REVUE by SCOUT

In this episode of REVUE by SCOUT, Gabrielle Scout sits down with Niyat Tekeste, Founder of April 47 Brand Management and VP of Sales at BESTSELLER Canada. Niyat has spent more than fifteen years on the vendor side of wholesale across Canada, the US, the EU, and Asia, building brands from the ground up. She is obsessed with the business of fashion. She doesn’t care about the glossy side. She cares about the mechanics of how a product gets from a founder’s garage to a retail shelf. Now she is building in public, sharing the wholesale playbook with the founders who need it most. What unfolds is a salon conversation between two women who met over a voice note and recognized each other instantly. They move between strategy and style, covering the forces reshaping retail, the women who actually run fashion, and the negotiation between the body you have and the aesthetic you love. Topics explored in this episode include: * How a formidable female boss in wholesale showed Niyat what was possible for a woman in a creative industry, and why being intrapreneurial is the most valuable mindset you can bring to any job. * What wholesale actually means, why retailers now buy brands that have already proven themselves, and the pricing rule every founder should follow from day one. * The decline of the department store and the case for bringing Barneys back. * