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SheLeads [in Product] Series Ep 7 Lauren is a Senior Product Manager at Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange platforms. Prior to Coinbase, Lauren's product experience primarily comes from her time at Intuit and Intercom as a Product Manager and Senior Product Manager, respectively. She also has experience in Venture Capital when she was a Principle at Streamlined Ventures. Enj...

SheLeads [in Product] Series Ep 6 Olivia is the Senior Director of Product Management at Slack. Prior to Slack, she was a Head of Product for Realtime Innovation at Instagram, Lead Product Manager at Twitch, and a Product Manager at gaming companies in Blizzard Entertainment and ZAM Network. However, Olivia didn’t have the conventional path into Product. She had a whole career beforehand as a prof...

SheLeads [in Product] Series Ep 5 Zaria received her Bachelors degree in Design Engineering and Social Change from Harvard University in 2019. During her time at Harvard, she worked as an Analyst at J.P Morgan and at Ford Motor Company as a Product Development Intern in Research and Advanced Engineering.  After graduating, she joined Twitter as an Associate Product Manager where she worked on the...

SheLeads [in Product] Series Ep 4 Gyanda is a VP of Product at LinkedIn, specifically, the Head of LinkedIn's Marketing Solutions products. After receiving a Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University and a Masters in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University,  Gyanda began her career as an analyst in investment banking and then started at Linke...

SheLeads [in Product] Series Ep 3 After receiving her Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT, Sharmeen started her career as an engineer at Hewlett-Packard, Raytheon and Leeo. In 2015, she transitioned to product at Twitch, where she eventually became the VP of Product and Engineering. Her transition to Facebook was unconventional and took a turn where she discovered that...

SheLeads [in Product] Series Ep 2 Xiaodi has been in product roles for the last 20 years, starting off as a product manager in the financial services space at NextCard and Digital Insights. She then worked at Ebay, where she went from PM to Director of Product. Before becoming CPO at 1stDibs.com, she was a Senior Director of Product at GILT. Enjoy!  📹 interview available on the #SheLeadswithCarly...

SheLeads [in Product] Series Ep 1 We are kicking off Season 3! The theme of this season: SheLeads [in Product], where you will learn from the top product leaders - how they discovered and broke into product and the key aspects of being the best product leader. The first season of Season 3 is Roshni Jain, the VP of Product at Eventbrite! Roshni began her professional career in consulting at McKinse...

The final guest of Season 2 is the incredible Mallun Yen!   Mallun Yen has devoted the past 20 years to changing the status quo and shifting industry norms, as an enterprise executive, operator, and category-creator. These experiences laid the groundwork for Operator Collective, a venture fund and community she founded in 2018 to make venture accessible to a group critical to a startup’s success b...

Desiree Peterkin Bell is an award-winning multi-faceted political and communication strategist and international best-selling author that world leaders, visionaries, and change agents turn to when they desire to not only build a rock-solid brand, but an enduring legacy with global impact. As President and CEO of the public affairs firm, DPBell & Associates, she serves her clients by leveraging...

Amanda’s experience as a Division I basketball player in college helped her realize that she always wanted to have some connection to athletics. As she progressed into coaching basketball, she realized the one thing in her life that wasn’t where she wanted it to be: her social scene. Her (poor) experience with dating apps inspired her to start her own company with Playoff - a dating app for curren...

As a Partner at Operator Collective and Co-Founder of the Black Venture Institute, Leyla Seka continues to be at the forefront of solving deep inequalities, specifically addressing the homogeneity that is seen in the income cycle and funding for companies. However, Leyla’s innate conviction for impact came through before, especially during her time as an Executive Vice President at Salesforce, whe...

Triin is the Co-Founder of Sie. Ventures, a capital platform who supports the most promising female founders on their fundraising journeys. Prior to Sie, Triin was an early-stage investor at The Venture Collective, Founders Factory, and Startupbootcamp. She co-founded three startups in FinTech and HRTech. Today, Triin is also the Female Founders & UK VC Channel Lead for the Global Women in VC...

