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Baddies Mean Business
by Rylie Jennings
Creating positive media for free-thinkers. Baddies Mean Business shares the real stories of ambitious women pursuing their greatest passions and willing to share the motivations behind them. Welcome to the "waterfall of knowledge"; sharing what women know through experience and are willing to share their advice to YOU.Rylie Jennings is a GenZ woman with an endless curiosity about the human experience, innovation, and creativity. Through her work in venture capital, start-ups and non-profits, she's on the pursuit to define what makes life meaningful.
Episodes
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The Latest Social Innovations in San Diego (San Diego Startup Week 2024)
Join powerhouse hosts Taryell Simmons (RISE Urban Nation) and Rylie Jennings (Baddies Mean Business) as they dive deep with five groundbreaking San Diego founders who are revolutionizing social innovation in 2024. Recorded live during San Diego Startup Week, this special collaboration brings you...
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Figuring Out What You Want Through The "Noise"
Welcome back, baddies! It's been a whirlwind of travel, reflection, and embracing change. What do you really want in life? As we hit milestones and navigate transitions, it's natural to ponder our path. From career shifts to personal growth, when do we truly realize what we want in life? I share...
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Tiktok Viral Sock Brand and Nomadic Life with Tiffany Gil
Welcome Baddies! Swimsuit USA in the house. Meet my friend Tiffany GIl. We met in college and she's now the founder of TIktok viral CPG brand, Shezza. She developed the idea to save us from the pain of Doc Martin heel crushers. She's spent the last few years traveling the world and taking…
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Aggresive? No. Effective (The Anti-Anti Valentines Episode)
Welcome Baddies. This episode is putting the car in reverse and take a 3-point turn. Starting off the episode with five things that are pissing me off. Yes, you read it right. I'll also share a bit about how I feel about ego. This is your episode if you have an egotistical nuisance in your life…
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Managing friendships as an adult with my cousin, Morgan Kline
Welcome Baddies! We're bringing the girl chat to the mic and unleashing our thoughts on managing friendship in your late-20's. Why? They are so confusing! Who's getting married this year? Who's in a relationship now? Who's moving away to another city? Who's moving back home to YAKIMA?? My cousin,...
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My Mother IS the Main Character: Meet Mama Jennings
Welcome back Baddies! You read the title correctly. Introducing the woman who raised me, Slay Lia J. She's all the spice with sugar on the side. Many of the themes I believe in and the skills I learned came from her hard work and drive while I was growing up. Together, we share stories from my...
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Future of After-Life Care & Unpopular Opinions with Shivi Singh, Founder of Legacy
Welcome back Baddies! Introducing a brand new segment in this episode titled, "Unpopular Opinions". Is small talk a sign of low intelligence? What's more important in life, book-smart, street-smart or a healthy balance of both? Introducing Shivi Singh to the pod, Founder of Legacy. She's a…
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The Baddie Guide to 2024: Sharing My Ins and Outs
Re-brand? Cherry mocktails? Funny Slack memes? Welcome to 2024 Baddies! In this episode, we catch up like old friends do and I share all the updates on my new job and visiting my family's Village in Samoa. Also, I share my 2024 "Ins and Outs" list. Listen and see whether you agree with me....
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#5 "you're MORE than a cheerleader" with Lori Wallace, Founder of Career Ecology
Let us say it again for the back row. You are MORE than just a cheerleader. Today Lori and I talk about embracing the sides of us suppressed by others who don't understand. This is about more than your career. This is about your life's purpose. Lori Wallace is the founder of Career Ecology which...
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#4 San Diego Startup Week 2023
From vegan cookies fit for that 9 pm sweet tooth to sustainable surfboards doubling as functional pieces of art, Baddies Mean Business and Rise Urban Nation are back again with another live podcast at San Diego Startup Week 2023! Watch and listen as San Diego start-up founders share the WHY…
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This moment changed my life: explaining why I am the way I am
*cue the Jay-Z voice* Allow me to reintroduce myself...🎶 In this episode, I'm riding solo and re-telling my story of the moment that changed my life forever. I've been meeting a lot of new faces and so today I share about my thoughts visiting Samoa for the very first time (where my family came...
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San Diego Innovation Day 2023: Social Innovation Founders SPECIAL
From breast milk, to adaptive surfing, to how one founder went from homeless to winning her very first pitch competition sharing her latest invention. This week's SPECIAL EPISODE we're teaming up with Village Up San Diego and Rise Urban Nation to share the stories of founders creating change in…
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#1 New beginnings with Liz Trowler, Employee #3 at Olipop, Gen X Creator and Career Mother
Today's about new beginnings. Give a warm welcome to Liz Trower, the Chief of Staff at Olipop and frequent tiktoker expressing her witty satirical videos about corporate life. Liz shares about her next chapter leaving Olipop after 5 years and appreciating the confidence she's built along the way....
