Guests: Jaclyn Patterson is the Founder of Shopwise, an online sustainable fashion marketplace, making it easier for people to discover and shop smarter from more than 30 purpose driven brands that prioritize both people and the planet. Christal Duncan Earle founded Brave Soles in 2017. Brave Soles creates handcrafted shoes with upcycled tire soles…

Guests: Tia Upshaw is a dynamic, serial entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Blk Women in Excellence. Tashauna Reid is the owner of College Creative Curations, an online stationery store which addresses common student challenges by creating purposeful stationery items. Resources: Learn more about BWIE Connect with BWIE’s workshops and events Che…

Freelancing is a very unique style of entrepreneurship. For freelancers, they are able to achieve flexibility and do work they are great at. For founders, freelancers are key contributors to their projects and business. In this episode, we talk about the tangible tools that allow freelancers to be successful and how to develop strong, empathetic an…

Conor Phillips is an innovator, creative problem solver and serial-entrepreneur, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After working in the tourism industry for several years, Conor recognized that something was missing from how small businesses promote their products and services, and how travellers discover the activities, events, festivals and accom…

Have you ever googled the word entrepreneur? What kind of images show up? Who kind of folks do you see represented and associated with the word ‘entrepreneur’. More often than not, it isn’t women and we believe that needs to change because women are disrupting industries, they are making deep social impact and they are incredibly successful. Guests…

This episode is one of my favorites - so far! Marie Saint Pierre, one of Canada’s best-known and loved designers, gave me a tour of her Montreal atelier and then sat down to discuss the origins of her clothing line and the interplay between the skills her business requires and her essence. Marie reveals herself to be endlessly creative, independent…

The world is your oyster, its full of opportunities. But what about trade agreements, laws, market research, and shipping costs? For entrepreneurs who want to go global, opportunities for growth can quickly feel risky, unclear and even out of reach. For Black and racialized entrepreneurs, these feelings are often amplified. Evelyne Nyairo is the Fo…

The Holy Grail of pumps embodies confidence and elegance, feels like a sneaker, and lets you stride through a miles-long, 12-hour stretch with ease. My conversation with Sandra Powers Murphy covers how this accomplished executive and entrepreneur took up the quest for a truly wearable pump 5 years ago and has good reasons, especially the hours she …

In this episode, we will explore Brood’s story, one that came to be through a passion for babies, friendship, and families. Emma Devin and Lizzy Karp have developed a language of care and through this conversation we are able to learn how the words we use affect the experience people can have. This conversation reminds us to look at parents and car…

Ivy Wong is the Founder of Ripple Foundation, a non-profit created to inspire imaginations, and foster creativity and literacy for children in Canada. Today, Ripple Foundation serves communities across the country and children and youth at various stages of their writing journeys. Megan Poole is the Manager of Community and Community Relations at T…

Money matters for entrepreneurs and for business owners. It can also be a source of stress, shame and overwhelm. Chris and Melissa have advice for you to feel more comfortable with making and managing money as a women entrepreneur. Guests: Chris McMartin is our Topic Expert. Chris leads The Scotiabank Women Initiative Small Business Strategy across…

Chelsea Howard is the Founder of Drift Employer Brand Consulting. Chelsea is a workforce strategist, partnering with companies from a range of industries to build human-centric culture and employee experience strategies. Mary Wildman is a First Nations Indigenous woman from Curve Lake First Nation. Mary is a vibrant warrior who works to build relat…

Viviana Gabeiras, the creator of Petit Pois, welcomed me to her Hialeah, Florida warehouse that encloses her studio, showroom, factory, and shipping facilities. Meticulous and orderly, the facility hums with the purpose, people, and myriad machines that realize Viviana's desire to offer women uniquely colorful and practical clothing. True to our po…

Your venture needs funding, how you get there can be up to you. In this episode, Kailey shares NONA Vegan’s fundraising journey while Shelley chimes in with insight and advice for funding your business so you can grow. “Founders should put themselves first. I want to understand their judgment, I need to see that they are coachable. I love companies…

Iana Boyd grew up in Bulgaria, dreaming of the world beyond the Iron Curtain depicted in the postcards that decorated her walls. With scant options for clothing, Iana taught herself to sew and dressed her sisters, cementing their relationship as her biggest fans and biggest critics. When the Curtain fell, Iana attended college in the US and then po…

