Diana Kapp – Journalist, Writer, and Author of Girls Who Run the World

Diana is a friend of mine and she is a journalist and writer. She recently came out with an amazing children’s book called Girls Who Run the World, which features women founders and CEOs and their stories. The book gives kids an opportunity to see how women have become successful entrepreneurs. Diana and I talk about the incredible female entrepreneurs she interviewed for Girls Who Run the World, how to support the next generations of female entrepreneurs, why hearing “no” and persevering anyways is essential to success, and much more.

Cliff Weitzman – Founder & CEO of Speechify

Speechify is an app that reads books, emails, texts, and more out loud to it’s users. The app started as a software that Cliff built for himself because he has dyslexia. It was easier for him to listen to books rather than read the words on a page. Just a few years later, Cliff has turned Speechify into an incredibly user-friendly app that’s great for anyone. The company is growing quickly, and Cliff has been named one of Forbes 30 Under 30. We talk about how Cliff built this app, the most valuable things that he has learned as an entrepreneur thus far, what his hiring principles are, and much more.

Erika Nardini – CEO of Barstool Sports

Erika is a seasoned media executive. She and I both worked at AOL (at different times), and she was also an executive at Yahoo! and several other companies. In 2016, Erika became the CEO of Barstool Sports. She had a team of 12 people. Now, Barstool has over 200 employees, and it is predicted to hit the $100 million mark in 2020. Erika and I talk about how she became a CEO, her thoughts on TikTok, how she’s grown a media company so quickly, and much more.