Episode: 3 See Jane Make More with Farnoosh Torabi
Okay All You Women Of High Octane Ambition, See If This Rings A Bell . . .
Did you want to say “I do” to the guy of your dreams only to scream “I don’t get it!” when your earning potential left him in the dust along with some serious skid marks over your relationship?
What happens to promising dates, a blossoming romance or even an entire marriage when she makes more?
Okay all you women of high octane ambition, see if this rings a bell . . .
Did you want to say “I do” to the guy of your dreams only to scream “I don’t get it!” when your earning potential left him in the dust along with some serious skid marks over your relationship?
What happens to promising dates, a blossoming romance or even an entire marriage when she makes more?
Our guest today, Farnoosh Torabi, isn’t afraid to get to the heart of this issue. Not only is she one of America’s leading authorities on personal finance and host of the hit podcast So Money, but she has lived this particular dilemma.
On today’s episode, she joins us to talk about her book When She Makes More. We talk about how she and I both created a career and a family that honors our drive and our desire to share it with people we love and support us, while navigating the pitfalls of a society that hasn’t caught up with high earning women.
Notable Moments:
- How Farnoosh’s own experience as her family’s breadwinner made her want to write a book for other women who made more than their husbands
- Why the paradigm shift of women making more than men is both full of peril and opportunity for couples depending on how they approach it
- Why men might be craving the opportunity to be seen as natural caregivers
- What gets glamorized in startup culture about going broke and how to avoid it
Links Mentioned In This Episode:
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Check Out Farnoosh's Website, Farnoosh.tv
Read When She Makes More
Farnoosh Torabi on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
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Episode: 2 See Jane Enjoy Sex Ed with Polly Rodriguez
Can a sex toy startup qualify as a social impact company?
Oh. Hell. Yes.
Especially when that company was founded by women, for women and femme identifying women (in ALL stages of life, not just the tight and perky years), by a female founder who had to reclaim her sexual well being after a devastating diagnosis opened her eyes to how often women feel marginalized when it comes to whole body health and enjoyment.
Can a sex toy startup qualify as a social impact company?
Oh. Hell. Yes.
Especially when that company was founded by women, for women and femme identifying women (in ALL stages of life, not just the tight and perky years), by a female founder who had to reclaim her sexual well being after a devastating diagnosis opened her eyes to how often women feel marginalized when it comes to whole body health and enjoyment.
Polly Rodriguez has a special place in my heart because her company, Unbound, is part of the See Jane Invest Portfolio. I often talk about Unbound as one of my social impact investments and given that their website features various vibrators and lubricants, this often gets me blank stares and slow, confused blinking.
But in this episode, Polly and I unpack all the reasons why this is so a social impact company.
Like how the origin story of Unbound is deeply personal to Polly and one that, unfortunately, many women (including me) can relate to in one respect or another.
Or how Unbound seeks to empower women with information needed in order to truly be informed and explorative of their sexual health.
And why offering this information has (at best) made some investors shy away and (at worst) led to death threats.
Notable Moments:
- Learn how Polly transformed a cancer diagnosis and early onset menopause at 21 into becoming the founder of a sexual health and wellness tech startup with its own line of vibrators
- Discover how Kelly decided to invest in Unbound after realizing she and Polly had an almost identical freak out moment shopping at their local intimate product stores.
- Find out why both Polly and Kelly believe a sex toy company curated by women for women, femme identifying and non-binary individuals is definitely a social impact company.
- Polly discusses how Unbound offered its customers and followers a chance to engage in the national conversation around sexual and reproductive health with legislators.
- Why really understanding the values of your brand, even if it’s controversial, is so important for attracting the people who will love you over the people who will merely like you.
- How moving into manufacturing both liberated and challenged Unbound.
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Episode: 1 See Jane Network with Kelly Hoey
How Do You Solve Your Own Problem? What's The Problem That You See Out There That You Are Uniquely Positioned To Provide The Answer To?
Our guest today, Kelly Hoey, answers these and more questions in the way only she can. Not only is she a dear friend and fellow featured guest on CNBC's Power Pitch together, she's also a former attorney with an amazing shoe collection! While her background is in angel investing (New York Angels and others), Kelly is moving into the author/speaking world with her first book, Build Your Dream Network.
How Do You Solve Your Own Problem? What's The Problem That You See Out There That You Are Uniquely Positioned To Provide The Answer To?
Our guest today, Kelly Hoey, answers these and more questions in the way only she can. Not only is she a dear friend and fellow featured guest on CNBC's Power Pitch together, she's also a former attorney with an amazing shoe collection! While her background is in angel investing (New York Angels and others), Kelly is moving into the author/speaking world with her first book, Build Your Dream Network.
In this episode, we'll dive right into how to network without the ick factor and learn to truly embrace the spirit of community building and generosity that’s essential to the practice. Kelly provides great examples of true generosity and also keys us in on what to definitely NOT do.
Notable Moments:
- How to get beyond the “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine” ick factor of networking and embrace it in the spirit of community building and generosity.
- Why Kelly thought a friend not inviting her to the Tory Burch Ambition Summit was a great example of generosity and how Kelly offered something back that helped both her friend and the Tory Burch’s cause.
- When should you start building the network that will support your startup and who you should reach out to first
- How not to waste your time or Kelly’s by asking for a big introduction to someone like Joanne Wilson
- What’s a huge turnoff to investors like us when startups approach us
- Why introverts make the best networkers
- What simple observation can teach you about chatting up Malcolm Gladwell
- The huge upsides Kelly sees to what social media contributes to networking
- How to amp up your networking with a vision board
- How the spirit of generosity in networking goes hand in hand with a specific ask
- How to own your networking flubs and when saying no is better than saying nothing.
Links Mentioned In This Episode:
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Build Your Dream Network Website
Tory Burch Foundation, Embrace Ambition Summit
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Episode: 0 See Jane Start A Podcast With Kelly Keenan Trumpbour
Welcome to the See Jane Invest Podcast. I am so excited to present the inaugural episode of this podcast. I'm an angel investor & venture capitalist who backs businesses founded by women because I believe in creating diversity and inclusion in places of power. So if you're craving a conversation that goes beyond fighting for a seat at the table and instead talks about how to take over the whole lunchroom, get ready to See Jane Invest in her idea, See Jane Invest in her community, See Jane Invest in her!
Welcome to the See Jane Invest Podcast.
Women like you are launching their own companies, securing funding, growing successful businesses, and trying to have a life among the hustle. I’ve seen it all play out when I advise women led companies in my work as an angel investor, venture capitalist and film producer. I’ve worked with some of the most diverse, rebellious, innovative and creative entrepreneurial minds in business today. In this weekly podcast, I invite these investors, founders and influencers who are shaking things up to share their stories and wisdom. But this show is more than just pitch advice. These conversations are about the women who are unsatisfied with just a seat at the table, and instead want to take over the whole damn lunchroom.
See Jane Invest in her idea.
See Jane Invest in her community.
See Jane.
Invest in her.