Entrepreneurship is a rollercoaster, with high highs and low lows. Add in navigating a new country and all of the emotions and learnings that come along with it, that is a whole new rollercoaster. In this episode, we hear from two women entrepreneurs who left home and came to Canada for a new life. Through their journeys, we quickly learn that newc…

From the first tiny garments so lovingly selected to the last outfit a person wears, clothing helps define one's presence in the world. Dressing well has always been part of the accomplished Marta Hill Gray's portfolio and has served her well in marketing roles, in her consulting business with its focus on women's healthcare start-ups, and now, as …

If you've ever thought about trying a personal stylist, or even just wonder what they do, you'll enjoy meeting Lani Inlander and getting the inside story about styling. Before there was even a term for it, Lani knew that she would be a personal stylist. From Skokie to NYC and Washington, DC, our conversation covers the emergence of the business of …

When entrepreneurs hear Make Lemonade, they likely think of Rachel Kelly – but what is the secret to achieving this and how do you do it? Reagan Bradley, is a personal brand strategist, or in her words ‘a part time investigator, and part time storyteller’, guiding entrepreneurs to find their authenticity, and curate the right story so they can clea…

Recovery, Addiction, Habbits and Patterns. Join guest Tricia Parido and Sandra Vivian as they unpack the conversation around recovery, what to do, how to notice an addiction and above all broadening the perspective on Recovery and Addiction

How about a life coach to steer you in the right direction, to be your ally in whatever decision you make and whatever step you choose to take. Amrit Singh on Inside My Memoir digging and diving deep into the art of life coaching. It’s benefits and just how we human beings sometimes need just a little nudge in the right direction.…

There is more to history than meets the eye. It is more than just a discipline that we had to learn throughout our Academic course. Join Barbara Ann and Sandra Vivian as the unpack the conversation of history in conjuction with critical thinking skills, culture among other interesting points.

An exhilarating conversation with Accenture’s Managing Director Victoria Pelletier. This powerful woman teamed up with Inside My Memoir’s host Sandra Vivian to talk personal branding and it’s impact on personal growth among other tips profound to the nature of cultivating leadership skills.

Take a Walk with Teri Agins and me! If you enjoy getting behind the fashion scenes to understand both the big business of fashion and how to make fashion work for you, find an hour to spend with one of contemporary fashion’s remarkable chroniclers, Teri Agins. Teri’s illustrious career detailing the rise and fall of fashion houses as a Wall Street …

Expressing our emotions at work is not always easy, but what if paying more attention to our behaviours and emotional needs made us better leaders? Leaders who could hire according to their emotional inventory, operate in a more self aware state and create emotionally in tuned and strong teams that support business growth. Daisy Wright, who support…

Monique Hutson is the Founder and Lead Content Producer of Dom Productions. After running the business for 6 years, her mindset and missions have changed and evolved, they have had to. Cheryl Sutherland is the Founder of PleaseNotes, a business she has built to help women step into their power by building confidence, clarity, and creativity. Togeth…

My guest, Stacy Bennett, wears two hats at Buki Brand, managing both operations and marketing - she knows Buki from the inside out! Our conversation reveals how customers' needs inspired a line of easy-care, technical clothing for men and women. From concept through value-driven execution and marketing, the story includes their use of Japanese fibe…

Is diversity, equity and inclusion a destination or a journey? Jess Dassanayake is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of BinoBooks. BinoBooks exists to help children understand important topics like the COVID-19 pandemic, gender, body image, and more, through personalized e-books. With representation at its center, BinoBooks is reinventing…

Meet Howard Sheer, the man behind the Ecru jeans and shirts in our closets. From an early start in buying and wholesaling, Howard developed an array of fashion industry-specific and entrepreneurial skills that led, eventually, to Ecru. Howard shares how New York City-based Ecru works: from the company's focus and structure to its heart in the desig…

Impact isn’t always a number or a dollar amount. Often it is a story. Jacqueline Sofia and Noora Sharrab are the founders of SITTI Social Enterprise, a venture that exists to improve the lives of refugees and displaced communities. Sagal Dualeh is the Senior Director of the Investment Readiness Program at Canada’s Women Foundation, supporting women…

For the motivation today, host Sandra Vivian invites you to “reason”. Looking at the concept from a psychological view and relating it to the day to day happenings.

Join host Sandra Vivian and guest Jodi Wellman as they talk about mortality and how it can be a big motivator to living life with full intent and satisfaction.

