Not pointing fingers – what works for you, works for you. There was a time I found myself running from one invite to the next. I realized I was not enjoying any of it as I tried to be everywhere I was invited to all at once. I recently asked a friend I haven’t seen in months if she wanted to get together to catch up. I envisioned us gabbing over cocktails at a restaurant in the city like old times.
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Young, Ambitious and Beautiful: Millennials Help Black Women Build Businesses
By Mia Hall – At the beginning of 2017, Forbes wrote that there were no Black women running any of the Fortune 500 companies. Lauren Bealore and her team at Young, Ambitious and Beautiful (YAB) are working now to shift that statistic. Continue reading
What’s in Your Podcast Playlist?
Women-Hosted Podcasts for Entrepreneurs
While most of our picks focus on topics like business and stories of successful women, we’ve thrown in a few bonuses: brain-building podcasts about science and human relations to give you a break from busy entrepreneur life, and boost creative and critical thinking. Pop in your earphones, sit back, and absorb some great discussion by the women of podcasting.
1. Being Boss
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Hosts: Emily Thompson and Kathleen Shannon
Topic: Entrepreneurship
Recommended by:
Casandra Campbell, Content Marketer, Shopify
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“As the name suggests, Being Boss focuses on one of the more delicate parts of entrepreneurship: being a boss. Being the person in charge and responsible for growing a successful business is tough, but it’s also rewarding. Being Boss aims to make your transition to this role smoother.” – Casandra
2. The Great Girlfriends Show
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Hosts: Sybil Amuti and Brandice Daniel
Topic: Entrepreneurship
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The hosts of this podcast have great energy and chemistry with each other and with their guests. Episodes cover a really wide range of subjects like empowerment, beauty, emotional health, and love, but many episodes are geared towards women in starting businesses. Sybil and Brandice’s guests are often really inspiring and entrepreneurial women of color.
Episodes of note: #84 and 85, Creating a Successful Business from Scratch
3. Happier
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Host: Gretchen Rubin
Topic: Success and Happiness
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Episode of note: #29, The Fantasy of Perfection“At the top of each episode, Gretchen rattles off the goals/keywords for that day’s podcast, which helps to understand what to expect before you commit to 30 minutes of the topic. If you like Gretchen’s books (I recommend The Happiness Project), her podcast is presented in the same manner—casual, light, and peppered with personal anecdotes. The topics vary from parenting to eliminating clutter to time management but are all centered around making the life and work decisions that ultimately make you happy. The podcast is full of tips to help achieve efficiency and minimize stress—perfect for busy entrepreneurs.” – Dayna
4. Women of the Hour
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Host: Lena Dunham
Topic: Women
Recommended by:
Francine Navarro, Developer, Shopify |
“Each episode in this podcast miniseries features candid conversations with women sharing unexpected and sometimes uncomfortable insights about questions big and small. While the guest list includes well-known figures like Zadie Smith, Joss Whedon, and Dunham’s co-stars on Girls, the most memorable episodes, such as the one on faith and spirituality, showcase the individual stories of everyday women whose experiences and personalities are nevertheless inspiring.” – Francine
5. After the Jump
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Host: Grace Bonney
Topic: Creators and Entrepreneurs
Recommended by:
Chelsea Rudderham, Talent Acquisition, Shopify |
“Host Grace Bonney interviews established and up-and-coming designers, artists, and entrepreneurs to showcase what challenges they face in pursuing their passion and craft.” – Chelsea
6. Raise Your Hand Say Yes
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Host: Tiffany Han
Topic: Entrepreneurship
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Brand strategist and creative director Tiffany Han interviews some really inspiring women—designers, bloggers, and entrepreneurs alike—on topics like risk taking and productivity. Her podcast aims to “light fires under creative women to create bold brands and businesses that they love”. Episode of note: #51 Lisa Congdon on Passion Projects
7. Magic Lessons
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Host: Elizabeth Gilbert
Topic: Creativity
Recommended by: Katie Hudson, Marketer, Shopify
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“Sometimes it can feel like creativity can be hard to come by. Where do people find their inspiration? How do they stay motivated and push through any roadblocks that prevent them from doing what they truly love? As a continuation of Eay, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert interviews a variety of people from different backgrounds and shares their amazing stories of success. This podcast is inspiring, uplifting, and a great storytelling piece. Check it out!” – Katie
