PODCAST · business
WorkParty
by Jaclyn Johnson, Marina Middleton
Meet your new Work Wives. WorkParty, the beloved business podcast with over 3 million downloads to date and guests like Sara Blakely, Tyra Banks, Jen Atkin and more is back and brand new. Jaclyn Johnson joined by CEO of Create & Cultivate, Marina Middleton are letting you listen in as they navigate the world of entrepreneurship, motherhood, divorce, female friendships and how they make it all work – mostly. A little work, a little party, pour yourself a glass of champagne and pull up, cause we are about to get down to business.
Episodes
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Olandria on Letting Go of People’s Expectations, Betting on Herself & Why She’s Just Getting Started
She came off reality TV with two million followers overnight, walked away from her corporate job, and went after high fashion in a way that had never been done before. Olandria sat down with us at the Create & Cultivate Festival and she is one of the most intentional builders we have ever had on...
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We Did It All This Summer: Cannes Lions, Croatia & C&C 100 with Jaclyn & Marina
A lot happened this summer; Jaclyn and Marina are back to recap everything — from bringing back the C&C 100 and honoring 100 of the most incredible women in business, to surviving a heatwave in Paris with 20 hours on the clock, hauling luggage up a mountain in Cannes, and discovering a monk-made...
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Why Making More Money Won't Make You Wealthy with Jaclyn Johnson
You've been optimizing for the wrong number. Revenue, salary, brand deals, sponsorships — none of that is the same as wealth. And the difference between people who make a lot of money and people who build generational wealth often comes down to one word: ownership. In this solo episode, Jaclyn...
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Isle of Monday Founders on Building a 30K Waitlist, Landing in Vogue & the $47B Market
The secondhand fashion market is worth $47 billion and growing three times faster than traditional retail — and Gabriella Curatola and Janelle Gray-Gilbert are building the company that's going to define it. As co-founders of Isle of Monday, the first rental platform for luxury vintage, they...
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Ali Kriegsman on Selling Her Startup, Helping Founders Raise $20M & the Fundraising Secrets Nobody Talks About
She sold her startup to the biggest B2B events company in the United States, spent a year in a post-exit identity crisis, built a consulting practice that helped founders raise a collective $20 million in venture funding, wrote two books, launched one of the most talked-about Substacks at the...
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Stop Waiting for Brand Deals: How to Build Real Wealth as a Creator with Nadya Okamoto
She started a nonprofit at 16, built a period care brand from zero to $5 million raised while posting on TikTok, grew to 6 million followers across platforms, and is now stepping into her next chapter as Chief Creator Officer at Cherub — all before most people have figured out what they want to…
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The C&C 100 All Stars on Starting Over, Ditching Perfection & Being the Villain in Someone Else's Story
We sat down with our C&C 100 All Stars — Allison Ellsworth, Keltie Knight, Chriselle Lim, Gregg Renfrew, and Alli Webb — to talk about what it really looks like to start over after you've already made it. From selling a company to Pepsi for nearly $2 billion to ditching the scarcity mindset to...
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C&C 100 Rising Stars: Money Moves, Multiple Income Streams & Why Your Personal Brand Can't Wait
We sat down with our C&C 100 Rising Stars — Les Alfred, Dr. Chrystle Cu, Aliett Buttelman & Nina LaBruna of Fazit, Sammi Cohen, Tricia Lee, Camille Moore, and Kristina Subbotina — to talk about the money moves that matter, why your personal brand can't wait, and what actually keeps you going when...
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C&C 100 Tech Honorees on Building in the Age of Claude & What It Really Takes to Win in Tech
We sat down with our C&C 100 Tech Honorees — Brittany Avery, Tezza Barton, Catherine Goetze, Lucy Guo, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, and Mady Maio & Lauren Wolfen of Camber — to talk about what it really takes to build, lead, and win in tech right now. From fundraising rejections that ended up being the...
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The C&C 100 Content Creator Honorees on How to Go Viral, Find Your Voice & the One Thing Every Creator Gets Wrong
We sat down with our C&C 100 Content Creator Honorees — India de Beaufort, Averi Camille, Robyn Delmonte, Shayla Mitchell, Nadya Okamoto, and Victoria Paris — to talk about what it really takes to build an audience, find your voice, and stay creative in a world that never stops scrolling. From...
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The C&C 100 Sports & Wellness Honorees on Juggling It All, Creatine & Why Balance Is Setting You Up to Fail
We sat down with our C&C 100 Sports & Wellness Honorees — Malika Andrews, Louise Hazel, Kayla Jeter, Samantha Miller, and Alex Taylor — to talk about what it really takes to show up, perform, and build in industries that weren't always built for women. From redefining what balance actually looks...
