Guests

Troy Carter is an American music manager and entrepreneur who founded Atom Factory, a talent management and media company. He co-founded Q&A Media in 2019 and is Managing Partner at Cross Culture Ventures. A Philadelphia native, Carter has managed artists including Lady Gaga over his 20-year career.

Christina Tosi is an award-winning pastry chef, cookbook author, and founder and CEO of Milk Bar, the innovative dessert brand redefining modern American baking. She has built Milk Bar into a national bakery empire with locations across the U.S. and Canada.

Jane is the founder of Copa Threads, a company making small-batch, locally-made women's pants designed as wearable art. Based in Minnesota, the pants are produced at a woman-owned factory in Minneapolis with high quality standards. A full-time neonatologist, she creates thoughtful, artful clothin...

Ahmed Ejaz is the founder and CEO of Cambridge Spectacle Co., a UK-based eyewear brand focused on high-quality glasses at accessible prices.

Justin Gold is the founder of Justin's Nut Butter, an organic nut butter brand he built from his Boulder kitchen into a national product carried in Target, Walmart, and Starbucks.

Madelyn is the founder of The Nest Prep, a postpartum meal delivery service in Arizona focused on supporting new mothers through the fourth trimester.

Robin Hall is the CEO and Co-Founder of Town Hall Outdoor Co, a B Corp sustainable kids outdoor apparel company based in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Adrian Alvarez founded Aero Shorts as a high school senior and grew it into a profitable DTC athleisure brand focused on affordable hybrid shorts, built through bootstrapped product development, overseas sourcing, and a repeat-customer base driven by paid social and short-form content.

Caroline Buck is co-founder and CMO of Petaluma, an Oakland-based Certified B Corp making plant-based sustainable dog nutrition. She launched the brand with her husband Garrett Wymore, earned a B.A. in Government & Public Policy from Dartmouth, and was a guest on the How I Built This podcast.

Iranian-born American billionaire businessman who founded MGA Entertainment, the world's largest privately owned toy company and creator of Bratz and L.O.L. Surprise!

Gina is the founder of Good Thomas, a Minnesota-based clothing line that matches dogs with their owners through coordinated apparel.

Meredith Hudson founded Sideline Bags to organize sports gear after her teen athlete's backpack became a mess. A former D1 athlete from Yale and a sports mom, she built the company into a trusted solution for over 18,000 female athletes nationwide.