8. Spent
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Host: Lindsay Goldwert
Topic: Finance
Recommended by: Dayna Winter, Writer, Shopify
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Episode of note: #20, Mike Lemme: Should You Put Your Dreams on a Credit Card?“This is ‘the podcast for the financially challenged’ (*raises hand*). Lindsay takes dry topics like personal finance and makes them funny—but she’s also very knowledgable. The episodes vary from repaying student loans to asking for money, and many, like the episode below, are relevant to bootstrapping, self-funded entrepreneurs. Lindsay’s great podcast voice and her guests, who are often comedians, keep each topic engaging.” – Dayna
9. Entrefamily
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Host: Stephanie Langford (and husband, Ryan)
Topic: Entrepreneurship and Family
Recommended by: Theresa Nguyen, Talent Development, Shopify
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“Love this podcast! Stephanie and her husband are serial entrepreneurs that also love to travel. They juggle multiple businesses and 6 children and travel the world for stretches at a time. Really inspiring.” – Theresa
10. She Means Business
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Host: Carrie Green
Topic: Entrepreneurship
Recommended by: Chelsea Rudderham, Talent Acquisition, Shopify
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“Carrie Green is passionate about starting and growing businesses. Her podcast takes the listener through a weekly show filled with tips and tricks to help entrepreneurs build successful businesses.” – Chelsea
11. The Broad Experience
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Host: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Topic: Women in the Workplace
Recommended by: Shannon Gallagher, Apprentice Product Manager, Shopify
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Episode of note: #96, Burnout“The Broad Experience is an honest show about women’s unique experience in the workplace. The host is no-nonsense and she does a great job of uncovering and intelligently discussing issues that many of us have, but not all of us talk about.” – Shannon
12. StartUp
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Host: Lisa Chow
Topic: Entrepreneurship
Recommended by:
Kevin McPhillips, Order Manager, Shopify |
Episode of note: S2E1, Origin Story“Season two of StartUp follows an all-female tech startup building the online dating site, Dating Ring. It is a raw and intimate day-to-day account of how frantic and difficult it can be to run a tech startup. It follows the company and the founders through the lifecycle of their business, and frequently touches on the complexities of being women entrepreneurs in a male dominated field. Season 3 is also good, covering a number of topics, but largely the controversial story of American Apparel and its founder Dov Charney.” – Kevin
If you’re looking for even more podcast inspiration from the badass women running businesses on Shopify, check out our very own Felix Thea on Shopify Masters, as he interviews the likes of Debbie Sterling of Goldie Blox, Cindy Chan of Dotoly, and Candice Galex of Bikini Luxe.
Or—get this, Girlboss—why don’t you create your own podcast?
What’s coming through your headphones these days Under Your Brim? Share your favorite women-hosted podcasts in the comments below.
TV Anchor Wears Same Suit Every Day For A Year To Prove Sexism Is Prevalent
Australian newscaster Karl Stefanovic wore the same suit every day for a year to draw attention to an all too common form of sexism. Co-host of the Australian morning news show “Today,” Stefanovic became frustrated with the unsolicited fashion advice and appearance-based criticisms viewers regularly offered his female co-presenter, Lisa Wilkinson. He then decided to conduct an experiment. He wore the same blue suit on air every day for a year, and, as the TV personality revealed to Fairfax Media, absolutely nobody said a thing:
No one has noticed; no one gives a sh*t. But women, they wear the wrong colour and they get pulled up. They say the wrong thing and there’s thousands of tweets written about them. Women are judged much more harshly and keenly for what they do, what they say and what they wear.
I’ve worn the same suit on air for a year –- except for a couple of times because of circumstance –- to make a point. I’m judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humour – on how I do my job, basically. Whereas women are quite often judged on what they’re wearing or how their hair is … that’s [what I wanted to test].
According to Debora Spar, President of Barnard College and author of “Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection,” such scrutiny of appearance is a reality for many women today.
Don’t let the scrutiny of others impact you because you are fearfully and wonderfully made. Though it seems like a cute churchy saying, this verse says that God made you special. God has a special purpose and plan for you. Be not only confident but comfortable in who you are because you are intentionally unique Under Your Brim!