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The C&C 100 Culinary Honorees on Matcha Fatigue, Building Cult Brands & the One Thing Every Food Founder Needs to Know
We sat down with our C&C 100 Culinary Honorees — Kit Keenan, Olivia Lopez, Julianna McIntosh, Becca Millstein and Tini Younger — to talk about what it really takes to build a food brand that stands out, lasts, and actually feels like you. From tinned fish empires to cocktail content that took…
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The C&C 100 Entertainment Honorees on the Roles They Didn't Get, Ditching the Scarcity Mindset & Doing Things That Scare You
We sat down with our C&C 100 Entertainment Honorees — Bobbi Althoff, Ariana Madix, Caitlin Reilly, Brittany Snow, and Danielle Robay — to talk about the rejections that stung, the no's that redirected everything, and what it really takes to build a lasting career in Hollywood. These women are…
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The C&C 100 Money Honorees on FOMO Investing, Toxic Money Habits & Why You're Probably Underselling Yourself
We sat down with our C&C 100 Money Honorees — Kate McAndrew, Ruffin Mitchener, Mary Holland Nader, Maggie Sellers Reum, and Elaine Welteroth — to talk about what it really takes to build, invest, and grow wealth on your own terms. From self-funding empires to talking about money like a man, these...
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The C&C 100 Fashion Honorees on Maximalism, Building Brands & Why Your Style Is Your Greatest Business Asset
We sat down with our C&C 100 Fashion Honorees — Olandria Carthe, Daryl-Ann Denner, Ariana Ferweda, Raissa Gerona, Alani Noelle, Jully Patel and Seerat Saini — to talk about what it really takes to build, lead, and win in the fashion industry right now. From thrifting their way up to building cult...
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The C&C 100 Beauty Honorees on Inclusion, Building From Scratch & What Beauty Brands Won't Admit
We sat down with our C&C 100 Beauty Honorees —Claudia Sulewski, Danessa Myricks, Golloria George, Mei Kwok, Monique Rodriguez, and Toni Bravo — to talk about what it really takes to build, lead, and win in the beauty industry right now. From viral moments to million dollar exits, these women are...
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Meet the Founders Who Built a $4 Million Skincare Brand for Women Too Busy for Skincare
They were best friends from Georgetown — one burning out on Wall Street watching her skin deteriorate, the other finishing medical school while obsessing over skincare science. Together they built 4AM Skin, a circadian rhythm skincare brand backed by Nobel Prize winning science that says the...
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She Quit Her Corporate Job with No Money, No Connections and No Fashion Experience and Built the Brand Every Powerful Woman Is Wearing with Sali Christeson
She quit her corporate job at Cisco with no money, no connections, and no fashion background — and built the workwear brand worn by the most powerful women in the world. Sali Christeson founded Argent after reading a study that showed what a woman wears directly impacts her earnings over her...
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Girl Math Is Making You Broke with Mrs. Dow Jones
She got laid off, couldn't find a single financial resource that spoke to her, and decided to become one herself. Today Haley Sacks, Mrs. Dow Jones, Financial Expert, host of Financial Tea podcast and NYT bestselling author of Future Rich Person. This is the money conversation every woman needs…
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Laney Crowell on Building a $100M Clean Beauty Empire, Getting Top 10 at Sephora, and Why Your Makeup Is Ruining Your Skin
She started with a beauty closet, 15,000 Instagram followers, and a product that took five years to make. Today, Laney Crowell is the founder and CEO of Saie, one of Sephora's top clean makeup brands, and she built it without cutting a single corner. From launching three months before a global...
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The Breakout Star of Owning Manhattan on Closing $40 Million a Month and Building an Empire on Her Own Terms with Tricia Lee
She started her first business at nine years old, broke every rule in real estate, and built an empire in Brooklyn before Netflix ever called. Tricia Lee is the breakout star of Owning Manhattan, one of the most-watched shows on Netflix, and she closed $40 million in sales last month alone. From...
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Here's What Most Founders Get Wrong with Global Angel Investor Erika Aquino
She has built one of the most globally diverse investment portfolios in the early stage space — 26 companies across six countries focused on wellness, sustainability, education, and the future of work. Erika Aquino backs the founders other people overlook and she has a very clear point of view on...
