Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff Rebecca Minkoff

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The restaurant industry is notorious for being highly stressful, extremely competitive, and still primarily dominated by men. Owners of the critically acclaimed Raf's New York, sisters Jennifer and Nicole Vitagliano, along with their female chef partners, have created a safe space that raises women up and challenges the status quo.

Just celebrating their one-year anniversary, Raf's has become an iconic neighborhood restaurant “where everyone wants to come and no one wants to leave." Following a romantic idea of opening an old-world style bakery near Jennifer's first restaurant, Musket Room, Jennifer and Nicole established a female “forever team” to align their values and vision. As they have created a space for each other to be themselves, they have been able to offer grace to each other during stressful circumstances. This has largely translated into the restaurant's vibe and the community they have built around it.



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Guest Website:

rafsnewyork.com

Social Media:

@rafsnewyork

Big Ideas:


Being in business with your sister

The challenges women face breaking through in the male-dominated restaurant industry

Establishing a safe space for women to rise together in the restaurant industry 

Having confidence to make decisions and the importance of a true partner

Establishing a female forever team and communicating boundaries

Staying afloat during the pandemic and following romantic ideas

Working with people who have your back and extending grace in high stress situations

How younger generations teach us to prioritize ourselves
The unglamorous realities of running your own restaurant

Building a community of people around your restaurant

Valuing your own opinion and choosing opportunities that you really want to do


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Liz Elting, CEO and Founder of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, learned at an early age to rely on no one but herself financially. Liz took this advice to heart, founding and building a billion-dollar business from scratch and becoming one of the richest self-made women. 

From her NYU dorm room, Liz co-founded TransPerfect, the world's largest language solutions company, at the age of 26. Before getting her first clients, Liz made thousands of calls and wrote thousands of letters. Her road to success was filled with long hours and sacrifices. Although Liz had the highest vision for herself and her company, she experienced many learning curves along the way, including the heartbreaking experience of battling her co-founder in court. Liz is a fierce proponent of raising other female entrepreneurs up and amplifying their voices through her work with her foundation. In her best-selling book Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business, she vulnerably recounts her business journey and lessons learned.



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Guest Website:

lizelting.com

elizabetheltingfoundation.org

Social Media:

Instagram: @lizelting

LinkedIn: @lizelting



Big Ideas: 


Following your passion and financial independence


Putting in the work early on and keeping at it even when things get tough


The amount of groundwork you have to do before you get a client


Taking care of every project as if it is your next million-dollar relationship


Making mistakes when stepping into leadership and learning from them


Making short-term sacrifices to achieve long-term success


Supporting a more equitable and fair business world for women and marginalized groups


Increasing the number of women in entrepreneurship


Learning about business through authentic story-telling


Facing adversity and pushing through


Lessons learned from a difficult co-founder relationship


Believing in yourself and not backing down on your values




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“It’s the end of an era, right?” Jamie O’Banion, CEO and Founder of BeautyBio emotionally asks as she reflects on the recent acquisition of her award-winning beauty and skincare company.

While Jamie has come so far from her early entrepreneurial days of building and fundraising, she remains humble, remembering fondly that girl who "didn't know what she didn't know." Jamie grew up on the science side of skincare feeling very comfortable on the research and development side. Still, when she started her own company, intending to educate people on what is actually in their skincare products, she had no idea what she was doing. While she remembers feeling very alone early on, Jamie is now an empathetic supporter of other women founders and helps them rise. As Jamie passes the milestone of having sold her company in a major acquisition, she looks forward to the future growth of the company and remains committed to its success.



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Guest Website:

beautybio.com 

Social Media:

@beautybio

@jamieobanion

Big Ideas: 


Trying to follow the breadcrumbs of life when you don't know what to do


Not knowing what you don’t know when starting a business


Being comfortable with the uncomfortable and being told no


Making up for lack of experience by being empathetic


Being part of a “virtuous cycle”


Thinking about the greater whole of the business 


The steep learning curve of having to wear all the hats when just starting out


The loneliness founders experience in the early days


The importance of women helping women in life and entrepreneurship


Giving from your heart and giving each other grace


Building a skincare brand that people love and trust


Being acquired and “the end of an era”




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Following your intuition can be challenging. It's especially tough after doing all the things you think will bring success, but still waking up feeling unfulfilled every morning. Meha Agrawal, CEO and Founder of Silk + Sonder, found herself in that exact situation.

