https://simplecast.com A series of intimate, honest conversations between Andie CEO and founder Melanie Travis and female entrepreneurs about the sink-or-swim moments that made their brands what they are today — and made the women more resilient than ever. 2019 Andie Swim en https://just-keep-swimming.simplecast.com Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:56:39 +0000 Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:58:37 +0000 https://just-keep-swimming.simplecast.com https://cdn.simplecast.com/images/d9105191-085c-4062-b0ba-3a7f3b9cd1f1/ff3463b0-00f3-4be0-96f2-960aad9935e2/3000x3000/jks_albumart_v3_06.jpg?aid=rss_feed episodic A series of intimate, honest conversations between Andie CEO and founder Melanie Travis and female entrepreneurs about the sink-or-swim moments that made their brands what they are today — and made the women more resilient than ever. Andie Swim no https://feeds.simplecast.com/g9oILp54 business, entrepreneurship, female founders, resilience, startups Melanie Travis mel@andieswim.com eb403d9e-4dcd-41df-9da1-a996821f3307 After college, Eliza Blank longed for a greener life — the concrete jungle wasn’t cutting it. She went to the basement (yes, basement) of Home Depot to look for plants and thought, There must be a better way. She developed her idea for The Sill in a pre-Instagram era, and she’s pretty much responsible for turning you into a plant parent. But it wasn’t all easy growth — her co-founder left after a few months, leaving Eliza to make her plant dreams happen on her own. Spoiler alert: She did it. thesill.com @thesill Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:56:39 +0000 mel@andieswim.com (Andie Swim) https://just-keep-swimming.simplecast.com/episodes/the-sill-WO4qjYNF The Sill: Going Solo & Making Plants a Thing Andie Swim 00:31:07 After college, Eliza Blank longed for a greener life — the concrete jungle wasn’t cutting it. She went to the basement (yes, basement) of Home Depot to look for plants and thought, There must be a better way. She developed her idea for The Sill in a pre-Instagram era, and she’s pretty much responsible for turning you into a plant parent. But it wasn’t all easy growth — her co-founder left after a few months, leaving Eliza to make her plant dreams happen on her own. Spoiler alert: She did it. thesill.com @thesill After college, Eliza Blank longed for a greener life — the concrete jungle wasn’t cutting it. She went to the basement (yes, basement) of Home Depot to look for plants and thought, There must be a better way. She developed her idea for The Sill in a pre-Instagram era, and she’s pretty much responsible for turning you into a plant parent. But it wasn’t all easy growth — her co-founder left after a few months, leaving Eliza to make her plant dreams happen on her own. Spoiler alert: She did it. thesill.com @thesill entrepreneurship, female founders, plants no full 6 1 d97ab62b-4937-4644-981e-8f1e62db98a1 Burnt out after 10 years of running her private chef business and ready to move to Malibu to open a restaurant, Jill Donenfeld met Tiana Tenet — and decided to take her business in a totally new direction: Bigger. Melanie talked to them about redefining their business, growing the team, getting important feedback and how they’ve helped one another — and the Culinistas brand— grow in new and unexpected ways. theculinistas.com @theculinistas Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:56:29 +0000 mel@andieswim.com (Andie Swim) https://just-keep-swimming.simplecast.com/episodes/the-culinistas-lrYwbCts The Culinistas: Double Down to Scale Up Andie Swim 00:35:22 Burnt out after 10 years of running her private chef business and ready to move to Malibu to open a restaurant, Jill Donenfeld met Tiana Tenet — and decided to take her business in a totally new direction: Bigger. Melanie talked to them about redefining their business, growing the team, getting important feedback and how they’ve helped one another — and the Culinistas brand— grow in new and unexpected ways. theculinistas.com @theculinistas Burnt out after 10 years of running her private chef business and ready to move to Malibu to open a restaurant, Jill Donenfeld met Tiana Tenet — and decided to take her business in a totally new direction: Bigger. Melanie talked to them about redefining their business, growing the team, getting important feedback and how they’ve helped one another — and the Culinistas brand— grow in new and unexpected ways. theculinistas.com @theculinistas entrepreneurship, culinistas, female founders no full 5 1 2a200779-7d9e-4031-88bc-f5c9c8bee39f Renata Black studied under one of the preeminent microfinance scholars. While living in India, she realized the power of small sums of money. She rejected the idea of underwear as a sex symbol and flipped it on its head, turning it into an empowering tool for women to help women every day. Her subscription service — co-founded with Sofia Vergara — supplies women with new underwear so they can make