H/T Jezebel 11/14
What’s Changed Since Lean In?
It was a bestseller that begat a catchphrase and, we thought, a movement: Lean In. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s 2013 book on how to get ahead (or just get equality) in the workplace became an immediate touchstone for a generation of women who had gotten their foot in the door but now didn’t know what to do. Continue reading
Get the Photoshop Outta Here! – Target’s Super Awesome Swimsuit Ad
Source: Target
Target has made my entire life with their most recent bathing suit ads. Have you heard about the untouched ads? No Photoshop (you heard me) no airbrushing out the stretch marks or crow’s feet no adding sparkles to the eyes or trimming the thighs. The photos in this swimsuit campaign show a variety of the real humans that will be shopping for swimsuits this spring. Real skin, real shapes and sizes.
In a shoot for its new swim line, Target is my hero for taking a logical stance and not inundating me with size zero models splayed out on the beach in a drop-dead-gorgeous bathing suit that my upper half can’t fit and my lower half laughs at me for even thinking about trying. The photos, which debuted Thursday in a press release, are being lauded for featuring a wide range of ethnicities and body types — and above all else for boldly ditching Photoshop entirely.
Can we take a pause and look at the range of suits? OMGEEEE a two-piece that doesn’t make me look like I’m a member of the YMCA synchronized swim team!! Plus-size (which just means you don’t wear an A cup) offerings that aren’t limited to that one-piece with triple thick straps; instead, intricate crisscrossed detailing, vivid bright colors, prints and cutouts are readily available.
Source: Target
This is a great move for Target, which has steadily been making its swimwear offerings more inclusive over the past several years. This is just another step in this inclusion. Back in 2015 Target launched a campaign called “Target Loves Every Body,” with the main goal being to “bring the fun” back to swimsuit shopping for women of all sizes. Bring back fun is great but there is also a business strategy here. When Aerie stopped photoshop-ping its ads, for example, sales spiked 20 percent. The other reason is less scientific – maybe just maybe people want to buy swimsuits that were genuinely designed with them in mind. We send you cheers of Thank You Target. What are your thoughts from Under Your Brim?
Here’s why they Never Replied to your Job Application
The search has been going on for what feels like eons and you finally have found a role that seems like the perfect fit! You grab your resume writing tip sheet and get busy. You’ve filled out an application, tweaked your resume and cover letter. You checked your masterpieces twice, and officially submitted them all for the job that was made for you. However, there could still be an error that could cost you the job lurking on the application, between the superlatives of your resume, cover letter, or the casual email inquiring about the position. Wondering what, exactly, these errors are and where they pop up in the application process?
Here a few of the most common mistakes:
Bring the Noise Podcast!!
Very excited to be sharing this information with all of our entrepreneurs about this podcast that you can learn from that launched this week. Introducing Bring the Noise!! Bring The Noise is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs cultivate their side-hustle while still working a 9to5.
Let’s listen in (click the orange link below) and get to know them as we grow our businesses, educate ourselves and enhance our strategies, from Under our business Brims.
Bring the Noise Podcast (Listen Here!)
Tax Question answered by Mobile Tax Solutions!
MOBILE TAX SOLUTIONS answers the question…..
Question: Can I still e-file after April 15th?
Answer: The biggest misconception with filing taxes is that you only have until the April 15 deadline to file them. In fact, e-filing for tax year 2014 returns will be available through October 15, 2015. After that, the IRS shuts down e-filing to get ready for the next tax year, and you will need to file a regular paper return.
The 2014 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
The beauty of being a woman is that we are innovative, flexible, ever growing, changing and reaching! I came across this report and wanted to share for inspiration, support or just food for thought – ENJOY!
Click HERE to check out the 2014 State of Women-Owned Business Report that was commissioned by American Express OPEN and published in March of 2014.
This publication marks our fourth annual investigation into the state of women-owned businesses in the United States, providing stakeholders in the women’s enterprise development community – policy makers, entrepreneurial support organizations, suppliers and customers, and women business owners themselves – with information and intelligence that can aid in their efforts.
The 2014 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report contributes new and timely insights concerning the growth and development of the nation’s women-owned businesses. It also provides details on where growth leads and where it lags, thereby pointing the way to areas where policy and programmatic support can help even more women-owned firms reach their full potential.
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