Visionaries
Rebecca Walcott
Recent Episodes
EP. 9 - A once-homeless teen in Portland, Nadya Okamoto founded an internationally known nonprofit (PERIOD) at 16, authored a highly regarded book, and will soon graduate from Harvard. In early 2020, Okamoto co-founded August, a lifestyle brand working to reimagine periods. She’s been recognized on the lists of Forbes 30 under 30, Bloomberg 50 “Ones to Watch” and People Magazine's Women Changing the World.
In this episode we talk about: period poverty & the menstrual movement, dating during a pandemic, the harsh realities of finding work/life balance (as a workaholic), social media struggles & lots more. Thank you Nadya for coming on #Visionaries!
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🎙ABOUT VISIONARIES:
Visionaries dives into the stories behind the most successful disruptors, change-makers, activists, influencers, entrepreneurs - you name it! It’ll leave you inspired and enlightened to be your own ‘Visionary.’ Our episodes feature bi-weekly on Thursdays on all listening platforms.
Guest Social Media Info:
🛎 Follow Nadya: https://www.instagram.com/nadyaokamoto/
🛎Support Nady’a podcast: https://www.instagram.com/tigresspodcast/
🛎Check out August: https://itsaugust.co/
EP. 8 - Daina Trout's company, Health-Ade, hit multiple milestones last year, selling 4 million cases of bubbly, fermented kombucha and surpassing $200 million in retail sales. It’s safe to say, at its current rate of growth, Health-Ade is well towards being a billion-dollar-a-year business. Hear how Health-Ade evolved from a hair-loss remedy to a huge brand of healthy drinks in this week’s episode!
In episode 8 we discuss:
· How Daina, her husband, and best friend started Heath-Ade
· How to scale a business with little to no capital
· Why Investors are not your friends
· How to build a quality company that can stand out against competitors long-term
· How to find joy (outside of the workplace)
· Daina’s philosophy around fundraising & financial freedom
· + lots more on personal & career development!
Join our Community:
✨Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/connect-forward-visionaries/id1539359057
✨Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconnectforward/
✨Get to know our host, Rebecca Walcott: https://www.instagram.com/rwalcottxx/?hl=en
Services:
If you’re looking for affordable career services visit: https://www.theconnectforward.com/
Business Inquiries: [email protected]
Youtube:
✨ Watch our favorite moments from our Nailah Blackman episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYrGu-o_7EEuTbqeTU5vjxQ
🎙ABOUT VISIONARIES:
Visionaries dives into the stories behind the most successful disruptors, change-makers, activists, influencers, entrepreneurs - you name it! It’ll leave you inspired and enlightened to be your own ‘Visionary.’ Our episodes feature bi-weekly on Thursdays on all listening platforms.
Guest Social Media Info:
🛎 Follow Daina - https://www.instagram.com/dainatrout/?hl=en
🛎Health-Ade’s website - https://health-ade.com/
[In 2017, Food & Wine named Trout one of the most innovative women in food & drink and in early 2018 Create & Cultivate featured her in its C&C 100 list, celebrating 100 women who are masters of their field. In 2019, Daina was included on Inc’s Female Founder 100 list and was also named BevNet’s Person Of The Year].
EP. 7 - Marvin Chow is more than Google’s VP of Global Marketing. He’s a “Girl Dad,” angel investor, advisor, and self-proclaimed social evangelist. Prior to Google, Marvin worked at Nickelodeon, Reebok and MVP.com, a start-up founded by Michael Jordan and John Elway. At Google, Marvin leads brand, product, growth, and performance marketing for some of Google’s largest and most strategic products including the Google Assistant, Search, Maps, Photos, Gmail, News, AR/VR, and Google AI.
In this episode, we divulge in Marvin’s leadership style, his love of food, angel investment & advisor strategies & of course his commitment alongside Google to invest and uplift underrepresented communities. Plus, we mix in some fun rapid fire questions to shake things up!
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rebecca-walcott
Join our Community:
✨Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/connect-forward-visionaries/id1539359057
✨Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconnectforward/
✨Get to know our host, Rebecca Walcott: https://www.instagram.com/rwalcottxx/?hl=en
Guest Social Media Info:
About Marvin - https://therealmarvin.carrd.co/
Follow Marvin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/therealmarvin
Follow Marvin on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/therealmarvin/?hl=en
Services:
If you’re looking for affordable career services visit: https://www.theconnectforward.com/
Business Inquiries: [email protected]
✨ Watch our favorite moments from our Nailah Blackman episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYrGu-o_7EEuTbqeTU5vjxQ
🎙ABOUT VISIONARIES:
Visionaries dives into the stories behind the most successful disruptors, change-makers, activists, influencers, entrepreneurs - you name it! It’ll leave you inspired and enlightened to be your own ‘Visionary.’ Our episodes feature bi-weekly on Thursdays on all listening platforms.
EP. 6 - This week's episode celebrates the power of diversity with two incredible leaders. Karen Greenfield serves as the Senior Vice President of Business & Production Operations for National Geographic, is the executive sponsor of one of Walt Disney’s Business Employee Resource Groups NOIR DC, and is the Chairperson of National Geographic Partner’s Diversity and Inclusion Council. She also happens to be my career mentor!
Karen is joined by Janet Vissering who is the Senior Vice President of Program Development and Production of National Geographic WILD. Both Karen and Janet went to school at the University of Maryland but had very different lived experiences. In this episode, they discuss the complications of being diversity & inclusion leaders representing billion dollar companies, the power of uplifting others as you rise, and tips to tackling the gender race pay gap (+plus lots more).
🙌Support this podcast on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rebecca-walcott
Out next episode features Marvin Chow – VP of Global Marketing @ Google
Join our Community:
✨Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/connect-forward-visionaries/id1539359057
✨Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconnectforward/
✨Get to know our host, Rebecca Walcott: https://www.instagram.com/rwalcottxx/?hl=en
Services:
If you’re looking for affordable career services visit: https://www.theconnectforward.com/
Business Inquiries: [email protected]
Youtube:
✨ Watch our favorite moments from our Nailah Blackman episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYrGu-o_7EEuTbqeTU5vjxQ
🎙ABOUT VISIONARIES:
Visionaries dives into the stories behind the most successful disruptors, change-makers, activists, influencers, entrepreneurs - you name it! It’ll leave you inspired and enlightened to be your own ‘Visionary.’ Our episodes feature bi-weekly on Thursdays on all listening platforms.