Dreaming Big with Alexis Allen

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis sits down with Joan Nguyen who is a two-time successful founder who started her first company, MeriEducation, at 20 years old with $3,000 in savings and a job as a barista. She built it into an INC 5000 company before shifting her focus to solving the childcare crisis. After nearly 200 investor rejections, she raised $10 million for Bumo, and just launched B...

Celebrity chef Kristin O'Connor sits down with Alexis to share what it's really like cooking for A-list actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper and working on film sets for 12 hours straight. But the real story? She spent six years building Super Dirt Foods while working seven days a week. Kristin takes us inside her unconventional journey from art therapy to Food Network producer...

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis sits down with Rebecca Bahmani, founder of PreLoveYou, who spent 30 years in the fashion industry before learning the truth she’d been contributing to: 85% of donated clothes end up in landfills or incinerated, and there’s already enough clothing on the planet to dress the next six generations. Her turning point came while pregnant with her second child, whe...

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis sits down with Kamron Palizban, co-founder of Invisible Technologies and Ascendancy, who dropped out of college to pursue the ultimate learning opportunity - building a company from scratch. What started as six ambitious founders with a vision to eliminate coordination costs and make technology feel like magic quickly hit a wall, ran out of money, and forced...

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis sits down with Margaret Trainor, founder of Atmo Home, who spent years evaluating startups at TechCrunch and working in venture capital before deciding to become a founder herself. What started as a European fashion rental concept pivoted completely when Margaret realized dry cleaning costs were eating her margins leading her to discover a gap in the home ca...

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis sits down with MiChaela Barker, founder of Matcha Scrubs, a healthcare meets lifestyle brand reimagining medical accessories with inclusion at the center all while working full-time as the manager of strategic projects for the CEO at 1-800-Flowers. MiChaela's journey started during the pandemic when she watched her mom struggle with scrub caps that damag...

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis sits down with Caroline Howard, Co-Founder of Walker Brothers, a Nashville-based kombucha brand that's redefining what sustainable growth looks like in the beverage industry. Caroline's path to entrepreneurship is anything but typical. She went from technical recruiting in New York to scaling an ad tech company across global markets, earned her MBA a...

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis sits down with Lizzy Livne, founder and CEO of The Quiet Lux, a modern concierge service redefining what luxury actually means by treating time as the ultimate luxury. Lizzy's path is anything but conventional - she's a military veteran, a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, a former Wall Street analyst, and a venture capital investor who sat on the other si...

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis talks with Angeline, co-founder of Cherub, who’s democratizing access to angel investing and startup funding. Angeline went from the music industry to scaling a real estate startup to IPO before building Cherub—a platform that’s already helped deploy over $5 million to founders, with 40% of checks coming from first or second-time angel investors. Angeline sh...

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis sits down with Anna Rink, co-founder of Homebody Studios, who’s building what she believes will be the best movement studio in the world. Anna’s story reveals that entrepreneurship isn’t just about having one great idea—it’s a way of thinking that transcends any single venture, whether founding Conclude AI within IBM’s corporate structure, serving as chief o...

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis sits down with Genevieve Bellaire founder and CEO of Realworld, an AI-powered life management platform helping young adults navigate everything from homebuying to healthcare to retirement savings. Despite having a law degree, an MBA from Georgetown, and landing at Goldman Sachs, Genevieve still felt completely unprepared when faced with her first W-4 and ben...

In this episode of Dreaming Big, Alexis sits down with Natalie White, the 26-year-old founder and CEO of Moolah Kicks, the first performance basketball brand built exclusively for women. Natalie shares how a single ad sparked her mission to solve a critical problem: women basketball players have been forced to wear shoes designed for men’s feet, affecting both performance and safety. From bootstra...