced in the non-profit, human rights, and retail spaces  The best ways to support The Little Market  How she’s seen The Little Market impact its artisans’ lives  Her top advice for people who want to start a business  Getting specific with your network  Rethinking what balance looks like for entrepreneurs 

    RESOURCES

    Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab Text GIRLFRIENDS to 310-496-8363 for updates and a chance to be featured on the show!

     

    CONNECT WITH HANNAH

    The Little Market: thelittlemarket.com

    Follow The Little Market: @thelittlemarket 

    Follow Hannah: @hannahskvarla  

     

    CONNECT WITH BRIT

    Instagram: @britdrisc Squeeze: @squeeze 

     

    CONNECT WITH LORI

    Instagram: @loriharder Lite Pink: @drinklitepink Earn Your Happy: @earnyourhappy Listen to Earn Your Happy

     

    CONNECT WITH ALLI

    Instagram: @alliwebb Becket & Quill: @becketandquill Squeeze: @squeeze 

     

    GUEST BIO

    Hannah Skvarla is the co-founder of The Little Market, a nonprofit fair trade shop featuring ethically sourced products that are handmade by artisans around the world. She has traveled extensively to see and experience the impact of top human rights nonprofit organizations. These trips inspired her to dedicate her life to helping women break the cycle of poverty so they can create a better future for themselves and their families.

     

    Hannah has visited projects sponsored by Landmine Survivors Network in Vietnam and Cambodia, American Jewish World Services (AJWS) in El Salvador, and CARE in Uganda. She has traveled with Human Rights Watch to Burma, Congo, Colombia, Thailand, and Turkey. To meet with artisans and source handcrafted goods for The Little Market, she has traveled to Bolivia, India, Guatemala, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, and Thailand.

     

    She has been featured in MyDomaine, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, People, The Chalkboard Mag, The Good Trade, Parents, and POPSUGAR. Hannah was honored to be named Chapman University’s first recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Institute Rising Star Award in recognition of the work of The Little Market.

     

    Hannah is committed to empowering women and advocating for human rights. She is proud to bring together gifted artisans with customers who value their talents, changing the lives of families with fair wages, safe workplaces, and a commitment to family well-being.

    Mon, 21 Feb 2022 - 40min
  • 80 - 79. How To Take Ownership Of Your Role Working For A Large Corporation with Digital Product Manager at Citi, Zoia Kozakov

    Today, Brit is joined by Digital Product Manager at Citi, Zoia Kozakov! Zoia’s path hasn’t exactly been linear, but the common thread through it all is that she starts every new endeavor by setting goals and asking herself what she wants to learn from each experience. Zoia and Brit discuss how her military experience has influenced her varied career, her top tips for setting yourself up for financial freedom, and how she navigates being a woman in a male-dominated industry. Tune in to hear more of their conversation about lighting your own path to success. 

    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:

    The importance of taking every opportunity to learn from and to grow from How Zoia transitioned out of the fashion industry  Taking true project ownership within corporations  The decision to create her will before the age of 30  Zoia’s advice for getting a handle on your finances  The best financial apps for budgeting and investing

     

    RESOURCES

    Text GIRLFRIENDS to 310-496-8363 for updates and a chance to be featured on the show!

     

    CONNECT WITH ZOIAWebsite: zoia-kozakov.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/zoia-kozakovInstagram: instagram.com/zoia.kozakov Kozakov Foundation: kozakov.coListen to WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation podcast

    CONNECT WITH BRIT

    Instagram: @britdrisc Squeeze: @squeeze 

    CONNECT WITH LORI

    Instagram: @loriharder Lite Pink: @drinklitepink Earn Your Happy: @earnyourhappy Listen to Earn Your Happy: 

    CONNECT WITH ALLI

    Instagram: @alliwebb Becket & Quill: @becketandquill Squeeze: @squeeze 

    GUEST BIO

    In her day job, Zoia Kozakov is a Vice President, Digital Product Manager at Citi, working on building out digital payment platforms and apps with (and for) other major companies, such as Google. Zoia is responsible for both the vision and the strategy behind her digital products, as well as the day-to-day execution, developing new offerings with a team of designers, engineers, marketers, and other business partners.

    By night, Zoia focuses on disseminating and sharing her knowledge in a variety of capacities: as a lead instructor at Brainstation (a digital education company), as a founder of her own nonprofit, Kozakov Foundation, and as an advisor to other start-ups and nonprofits. She is also Global Product Lead at the 501c3 nonprofit WIN: Women in Innovation, where she hosts the WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation podcast (30,000+ downloads in 30+ countries). The podcast features senior-level women innovators from companies such as PepsiCo, Oracle, EY, Pantone, Omnicom, IDEO, and others.

