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The restaurant industry is notorious for being highly stressful, extremely competitive, and still primarily dominated by men. Owners of the critically acclaimed Raf's New York, sisters Jennifer and Nicole Vitagliano, along with their female chef partners, have created a safe space that raises women up and challenges the status quo.

Just celebrating their one-year anniversary, Raf's has become an iconic neighborhood restaurant “where everyone wants to come and no one wants to leave." Following a romantic idea of opening an old-world style bakery near Jennifer's first restaurant, Musket Room, Jennifer and Nicole established a female “forever team” to align their values and vision. As they have created a space for each other to be themselves, they have been able to offer grace to each other during stressful circumstances. This has largely translated into the restaurant's vibe and the community they have built around it.

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Guest Website:

rafsnewyork.com

Social Media:

@rafsnewyork

Big Ideas:

• Being in business with your sister
• The challenges women face breaking through in the male-dominated restaurant industry
• Establishing a safe space for women to rise together in the restaurant industry 
• Having confidence to make decisions and the importance of a true partner
• Establishing a female forever team and communicating boundaries
• Staying afloat during the pandemic and following romantic ideas
• Working with people who have your back and extending grace in high stress situations
• How younger generations teach us to prioritize ourselves
• The unglamorous realities of running your own restaurant
• Building a community of people around your restaurant
• Valuing your own opinion and choosing opportunities that you really want to do

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Liz Elting, CEO and Founder of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, learned at an early age to rely on no one but herself financially. Liz took this advice to heart, founding and building a billion-dollar business from scratch and becoming one of the richest self-made women. 

From her NYU dorm room, Liz co-founded TransPerfect, the world's largest language solutions company, at the age of 26. Before getting her first clients, Liz made thousands of calls and wrote thousands of letters. Her road to success was filled with long hours and sacrifices. Although Liz had the highest vision for herself and her company, she experienced many learning curves along the way, including the heartbreaking experience of battling her co-founder in court. Liz is a fierce proponent of raising other female entrepreneurs up and amplifying their voices through her work with her foundation. In her best-selling book Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business, she vulnerably recounts her business journey and lessons learned.

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Guest Website:

lizelting.com

elizabetheltingfoundation.org

Social Media:

Instagram: @lizelting

LinkedIn: @lizelting

Big Ideas: 

• Following your passion and financial independence

• Putting in the work early on and keeping at it even when things get tough

• The amount of groundwork you have to do before you get a client

• Taking care of every project as if it is your next million-dollar relationship

• Making mistakes when stepping into leadership and learning from them

• Making short-term sacrifices to achieve long-term success

• Supporting a more equitable and fair business world for women and marginalized groups

• Increasing the number of women in entrepreneurship

• Learning about business through authentic story-telling

• Facing adversity and pushing through

• Lessons learned from a difficult co-founder relationship

• Believing in yourself and not backing down on your values

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“It’s the end of an era, right?” Jamie O’Banion, CEO and Founder of BeautyBio emotionally asks as she reflects on the recent acquisition of her award-winning beauty and skincare company.

While Jamie has come so far from her early entrepreneurial days of building and fundraising, she remains humble, remembering fondly that girl who "didn't know what she didn't know." Jamie grew up on the science side of skincare feeling very comfortable on the research and development side. Still, when she started her own company, intending to educate people on what is actually in their skincare products, she had no idea what she was doing. While she remembers feeling very alone early on, Jamie is now an empathetic supporter of other women founders and helps them rise. As Jamie passes the milestone of having sold her company in a major acquisition, she looks forward to the future growth of the company and remains committed to its success.

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Guest Website:

beautybio.com 

Social Media:

@beautybio

@jamieobanion

Big Ideas: 

• Trying to follow the breadcrumbs of life when you don't know what to do

• Not knowing what you don’t know when starting a business

• Being comfortable with the uncomfortable and being told no

• Making up for lack of experience by being empathetic

• Being part of a “virtuous cycle”

• Thinking about the greater whole of the business 

• The steep learning curve of having to wear all the hats when just starting out

• The loneliness founders experience in the early days

• The importance of women helping women in life and entrepreneurship

• Giving from your heart and giving each other grace

• Building a skincare brand that people love and trust

• Being acquired and “the end of an era”

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Following your intuition can be challenging. It's especially tough after doing all the things you think will bring success, but still waking up feeling unfulfilled every morning. Meha Agrawal, CEO and Founder of Silk + Sonder, found herself in that exact situation.

