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The Beehive Product Launch Show
by Alisa Ivory Smith brings you t
Alisa Ivory Smith interviews inspiring female entrepreneurs around the world...
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67: Kara Goldin Launched Hint Water
Kara Goldin is on a mission to keep the world healthy and hydrated. She created Hint, Inc., a successful line of water flavored with natural fruit oils and essences. During our conversation, we discussed how Kara defied conventional wisdom in the beverage industry by launching her first product...
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66: Kristen Ley Launched Thimblepress
Since dressing up as an artist for her kindergarten career day, Kristen Ley has known what her future profession was meant to be. Even at that early age, she knew what creating art and beautiful things meant. Both her grandmothers were avid seamstresses and craft gurus, so they are a huge part of...
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65: Chrissa McFarlane launched Patientory
Chrissa McFarlane is passionate about creating cutting-edge products that lead to global transformation of healthcare delivery. She launched Patientory, an online platform that connects patients with their doctors, caregivers and a community of individuals with similar health concerns. Chrissa…
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64: Umaimah Mendhro Created a Global Product Launch Platform
Umaimah Mendhro started her company with a strong belief that fashion could be responsible and accessible. She is the founder and CEO of VIDA, a global platform that brings together creatives and manufacturers from around the world to create unique, original, art inspired apparel and accessories....
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63: Shunta Grant Launched Because of Zoe Designs
Shunta Grant is a lawyer turned entrepreneur. She created Because of Zoe Designs out of her own need to give her daughter unique hair bows and headbands. Sold both online and in retail stores across the country, Because of Zoe Designs is known for its modern, colorful and well made handmade hair...
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62: Loree Sandler Launches Edible Chocolate Candles
Loree Sandler was fed up with the utilitarian look of the average birthday candle. So, she decided to do something about it. She launched Let Them Eat Candles, a line of edible chocolate candles. As Loree describes them, candles are wish delivery systems and should compliment birthday cakes.…
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61: Melissa Bamberg Invented the Nodpod Eye Pillow
Melissa Bamberg spent years researching and developing The Nodpod, a weighted eye pillow designed to promote relaxation through deep pressure touch therapy. To me, the most interesting part of Melissa's journey is that she took time to figure out how to differentiate her product. She also came up...
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60: Annie Haven Launched Soil Conditioner Teas
Annie Haven, a southern California rancher, brings her family legacy out of her pastures to specialty growers and home gardeners around the world. Harvested from Haven raised livestock, she processes and eco hand packages her 100% natural soil nutrient teas for the environmentally minded grower…
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59: Karen the Losen Reinvents Keepsake Storage
Karla the Losen reinvented keepsake storage by launching Savor. Karla and her cofounder, Jennifer McAllister-Nevins, spent over two years researching, prototyping, designing and redesigning their product. During our conversation, we discussed about the importance of talking to the right people in...
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58: Vanessa Victoria Designs Avant Garde Fashion
Vanessa Victoria comes from a rich history of educators, scientists, craftsmen, artists and entrepreneurs. She worked with her sister to launch Nuvula, a new and exciting concept in fashion. The company started as an avant-garde experiment aimed at joining all of the arts with positive social and...
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57: Denise Stern on Sleep Empowerment
Denise Stern is a serial entrepreneur who saw a need for quality newborn care after the birth of her twins. She leads an elite team of Baby Nurses (RN’s & LPN’s), Newborn Care Providers and Multiple’s Specialists that provides evidence based education to new parents and they provide nurturing…
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56: Leslie Pierson Launched Good Hangups
Leslie Pierson is passionate about solving life's challenges through product design. She created and launched The Good Hangups Reusable Magnetic Hanging System. During our conversation, we discussed manufacturing challenges as well as lessons learned about crowdfunding through Kickstarter.
