Ripples of Radical Generosity

“This is a really profound crisis. It’s a crisis of an old form of production and consumption in the economy. It’s the crisis of its sources of energy, its means of transportation, and also a crisis of the social, racial and gendered hierarchies that have sort of underpinned the economy for as long as we can remember.” - Katrine Marçal   Join Katrine Marçal + Denise Hearn in this special Learning...

Join Dia Bondi in this special Learning Circle edition of the SheEO.World podcast, as she talks about "Your Most Powerful Ask". Dia is a Communications Catalyst, coach, and auctioneer. In this podcast she is stepping forward to show you how to trust yourself and be compelling when it’s your turn to talk. She also touches on: Finding and asking the right people whose vision and mission align with y...

"Enthusiasm is incredibly infectious, and people just want to ride that wave. It makes you feel good. That's kind of how I roll in the world." - Tina Roth-Eisenberg, SheEO Activator + founder of CreativeMornings   In this episode:   Join Vicki Saunders and Tina Roth-Eisenberg, SheEO Activator, as they discuss Tina's heart-centered approach to conducting business. Tina Roth-Eisenberg is a Swiss des...

"We sat down to solve this problem in the same way that you sit down to solve any problem. And even though it's a big problem, it's not unsolvable. Why not place our time and effort and our brainpower on something really important? How do we provide people with something life changing and impactful?" Shazia Khan, CEO & Founder of EcoEnergy   In this episode:   EcoEnergy provides hassle-free solar...

"When you show up, as your whole self and you're like I'm here to give and I'm here to ask. Both kind of in circular motion with each other, there are magical things that can happen." — Hannah Cree, SheEO Venture in Residence   In this episode:   You ask a question and we answer it! Join us for this bite-sized series, each episode answers a ‘Behind The Scenes’ question in no more than 5 to 20 mins...

"I was honestly sick of women volunteering their time for this problem. It's not their problem. It's the world's problem. It's everybody's problem." - Ally Watson, CEO & Founder of Code Like a Girl   The technology we build today determines the world we live in tomorrow. But if that world is being built under the leadership of only a small portion of our community, what kind of world will we have?...

"We decided very early on that we were going to try and get online as fast as possible. That was something that always was in the works. This really was just a good kick in the butt to finally get these systems and processes in place to make that a reality. There's certainly a lot of adaptability that was needed there and things were changing." - Brianne Miller, Co-founder and CEO of Nada In the C...

"First we have to really think about what’s possible. Because the resistance revolution change starts in the imagination." - Lutze B. Segu, MSW, Doctoral Student in The Institute for Gender, Race Sexuality and Social Justice at The University of British Columbia Join Lutze Segu and Vicki Saunders to chat about Lutze's work in the social justice space. Lutze's different roles as an activist, social...

"We must. It's not an option. We must be looking at where our capital is going if we really believe in the things that we say that we believe in." - Suzanne Biegel, Founder of Catalyst at Large, Co-Founder of GenderSmart Investing, and SheEO Activator How do we make sure capital is used in ways that will generate the most impact, and to ensure that it reaches the entrepreneurs and innovators who n...

"People have a great idea, but they don't have experience in the industry. So number one, find somebody who's worked in that industry for a long time because you could leapfrog a whole bunch of things that you don't know by having the inside scoop." - Suzanne Tyson, Founder and CEO of Higher Ed Points Inc. Imagine instead of redeeming loyalty points for flights, merchandise or gift cards, you rede...

You ask a question and we answer it! Join us for this bite-sized series, each episode answers a ‘Behind The Scenes’ question in no more than 10 to 20 mins! Question: “ I don't have $50K in revenue yet - how do I get support for my Venture?” In this episode Vicki Saunders, founder of SheEO + Hannah Cree, SheEO Venture in Residence talk about early-stage entrepreneurs and how they can get involved i...

"Fearless compassion to be able to say, am I willing to give an incarcerated person a second chance? Am I willing to understand that they may stumble a bit, but that's just what we do as Humans. What can I do to support them on their journey forward?" - Helen Black, CEO at workRestart What happens when you mix radical generosity with fearless compassion? It shifts the way we think and looks for in...