As the first-born child of immigrant parents, Meha's path to success was paved at a young age. After being modeled a limited vision of what success could be, Meha became a computer software engineer. Realizing that perhaps that path wasn't right for her, she turned to entrepreneurship. A lack of community led Meha to establish Silk + Sonder, her beloved journaling subscription service. Though Meha had her fears about becoming an entrepreneur, she recalls her customers and her bigger why, knowing her product helps millions at a time.

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Guest Website:

silkandsonder.com

mehaagrawal.com

Social Media:

IG: @silkandsonder

     @mehaagrawal

FB: @silkandsonder

Big Ideas:

• The emotional risks of entrepreneurship

• Building safety nets and overcoming the fear of starting your own business

• Organically growing the community to 1,000 subscribers

• Learning to trust yourself in moments of fear

• Navigating financial risks as a founder

• Getting over the shame of asking for money when fundraising

• Overcoming a scarcity mindset and taking calculated risks

• Focusing on building small and steady

• The importance of having a sound business model

• Reorienting your business to meet the needs of newer generations

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Ellen Bennett, founder of Hedley & Bennett, has never followed a conventional path. Guided by optimism, Ellen firmly believes in showing up first and then figuring the rest out later. Deeply honest and known to drop the occasional F-Bomb, Ellen is a leading example that there is not just one path to success in life and business.

After attending culinary school in Mexico City, Ellen returned home to LA. To get professional experience, Ellen busted her way into some of the best kitchens in LA until she eventually became a line cook at a two-star Michelin restaurant. Around the same time, the concept for an apron business began bubbling in her head. It is this concept that ultimately led to the formation of Hedley & Bennett, the leading provider of aprons and kitchenware for top chefs everywhere.  Although Ellen has faced ups and downs along the way, her passion and purpose have inspired her to keep going down the path less traveled. Be sure to use the code “ELLEN20” for a discount at checkout.

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Guest Website:

hedleyandbennett.com

Social Media:

@hedleyandbennett

@ellenmariebennett

Big Ideas: 

• Emotional struggles of being a mom and an entrepreneur

• Taking unconventional paths to achieve your dreams

• The power of passion and purpose to overcome obstacles and the tenacity to keep going

• Learning to pay attention to details while leaning on your optimism

• Having hard times and doing amazing are not mutually exclusive

• Trusting in and following your own pace in business

• Shifting your business by focusing deeply on less

• Getting out of your comfort zone and focusing on the long game 

• Launching before you’re ready and listening to your audience

• Finding success with a smaller inventory and team

• Focusing on slow, steady, sustainable growth

• Battling FOMO and prioritizing deep relationships after having children

• When in doubt, just show up

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According to Vanessa Barboni Hallik, the visionary behind sustainable luxury fashion brand Another Tomorrow, it was all a "beautiful accident."

After taking a sabbatical from her finance career in 2018, Vanessa found herself turning inward, which she now describes as a homecoming journey back to herself and her late mother. Finding no truly sustainable fashion pieces, Vanessa embarked on a journey to start a luxury brand rooted in transparency and care for animal, environmental, and human welfare. Through a farm-to-closet supply chain, Vanessa has developed a new model for sustainable fashion that enables the consumer to connect with the piece's origin story. As she works towards her vision of a better tomorrow, Vanessa looks for patterns of resilience in running a sustainable fashion brand.

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Guest Website:

anothertomorrow.co 

Social Media:

@anothertomorrow

@vanessaanabarboni

Big Ideas:

• Creating a vision for sustainable fashion

• Taking a sabbatical and coming back to yourself

• The challenges of having a sustainable fashion brand

• Building a supply chain from the farm to the consumer 

• Recognizing patterns of resilience when things don't go as planned

• Restoring a sense of connection to sustainability practices

• The importance of network and community for entrepreneurs

• Being vulnerable and learning to ask for help

• Finding people who are energetically aligned with your vision

Links:

Vanessa Barboni Hallik Monthly Office Hours

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Before having children, former CIA Officer Emily Hikade was fearless when carrying out dangerous missions. Experiencing a near-death experience forced Emily to confront her own mortality, leading to a pivotal moment in her life. 

In 2015, Emily founded plume.com/">Petite Plume, a luxury sleepwear company in order to provide more safety for her family. Inspired by her travels, Emily began to create high-quality children's sleepwear without flame-retardant chemicals. Emily believes her experience working for the CIA has made her a more resilient entrepreneur. Knowing that the ups and downs of business are not life or death situations, Emily has created and grown a successful business and retired from a life of high risk.