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#55 We're separating: say farewell to...
Yes, baddies. We're splitting up. In this episode, we talk about what comes next for Baddies Mean Business and the details behind our separation. Regardless of what comes next, we want to thank the OG Baddies for always being there for us and our little community. 👋🏼Welcome to Baddies Mean...
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#54 Hang Out With People Who Inspire You with Real Estate Investor Quynh Vu
Baddies! Knowing when to make major decisions in your life doesn't necessarily come with a handbook. For Quynh Vu, Founder of Secureland Co and Our San Diego Home, it was the matter of whether she gets to spend holidays with her family or not. Proper motivation? We think so too. Quynh is a...
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#53 Building a community you love as a content creator with Jordan Loufas
Welcoming Jordan Loufas to the podcast. Jordan is a full time content creator and wedding photographer who has built a community around her genuine love for life as a 27 year old live in southern CA. Very early on, she knew college wasn't for her, and decided to create a career in creativity....
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#52 "Beige" flags, book reviews and pop culture moments
We all know green flags, red flags, but have you heard of "beige" flags? We share some of ours and the crazy finds from Tiktok. We also chat about some of our latest pop culture obsessions including Vanderpump Rules, "It Ends With Us" starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni and "The Summer I...
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#51 We were LAID OFF on the SAME DAY
Yes, you read that correctly. We were laid off on the very same day from our jobs. It's an uncomfortable and scary experience for most, so let's talk about it. LET'S GET VULNERABLE with a positive spin to how we felt in the first 48 hours, what steps did we take to find our next opportunities…
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Therapy DOOOP: Our 50th Episode!
The day has finally come and today officially marks our 50th episode of Baddies Mean Business! Today we are answering 50 questions for 50 episodes from anything to coffee orders, to how we would title our memoirs! From the bottom of our hearts, thank you Baddies for being apart of our podcast...
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#49 Head of Marketing and Community at LA based Fika Ventures, Ju Djuin Csontos
Welcome back Baddies! Today's special guest was an early employee at Hulu, and previously worked at firms such at Canaan Partners and Kleiner Perkins. Her wisdom is rooted in experiences focused on collaboration and tapping into the topics that people care about most. We talk about her early days...
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#48 Navigating Your Career Path As A Generalist
Calling all self-proclaimed “generalists”. This episode is for you. We remember the fear we felt when it came to choosing a career path as a “generalist”. We’re here to share the true value generalists have in the workplace. We share about our personal stories of how we became “generalists”, how…
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#47 Feeling stuck in life? Let's talk about it
Welcome back Baddies! After a heart-to-heart conversation between two besties, we decided to talk about the thoughts that hover over our heads. Feeling stuck and trying to find a sense of direction in our lives. We're bringing real conversations about what feeling "stuck" felt like to us and what...
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#46 Life Updates: Moving Across the Country, Work Transitions, Recent Travels, and Local Events!
Welcome back, Baddies! This week, Rylie and Makenzie are back with a solo episode chatting about all their life updates. Highlighting Makenzie's move to Kansas City and her recent travels to Mexico. Rylie discusses her work evolving as she is now in person most days of the week and the events she...
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#45 Coffee Brands With A Global Mission with Nostalgia Coffee Founder Taylor Fields
Welcome back Baddies. Taylor Fields is on a mission to build the world's gold standard for coffee. Coming from the corporate world, she founded Nostalgia Coffee, a female, and LGBTQ ran coffee company supporting both its customers and their producers. She shares the story of how her journey in...
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#44 Using ROBOTS To Solve Real World Issues with Greater Than Tech Founder and Rocket Scientist, Jasmine Leflore
She's a ROCKET SCIENTIST. She's a FOUNDER. She's a soon-to-be famous DJ. Welcome back Baddies to this week's episode with Jasmine LeFlore the founder of Greater Than Tech where her team creates the next generation of technology leaders by teaching aspiring STEM students how to become the…
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#43 Michelle Yeoh’s Golden Globes Speech and The Way Media Influences Us with Head of Partnerships for Asians in Advertising, Senna Bayasgalan
"Today, we'd like to introduce you to a very special Baddie, Senna Bayasgalan! Senna is the Head of Partnerships at Asians In Advertising, an inclusive community connecting Asians in the advertising, marketing, & comms industry. In her position as a board member and Head of Partnerships, she...
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#42 Our 2023 Predictions: Is BeReal Going to Die Out this Year? Should Skinny Jeans Make a Comeback?
