Episode 304: Asking Yourself ‘What’s the Worst That Can Happen’ with Noura Sakkijha
05/17/22 • 36 min
Noura Sakkijha is gold baby, solid gold. As Co-Founder and CEO of Mejuri, the brand that encourages and empowers women to “buy yourself the damn diamond,” Noura also balances motherhood, running a business with her husband, and more. In this ep, we dive in on where Noura started her career journey (which was anything but linear), the learnings along the way, and how she is truly disrupting an industry that once catered to men buying jewelry for their significant other.
Noura offers incredibly thoughtful insights around channeling the courage to start something of your own, and embracing the inevitable mistakes along the way as learning opportunities. Listen in to be truly inspired by the woman heading up one of the best fine jewelry brands on Instagram.
We’ll also hear from LIVELY Ambassador Hayden Gibbs, who is the Founder of The New Principle, a brand making skincare, accessories and home goods. Listen in to hear the challenges she faced building the business off the salary of an entry level job and worrying about when she’d have the time to make her products.
Noura’s LIVELY Spotlight: Claude Home
Michelle’s LIVELY Spotlight: Omsom
You can follow Noura on Instagram @NouraSakkijha and @Mejuri
The LIVELY Podcast is hosted by its CEO & Founder Michelle Cordeiro Grant.
Produced by Ali Alquiza and edited by Amanda Kay Wang.
Special thanks to our LIVELY team.
If you liked this episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and be sure to tell a friend about it! We love this community and want to make sure we reach as many friends as possible :) For the up-to-the-minute scoop, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @wearlively
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Noura Sakkijha is gold baby, solid gold. As Co-Founder and CEO of Mejuri, the brand that encourages and empowers women to “buy yourself the damn diamond,” Noura also balances motherhood, running a business with her husband, and more. In this ep, we dive in on where Noura started her career journey (which was anything but linear), the learnings along the way, and how she is truly disrupting an industry that once catered to men buying jewelry for their significant other.
Noura offers incredibly thoughtful insights around channeling the courage to start something of your own, and embracing the inevitable mistakes along the way as learning opportunities. Listen in to be truly inspired by the woman heading up one of the best fine jewelry brands on Instagram.
We’ll also hear from LIVELY Ambassador Hayden Gibbs, who is the Founder of The New Principle, a brand making skincare, accessories and home goods. Listen in to hear the challenges she faced building the business off the salary of an entry level job and worrying about when she’d have the time to make her products.
Noura’s LIVELY Spotlight: Claude Home
Michelle’s LIVELY Spotlight: Omsom
You can follow Noura on Instagram @NouraSakkijha and @Mejuri
The LIVELY Podcast is hosted by its CEO & Founder Michelle Cordeiro Grant.
Produced by Ali Alquiza and edited by Amanda Kay Wang.
Special thanks to our LIVELY team.
If you liked this episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and be sure to tell a friend about it! We love this community and want to make sure we reach as many friends as possible :) For the up-to-the-minute scoop, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @wearlively
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Episode 303: A Clean Slate — Building a Clean Beauty Brand Before Clean Beauty Was “A Thing” with Sasha Plavsic
Sasha Plavsic is the Founder & Chief Creative Officer of ILIA Beauty, and a beauty industry pioneer truly ahead of her time in the Clean Beauty space...but more than that, she’s a mama to two girls, and SUPER relatable. Sasha started working on ILIA beauty in 2011 after turning 30, leaving a guy, her job, and moving home with her parents for a bit. In this episode, Sasha breaks down the real deal, you don’t want to miss it!
Listen in to hear all about what inspired Sasha to take a stand to create clean beauty products at a time when no one else was talking about the toxic ingredients in the products we use everyday, how she pushed through some of the hardest and most unexpected times in her life, and the power of delegating when you need help and support.
We’ll also hear from LIVELY Ambassador Cait Khosla, the founder of Botany Box, a succulent gifting brand, who shares her YOLO moment, the challenges she faced, and how she’s been able to grow her brand.
Sasha’s LIVELY Spotlight: Love Wellness
Michelle’s LIVELY Spotlight: Womanness
You can follow Sasha on Instagram @SashaPlavsic and @iliabeauty
The LIVELY Podcast is hosted by its CEO & Founder Michelle Cordeiro Grant.
Produced by Ali Alquiza and edited by Amanda Kay Wang.
Special thanks to our LIVELY team.
If you liked this episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and be sure to tell a friend about it! We love this community and want to make sure we reach as many friends as possible :) For the up-to-the-minute scoop, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @wearlively
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Episode 305: Following The Rainbow To Build a Colorful Jewelry Brand with Stephanie Gottlieb
Stephanie Gottlieb is an entrepreneur, a jewelry designer, a social media expert, and a mama making unique & colorful diamond and wedding jewelry. In this episode, we’ll hear about how her struggle to get a job after college and taking an internship with a family friend’s jewelry business with no intention of staying, actually staying for 5 years, and the YOLO moment that led her to launch her own jewelry biz.
Listen in to learn some major hustle tips from Stephanie on the importance of getting a foot in the door somewhere even if it may not be your dream job, not burning bridges in business, the mistakes she made along the way, how she built her brand with jewelry styling photos and through working with influencers on Instagram before Instagram was even a widely-used platform, working with her sister, and the power of strategic partnerships.
We’ll also hear from LIVELY Ambassador Ciara Perrone, who is the Founder and Designer of Brinn, an intentionally-designed and responsibly-produced handbag and accessories label that uses plant-based leathers and recycled materials to make statement pieces. She walks us through making the tough decision to quit her bartending job so she could focus full time on bootstrapping and building Brinn.
Stephanie’s LIVELY Spotlight: Zara of Terez and Worthy Threads
Michelle’s LIVELY Spotlight: Ali Kaminetsky at Modern Picnic
You can follow Stephanie on Instagram @StephanieGottlieb
The LIVELY Podcast is hosted by its CEO & Founder Michelle Cordeiro Grant.
Produced by Ali Alquiza and edited by Amanda Kay Wang.
Special thanks to our LIVELY team.
If you liked this episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and be sure to tell a friend about it! We love this community and want to make sure we reach as many friends as possible :) For the up-to-the-minute scoop, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @wearlively
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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