Guests

Amanda Horan co-founded Line + Cleat, the only woman-owned life jacket company in the United States. Launched in 2023, the brand creates US Coast Guard-approved children's life jackets that blend safety with style, addressing a gap she found as a mother and former youth soccer coach.

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Bobby Trussell is the founder of Tempur-Pedic, the mattress company he launched in 1992 after a career shift from horse racing. A native of Milwaukee, he discovered memory foam on a trip to Sweden and built Tempur-Pedic into a global brand.

1 episode

Colleen King is the owner of Hala Gear, a Steamboat Springs-based company designing inflatable paddle boards for whitewater and recreational use. A longtime local and former franchising expert, she acquired the brand from founder Peter Hall in 2024.

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Lyf Gildersleeve is the second-generation owner of Flying Fish Company, a sustainable seafood retailer founded by his father in 1979. Based in Portland, Oregon, he grew the business from a food truck into a thriving brick-and-mortar market while advocating for responsible fishing practices.

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Danae Ringelmann co-founded Indiegogo in 2008 and serves as its Chief Development Officer. Her San Francisco-based platform democratized crowdfunding, raising over $850 million for creators, with 42% of successful campaigns led by women.

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Slava Rubin co-founded Indiegogo in 2008 and served as CEO. The crowdfunding platform faced 93 investor rejections before launch. Rubin studied finance at UPenn and worked at J.P. Morgan before investing $30,000 of his own savings to start the company.

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Jamie Siminoff is the founder and CEO of Ring, the smart home security company he started in his garage in 2013. A Babson College graduate and lifelong inventor, he sold Ring to Amazon in 2018 and has since returned to lead the company's next chapter.

2 episodes

Melita Cyril founded Q for Quinn to create organic, chemical-free socks and underwear after her son's eczema. A Rotman MBA and former derivatives trader/management consultant, she now leads the family business with her husband Nigel (COO). Mother of three, she builds healthy, sustainable essentials.

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Scott Tannen is the founder and CEO of Boll & Branch, a luxury bedding company he launched in 2014 with his wife Missy. The brand focuses on ethical and sustainable production, and has grown to 275 employees and 15 retail locations.

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Salman Amin Khan is an American educator and the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a free online learning platform he started in 2006. Khan Academy has grown from tutoring his cousin to serving 155 million students globally with over 6,500 video lessons.

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Camille Hardy is the founder and CEO of Chunky Vegan, a farm-to-table organic baby food company she launched in 2023 to provide her children with nutrient-rich, locally sourced nutrition. Based in Leesburg, Virginia, Hardy is redefining infant nutrition with clean, plant-based meals.

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Jane Wurwand is the founder and chief visionary of Dermalogica, the world's leading professional skincare brand. Born in Edinburgh and trained as a cosmetologist, she built the company from a small LA classroom in 1986 into a global brand that's trained over 100,000 skin therapists.

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