Great Women of Business
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Great Women of Business
The wage gap. The motherhood penalty. The glass ceiling. The stories of business savvy women who battled sexism all the way to the executive suite are both thought provoking and inspiring. From Coco Chanel to Mrs. Fields, Julia Child to Martha Stewart, in this special 12 episode series we present th...
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13 EpisodenEstée Lauder - “Dedication”
As a teenager, Estée Lauder gained valuable business experience working in her father's hardware store and learned important business principles of de...
Indra Nooyi - “Taking Risks”
She’s one of the most powerful women in modern business. Current Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi’s design thinking, cal...
Lydia Pinkham - “Networking”
In a time when women were desperate for safe and effective treatments for women’s health issues, Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compounds became one of the...
Lillian Vernon - “Bootstrapping”
Lillian Vernon had no formal business training but that didn’t stop her from starting her own business selling mail-order handbags out of her kitchen....
Debbi Fields - “Customer Experience”
Debbi Fields showed that anyone can make a dream business reality. As a young mother with no business experience, she was able to open her first cooki...
Brownie Wise - “The Art Of Selling”
Brownie Wise didn't just sell Tupperware, she revolutionized sales strategies and created lasting opportunities for working mothers. However, her vola...
Susan Wojcicki - “Unlocking Value”
Susan Wojcicki discovered that great opportunities aren't always easy to recognize. But Wojcicki had a knack for not only recognizing great opportunit...
Madam C. J. Walker - “Necessity”
After developing a scalp disorder that caused her to lose much of her hair, CJ Walker identified a market opportunity. So she developed her own homema...
Ruth Handler - “Disruption”
Originally a plastics company, Mattel changed their focus to toys when co-founder Ruth Handler sensed a growing need for toys after the post-war baby-...
Martha Stewart - “Commitment to Quality”
Martha Stewart started with a modest catering company and parlayed it into a branded empire that focused on quality. This simple business principle se...
Julia Child - “Investing in Oneself”
Julia Child was a world famous chef, culinary educator, and entrepreneur. After meeting her husband Paul in the Office of Strategic Services, she foll...
Coco Chanel - "The Art of Branding"
Coco Chanel understood women’s fashion, perfume, and jewelry. But what she understood the most was that consumers don’t just buy fashion, they buy bra...
Welcome to Great Women of Business!
Mrs. Fields. Estee Lauder. Chanel. You know the businesses, but do you know the women behind them? Every Tuesday, Great Women of Business spotlights i...