World-Changing Women Podcast

Can you imagine what it would be like to start a new business after two personal bankruptcies? This was the situation facing Suzy Batiz when she had the crazy idea for PooPourri -- a magical spray that masks the smells of your #2s. Since then, she built it into a $500 million dollar company. On this episode of World-Changing Women, we'll hear Suzy's story, the difference between resonance and dissonance, and how she had her business idea in the darkest of moments.

Lynne Twist is a renowned speaker, the author of Soul of Money, the founder of the Soul of Money Institute, and the co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance — a non-profit that works with an indigenous tribe in Ecuador to protect the Amazon rainforest. Her work has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, and on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday. We sat down with Lynne to talk about her decades-long journey in impact, what keeps her going, and how she listens to her own inner wisdom.

What do some of the most impactful companies in the world - companies like New Belgium Brewery, SoundsTrue Publishing, EILEEN FISHER, and SunRun Solar have in common? They were all founded by women. And they did so despite the fact that the odds were stacked against them. So how did these women make it, and what leadership lessons do they have for others? Subscribe to the World-Changing Podcast to find out.

After completing her law degree at Berkeley, Erin Wade was working as a lawyer in the San Francisco Bay area, and she was miserable. Beginning as a dream during this time, Erin's company, Homeroom Mac + Cheese restaurant, has since grown into a thriving business with over 100 employees and a great workplace culture. In this episode, we'll hear about how she built the company culture, how she walked away from her promising career, and how she and her team built an innovative sexual harassment system.

As a long-time vegetarian, Miyoko Schinner knew that eating a plant-based vegan diet was better for the environment, but she was finding it nearly impossible to give up one food item: cheese. So, over the years, she began tinkering with creating vegan cheeses made out of cashews and in 2012 ended up literally writing the book on how to make vegan cheeses. A couple of years later, after encouragement from others in the industry, she ended up launching a vegan cheese company: Miyoko's Creamery. At first, she imagined the company would remain small, but the market had other ideas with the demand for delicious vegan cheese outpacing her ability to make it. Fast forward five years and Miyoko's cheese is sold in more than 12,000 stores nationwide and the company is on track to hit over $100 million in sales in the coming years. On this episode, I sat down with Schinner to talk playing to your strengths, the challenges that come with tons of demand for your product, and what to do when you realize your own leadership is getting in the way of your company's success.