Vanessa Matibag of Outside Lead HR Solutions on Why HR Cannot Wait Until the Team Gets Bigger

Most founders know they will need HR eventually. Fewer realize that the moment they hire their first employee, they are already making HR decisions. Vanessa Matibag, founder of Outside Lead HR Solutions, has seen how much easier growth becomes when even a basic structure is in place from the start.

Nida Mehtab Gillio of Goalytics on Connecting Company Strategy to Every Team's Daily Work

Nida Mehtab Gillio is the founder and CEO of Goalytics, an AI-powered business performance intelligence platform that connects company strategy to program, team and individual OKRs and KPIs. In 2019, she also founded Caryatid Space, a global, boutique, women-owned workplace transformation consultancy. The idea came from seeing the

"Say Their Name": Marcy Kelly on Grief, Motherhood, and Writing The Porcelain Heart

Marcy Kelly never set out to write a book. It started with notes, jotted down during the agonizing wait for answers after she learned her son Michael's body had been found in his apartment. He was forty-five, her only child, and for months there were no answers

Alessia Frasson of Uncommon Artwork on Building the Team Artists Do Not Have

Alessia Frasson is the co-founder of Uncommon Artwork, a platform that gives artists and small galleries an out-of-the-box way to show, sell and ship their work online without needing any technical skills. Based in Paris, she and her partner Cameron started by building an art site

Corinne Briaud of LongHER on Helping Women Add Healthy Years, Not Just Years

Corinne Briaud is the founder of LongHER, a community built around women's health and longevity. After years in consumer healthcare, she set out to create a space by women, for women, where real science meets real community and practical, evidence-based solutions come from female experts and the

Amanda Horan of Line + Cleat on Making Children's Life Jackets Something Kids Want to Wear

Amanda Horan is the founder of Line + Cleat, a children's life jacket brand she launched in 2023 after finding that the options available for her own daughters were safe but stiff, uncomfortable and hard to get excited about. As far as the company knows, it is the only

Susan Tan of ECI Consulting Holdings on Why Employee Wellbeing Is No Longer a Nice-to-Have

Susan Tan gave up the stability of a public sector career in 2003 to follow a piece of advice she had long given others: do what you love. A registered nurse and coach, she founded ECI Consulting Holdings in Singapore to get back to working directly with people, and over

Consultancy32

Consultancy32 is a global team of Communications experts established in 2017, with over 30 clients across multiple markets. We support leaders and leading businesses, helping them define their communications strategy and raise their reputation. Our cross-cultural consultants have gained experience in multiple countries, companies and sectors; including finance, technology,

Lenie Maré and Ninna Andersson of Bloom LGBTQ+ on Building a Community Where Friendship Comes First

Lenie Maré and Ninna Andersson are the co-founders of Bloom LGBTQ+, a community-first Android app for LGBTQ+ adults who are looking for genuine friendship and chosen family. Lenie is based in South Africa and Ninna in Sweden, and the two met on TikTok in December 2025, nearly 10,

Persia Samandi of Sohsh on Why Social Content Works Best When It Feels Real

Persia Samandi is the founder of Sohsh, an iPhone content creation business that produces fast, social-ready content for business shoots, events and weddings across Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Greater London and beyond. After spending her 20s running social media for a prestigious hospitality ranking list, she left the corporate grind

Shannon Pratten of Milk Drunk Club on Making Motherhood a Little Easier

Shannon Pratten is the founder of Milk Drunk Club, a maternal health and lactation company, and the creator of MilkHaven, a reusable silicone breast milk storage system that launched in September 2026. A NICU nurse for more than 20 years and a lactation consultant for 14, she is also a

Sara Ellis of Stone & Sky on Making Self-Understanding Useful in Everyday Life

Sara Ellis is the founder of Stone & Sky Self-Mapping and creator of the Human Translation Method. Drawing on lived experience as a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman and years spent translating complicated information in healthcare, she built an approach that brings reflective questioning, pattern recognition and birth-chart symbolism