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55: Molly Gordon on Mindset Mastery
Molly Gordon is a Master Certified Coach known for her creativity, humor, and commitment to helping clients get off the merry-go-round of serial self-improvement and into the slipstream of infinite possibility. Her current focus is helping men and women who are working on large scale world…
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54: Katie Everds Launched a Very Smart Tillow
Katie Everds is passionate about the outdoors and created the product she always needed but could never find. She developed and launched The Tillow, a large beach towel combined with a pillow and waterproof storage, to simplify the lives of beach and pool goers. During our conversation, we...
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53: Full Service Apparel Design with Jenny Mae Miller and Kristine Carlton
Jenny Mae Miller and Kristine Carlton started their business as pioneering spirits, right out of technical design school. Through their company, Sewn Product Services, they operate as product developers and production managers servicing the apparel, soft goods, and wearable technologies…
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52: Maryon Attwood Creates Oven to Table Ceramics: Sherrill Mossee Reimagines Tote Bags
Maryon Attwood is a studio artist who co-founded Cook On Clay ceramics. She creates specially formulated oven to table platters that withstand thermal shock and can be used safely in the oven, as well as for serving and presentation. During our conversation Maryon emphasized the importance of...
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51: Sherrill Mosee Reimagines Tote Bags
Sherrill Mosee set out to create an organizational fashion bag for busy women. As a result, she designed and invented MinkeeBlue totes. Like many women, she often carried two or three bags to work. Sherrill came up with a novel design that facilitates consolidation of everything into one bag. As…
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Michelle Moy Modernizes with Up Dog Toys
Michelle Moy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Up Dog Toys. She and her team make functional, cool, modern dog toys for the design savvy pup and owner. Michelle works full time alongside her husband and Co-Founder/CMO, Billy Shih. Her favorite co-worker though is her corgi, Odin, who was the main...
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49: Vanessa Chan Designs Tangle Free, Stylish Headphones
Vanessa Chan is an entrepreneur, consultant and angel investor. She is also co-founder of re.design, a company that brings consumer product innovations to market. Vanessa's first product is, tangle-free & stylish headphones, called Loopit. The launch included a very successful Kickstarter…
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48: Cyndi Prince Created LooHoo Wool Dryer Balls
Cyndi Prince is the founder of LooHoo, LLC, a Maine-based company. She created LooHoo Wool Dryer Balls, which are reusable, energy-saving alternatives to dryer sheets. The product was designed specifically for those who are concerned about protecting both their family’s health and the…
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47: Vanessa Ellingson Created Mobi, an Educational Math Game
Vanessa Ellingson is a former professional basketball player, turned Chiropractor turned entrepreneur. She is also the CEO and Co-Founder of the company Möbi Games Inc. Mobi is afast paced tile game that helps others learn and apply basic math skills. I wanted to learn more about Vanessa's…
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46: Anna Marie Stauss Empowers Women Through Product Development
Anna Marie Stauss supports and organizes a woman's co-op in Calcutta, India. Anna Marie is a true socialpreneur which means that she she designed her business to help the world, both environmentally and financially. I wanted to talk to Anna Marie to find out more about how she was able to bring…
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45: Ianthe Mauro Makes Objects with Purpose
Ianthe Mauro has high standards in both and quality. She created Objects With Purpose candles to deliver a non-toxic sophisticated and conscientious experience to others. We discussed her approach to candle-making in great detail. Her Philosophy Share light and keep things clean and light. Remove...
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44: Tippy Tippens Makes Goods That Matter
Tippy Tippens is the Founder and Chief Eternal Optimist at Goods that Matter. She is also a social entrepreneur, designer, gandhiwarmer, and she's passionate about building sustainable growth. Tippy does this by making the objects that we live with work for us instead of against us and ultimately...