    Prior to working at Citi, Zoia spent several years overseeing digital advertising campaigns for companies like Richemont (Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, IWC, Jaeger LeCoultre), EY, Shiseido, and others. She also spent two years as a Chief of Staff in theSpecial Operations unit in the Israeli Intelligence and as a Product Lead at an early stage blockchain company, Yup, where she helped the company raise a 3.5-million-dollar venture capital seed round.

    Zoia got her MS at Columbia University and her BBA at Parsons School of Design, where she graduated with honors, as the commencement Student Speaker.

    Mon, 14 Feb 2022 - 33min
  • 79 - 78. Lauryn Bosstick Of The Skinny Confidential On Creating Community-Driven Products, What You Should Talk About Online And Finding Stillness In Your Life

    Today, Lori is joined by the founder of The Skinny Confidential, Lauryn Bosstick! She’s an entrepreneur, podcast host, two-time best-selling author, and a mom and wife. Lori and Lauryn get into how to stay true to yourself on social media, breaking out into the beauty product space, and how Lauryn stays calm amongst the chaos of her career. Lauryn shares her tips for creating boundaries and maintaining a strong marriage, plus what she thinks is the biggest mistake that influencers make when they’re launching a product-based business. Tune in to hear more of Lauryn’s advice about entrepreneurship, mental health, and more! 

     

    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:

    Staying authentic online  The stillness and clarity that moving to Austin has brought to her life The power of having a ‘Think Week’  Shifting thought patterns  Hacks for creating mental space  Creating products that are community driven  Disrupting the beauty category  Her biggest piece of business advice 

     

    RESOURCES

    Lauryn's Instagram Highlight about Think Week  You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay  Text GIRLFRIENDS to 310-496-8363 for updates and a chance to be featured on the show!

     

    CONNECT WITH LAURYN

    Instagram: @laurynbosstick The Skinny Confidential: @theskinnyconfidential Listen to The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast 

    CONNECT WITH BRIT

    Instagram: @britdrisc Squeeze: @squeeze 

     

    CONNECT WITH LORI

    Instagram: @loriharder Lite Pink: @drinklitepink Earn Your Happy: @earnyourhappy Listen to Earn Your Happy

     

    CONNECT WITH ALLI

    Instagram: @alliwebb Becket & Quill: @becketandquill Squeeze: @squeeze 

     

    ABOUT LAURYN

    Lauryn Evarts Bosstick has turned her passion for beauty, wellness & no-censor advice into one of the most distinctive blogs online today, The Skinny Confidential. Along with the blog Lauryn released her own book, The Skinny Confidential Lifestyle Guide & a BODY App, which is a monthly subscription service that includes new workouts & meal plans.

     

    In partnership with her husband, Michael Bosstick, Lauryn hosts the cheeky entrepreneurial podcast, The Skinny Confidential HIM & HER, which just hit 81 million downloads. Lauryn works with the top tier brands while continuing to connect with her community on a daily basis.

     

    The Skinny Confidential has been featured in SHAPE, Women’s Health Magazine, SELF Magazine, The Gary Vee Show, People Magazine,The Lady Gang, Juicy Scoop, Who What Wear & she was one of Create & Cultivate’s top 100 beauty bloggers. Lauryn is an author, blogger, podcaster, entrepreneur & mother.

     

    She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, her daughter Zaza, & her chihuahuas. You can find her reading, writing, practicing Pilates, or spooning her two chihuahuas.

    Mon, 07 Feb 2022 - 38min
  • 78 - 77. Coffee Chat: How We’re Staying Consistent With Healthy Habits

    On today’s episode, Brit and Lori chat about their goals for 2022 while enjoying their morning cup of coffee. They discuss staying centered and consistent with healthy habits and what they’re manifesting for their businesses this year. They also share their top tips for how to stay on top of your mental, physical, and emotional health. So get your favorite morning beverage and tune in to hear more about how Lori and Brit are setting themselves up for success this year! 

     

    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:

    Replenishing your well of contacts by attending conferences and networking events  Journal prompts that Lori uses to structure her daily reflections  Brit’s memorable moments jar that she’s implementing at home and in the office  How Brit is creating surprise and delight moments for Squeeze franchisees  How Lori is pivoting her plans with Lite Pink after a licensing set back

     

    RESOURCES

    Text GIRLFRIENDS to 310-496-8363 for updates and a chance to be featured on the show!

    CONNECT WITH BRIT

    Instagram: @britdrisc Squeeze: @squeeze 

    CONNECT WITH LORI

    Instagram: @loriharder Lite Pink: @drinklitepink Earn Your Happy: @earnyourhappy Listen to Earn Your Happy: 

    CONNECT WITH ALLI

    Instagram: @alliwebb Becket & Quill: @becketandquill Squeeze: @squeeze 

    Mon, 31 Jan 2022 - 20min
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