Building Virtual Wellness Ahead of the Curve: Tiffany Lord on Launching Love + Asana in 2016, the "Information + Integration" Methodology, and Choosing Holistic Impact Over Venture-Backed Scaling

In 2016, Tiffany Lord saw something most people didn't: remote employees were already used to engaging through screens, and they needed quick wellness breaks during the workday—no traffic, no setup time, no waiting. Just open another tab, move your body, reset your mind, and go back to

From the Only Woman in the Room to Leading a Movement: Drenusha Salihu on Building Women4Cyber Kosovo and Redefining Cyber Security

For years, Drenusha Salihu adapted to being the only woman in technical IT environments—accepting it as simply "part of the territory" in a male-dominated field. But when she began actively pursuing a career in cybersecurity, the pattern became impossible to ignore. At nearly every training, she was

From "Something Was Missing" to Building the UK's Fastest-Growing Health Benefit: Steph Hind on Leaving Corporate Life, Co-Founding Heka with 3,000+ Wellbeing Experiences, and Proving That Employee Health Isn't a Checkbox Exercise

Steph Hind spent years in corporate environments with good pay and prestigious titles, but she couldn't shake the feeling that something fundamental was missing. As Co-Founder and Consultant Director of Heka (formerly GoSweat), she turned that disillusionment into the UK's fastest-growing health-led employee benefits platform, now

From 13 Months of Relentless Promotion to Award-Winning Virtual CFO: Tiffany Watson, MBA on Pivoting All Aboard Financial During COVID, Why Tax Planning Beats Tax Prep, and Giving Back Through Microgrants Instead of Titles

After a near-death experience with severe preeclampsia following the birth of her third child, Tiffany Watson knew her body couldn't handle a traditional job anymore—but she also knew she wasn't done building. What started in 2018 as an insurance agency rooted in helping others avoid

From 15 Years in NHS Perinatal Mental Health and Academia to Founding The Yoga Psychology Centre: Dr. Jill Domoney on Integrating Clinical Psychology and Yoga, Translating Research into Practice, and Creating Space in the Transition to Motherhood

After 15 years of working across academic institutions and NHS services to support pregnant and postnatal people, Dr. Jill Domoney had a realization: the integrated, mind-body approach she knew could help women during the perinatal period simply didn't have space to exist fully within traditional healthcare settings. So

From Pluralistic India to Global Stages: Smita Tharoor on Building a Cross-Cultural Unconscious Bias Practice, Choosing Dialogue Over Hierarchy, and Leading Without Burning Out

When Smita Tharoor arrived in London in the 1980s with a degree in English Literature and fluent English, she expected her confidence to translate. It didn't. The assumptions she encountered about her intelligence, her accent, and her right to belong planted seeds that would eventually grow into Tharoor

From "Cases" to People: Sinead Tingley on Leaving NHS Social Care to Build Serendipity Counselling York, Training Over 50 Counsellors, and Why Therapy Shouldn't Mean Burnout

After over 15 years in social care, including experience with the NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Sinead Tingley made a decision that wasn't about walking away from meaningful work—it was about wanting to practice in a way that felt more ethical, relational and sustainable.

From Lebanon to Miami: How Marie Torossian Built Two Businesses and Helps Entrepreneurs Break Through $2 Million with Her Proprietary Financial Framework

From Lebanon to Miami: How Marie Torossian Built Two Businesses and Helps Entrepreneurs Break Through $2 Million with Her Proprietary Financial Framework At age 11 in Lebanon, Marie Torossian was already helping her father run his business. While other kids were focused on school and friends, she was learning the

From First Hire at Precursor Ventures to Founding Symphonic Capital: Sydney Thomas on Raising $13.5M to Back the 99%, Creating the Black Women in VC List, and Why Early-Stage Founders Need to Get Real About Expectations

Sydney Thomas is the Founding General Partner of Symphonic Capital, a San Diego-based venture capital firm that raised $13.5 million for its debut fund to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies "making life better for the 99%." But her path to launching her own fund came after

From Three Heart Attacks at 29 to Founding Prosperity First: Shaneh Woods on Bridging the Soul & Science of Money, Transforming 528 Businesses, and Why "Money Loves Joy"

Shaneh F. Woods is the founder and CEO of Prosperity First, a bookkeeping and accounting firm she founded over 28 years ago. While Prosperity First began early in her career, it wasn’t until years later that the business transformed into the energetically aligned firm it is today. By age

From Environmental Engineer to Founding Bick Law LLP: Kimberly Bick on Building a Women-Owned "Big Law Alternative," Navigating Post-Chevron Environmental Regulation, and Why She Became an "Accidental Entrepreneur"

Kimberly Bick is the founding and co-managing partner of Bick Law LLP, a Women-Owned Business Enterprise providing Fortune 500 clients with "Big Law" environmental expertise using flexible billing structures. But her path to founding Bick Law wasn't the result of careful planning. She describes herself as

From Winning a Horse to 30+ Years Telling Agriculture's Story: Kenda Resler Friend on Founding KRF PR After Dow AgroSciences, Why "Everyone with a Smartphone Is a Reporter," and Building Her Third Storytelling Decade

Kenda Resler Friend is the President and Founder of KRF Public Relations, an Indianapolis-based agency helping agricultural organizations, nonprofits, and businesses tell their stories. But her path to founding KRF PR in 2019 started with something unexpected: winning a free Quarter Horse named “Squirt” from Bob Evans Restaurants in 1984.