Episodes

  • Introducing Start to Sale

    Introducing Start to Sale
    Sep 21 2018
    Erin Patinkin of Ovenly and Natasha Case of Coolhaus talk with the entrepreneurs behind some of your favorite companies to reveal what it takes to build a business from the ground up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    3 mins
  • Christina Tosi: From Artisan to Business Leader

    Christina Tosi: From Artisan to Business Leader
    Sep 27 2018
    Christina Tosi is a superstar pastry chef, and she's also built one of the most iconic American pastry brands of this generation, Milk Bar. She talked to Erin and Natasha about her Series A round, learning how to be a great manager and staying true to her vision while achieving growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Away co-founder Jen Rubio unpacks building a brand beyond a suitcase

    Away co-founder Jen Rubio unpacks building a brand beyond a suitcase
    Oct 4 2018
    Jen Rubio, co-founder of travel brand Away (creators of cultishly loved suitcases) talks with Erin Patinkin and Natasha Case about how a college dropout with no experience in the worlds of travel or luggage built one of the most talked about travel companies of 2018. She and her partner raised capital, gained loyalty, and disrupted a staid space through the power of storytelling and consistent pitching. She maintains that building Away as a lifestyle brand, not a suitcase company, opens up a bright future for them and their partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • Co Founders Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer on How Witchsy’s Misfit Marketplace Helps Artists Win

    Co Founders Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer on How Witchsy’s Misfit Marketplace Helps Artists Win
    Oct 11 2018
    Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer talk to Natasha and Erin about the moments of difficulty that triggered their decision to become entrepreneurs. They started Witschy, a marketplace for artists, in part as a way to move on from personal struggle. And the site is highly personal for the co-founders—a curated extension of their mutual tastes. Gazin and Dwyer discuss their entrepreneurial philosophy and tell the story of how they built an Etsy competitor that became cash flow positive with hundreds of thousands of dollars of revenue in the first year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • Ari Weinzweig, Founder of Michigan's Anarchist Food Empire Zingerman's

    Ari Weinzweig, Founder of Michigan's Anarchist Food Empire Zingerman's
    Oct 18 2018
    Erin and Natasha talk to Ari Weinzweig about Zingerman's unique model, how he fights the pressure to conform, and why vision is integral to the survival of a business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • How Refinery29 Founder Piera Gelardi Learned to Let Go

    How Refinery29 Founder Piera Gelardi Learned to Let Go
    Oct 25 2018
    Erin and Natasha talk to Refinery29 co-founder Piera Gelardi about impostor syndrome and being your own cheerleader, how her company is trying to change who has access to opportunities, and the emotional rollercoaster of running an ever-changing company and eventually ceding authority over key areas of the business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Dermalogica’s CEO: If You People-Please, You’ll be Mediocre

    Dermalogica’s CEO: If You People-Please, You’ll be Mediocre
    Nov 1 2018
    Erin and Natasha talk to Dermalogica co-founder Jane Wurwand about how and why Dermalogica achieved its remarkable ascent — from its identification of white space in the skin care market, to its original take on grassroots marketing, to its focus on empowering aestheticians with information and quality product. It's a brand truly built from scratch and scaled all the way to a successful exit to Unilever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • How to Create a Billion Dollar Company Ethically

    How to Create a Billion Dollar Company Ethically
    Nov 8 2018
    Erin and Natasha talk to BlocPower founder Donnel Baird about what social entrepreneurship means and about his effort to reduce global warming and help at-risk communities through job building. Donnel tells the hosts about trying to create the "Google of green energy" and how BlocPower not only measures its success by the revenues and returns it generates--200% year-over-year revenue growth with an eye on a billion-dollar valuation--but the overall net positive effect it has on the communities it works with via providing economic opportunities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins