Interviews
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Grace Havalak: From Fashion Design to Photography Entrepreneur [VIDEO]
Monday, September 01 2014Grace started her career in fashion, working as a fashion designer and pursuing her love of photography on the side. While the fashion world might seem glamorous to most of us, Grace soon tired of the endless administrative paperwork and arguing with factories about 1/8th inch errors on patterns. One might think that moving into fashion photography would be a logical change but the aloof and staged world of fashion photography was not what interested her.
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Yao-Hui Huang: Raising Entrepreneurs at The Hatchery [VIDEO]
Tuesday, May 27 2014"There are 2 kinds of people in this world: Those who lead and those who follow. So, if you have to be told to do something, you'll never have the ideas to lead a group, to do something that's never been done, that has no set of instructions, and I think everyone can do that." - Yao-Hui Huang, CEO, The Hatchery
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Caitlin Crosby: Hollywood Songstress Turned Socially Responsible Entrepreneur
Wednesday, April 23 2014A business can be created in the most unlikely of circumstances. For Caitlin Crosby, acting, singing and songwriting were, and are, her forte. She grew up in Los Angeles and naturally mingled in the Hollywood scene thanks to her father’s career managing some of the most iconic actors and entertainers of our time.
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Amy Tan, The Valley of Amazement and Her "Pure Self"
Monday, April 14 20148 years after her last publishing, best-selling author, Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter's Daughter) delves into another exploration of the relationship between mothers and daughters. This time the setting is Shanghai. The Valley of Amazement, explores three generations of women who continue to struggle with their identity as Chinese American women and the fates that challenge their sense of self.
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A Changing American Business Environment
Friday, March 21 2014Some of the biggest names in leadership and business gathered at the second annual OC Business Summit at Saddleback Church in Lake Forrest, California on March 8th. The list of powerhouse speakers included: Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post Media Group, bestselling author and writer Malcolm Gladwell, Rick Warren of Saddleback Church, Rich Karlgaard of Forbes Magazine, and Eric Spitz of Freedom Communications and the Orange County Register.
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Celia Pronto: Driving an American Brand through England [VIDEO]
Wednesday, March 12 2014"Ultimately we've got a lot of customers who walk through the door who know more about the product than we do. Trying to hoodwink them with some kind of mystical process is not going to do us any favors in the long run." – Celia Pronto
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Conversations with... Nicole Le Maire “Differentiate Yourself!” [VIDEO]
Wednesday, March 05 2014Starting a new business is always a daunting task. There are so many details to think about and decisions to make. According to research done by the US Small Business Administration only about half of new companies survive their first five years in business. So if you’re just starting a new company, how can you be sure that you’re laying the foundation for success? One of the most important exercises you’ll need to do as a new business owner is to define your Unique Selling Point (USP). We met ...
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Working for Mom: Carolina Herrera de Báez Carves Out her Own Space in the Family Business [VIDEO]
Friday, January 31 2014“Be humble – learn. Don’t feel the pressure that people will put onto you, because that pressure is not something that’s innate... if you’re there and doing things well, you’re meant to be there.” – Carolina Herrera de Báez
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Margo Krasne: From Sculptor to Coach [VIDEO]
Wednesday, December 11 2013"It takes time, and it takes learning, and it takes flexibility. There were many days that I was ready to give up, there were many nights when I cried myself to sleep because I thought I'd goofed and I would never get another job, and then found out you pick yourself up. You can come back. You just have to keep at it. " – Margo T. Krasne
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Leila Banijamali: Lawyer, Singer, Athlete, Serial Entrepreneur and Now Baker Too!
Saturday, November 30 2013Sometimes, the shortest distance between any two points is a circle. For Leila Banijamali, it took nearly flunking out of Law School to reveal her passion for giving that ultimately led her to start her own law firm. But that's not all. This intrepid intellectual property lawyer / singer/ surfer / volunteer / web designer / baker / entrepreneur / speed skater / former semipro tennis player has discovered the key to happiness and success .
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Marilyn Simes: A Fearless Woman in Tech
Thursday, October 31 2013"You cannot fear, you have to get up. Sheryl Sandberg is right – you have to lean in and you have to really learn to put those fears behind you because they're useless.
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Dana Knowles, Taste Of America
Saturday, September 28 2013"We had to learn how to think like a big company without losing the essence of what's great about our small company." - Dana Knowles, co-founder of Taste of America
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Taste of America – More Than Just Marshmallows, A Franchising Success Story
Monday, September 23 2013Ready to franchise? How do you know? Dana Knowles of Taste of America shares her experience with different distribution channels and the decision to franchise.
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Womenalia Launches Its "Conversations with..." Series
Tuesday, August 13 2013Womenalia launched its "Conversations with..." series today, live Google+ Hangouts with professional and entrepreneur women that deliver quick five minute career and business lessons, and share their experience with the rest of our community. This morning we had the pleasure of chatting with Natasha Case , CEO & co-Founder of Coolhaus, where she talked about market positioning and building your brand.
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“Women Are the Transformational Movement Our Society Needs”
Thursday, July 11 2013Womenalia.com is the first social network worldwide for professional women, boasting more than 226,000 users in only 20 months. The media are already calling Womenalia "the LinkedIn for professional women", but Womenalia offers other tools that are designed specifically to help he professional woman in her day-to-day. We learn more about this initiative and about Womenalia's CEO and co-Founder , Maria Gomez del Pozuelo .