Positively Gotham Gal

Kate Miller and Anna Duckworth are the Co-Founders behind Miss Grass, a content-driven cannabis marketplace that gearing up to make a big leap into becoming a nation-wide brand focused on conscious consumerism around cannabis products and companies. Kate and Anna had a great story to share about how they met, tucked their heads down for six months, and then launched into success.

Sara Hicks is the Co-Founder and CEO of Reaction Commerce - an online platform that takes care of the backend of e-commerce businesses big and small with customizable, open source code. Sara talks with me about her ‘aha’ moment of inspiration and the major moves that her company is taking today.

Our 100th episode is one that the Positively Gotham Gal team is majorly proud of -- thank you to all you listeners for getting us here! This episode features Robin Steinberg, an American lawyer, social justice advocate, and leader in the field of holistic public defense. Steinberg is the CEO of The Bail Project, a national organization modeled after The Bronx Freedom Fund, which she co-founded with her husband David Feige in 2007. Robin sat down with me to talk about the incredible work she’s doing to reform the social justice system in America, and what’s inspired her to do this kind of work for the last thirty years plus. I cannot encourage you enough to check out the amazing work that Robin is doing. You can find out more about The Bail Project at bailproject.org

Anna Barber is the Managing Director of TechStars LA, where she acts as an investor, advisor, connector and coach for founders. Anna has had a long and successful career that spans several sectors, and her perspective of what she’s accomplished and how she feels about her work now is an interesting listen for anyone at any stage of their career.

Tina Hay is the Founder and CEO of Napkin Finance, a multi-media company focused on creating content around learning and understanding finance. Tina and I chatted about her goals of creating palatable content, and the exciting directions her company is about to take.

Jesse Genet is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lumi, a company that creates packaging solutions for modern supply chain teams. Jesse has a killer story of taking leap-of-faith after leap-of-faith from an early age, straight on into her latest venture, without a single break for self-doubt in between.

Kristina Budelis and Lisbeth Kaufman are the Co-Founders, as well as President and CEO, of Kitsplit -- an online rental house that lets content creators further cash in on the gig economy by renting out their gear to peers in their community. Lisbeth and Kristina share their story of meeting at NYU's ITP to starting their company in the middle of graduate school. Major inspiration for anyone out there with an idea they’re eager to launch.

Minnie Ingersoll is the newest Investor at TenOneTen Ventures, a Venture Capital firm actively involved in investing in early stage tech startups. Minnie previously co-founded a startup, and now finds herself thriving on the other side of the venture table. She is proof positive that starting over with your career at age 40 can be majorly rewarding.

Lindsey Johnson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Weezie Towels. This week Lindsey and I sat down to talk about her transition from hedge funds to becoming a startup founder herself -- and the big plans she has in mind for her company.

Catherine and Chloe Zadeh are the mother and daughter team behind ZADEH, a brand created from Catherine's modern jewelry designs for men and women. Catherine got her start making jewelry at the 92nd street Y of all places, and today she's one of New York's hottest designers. With daughter Chloe now at the helm of the family business, the team has set their sights on creating an empire.

Alison Cayne is the Founder of Haven's Kitchen, a cooking school and event space in New York City. Alison's journey is so inspiring -- in this episode she gave me the story behind her return to grad school after having five children, and how she rose above her own lack of self-confidence to become a powerhouse entrepreneur. Alison's story is proof that like the best cooking, you don't need a recipe for success.

Lauren Bille & Ashley Spivak are the Co-Founders of Cycles + Sex, a women's health initiative that started out as an event, and is steadily growing to become the go-to platform for women's reproductive health and sexual wellness.

Linda Derschang is the founder and CEO of The Derschang Group; a mix of restaurants, cafes and bars in Seattle, Washington. Linda joined me to talk about the journey from opening a punk clothing store in Denver to the massive group of bars and restaurants in Seattle today.

Carolyn Witte is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tia -- an integrated healthcare center, resource, and community for women. Carolyn left her dream job to start Tia after realizing that women's health was a huge, complicated problem that she had to solve.

Patti Russo is the Executive Director of the Women's Campaign School at Yale -- an intensive program designed to train women to run for office and manage political campaigns. Patti's story is incredibly inspiring, something we might need in the midst of this week, and she has a lot of insights to share that go beyond just politics.

Abigail Stone is the founder and CEO of Otherland, a new candle company focused on self-care, great scents, and art-inspired style. Abigail sat down with me to talk about her journey from a career as an art buyer for Ralph Lauren, to starting over in business school, and the success she's found since.

Susannah Vila is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flip -- an online service that helps renters get out of their leases, and helps subletters find new apartments. Susannah cut her teeth in the world of political NGO’s before realizing that her real passion was entrepreneurship, and her first order of business was tackling a problem she’d been dealing with for years.

Mackenzie Barth and Sarah Adler are the Co-Founders of Spoon University -- an online food magazine that they started in their college dorm rooms, and then went on to get acquired by a major media outlet. Kenzie and Sarah sat down with me this week to share the story of their unprecedented success.

Melanie Elturk is Co-founder, CEO, and Chief Designer at Haute Hijab -- an online retail brand that 'makes the world's best hijabs for the world's most powerful women.' Melanie went from a stable career in a law firm to diving headfirst into her growing e-commerce empire, and she doesn't hold back about what a daunting move that was to make.

Sarah Carter and Ally Varady are the founders of CV Partners, a project management firm that specializes in taking construction projects from concept to completion, and all the endless details in between.