Happy Wednesday Baddies! Today we are back with a solo episode full of our 2023 Predictions. Specifically within social media and where we think platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Tik Tok, and BeReal are going to be by the end of 2023. Listen as we chat through our hot takes and opinions about…
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#41 2022 Recap: The Message In A Bottle Story, Our Word for the Year, and Joining The Baddie Collective
Happy 2023 Baddies. You already know the deal. We're talking about the highlights and lowlights of 2022, and bringing in the new year with positivity, lots of water, and, of course, vision boards. Whether last year was the best year of your life or something you rather forget, spend this first...
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#40 Know Your Worth and then Add Tax with Social Media Manager, Lexi Bradley
Happy Wednesday Baddies! We are joined today by a very special Baddie, Lexi Bradley! Lexi is a 22-year-old Founder of Digital LB, a Social Media Management company for brands and businesses who want success without stress, through services such as branding, SM management, and strategy coaching.…
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#39 Crescent Ridge Partners, Maria Gonzalez on Empowering The Next Generation of Female Investors, Her Journey From Redbull to Partner, and Finding Time To Surf As A Career Oriented Mother
Are you a woman interested in being an investor one day? Today, we'd like to introduce you to a special Baddie, Maria Gonzalez Blanch. Maria is a partner at Crescent Ridge, a female-led VC firm that’s invested in companies such as Nostalgia Coffee, Needed PBC, Walla Fitness software, and many…
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#38 Discussing the Future of Venture Capital with Social Entrepreneur, Twentysomething Podcast Host and Founder Champion, Erica Wenger
Happy Wednesday, Baddies! Today we are joined by a very special Baddie, Erica Wenger. Erica is a social entrepreneur, angel investor, community builder, and champion for founders! She is a twentysomething venture capitalist with a TEDx Talk on how social entrepreneurship will change the world, a...
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#37 Hygear Technologies Founders, Adesola Akindele and London Michaels on Cultivating The Company You Keep and Creating Disinfecting Solutions in a Post-Covid World
Today, we'd like to introduce you to two very special Baddies, Adesola Akindele and London Noble, co-founders of Hygear Technologies, a Pan-African Women Owned Hygiene Tech Company focused on research, development, distribution, marketing and education of UVC disinfection technology. Patent...
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#36 Breaking The Myth That Women Become Irrelevant As They Get Older with Women Over 70 Podcast Hosts, Gail Zelitzky and Catherine Marienau
Welcome back Baddies, happy Wednesday! We have two very lovely Baddies joining us in today’s episode, Gail Zelitzky and Catherine Marienau. Gail and Cathrine are the Co-Founder’s and Hosts of the Women Over 70 Podcast, a podcast for innovators in their respective fields of business and higher...
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#35 UnapologeTECH Founder, Community Curator and Enterprise Technology Marketing Executive, Kalina Bryant, on Expressing Your True Self Through Fashion, Conversation and Community
Welcome back Baddies. Introducing you to this week's featured Baddie, Kalina Bryant. Kalina is the Founder and CEO of UnapologeTECH, a professional training, and coaching firm dedicated to bettering corporations' customer growth engine, building up diverse talent, and creating inclusive…
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#34 Side Hustle Culture: Why GenZ Chooses to Learn How To Run A Business Through TikTok
Welcome back Baddies. This week we talk about the who, what, and why behind side hustle culture. We've all heard of hustle culture, but today we chat about the choices we make to maintain our financial freedom, mental health, and overall fulfillment. We've discovered some shocking statistics that...
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#33 How to Craft Your Story Using Key Moments + Treating Your Life Like An Artistic Masterpiece
Welcome back to this week's episode of Baddies Mean Business! We are, once again, bringing you all a solo episode. Today, we are chatting about Key Moments in our lives, good and bad, that we have experienced and have even changed who we are today as individuals. Your story matters and we want to...
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#32 Social Media Chit-Chat: Would We Live in a World without Social Media?
Welcome back Baddies! In today’s solo episode, we chat about social media. As we are continuing along in our first chapter of our new careers, we are finding more and more areas where social media is coming relevant in our day to day. With Makenzie working in Social Media as her job and Rylie...
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#31 Commercial Real Estate 101 with LA Realty Partners Broker Gary Weiss
Welcome Baddies! In today’s episode, we are joined by a dear friend and mentor, Gary Weiss. Gary is a licensed commercial broker in Century City LA and a principal member of LA Realty Partners. He’s an SDSU alumni and Rylie’s mentor in college for 2 years through the Lavin Entrepreneurship…
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#30 Rebranding Politics and Conquering Political Conversations with Girl and The Gov Co-Founders, Sam Kanter and Maddie Medved
Welcome Baddies. This week we bring on very special guests, Girl and the Gov co-founders Sam Kanter and Maddie Medved. Their mission since 2020 is to give politics a facelift, and make political conversations more approachable and dare we say...enjoyable. Together we break down ways to approach...
