Emma sits down with the number one person she looks up to in business: to Mellody Hobson. As Co-CEO of Ariel Investments—a firm managing over $14 billion in assets—Mellody is a powerhouse whose influence stretches far beyond Wall Street.
She opens up about her early life growing up on the South Side of Chicago, the youngest of six kids raised by a single m ... Show More
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Andrew Rosen Built Theory and Backed SKIMS – Here’s What He’d Tell Every Founder
Andrew Rosen has spent nearly five decades building, investing in, and shaping some of the most influential brands in American fashion. As the co-founder of Theory and an early investor in brands like TWP, rag and bone, Veronica Beard, Alice + Olivia, Good American and SKIMS, he’ ... Show More
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Sep 10
Inside Cymbiotika: How Durana Elmi Built a Wellness Empire
Durana Elmi knows how to build a business. Before Cymbiotika, she built and exited four companies. She then took a wellness brand with one employee, one product, and almost no infrastructure and helped scale it into a $150 million business alongside her husband Shahab.In this epi ... Show More
1h 7m
Sep 8
How to Build a Beauty Brand People Believe In (ft. Tower 28, Danessa Myricks Beauty, Crown Affair)
It's easier than ever to launch a beauty brand—and harder than ever to make it last. In this first-ever Aspire founders roundtable, Danessa Myricks (Danessa Myricks Beauty), Dianna Cohen (Crown Affair), and Amy Liu (Tower 28) get honest about what it actually takes to build and s ... Show More
1h 20m
Nov 2023
1796 | Mellody Hobson: “Sometimes You Have to Be Very Small to Be Very Big.”
On today’s QOD, Mellody Hobson, president and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, shares the very best career advice she’s ever received. One of them might surprise you. Source: The best career advice Mellody Hobson ever received | FortuneHosted by Sean Croxton Follow me on InstagramSup ... Show More
7m 51s
Apr 2024
372. Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, Why It Never Feels Like “ENOUGH” + Mental Resilience w/ Melody McCloskey
This week Lindsay is joined by Melody McCloskey, the CEO of the wildly successful company- StyleSeat. They go deep into all things imposter syndrome and how to finally overcome it, how to build your mental resilience, navigating motherhood, and the change of perspective that it b ... Show More
1h 3m
Feb 2025
Episode 328: BTS of Building A Multi-Million Dollar Brand, Leaders Who Do The Work... WIN!!!
<p>On this episode of the <em>Women Inspiring Women</em> podcast, Melanie Mitro shares her personal journey of entrepreneurship, diving into the mindset shifts required to start over, the challenges of scaling a business, and the strategies that truly make a difference. </p><p>Sh ... Show More
33m 27s
Jan 2025
Emma Grede, Mellody Hobson & Angela Ahrendts on inclusive leadership
Emma Grede is the co-founder of Good American and Safely, a founding partner of Skims, and chair of the 15 Percent Pledge. In this conversation, recorded live on stage at the Masters of Scale Summit in October of 2024, Grede shares entrepreneurial lessons with Angela Ahrendts (fo ... Show More
36m 3s
Apr 2020
91. From Secretary to Billion Dollar Business Owner: What I’ve Learned About Finding Customers, Managing Teams & Economic Uncertainty with Janice Bryant Howroyd
We’re joined by Janice Bryant Howroyd, the first African-American woman billionaire and founder and CEO of The ActOne Group, a multi-billion dollar global enterprise providing workforce solutions. Janice is the definition of an unapologetically ambitious woman who lives by her ma ... Show More
58m 27s
Jun 2025
Oprah and Mellody Hobson: Best Money Advice for Gen Z
Mellody Hobson, financial powerhouse, President and co-CEO of Ariel Investments and author of the New York Times bestseller, Priceless Facts About Money, joins The Oprah Podcast to talk about the overwhelming financial burdens facing Gen Z today. Oprah and Mellody invite Gen Z gu ... Show More
1h 1m
Dec 2024
E86: Maha Abouelenein: build your brand, bet on yourself and live with no regrets!
I sat down with Maha Abouelenein, powerhouse communicator, entrepreneur, and best-selling author of Seven Rules of Self-Reliance. Maha shares her incredible journey—from starting as a secretary for Naguib Sawiris to building a PR empire, working with global icons like Gary Vee, a ... Show More
1h 13m