This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Bojana Sentaler, Founder and CEO of SENTALER, a Canadian luxury outerwear brand with impressive growth and a celebrity cult following. Bojana’s designs have been worn by the likes of Kate Middleton, Jennifer Lopez, Halle Berry, Heidi Klum, Gigi Hadid and more. Bojana moved to Toronto from Serbia when she was still a child. She knew she had an interest in style and design early on, but chose to study marketing and finance instead. After graduating from university, a chance encounter with Karl Lagerfeld while on a work trip led her to reconnect with her interest in fashion. Finding herself in Peru, Bojana discovered alpaca, which inspired her to create high-end outerwear. In 2009, SENTALER was launched, and the brand was quickly picked up by major department stores throughout North America, from Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, and Holt Renfrew. Editors and celebrities alike endorsed the brand and in 2021, Bojana opened the SENTALER Atelier, a retail store in the heart of Yorkville, Toronto, where she launched her first men’s collection, SENTALER MEN. A true visionary, Bojana built her business from the ground up, and applied perseverance and resourcefulness to create a brand that stands out and has demonstrated its worth in an overcrowded fashion industry.

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This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Taneka Clarke-Powell, Founder and Designer of Slayedbyten. Taneka began making her own clothes at home while in her last year of law school. When people on the street started asking her who had designed her outfits, she knew there was a business there. Taneka applied her corporate background and skills to the launch of her new business. Fast forward to six years later, Taneka’s company, Slayedbyten, is a thriving operation with six employees, a physical store location, garments sold worldwide, and appearances at Vancouver and Paris Fashion Week. Taneka designs for her couture label and leads the company’s strategy and growth, all while being a present mom of four kids.

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This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with April Pride, Founder of cannabis brand Van der Pop, which April sold to the world’s largest cannabis company, Canopy Growth, in 2018. Following her successful exit, April launched Of Like Minds, which develops brands for women who are changing their lives thanks to altered states of consciousness — a topic April also explores as host of The High Guide podcast. A serial entrepreneur who has been developing brands and products for 20 years, April now invests exclusively in women entrepreneurs and innovative businesses that serve women consumers. April is also a brand consultant in the legal cannabis space. In this conversation we explore the challenges and opportunities that exist for women in the cannabis space, and we talk about what business is starting to enter the field of psychedelics, an area April is exploring through Of Like Minds.

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This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Valerie Pringle, former host of CTV’s Canada AM and CBC’s Midday and host of several television series, breaking glass ceilings for women in television, and paving the way for a new generation of women in the media. She is a member of the Order of Canada, awarded for her work in broadcasting and philanthropy, and one of Canada’s most respected television broadcasters of the last 50 years.

When Valerie took a pause from her broadcast career, she engaged with the non-profit world, championing HIV research and the end of stigma for CANFAR (The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research) and led efforts to build the Trans Canada Trail, working for over two decades to see it come to life. In her current role as Chair of CAMH (the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation), Valerie continues to advocate for the treatment of mental illness.

Recently, Valerie decided to come out of “semi-retirement” to become Host and Producer of CANADA FILES, an interview series broadcast on PBS Network, featuring discussions with prominent and successful Canadians. Valerie is an inspiration for all women working in front or behind the screen.

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This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Tanya Taylor — Founder, Creative Director and CEO of the independent, New York-based fashion label by the same name, which you may very well have spotted at retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, or on celebrities like Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama, Beyonce and more. Hailing from Toronto, Tanya launched her brand in 2012 after graduating from the Parsons School of Design. At the time, the line was described as “the fashion girl’s answer to Lilly Pulitzer.” In 2017, the brand started offering sizes up to a 22, and still focuses on size inclusivity to this day. Tanya Taylor quickly became a fashion editors’ favourite, and celebrity buy-in followed. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to start a fashion house from scratch, and what it takes to keep it going and growing in a highly competitive and ever-changing market, you’ll enjoy hearing Tanya’s journey.