a difference every time they get dressed. @joinEBY join-eby.com Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:55:55 +0000 mel@andieswim.com (Andie Swim) https://just-keep-swimming.simplecast.com/episodes/eby-Xl-i_wkLLG5 EBY: Undies That Do Good Andie Swim 00:29:19 Renata Black studied under one of the preeminent microfinance scholars. While living in India, she realized the power of small sums of money. She rejected the idea of underwear as a sex symbol and flipped it on its head, turning it into an empowering tool for women to help women every day. Her subscription service — co-founded with Sofia Vergara — supplies women with new underwear so they can make a difference every time they get dressed. @joinEBY join-eby.com Renata Black studied under one of the preeminent microfinance scholars. While living in India, she realized the power of small sums of money. She rejected the idea of underwear as a sex symbol and flipped it on its head, turning it into an empowering tool for women to help women every day. Her subscription service — co-founded with Sofia Vergara — supplies women with new underwear so they can make a difference every time they get dressed. @joinEBY join-eby.com no full 4 1 5dcfc1fd-e0fa-4a2b-8804-6f505db3c0ea Since 2011, Bark & Co has been cranking out quirky toys and treats for dogs all over America. When a product recall almost jeopardizes everything, the Bark team came together to make good on their promise to make dogs happy. Co-founder & COO Carly Strife tells all. bark.co @barkbox Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:55:44 +0000 mel@andieswim.com (Andie Swim) https://just-keep-swimming.simplecast.com/episodes/bark-zDEFdaX_ Bark & Co: Doing It For the Dogs Andie Swim 00:26:54 Since 2011, Bark & Co has been cranking out quirky toys and treats for dogs all over America. When a product recall almost jeopardizes everything, the Bark team came together to make good on their promise to make dogs happy. Co-founder & COO Carly Strife tells all. bark.co @barkbox Since 2011, Bark & Co has been cranking out quirky toys and treats for dogs all over America. When a product recall almost jeopardizes everything, the Bark team came together to make good on their promise to make dogs happy. Co-founder & COO Carly Strife tells all. bark.co @barkbox entrepreneurship, barkbox, female founders, dogs no full 3 1 4ce12a47-c1a0-4e41-b305-7058c8cabfb8 With a factory mishap, direct-to-consumer shoe company Margaux discovers the ingredient it didn’t know it was missing. Co-founder Alexa Buckley tells all. margauxny.com @margauxny Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:55:32 +0000 mel@andieswim.com (Andie Swim) https://just-keep-swimming.simplecast.com/episodes/margaux-DmvcwlSM Margaux: Finding the Missing Piece Andie Swim 00:26:06 With a factory mishap, direct-to-consumer shoe company Margaux discovers the ingredient it didn’t know it was missing. Co-founder Alexa Buckley tells all. margauxny.com @margauxny With a factory mishap, direct-to-consumer shoe company Margaux discovers the ingredient it didn’t know it was missing. Co-founder Alexa Buckley tells all. margauxny.com @margauxny shoes, entrepreneurship, female founders, startups no full 1 1 0995c173-ec43-40c9-b30e-b6fff9b80407 Worn is a Brooklyn-based agency that started as a DC-based magazine. A government grant, cold email and lot of hustle later, it’s a booming, mission-driven business helping brands like Bumble, Let’s Move (yeah, Michelle Obama) and Andie(!) grow and reach new audiences. Nicole Corbett and Carolyn Rush have grown Worn to 14 people through a contagious blend of adventurousness, positivity and resilience — because agency life isn’t easy, and you have to deal with rejection every damn day. Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:55:19 +0000 mel@andieswim.com (Andie Swim) https://just-keep-swimming.simplecast.com/episodes/worn-nyc-KJ-9Ey4gYZw Worn NYC: Teaming Up to Help Women Andie Swim 00:23:34 Worn is a Brooklyn-based agency that started as a DC-based magazine. A government grant, cold email and lot of hustle later, it’s a booming, mission-driven business helping brands like Bumble, Let’s Move (yeah, Michelle Obama) and Andie(!) grow and reach new audiences. Nicole Corbett and Carolyn Rush have grown Worn to 14 people through a contagious blend of adventurousness, positivity and resilience — because agency life isn’t easy, and you have to deal with rejection every damn day. Worn is a Brooklyn-based agency that started as a DC-based magazine. A government grant, cold email and lot of hustle later, it’s a booming, mission-driven business helping brands like Bumble, Let’s Move (yeah, Michelle Obama) and Andie(!) grow and reach new audiences. Nicole Corbett and Carolyn Rush have grown Worn to 14 people through a contagious blend of adventurousness, positivity and resilience — because agency life isn’t easy, and you have to deal with rejection every damn day. entrepreneurship, female founders no full 2 1