Colleen DeBaise
Executive Editor at The Story Exchange
Host at The Story Exchange (Podcast)
Author of new book "Start a Successful Business." Contributor to @Inc. Host of @TheStoryXchange podcast. Ex-WSJ. Marathoner, curry lover, twin mama
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2 weeks ago |
thestoryexchange.org | Colleen DeBaise
Listen to the Episode We bring you our fascinating conversation with Jessica Iclisoy, who founded California Baby some 30 years ago. As a new mom, she randomly spotted a chemical dictionary at her local library — and discovered her son’s baby shampoo was loaded with toxic chemicals. “It’s one of those things where fate puts things in front of you,” she says. Appalled, Iclisoy began an investigation into safer ingredients and ultimately deveped her own baby shampoo. Today, California Baby...
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4 weeks ago |
thestoryexchange.org | Colleen DeBaise
Listen to the Episode The year was 1994. “Friends” had just premiered, Bill Clinton was president, and online dating – if it happened at all – was a sketchy proposition. A startup called Match.com was trying to persuade the romantically inclined that the World Wide Web (as it was then known) was a hot spot to meet potential mates. Fran Maier, who had a background in marketing, joined Match.com to bring a woman’s perspective to the burgeoning field. Her first decision?
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1 month ago |
thestoryexchange.org | Colleen DeBaise
Anita Saville recounts the founding of Budget Buddies, in a new book that’s part memoir, part how-to guide. The nonprofit, now named Women’s Money Matters, has helped over 2,000 women. There is a poignant moment at the end of Anita Saville’s new memoir, “With a Passion: Seeing Good Ideas Through,” where she and friend Kathy Brough – for the last time – lock their office door and leave behind the nonprofit they created, Budget Buddies.
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2 months ago |
thestoryexchange.org | Colleen DeBaise
Grace L. Williams tells the story of the Denver women who launched the Women’s Bank in 1978 – and changed the banking game forever. In the 1970s, bankers frequently (and often, unapologetically) told women that they needed their fathers, husbands and sometimes even young sons to co-sign for their loans.
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2 months ago |
thestoryexchange.org | Colleen DeBaise
It’s been a boom time (finally) for the menopause market. At Midi Health, founder Joanna Strober is helping 8,000 midlife women a week. And it’s covered by insurance. Joanna Strober is not singing or dancing about menopause topics on Instagram (although we certainly appreciate those who do). Instead, she’s busy building a fast-growing startup, Midi Health, that’s raised $100 million to provide virtual health care to women in menopause or perimenopause.
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"I never wanted to be a big designer" - Donna Karan. Fun piece by @RivaRichmond What Donna Karan Learned About How to Find Long-Lasting Business Success and Career Fulfillment https://t.co/8IT4Kvihkn
We have some good ones coming up! :)
Here are our podcast hosts @colleendebaise and Sue Williams rehearsing for our latest podcast episode which will be out tomorrow! Stay tuned. https://t.co/yFMYTzTF4f
Buzzzz! Thanks CNBC for picking up our story on this fascinating entrepreneur: This Minneapolis beekeeper is building a thriving business https://t.co/t3FnZpIv9H