In Her Shoes: Debra Lee

In Her Shoes: Debra Lee

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Chani Nicholas and Sonya Passi on Building a Business to Last

CHANI is the second largest astrology app on the market, even though its founders have prioritized growing slowly and sustainably. Today we speak to its founders, Chani Nicholas and Sonya Passi about their company's mold-breaking benefits package, what they think about work cultu ...  Show more

Sophia Amoruso is Still Proud of #Girlboss

In 2014, Sophia Amoruso was the founder and CEO of Nasty Gal and her book #Girlboss was a New York Times bestseller – plus responsible for coining the hashtag-turned-cultural-phenomenon. Since then her company has folded and the "girlboss" has been declared all but dead... yet So ...  Show more

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