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The Second Chapter Is Always Better with Tone It Up Founder and CEO, Karena Dawn
She built one of the first women's fitness communities on the internet in 2009 — before influencers were a thing, before wellness was a category, and before anyone told her it was possible. Karena Dawn co-founded Tone It Up, pioneered positivity in a fitness world built on punishment, sold a…
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The Only Female Founder in Beverage History to Pull Off a $2 Billion Exit with Allison Ellsworth
She went from selling apple cider vinegar drinks at a farmers market while three months pregnant to closing a $1.95 billion deal with PepsiCo — and becoming the only female founder in beverage history to pull off an exit of that size. Allison Ellsworth built Poppi from a passion project into one…
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The Money Talk Your Parents Never Had With You with Vivian Tu
She went from translating financial documents for her immigrant parents to building a 10 million person following and becoming one of the most trusted voices in personal finance. Vivian Tu — aka Your Rich BFF — is on a mission to give every woman the money education the system never handed her.…
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Beyond the Application: Building a Personal + Employer Brand That Wins
She went from red carpet interviews and cruise lines to luxury watches, Saks Fifth Avenue, and now leading employer brand activations at one of tech's most recognizable names. Adrien Fleming's career has never followed a straight line — and that's exactly the point. At Zillow, she's completely...
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"Don't Get Attached to Your Brand" Naturium Founder Susan Yara's $355M Exit Story
She built a skincare empire from a YouTube channel, survived a very public launch controversy, and walked away with a $355M exit. Naturium founder Susan Yara is giving us the unfiltered story of how she built one of beauty's most unexpected brands — and why the best advice she ever got was to…
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6 Business Questions Every Founder Is Asking, Answered Live
We Put Ourselves on the Spot So You Don't Have To | Live Q&A from Austin, TX We took the stage at Future Summit in Austin, Texas in front of hundreds of incredible women entrepreneurs and opened it all the way up. No filter, no script — just real questions from real founders and the honest…
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Why Successful Women Struggle in Dating and How to Change It from a Matchmaker
Dating today feels less like romance and more like running a full-blown operation. Strategy. Logistics. Emotional stamina. But according to Katie Lloyd, matchmaker at The Bevy, finding real partnership has nothing to do with your résumé and everything to do with the energy you bring into the…
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The Hidden Reason People Aren’t Taking You Seriously with Style Expert Bria Johnson
In this episode of WorkParty, Jaclyn and Marina sit down with Bria Johnson, Chief Style Strategist and founder of Iconic with Style, to talk about the embodiment gap, that in-between season when you have grown internally but the way you show up has not caught up yet. This conversation is not…
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How One Dress Sparked a Brand Women Now Obsess Over with LoveShackFancy’s Rebecca Hessel Cohen
Some brands sell products. LoveShackFancy built an entire world. In this episode, Jaclyn and Marina sit down with LoveShackFancy founder and creative director Rebecca Hessel Cohen to unpack how a single bridesmaid dress turned into a global, cross-category brand that people now use as an…
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A Practical Guide to Fertility, Egg Freezing, and Your Future Timeline
Fertility is one of the biggest factors shaping how women plan their lives, careers, and families, yet most of us don’t learn the real science until we are already navigating the stress of timing, age, or uncertainty. In this episode, we are breaking down what proactive fertility care actually...
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How Cosmo’s Youngest Editor-In-Chief Is Reinventing a Legacy Brand
Cosmopolitan is one of the most recognizable brands in media with more than six decades of history. So what does it take to evolve a legacy title for a completely new generation of readers and platforms? In this episode, we sit down with Willa Bennett, the editor in chief of Cosmopolitan and...
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The Death of Originality: Why Social Media Feels So Boring
Influencer culture is shifting, everyone is exhausted, and the internet just doesn’t feel as fun or as real as it used to. In this episode, Jaclyn and Marina unpack why so many women are hitting a wall with social media, what’s really behind the ad fatigue we’re all feeling, and how the pressure…
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The One System Every Entrepreneur Needs to Stop the Chaos and Start Scaling
Running a small business means wearing all the hats — CEO, marketer, cashier, bookkeeper — and somehow still finding time to post on Instagram. It’s a lot. That’s why we’re so excited to talk to Kasturi Mudulodu, the President of Commerce at GoDaddy, who’s helping entrepreneurs bring all their...
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Why Making Friends as an Adult Feels So Hard with Liv Schreiber
Liv Schreiber has built a business around something we all crave: real connection. This week she joins Jaclyn and Marina to talk about what happens when you stop trying to “network” and start genuinely connecting. As the founder of *Hot and Social* and *Camp Social*, Liv helps women find...
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Stop Networking and Start Building Real Connections | Career Glow Up Series
💌 Subscribe to our Career Glow Up email series to get all the tips, scripts, and strategies to help you grow your career this month. https://mailchi.mp/a4486f077c2f/careerglowup In this week’s WorkParty episode, Jaclyn and Marina unpack what networking actually looks like when you remove the...
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The Skills You Need to Get Ahead In Your Career | Career Glow Up Series
💌 Subscribe to our Career Glow Up email series to get all the tips, scripts, and strategies to help you grow your career this month. https://mailchi.mp/a4486f077c2f/careerglowup In this week’s WorkParty episode, Jaclyn and Marina dive into what it really takes to grow your career beyond just...