"Economics needs feminism and feminism needs economics. It's so key for solving the problems we have today. I firmly believe this is the perspective we need. This is what can fix our economic problems." - Katrine Marçal , author of " Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? " Adam Smith is considered the founding father of economics asking the question, "How do you get your dinner?" As he devised how ratio...

"Mentorship is why we've been able to accomplish as much. Loren, my SheEO mentor, brings a new perspective and shifting up that insight and thought process is really important in my personal entrepreneurial journey." - Carolyn Yarina, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Sisu Global Health Overview of podcast Imagine a world where medical technology enables access to healthcare for each perso...

"To create another brand that's bigger than all of us and that is really scary and that's hard and we need to be vulnerable when we're doing it. But ultimately it's created something bigger than ourselves and it's benefited our company and all of our companies together which is really exciting." - Florence Van Dyke, CEO of Chia Sisters What happens when companies seen as competitors come together...

"When I didn't see what I liked, I thought OK, well let me create it. I either had to accept what was available and if that wasn't an option, then go create something new." - Nita Tandon, Founder & CEO of Dalcini Stainless Overview of podcast When Founders have a deep connection to the problems they are solving, innovation occurs. This happened with Nita Tandon. As the Founder and CEO of Dalcini S...

NEW Podcast Series You ask a question and we answer it! Join us for this bite-sized series, each episode answers a ‘Behind The Scenes’ question in no more than 10 to 20 mins! Question: “ Are you going to change the SheEO name? ” The second episode Vicki Saunders, founder of SheEO + Hannah Cree, SheEO Venture in Residence talk about why the organization was considering a name change, the process in...

You ask a question and we answer it! Join us for this bite-sized series, each episode answers a 'Behind The Scenes' question in no more than 10 to 20 mins!  Question: "What is it like to work at SheEO?" The first episode Vicki Saunders, founder of SheEO + Hannah Cree, SheEO Venture in Residence talk about why they started this series + some behind the scenes look at how the team at SheEO iterates...

"Would you risk your influence? Would you risk your power? Would you step out and say something bold? Because that is more risky than giving away half a million." - Joy Anderson, President and Founder of Criterion Institute A lot of time is spent focusing on how to convince capital allocators to move money into the field of gender lens investing. Could that time and energy be better spent reinvent...

"I want to get the right capital to entrepreneurs, in the way that they need it without pressure for them to have to want to be a certain kind of business."  - Joy Anderson, President and Founder of Criterion Institute Overview of podcast What are the needs of entrepreneurs and how do we design investments to meet their needs? That question is put under the lens in this episode of the Power and Sy...

"It's not enough to be aware if you're not willing to use your power to challenge those systems of power." - Joy Anderson, President and Founder of Criterion Institute Gender and system change is complex. Masking the complexity so it's just about women, oversimplifies the issue. How does creating a simplistic starting point form more structural inequities? Vicki Saunders and Joy Anderson interpret...

"People who haven't historically had access to the system deserve access to the system and it's screwed up that they don't have it. That's wrong, but it's access to a system that doesn't work. Because at some level, it is work and it is cost. It takes cost to actually change the system." - Joy Anderson, President and Founder of Criterion Institute There are rules attached to different kinds of mon...

"How do we mobilize funding for the efforts that are not working within the current system who are potentially being prophetic or bold enough to blow up the system. That they're not working in the interest in the system and therefore, they need a different kind of funding." - Joy Anderson, President and Founder of Criterion Institute Creating innovative, transformative change requires that we expe...

"What was Luna Pads and is Aisle, has always been an activist brand. It is never been otherwise. We have never been part of the status quo. We have never tried to something mainstream. The current climate of change and the current issues and challenges being presented to us and opportunities, are things that we're really excited about and pretty comfortable with." - Madeleine Shaw, Co-Founder of A...

"Resilience requires a constant transformation of relationships of power." - Joy Anderson, President and Founder of Criterion Institute   We hear a lot about resilience, particularly in the context of emergencies like the current COVID-19 crisis. But for some, is resilience really just about being expected to survive a broken system because there is no other choice? In episode three of the Power a...