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43: Dr. Wei-Shin Lai Creates SleepPhones®
Dr. Wei-Shin Lai, MD, is a family doctor turned entrepreneur. She has helped 600,000 people live happier, healthier, well-rested lives. When she was in private practice and struggled with her own sleep issues, Wei-Shin and her husband invented SleepPhones®, the world's first headphones designed…
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42: Nancie Weston Creates an Ultra Light Water Purifier
Nancie Weston is the inventor, founder and chief designer at GRAYL Inc., the maker of advanced yet stylish water filters and purifiers that allow you drink water from any source, anywhere in the world. She founded GRAYL due to her concerns about water quality and the impact of plastic from…
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41: Lisa Fetterman Brings Sous Vide Cooking Home
Lisa Fetterman is the founder and CEO of Nomiku, the first home sous vide immersion circulator machine on the market. Lisa has been featured in Wired, MAKE, and Forbes, and was named on both Forbes and Zagat Survey’s 30 Under 30 lists for her pioneering work in the food space. Lisa has worked at...
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40: Dori Ross Creates a Sweet New Product Line
Dori Ross has used her vast experience in marketing to elevate the status of maple which is a true luxury food. She has teamed up with artisan sugar makers in Vermont's Mad River Valley to create Tonewood, a line of maple based products. The sugar makers supply single-source syrup, some of which...
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39: Candice N. Mackel Solves the PR Puzzle
Candice N. Mackel is a graduate of Morgan State University, a full time entrepreneur, owner of Candice Nicole Public Relations (CNPR) and Creator of Women Who Hustle, which is a women's organization that recently celebrated one year. She started CNPR 9 years ago and has worked with some of the…
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38: Successfully Transition from Corporate with Seema Alexander
Seema Alexander is a business strategy coach who empowers purpose-driven women to make the transition from corporate life to entrepreneurship. She does this by helping her clients to maximize their credibility, productivity and profitability in business. Her business philosophy: Do what you love...
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37: Mariquel Waingarten Creates Unconventional Products and Experiences
Mariquel Waingarten has been an entrepreneur since she was 24 years old. For her first venture she created and managed a boutique hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, her hometown. Most recently, Mariquel is the co-founder of Hickies a new lacing technology that turns any sneaker into a slip on. She...
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36: Emmaly Knecht Creates Eco Friendly Bags
Emmaly Knecht is the owner and designer of eba totes. Eba totes are eco friendly bags produced in LA and feature two inside compartments and a waterproof lining. Emmaly strives to create a business that promotes a better ethical standard for fashion accessories and empowerment of women in the...
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35: Cheryl McCants On How to Communicate Strategically
Cheryl McCants is a bilingual, award-winning, communication and marketing professional with more than 25 years of integrated strategic development and global crisis communication experience. Throughout her career as both strategist and spokesperson, she has worked in the educational, real estate...
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34: Kim Ades Focuses on Emotional Resilience
Kim Ades is the president and founder of Frame of Mind Coaching and JournalEngine™ Software. Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mother of five, Kim is recognized as one of North America's foremost experts on performance through thought mastery. By using her unique process of integrating...
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33: Sarah Kunst Reinvents Fitness
?Sarah Kunst is founder and CEO of Proday, the celebrity personal training fitness app. In addition, Kunst an investor and entrepreneur who has worked at Apple, Red Bull, Chanel and Mohr Davidow Ventures. She is also a contributing editor at Marie Claire Magazine. Her philanthropic interests...
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32: Jessie Ricci Transforms Cultural Artifacts
Today's Queen Bee travels the world and spends countless hours in search of beautiful objects that have cultural meaning. Jessie Ricci is a jewelry designer whose hand crafted collections are both provocative and eclectic. As an inventor, it can sometimes be difficult to find your own voice in...
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31: Margaret Sinclair is a Serial Inventor and Entrepreneur
Maggie Sinclair is a serial entrepreneur who has numerous patents. She is a designer and inventor of Maggies, a powerful magnet and metal ring that is redefining the way that women wear scarves and shawls. I wanted to talk to Maggie because she has created a wide variety of products and she has a...
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