As the first-born child of immigrant parents, Meha's path to success was paved at a young age. After being modeled a limited vision of what success could be, Meha became a computer software engineer. Realizing that perhaps that path wasn't right for her, she turned to entrepreneurship. A lack of community led Meha to establish Silk + Sonder, her beloved journaling subscription service. Though Meha had her fears about becoming an entrepreneur, she recalls her customers and her bigger why, knowing her product helps millions at a time.



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Guest Website:

silkandsonder.com

mehaagrawal.com

Social Media:

IG: @silkandsonder

     @mehaagrawal

FB: @silkandsonder

Big Ideas:


The emotional risks of entrepreneurship


Building safety nets and overcoming the fear of starting your own business


Organically growing the community to 1,000 subscribers




Learning to trust yourself in moments of fear


Navigating financial risks as a founder


Getting over the shame of asking for money when fundraising


Overcoming a scarcity mindset and taking calculated risks


Focusing on building small and steady


The importance of having a sound business model


Reorienting your business to meet the needs of newer generations




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Ellen Bennett, founder of Hedley & Bennett, has never followed a conventional path. Guided by optimism, Ellen firmly believes in showing up first and then figuring the rest out later. Deeply honest and known to drop the occasional F-Bomb, Ellen is a leading example that there is not just one path to success in life and business.

After attending culinary school in Mexico City, Ellen returned home to LA. To get professional experience, Ellen busted her way into some of the best kitchens in LA until she eventually became a line cook at a two-star Michelin restaurant. Around the same time, the concept for an apron business began bubbling in her head. It is this concept that ultimately led to the formation of Hedley & Bennett, the leading provider of aprons and kitchenware for top chefs everywhere.  Although Ellen has faced ups and downs along the way, her passion and purpose have inspired her to keep going down the path less traveled. Be sure to use the code “ELLEN20” for a discount at checkout.

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Guest Website:

hedleyandbennett.com

Social Media:

@hedleyandbennett

@ellenmariebennett



Big Ideas: 


Emotional struggles of being a mom and an entrepreneur


Taking unconventional paths to achieve your dreams


The power of passion and purpose to overcome obstacles and the tenacity to keep going


Learning to pay attention to details while leaning on your optimism


Having hard times and doing amazing are not mutually exclusive


Trusting in and following your own pace in business


Shifting your business by focusing deeply on less


Getting out of your comfort zone and focusing on the long game 


Launching before you’re ready and listening to your audience


Finding success with a smaller inventory and team


Focusing on slow, steady, sustainable growth


Battling FOMO and prioritizing deep relationships after having children


When in doubt, just show up




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According to Vanessa Barboni Hallik, the visionary behind sustainable luxury fashion brand Another Tomorrow, it was all a "beautiful accident."

After taking a sabbatical from her finance career in 2018, Vanessa found herself turning inward, which she now describes as a homecoming journey back to herself and her late mother. Finding no truly sustainable fashion pieces, Vanessa embarked on a journey to start a luxury brand rooted in transparency and care for animal, environmental, and human welfare. Through a farm-to-closet supply chain, Vanessa has developed a new model for sustainable fashion that enables the consumer to connect with the piece's origin story. As she works towards her vision of a better tomorrow, Vanessa looks for patterns of resilience in running a sustainable fashion brand.



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Guest Website:

anothertomorrow.co 

Social Media:

@anothertomorrow

@vanessaanabarboni



Big Ideas:


Creating a vision for sustainable fashion


Taking a sabbatical and coming back to yourself


The challenges of having a sustainable fashion brand


Building a supply chain from the farm to the consumer 


Recognizing patterns of resilience when things don't go as planned


Restoring a sense of connection to sustainability practices


The importance of network and community for entrepreneurs


Being vulnerable and learning to ask for help


Finding people who are energetically aligned with your vision



Links:

Vanessa Barboni Hallik Monthly Office Hours


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