Entrepreneurship is a world of opportunity, of brilliance, of hard work. It’s also a world of loneliness, of sacrifice and of deep challenge and we must include these experiences in our conversations about entrepreneurship. Komal Minhas is the Founder of Karseva, a company focused on building individual and societal resilience through training prog…

Crisis can be a game changer in life but how to edure better yet overcome this crossroad is quite the question. Join Host Sandra Vivian and Guest Alexandra as we try to fumble our through the basics of overcoming crisis.

Join host Sandra Vivian and guest Shana Francesca as they discet the concept of life designing, creating a personal system one built to fit you and your needs

A third-generation fashion entrepreneur, Joan Goodman tells the story of PONO, her distinctive, feather-weight resin jewelry. From buttons, through bracelets, to celebrity collectibles, Joan consciously creates wearable sculpture, open to unexpected sources of inspiration and ever attentive to the line's ethical manufacture in Italy. Along the way,…

Demand for your product or service in a new market is exciting but it doesn’t make the ins and outs of exporting and operating globally any easier. BE Alink is the Founder and Inventor of the Alinker, a bright yellow, radically different walking bike and vehicle for change. With support from Tamaïka Jumelle, Regional Director of Quebec for Invest i…

What better way to launch 1,000 Fibers Connect Us than by conversing with a friend and favorite designer, Hilton Hollis? Enjoy an evergreen conversation about the care, skill, and creativity that goes into the design and manufacture of each and every item. Looking for more? Visit us at the 1000 Fibers Blog where the conversation continues.…

Enjoy our frank discussion about the mechanics of design and manufacture, including fit and fit models, why a sample collection is only size 4, pre-inflation costs, and even bloopers. By the end of the podcast, you’ll be part of Hilton’s “Fashion Family.” Looking for more? Visit us at the 1000 Fibers Blog where the conversation continues.…

It is through growth and scaling that founders continue to give their businesses life and it is how they reach the milestones they have always dreamed of. But these things can’t happen without asking yourself what you truly want and finding a sustainable pace to get there. Jenn Harper is the Founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics Inc, a digi…

When founders think about marketing, they often begin to visualize their websites, and social media pages but it is equally important to think about who you are, who you want to be and how you will show up for customers once they find you. Meaghan and Marie Wright are twin sisters and co-founders of Mirror Image Media, a full-service video producti…

When we sell a product or service, what we are really selling is an experience, feeling, or the desired outcome. Selling is a skill built on listening, emotional intelligence, and being of service to your clients and connections. Sheen Brady is the Founder and Tea Sommelier of Tease, a well-loved line of natural and botanical wellness teas that ben…

The topic of funding is one commonly associated with stress and anxiety for founders – but it doesn’t need to be. Financing your business is an exercise rooted in patience, planning, and purpose. It’s a unique opportunity to imagine, and reimagine, what our ventures can and should look like in the future. Richa Gupta is the Founder of Good Food For…

Hiring is so important for a venture’s success, yet the search for talent is a gargantuan challenge for most founders. Business owners need strong processes and a map to make sure their teams survive and thrive. Entrepreneurs must think of culture as a code, one that is built with intention while leaving room for behaviours and methods to reveal th…

Yet another week to thrive! Join hostess Sandra as she talks about Actions being the loudest form of communication in everything we do

Being a Tuesday, we are fresh into the week. This comes with vibrant energy from hostess Sandra as she encourages you to exhibit a little bit of humanity in your places of work. Try to improve on your manners while at work. You’ll never know just how much a little bit of humanity can do to change your life.…

As we mark yet another Women’s day join Hostess Sandra Vivian for a lesson on understanding that it’s not everyday we have to settle for the bare minimum. We are better, we can do better. Happy Women’s Day

Mentorship is a relationship built on trust, active listening and respect. It allows founders to navigate their unique situations with guidance, allowing them to notice their inner wisdom, trust their own intuition and arrive at solutions that lead them to new growth. Karen Danudjaja, who owns and operates a line of plant based, ethically sourced a…

Vivian Kaye is the Founder & CEO of KinkyCurlyYaki, a premium textured hair extension brand for Black women that she bootstrapped to over $6 million in revenue as an immigrant, college dropout and single mom. As a self proclaimed Gary Vee meets Oprah remix, Vivian is also a business and empowerment expert, as well as a TV, radio and podcast persona…

Does the end really justify the means, must you really go through with some decisions, do certain things all in the name of reaching your goal. It’s a debate, join Host Sandra Vivian for a thought or two on why sometimes the end cannot justify the means