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This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Kristen Gale, CEO of THE TEN SPOT, Canada’s largest and fastest growing beauty bar and retail company. Kristen is the recipient of multiple awards, including Top 40 under 40, Growth 500’s fastest growing companies by Canadian Business and Maclean’s, and PROFIT 500’s fastest growing companies in Canada for numerous years. Over 15 years ago, Kristen saw an opportunity to close the gap existing in the beauty market between lower-end nail shops, and the expensive and often over-the-top spas. She dreamed up an offering that combined the efficiency of the former, with the service excellence of the latter. Kristen successfully targeted the demographic of women aged 18 to 65 with a goal to deliver what all busy women want: a one-stop-shop for getting all of our beauty maintenance services in one “spot”. Today, the rest is history: THE TEN SPOT is now a successful network of beautifully designed studios, both company-owned and franchised, in which customers receive a range of exceptional nail, waxing, eyebrow + eyelash, as well as facial services, and where teams receive a living wage and commissions, benefits, exceptional training, and ongoing educational opportunities.

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This season of our podcast is brought to you by TD Canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

Today, on the podcast, to highlight International Women’s Day, host Eva Hartling speaks with Peggy Whitson, the NASA astronaut who has achieved the most days in space for any man or woman in the world. With a total of 665 days in space, Whitson also holds the record for the oldest woman spacewalker and the most spacewalks by a woman. Whitson is a biochemistry researcher and retired NASA astronaut; she is a consultant for Axiom Space, the company building the next International Space Station for which she has been selected to be commander of Axiom Mission 2, the second all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, set to launch in May of this year. On her next space mission, she will become the first female commander of a private space mission, adding to her accomplishment as the first female commander of the ISS, the only woman to serve as ISS commander twice, and the first woman, nonmilitary chief of NASA’s Astronaut Office. Peggy was recognized as TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2018. Please note this episode was recorded before the Ax-2 mission was announced.

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This week, on the podcast, Eva Hartling speaks with Anie Rouleau, Founder and CEO of The Unscented Company, a line of natural, unscented home and body care products that is redefining the notion of clean. As a Certified B Corp, The Unscented Company has been recognized by leading wellness giants from Goop to Whole Foods, and has made it twice onto The Globe and Mail’s list of fastest-growing Canadian companies. Anie Rouleau is an ambassador and pioneer of the B Corp movement in North America’s cleaning products industry and shares her vision of sustainable business by focusing on local sourcing, ethical and female-led management, as well as equal opportunity employment, making her a true changemaker in the business community. In this conversation, you’ll hear why Anie believes a company cannot exist without purpose, and how building a network of die-hard supporters and allies can be easier than we think.

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This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Jaime Leverton, CEO of Hut 8 Mining Corp., a digital asset miner launched in 2018, and one of North America’s oldest and largest companies in the crypto mining space with more self-mined bitcoin than any crypto miner or publicly-traded company. Over the past 20 plus years, Jaime has been the driving force behind the operational evolution of some of the most important technology companies, with leadership roles at BlackBerry, Bell Canada, National Bank and IBM Canada. A community leader and changemaker, she is committed to closing the tech gap and increasing leadership opportunities for women in technology. In this conversation, we talk about what it means to be one of the only women at the helm of a cryptocurrency company, and how Jaime has paved her way to leadership since the start of her career.

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This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Kate Swanson, a lawyer and entrepreneur and more recently, the founder and CEO of ENSEMBL, a design-forward, modern housewares brand that has disrupted its category and received accolades from the likes of Architectural Digest. With her strong business acumen and background in corporate law, Kate literally bootstrapped ENSEMBL from concept to launch. Before launching her own company, Kate worked as legal counsel and head of policy at FAIR Canada, an organization dedicated to protecting minority investor rights and addressing corporate governance matters of public interest, and worked for a leading global law firm. Kate’s legal experience advising on both transactional and governance matters helped prepare her for her jump to entrepreneurship. If you’re interested in purchasing ENSEMBL for yourself, check out getensembl.com and use code FEMALE15 for 15% off your purchase.

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This season of our podcast is brought to you by TD Canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale