Author archives: Liz Brody

Sallie Krawcheck Was the Queen of Wall Street, and Raised $100 Million to Launch Her Own Business. Then She Hit an Impasse She Hadn’t Seen Coming.

A little-known but common obstacle for women founders, the “Series B Cliff” can make scaling a company extremely difficult. Krawcheck is doing everything she can to help founders like herself get around it.

Founder Amy Nelson Was Madly Pulling a Pandemic Pivot When… the FBI Showed Up at Her Door With Guns, Seized Her Money, and Told her Husband he was the Target of a Criminal Investigation

Nelson built a successful women’s coworking company, The Riveter, before it all came crashing down. This is her story, told in real-time.

What Does It Take to Be Sustainable, For Real? The Founder of this Pet Food Brand Sweat Every C02 Molecule to Find Out.

Building a truly eco-friendly company is hard, and expensive, but to Shine Pet Food’s founder Sandra Bosben, it was worth it.

This Couple Escaped Arranged Marriages in Pakistan. Now They Run a $14 Million Brooklyn Shoe Brand

When Sidra Qasim and Waqas Ali landed in the U.S. not knowing a word of English, they had no idea how far their entrepreneurial journey would take them.

This Founder Wanted to Infuse a Marshmallow With Chocolate, for a Better S’More. He Had No Idea How Hard That Would Be.

Michael Tierney, the founder of Stuffed Puffs, learned that sometimes the simplest problems are the most complicated ones to solve.