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Guest Website:

plume.com/">petite-plume.com

Social Media:

@petiteplume

@emilyhikade

Big Ideas: 

• Having a high-risk tolerance and the dangers of working for the CIA

• Experiencing a near-death experience as a mother that changes everything

• There’s never a right time to start a business

• Resilience as the key to not failing in business

• Entrepreneurs never get to relax as each day is a challenge

• Life after the CIA and staying settled in one place

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In both life and design, Laetitia Gorra, Founder and CEO of Roarke Design Studio, believes everything will fall into place. Her entrepreneurial journey has proven to be exactly that.

From assistant buyer at Bergdorf's to jewelry designer and fashion consultant, it seems one door after another opened as Laetitia followed her interests eventually leading her to designing workspaces that rethink today's workplace. Having been hired with zero experience to be the Head of Interiors at The Wing, Laetitia learned just how much the design of a space can influence how people work and what they are inspired by. In a post-pandemic world, Laetitia is redefining the workspace by going against the norms of society. By blending both functionality and beauty, Laetitia hopes to help companies get employees back into the workplace.

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Guest Website:

roarkedesignstudio.com

Social Media:

@roarke.design.studio

Big Ideas:

• The key to learning anything is starting at the bottom
• Accepting new opportunities regardless of your experience
• Designing a space to inspire people
• The importance of a support system as a working mom
• Figuring out work-life balance post-pandemic
• Designing spaces that go against the norms of society
• Believing everything will fall into place
• Rethinking the design of the workplace
• The importance of having a physical space for collaboration
• Treating people respectfully and finding solutions

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In the post-pandemic world, running a PR agency can be challenging amidst the ever-changing media landscape. However, Jennifer Bett Meyer and Melissa Duren Conner of Jennifer Bett Communications understand the importance of maintaining your core values while evolving your agency. Five years after appearing on Superwomen in 2019, Jennifer and Melissa share how their agency has evolved.

Jennifer Bett Communications celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, and even with a decade of experience, Jennifer and Melissa still love pitching. Despite having experienced many highs and lows, they remained true to themselves after the pandemic by concentrating on brand storytelling and maintaining personal relationships with editors. Jennifer and Melissa are proud to run an agency that puts women first, especially mothers. They believe that success can be achieved by reimagining the workday and prioritizing family. For female founders just getting started, Jennifer and Melissa are always available for office hours. 

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Guest Website:

jenniferbett.com

Social Media:

@jbettcomm

@jbc_pr

Big Ideas:

• How intentionally building your client roster can help you get through crises

• Keeping your PR agency relevant in the ever-evolving world of media

• The importance of developing relationships with the editorial communities

• How the mistake of moving too quickly can affect your business

• Helping your struggling business by bringing in the right person

• Navigating the co-founder relationship with effective communication

• The balancing act of running a company as a mom and changing the way we view moms and work

• The importance of supporting your team's personal life to better their professional life

• The best ways to amplify your brand or business when you're just getting started

• The importance of female founders supporting one another

Links:

Listen to Jennifer and Melissa’s First Podcast Appearance on Superwomen

Sign up for the Office Hours Newsletter 

Email Jennifer and Melissa about Office Hours

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How often do you stop to wonder who the person behind the reality TV star really is?  You could look them up on the Internet, but what's the fun in that when you can hear it straight from the source? In this episode, Erin Lichy, of the Real Housewives of New York, is here to share her side of the story and what life is like for her as a serial entrepreneur, real estate agent, and mom. 

When watching a reality television show, we tend to forget that we are only getting a small glimpse into a person's life, there is so much more that we don't know. Despite having much of her personal life edited out of RHONY, Erin is a multi-tasking renaissance woman in real life. She is not only a real estate agent, but also the founder of two businesses, Homegirl, a renovation and interior design firm, and Mezcalum, an organic mezcal brand. She is also the mom of three.  For Erin, not much has changed since she appeared on the show. According to her, "I don't think we're that famous."

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Guest Website:

Homegirlny.co

mezcalum.com

Social Media:

@erindanalichy

@homegirlny

@mezcalum

Big Ideas:

• Using your first business failure as a learning experience

• Following the path to serial entrepreneurship

• Knowing in your gut that a business is right for you

• Applying what you learned from your past business mistakes to your next business

• How reality TV stars can be misperceived

• The importance of having a strong base of trusted people 

• How life changes after becoming a reality TV star

• The importance of choosing a high-quality spirit

• Building a spirit brand that does things differently

• Keeping your life organized when you've got a lot on your plate

• Handling social media when you have a public persona

 Links:

The Real Housewives of New York City