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29 | Navigating the Inevitable Hardships of Life with Passion + Impacting Change in Cancer Care with Founder and CEO of SWELLTER + Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Commons, Rebecca Driscoll
Welcome back to this week's episode of Baddies Mean Business! We are joined today by Rebecca Driscoll, Founder and CEO of SWELLTER + Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Commons. A passionate, focused, and driven healthcare leader who cares tremendously about impacting change in cancer care. Today,...
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28 | Completely F****** Clueless Podcast Co-hosts Audrey Flowers and Sarah Alice Lidy
Good Morning Baddies. Welcoming Audrey Flowers and Sarah Alice Lidy to the group chat, co-hosts for Completely F****** Clueless, the podcast for those who have no idea what they're doing in life. Together we open up the conversation of encouraging each other to do what we love to do regardless of...
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27 | Celebrating Individuality + Discovering Life Pathways Beyond Our Original Plan with Host of Top 100 Entrepreneurship Podcast "Rise Urban Nation" and San Diego DEI Leader, Taryell Simmons
Today on Baddies Mean Business we talk with Taryell Simmons, host of the Rise Urban Nation Podcast and an active San Diego DEI Leader. Together we chat about celebrating individuality, developing programs to create opportunities for diverse groups of people, and discovering life pathways beyond…
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25 | Exploring "The Entrepreneur Within" with Alex Denoble
End of Season? Just kidding. We are honored to be initiating Alex Denoble, Executive Director of the SDSU Lavin Entrepreneurship Center to the Baddie Class of 2022. Alex shares with us stories from his early days earning his PhD while living in a cabin solely heated by a wood burning stove…
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26 | Entering A New Chapter In Life: Graduating College, Working in Venture Capital, Digital Marketing and Traveling to Venice Italy
Welcome back to Baddies Mean Business. The ideal podcast for individuals navigating their way personally and professional. Follow along our life's journey as we share the stories of our own lives and the lives of others who have found ways to pursue what they're most passionate about. On today's...
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#24 Bye Bye Season 2: Mapping Out Your Life Transitions + "The One Theory"
Are we already at episode #24? "Transitioning" into the summer season (you know what that means), we have our baddies who are winding down, ramping up, and moving forward. OG Baddies will be closing out the season with talking about Kenz's new role in digital marketing and Rylie's new position in...
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#23 Women in STEM, Start-ups and How to Work with Purpose with Jessica Octavio
Breaking barriers together baddies as this week's guest see's no limits to her own potential. This week we discuss how STEM majors can expand their minds beyond the scientific and linear world they have come to know. Jessica Octavio is a soon to be San Diego State University student about to…
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#22 Experiencing Regret + How to Have Authentic Conversations
Han Solo? Solo Cup? Hope Solo? Nope just lil' ole me (Rylie) doing my very first solo podcast. Today I want to talk with you about having authentic conversations with people you meet. Conversations that make you enjoy creating human connections with strangers and exchanging stories. Also, I want…
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#21 Focused On Female: Celebrate the Women Redefining Power
Celebrate the end of National Women's History Month as we share our perspective on important questions focusing on women in leadership, defining a powerful women and who we admire. Focusing on females this week and honoring the incredible women breaking barriers, making the difficult decisions…
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#20 Baddies Who Blog and Produce Reality Dating Shows with Molly Delmore
"Google. Please search up the definition of Baddie?" Searching...searching...*ding ding ding* MOLLY DELMORE everybody! Molly started her very own blog called "Mind Over Molly" in college and it has ended up changing her life ever since. In this episode, Molly shares how to take your life into…
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#19 Too Fine For Timelines: How to Move at Your Own Pace
Baddies, listen up! Feeling pressured that you need to accomplish something by a certain age? Career by 21? Married by 25? Kids by 28? Today we talk about how to enjoy the process and not the destination. We want everyone to know that there is no standard as to what milestones to accomplish by…
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Creating positive media for free-thinkers. Baddies Mean Business shares the real stories of ambitious women pursuing their greatest passions and willing to share the motivations behind them. Welcome to the "waterfall of knowledge"; sharing what women know through experience and are willing to share their advice to YOU.Rylie Jennings is a GenZ woman with an endless curiosity about the human experience, innovation, and creativity. Through her work in venture capital, start-ups and non-profits, she's on the pursuit to define what makes life meaningful.
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