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How to Build a Résumé That Gets You Hired | Career Glow Up Series
💌 Subscribe to our Career Glow Up email series to get all the tips, scripts, and strategies to help you grow your career this month. https://mailchi.mp/a4486f077c2f/careerglowup Recruiters spend just 6 seconds scanning your résumé before deciding if you’re a yes or a next. That means every word...
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Why Asking for a Raise Feels So Hard (and How to Do It Anyway) | Career Glow Up Series
💌 Subscribe to our Career Glow Up email series to get all the tips, scripts, and strategies to help you grow your career this month. https://mailchi.mp/a4486f077c2f/careerglowup Let’s talk money. In this episode of WorkParty, Jaclyn Johnson and Marina Middleton get real about one of the hardest...
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Jaclyn Shares Her Breast Cancer Journey and What She's Learned Along the Way
This week on WorkParty, Jaclyn opens up about her recent breast cancer diagnosis and how a routine mammogram led to early detection. She shares what the process has looked like so far and the lessons she’s learned about listening to her body, advocating for herself, and staying proactive with her...
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How Motherhood Can Make You a Stronger Founder with Denise Vasi
Motherhood doesn’t just change your schedule, it changes everything. This week, Jaclyn and Marina sit down with Denise Vasi, founder of Maed Beauty, actress, writer, and advocate for intentional living. Denise shares how becoming a mom reshaped her definition of success, what it took to launch…
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Reimagining Email: Authentic Marketing for the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
They break down why email is still the highest ROI marketing channel and how to make it work for you — from writing subject lines that feel personal to creating automations that nurture your audience while you sleep. We cover: Why email converts better than social media (and how to measure…
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From Solo to CEO: Building Your Team & Org Chart as a Founder
On this week’s episode of WorkParty, Jaclyn Johnson and Marina Middleton dive into one of the toughest, and most important, aspects of building a business: your team. From first hires and org charts to evolving into a confident, effective leader, they break down the realities of what it takes to...
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Confidence at Every Stage: Fundraising, Leadership & Life Transitions
On this week’s episode of WorkParty, Jaclyn Johnson and Marina Middleton are diving into what it really means to show up with confidence in work, leadership, and life. From fundraising and running a business, to navigating major personal transitions, they break down the challenges and mindset...
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The Girlboss Reset: Founders Returning to Rewrite the Playbook
This week on WorkParty Jaclyn Johnson and Marina Middleton return with an honest conversation about leadership, reinvention, and what it actually looks like to grow a modern business. From the evolution of the “girlboss” narrative, to the pressure of building both a brand and a personal identity...
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The Myth of “Having It All” & Other Hard Founder Truths You Need: Live Q&A with Cyndi Ramirez
In this special live episode of WorkParty, Jaclyn Johnson and Marina Middleton come to you from Palm Springs for the Blueprint Mastermind, joined by Cyndi Ramirez. Cyndi is the founder and CEO of Chillhouse, with a goal to modernize the spa industry. Together, they host a candid, no-holds-barred...
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Figuring It Out Along the Way: The Realities of Entrepreneurship
Jaclyn Johnson and Marina Middleton recorded this episode of WorkParty during one of the biggest weeks of the year, Create & Cultivate’s Festival. They’re giving a candid, behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to bring a multi-day experience to life, from programming four stages and...
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Is Slowing Down the Secret to Success? with April Gargiulo
This week on WorkParty, Jaclyn Johnson and Marina Middleton are joined by April Gargiulo, the founder and CEO of Vintner’s Daughter, a cult-favorite skincare brand rooted in craftsmanship, performance, and radical quality. April’s journey is a rare one: from growing up in a Napa Valley winemaking...
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Balancing the Build: Sammi Cohen on Life Between 9–5 and the Creator Economy
This week on WorkParty, Jaclyn Johnson and Marina Middleton sit down with Sammi Cohen, creator, entrepreneur, podcast host, and former Amazon product manager who’s built a loyal following across Instagram, TikTok, and her own podcast, Social Currency. Known for her smart commentary at the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Meet your new Work Wives. WorkParty, the beloved business podcast with over 3 million downloads to date and guests like Sara Blakely, Tyra Banks, Jen Atkin and more is back and brand new. Jaclyn Johnson joined by CEO of Create & Cultivate, Marina Middleton are letting you listen in as they navigate the world of entrepreneurship, motherhood, divorce, female friendships and how they make it all work – mostly. A little work, a little party, pour yourself a glass of champagne and pull up, cause we are about to get down to business.
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Meet your new Work Wives. WorkParty, the beloved business podcast with over 3 million downloads to date and guests like Sara Blakely, Tyra Banks, Jen Atkin and more is back and brand new. Jaclyn Johnson joined by CEO of Create & Cultivate, Marina Middleton are letting you listen in as they navigate...
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