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Founding Fearless

For the Kendra Scott Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute

Founding Fearless is a Student Board podcast to inspire, empower, and support college-aged women on their entrepreneurial and leadership journeys. The purpose of this podcast is to uplift the voices of women through conversations with fellow entrepreneurial students, innovative professors, and other leading pioneers to learn the raw and vulnerable stories behind these trailblazing women.

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Season 1

 Kayleigh Christina: Building a CPG Brand Out of Necessity & All Things Skincare with Co-Founder of CLEARSTEM Skincare

In this episode, In this episode, we are interviewing Kayleigh Christina. Kayleigh Christina is the Co-Founder and CGO of CLEARSTEM, a nontoxic anti-aging and anti-acne skincare line.

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Dean Lillian Mills: Advice on Imposter Syndrome, Presentation Tips & Tricks, and Being the First Woman Dean of McCombs School of Business

In this episode, we are interviewing Dean Lillian Mills, permanent dean of the McCombs School of Business.

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Shana Rehwald: Becoming an Accidental Entrepreneur, Self-Publishing A Guided Journal, and Supporting Fellow Founders with the Founder of Me-est Me

In this episode, we are interviewing Shana Rehwald, founder of Me-est Me.

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Peyton Mabry: The Entrepreneurial Side of Influencing and Starting an NIL Company With Digital Creator and Co-Founder of Influxer

In this episode, we are interviewing media personality and digital creator, Peyton Mabry.

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Mimi Bouchard: Achieving Your Highest Potential, Developing an App, and Redefining Meditation with Founder and CEO of Superhuman

In this episode, we are interviewing Mimi Bouchard, Founder and CEO of Superhuman.

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Beth Goff-McMillan: Finding a Market Gap, Building Company Culture, & Improving Leadership Skills with Founder of FOLIO and CEO of SKG

In this episode, we are interviewing Beth Goff-McMillan, President & CEO, at SKG in Austin, Texas.

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Nicole Musselman: Creating a Brand & Staying Authentic on Social Media with Founder & CEO of KOCH

In this episode we are interviewing Nicole Musselman, CEO and Founder of KOCH.

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Andra Liemandt: Founding a Nonprofit, The Effects of Social Media, & Pursuing Passions with CEO & Founder of The Kindness Campaign

In this episode we interviewed Andra Liemandt, Founder and President of The Kindness Campaign.

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Somer Baburek and Apoorva Chintala: Pitching with Confidence, Winning $10,000, & All Things Early-Stage Startups with DTV Pitch

In this episode, we are interviewing Somer Baburek, co-founder and CEO of Hera Biotech, and Apoorva Chintala, co-founder and CEO of Clocr.

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Kathy Terry: Opening Multiple Restaurants, Learning From Failure, & the Importance of Philanthropy with Co-founder of P. Terry's

In this episode, we interviewed Kathy Terry. Kathy is a native Texan and made Austin her home after finishing her undergrad at the University of Texas.

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Claire Craig & Lauren Neal: Starting a Clothing Line, Opening a Boutique & Finding Customers with Lady Captain Co-Founders

In this episode, we are interviewing Claire Craig, founder of Beehive, and Lauren Neal, co-founder with Claire of Lady Captain.

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Natalie Holloway: Building a Brand, Taking Risks, & Securing a Shark Tank Deal With Co-Founder of Bala

In this episode, we are interviewing Natalie Holloway, the co-founder of Bala.

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Lesley Robinson: Back to School with KS WELI Founding Director *BONUS EPISODE*

In this episode, we are interviewing Lesley Robinson, founding director of the Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (KS WELI) at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Nicole Cardone & Deborah Gorman: The Secrets Behind Food Entrepreneurship with Sorbabes Co-Founders

In this episode, we are interviewing Deborah Gorman and Nicole Cardone, co-founders of Sorbabes.

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Alexis Curtis: Be Fearless

In this episode we are interviewing entrepreneur Alexa Curtis. In 2011, at just 12 years old, Alexa started a fashion blog, called A Life in the Fashion Lane.

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Leadership 101 with Leadership Development Instructor Vaishali Jadhav

On this episode we are interviewing Vaishali Jadhav. Vaishali has spent over 20 years building purpose-driven leaders for purpose-driven companies.

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Navigating the Entrepreneurial Journey with Founder Jen Shultz

On this episode we are interviewing Jen Shultz, Founder of The Non-Nine-to-Five.

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The Entrepreneurial Mindset With Serial Entrepreneur and Tech Executive Jan Ryan

On this episode, we are joined by Jan Ryan, serial entrepreneur and tech executive.

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Introducing The Founding Fearless Podcast

Welcome to the Founding Fearless Podcast! This is a podcast to inspire, empower, and support college-aged women on their entrepreneurial and leadership journeys. Our conversations focus on the entrepreneurial lifestyle with topics ranging from wellness to academics to embracing failures to networking.

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Season 2

Nicole Smith: How Flytographer Took Flight Around the World

We’re joined by Nicole Smith, Founder and CEO of Flytographer, the world’s leading vacation photography company.

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Marina Middleton: Creating Impact, Cultivating Connection

We’re joined by Marina Middleton, CEO and Partner at Create & Cultivate, the powerhouse behind the world’s largest events and media platform for women in business. 

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Nicole Swartz: Sprouting Success Through Trademark Protection

We’re joined by Nicole Swartz, trademark attorney and founder of Sprout Law, who’s on a mission to empower women entrepreneurs by protecting their brands. 

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Nicole Swartz: Sprouting Success Through Trademark Protection

We’re joined by Nicole Swartz, trademark attorney and founder of Sprout Law, who’s on a mission to empower women entrepreneurs by protecting their brands. 

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Isabella Hughes: Founder First, Investor Next

We're joined by Isabella Hughes, co-founder of Better Sour and serial entrepreneur. From the arts to CPG, Bella's journey is full of bold moves and innovation. 

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Lori Saldivar Schneider: The Spirit of Celebration with The Cupcake Bar

We're joined by Lori Saldivar Schneider, the visionary behind The Cupcake Bar. 

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Alma Hernandez: Soaring Beyond Barriers in Leadership

In this episode we're joined by Lieutenant Colonel Alma K. Hernandez, Commander of the 566th Intelligence Squadron at Buckley Space Force Base. 

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