Sustaining Innovation with Stephanie Cartin

01/07/21 • 46 min

Her Story of Success...

Stephanie Cartin has a gift for staying ahead of the curve and executing on great ideas. She’s the co-founder and co-CEO of Socialfly, a social-first digital and influencer agency that’s worked with major brands like Girl Scouts, Samsung and Univision. Through the process of growing Socialfly and wanting to inspire other women, Stephanie and her co-founder Courtney also launched Entreprenista Media, where they co-host the Entreprenista Podcast and co-authored Like Love Follow: The Entreprenista’s Guide to Using Social Media to Grow Your Business . Stephanie has appeared in or been featured on media outlets including Bloomberg, Forbes, Entrepreneur.com, Refinery29 and CheddarTV. She’s been recognized for her work with the SmartCEO Brava Award and a Stevie Award for Women Run Workplace of the Year. Additionally, Stephanie is the co-founder of Markid, a marketplace app where parents can sell gently used kids items.

Along with all of her innovation and business success, Stephanie has also dedicated herself to raising awareness through sharing her own struggles with infertility and a complicated pregnancy. She’s an incredible example of a woman who’s achieved both success and personal fulfillment, all while continuing to innovate and change the way companies approach marketing.

In This Episode:

Stephanie shares her inspiring story of starting a company at a young age and offers advice for other women business owners based on the lessons she’s learned along the way. She also opens up about her health struggles and explains how going through a difficult pregnancy helped shape her into a better CEO.

Episode Highlights:

Stephanie’s story of starting Socialfly and growing it into a successful company
How to work on multiple brands or businesses at the same time
The benefits of mentorship, coaching, and peer networks
Stephanie’s story of struggling with infertility and finding answers through sharing her story
Marketing advice for women business owners

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Her Story of Success...

In This Episode:

Episode Highlights:

Stephanie’s story of starting Socialfly and growing it into a successful company
How to work on multiple brands or businesses at the same time
The benefits of mentorship, coaching, and peer networks
Stephanie’s story of struggling with infertility and finding answers through sharing her story
Marketing advice for women business owners

Previous Episode

Celebrating Success in 2020: Our Year in Review

Celebrating Success in 2020

Even though 2020 was an incredibly difficult year, it also provided a unique opportunity for changes in perspective. As we come to the end of 2020, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the ways Her Story of Success has grown and changed amidst the challenges of the past year. We’re grateful for the opportunity to play a role in helping you define and pursue your own version of success, and we’re excited to continue living into that mission in 2021!

In This Episode:

Her Story of Success CEO Leah Glover Hayes sits down with her Executive Producer Claire Bidigare-Curtis and Production Coordinator Bronte Lebo to take a look back at some of the ways Her Story of Success has changed throughout 2020. They also explain how they’re defining success for themselves and the company as they look ahead to the new year, and they share some amazing insights that were submitted by some of our listeners.

Episode Highlights:

A look back at how Her Story of Success has changed in 2020
Listener Submissions: “Which podcast episodes were especially meaningful to you this year?”
Empowering your team to succeed
Listener Submissions: “What lessons did you learn from listening to the podcast this year?”
A look back at some of our favorite guests of 2020
Listener Submissions: “How do you define success today?”
Celebrating our successes and looking ahead to the future

You can catch up on all the episodes mentioned in this podcast by listening to this playlist.

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Integrating Your Work and Purpose with Sherri Kottmann

Her Story of Success...

Sherri Kottmann believes that developing a strong sense of self is one of the most important things you can do for your career. She’s the Chief People Officer at Forrester, a research and consulting company that helps organizations grow through customer obsession, where she’s worked for the past ten years. Sherri initially started her career in sales, but upon being promoted to a sales leadership role, she realized her true passion was people. Sherri also served as the Director of HR at EF Educational Tours.

In her work as Chief People Officer, Sherri’s role extends beyond traditional conceptions of HR to include leadership over the employee experience organization, talent strategy, leadership development, executive coaching, experience design and cultural transformation. She’s excelled at helping her employees all over the world feel safe and supported during the challenges of COVID-19, and she’ll share some strategies other leaders can use to care for their teams.

In This Episode:

Sherri explains how she’s learned to integrate her life’s purpose into the work she does as a chief people officer, and she offers advice to women who are looking to find their purpose or direction. She also offers an insight look at the strategies she’s developed while leading an international company through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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