Sharon is the President and CEO at Community Brands, a leading provider of cloud-based software to associations, nonprofits, K-12 schools and faith-based groups, who serve over 120,000 clients across the world. Prior to Community Brands, Sharon has held senior roles at top companies, including Dell, FedEx, Lenovo and more! In this episode, Sharon shares incredible advice in the importance of leadi...

As the CEO of Code First Girls, Anna has built one of the largest communities of female tech talent in the UK, with a focus of connecting women to economic opportunities and jobs in the tech industry. Prior to Code First, Anna co-founded her own EdTech startup and was the Commercial Director of Lynda.com, which was bought by LinkedIn for $1.5bn (4th largest acquisition in social media history) and...

You won’t find many leaders like Shelley Zalis. She started off her career without a clear direction for the future. She then received her first job review that was far from praise. While most would succumb and start to conflate their own value with their job performance, Shelley did the contrary. One thing led to another, and she realized the power of standing up for yourself, setting your mind t...

As the founder and CEO of The P5 Project, Jenna’s core focus and purpose is to help women increase their income, impact and influence.  In this episode, Jenna emphasizes that raising a family and achieving your career goals are not mutually exclusive. You can do both, and you can do both successfully. She also gives incredible advice for those navigating their careers in college and coming out of...

#SheLeads in #SPACE! Shelli is the Chief Operating Officer at Space Foundation and has an amazing journey that began in the US Air Force right out of high school to eventually enter into the space industry - a path that she never anticipated entering. Shelli shares so many incredible lessons for anyone navigating their career - especially the importance of finding not only your mentor, but also yo...

As an immigrant to the UK from China, Meg talks about her life growing up and how the person she is today is heavily influenced by her parents and the hard work they did throughout their lives. The lessons she has learned from her parents and from her career translated to her passion to start ADAY - an incredible, versatile and environmentally conscious clothing brand! Meg shares so many golden nu...

Komal’s career path seems to be contingent on one thing: follow your passions. From pursuing engineering to recognizing her love for the operational/business side, she worked in all different companies, industries and sizes. From GE Aviation, to Bain & Company, to then being an early employee at Lyft, Komal follows the signs and says “YES!” She reflects on her career path and how she was often...

Christina brings her experience as a former Division 1 Women's Soccer player at Harvard University into her passion for addressing mental health for student-athletes. Her ups and downs going through injuries opened her eyes into the huge gap amongst how physical injuries are treated vs mental ones.  Hear about the incredible lessons she's learned throughout her career - from her professi...

SEASON 2 IS HERE!  Excited to kick off Season 2 with the absolute soccer legend Brandi Chastain! Brandi played for the U.S Women's National team from 1988-2004 and scored the iconic World Cup winning penalty against China in the 1999 Women's World Cup to secure the victory for the U.S. While she chats about this legendary moment in her career, she also reflects on the lessons she has lea...

JJ shares her experiences as a TV host, entrepreneur, and mother, and the many lessons she’s learned along the way - including the value of taking opportunities & trying new things. JJ shares the mission and inspiration behind Goodpods, and how the podcast platform supports both the listener and the podcaster. So many incredible lessons from JJ - Enjoy!

As an Emmy-Award winning costume designer, Lyn Paolo is passionate about helping actors truly immerse into character. She also shares valuable lessons from her experiences with renown productions like Scandal, Shameless, The West Wing, and Animal Kingdom. From the importance of business and budget, to dealing with self-doubt, Lyn shares incredible insight that applies to all females in any industr...

Susan is a board member, advisor, and Global Software as a Service (SaaS) Leader! Susan shares her experiences through working with a number of software startups, and the steadfast importance of the quality of people around her. She also shares her insight to how tech businesses can see opportunity in times of crisis. Enjoy!

After years of experience operating as a physician, Dr. Barnes made the difficult decision to take her talents & help democratize healthcare for millions of patients. From the lessons she’s learned transitioning from her clinical role to a healthcare start-up, to her passion for raising awareness and speaking the truth about race and ethnic equity, Dr. Barnes has so much valuable insight for e...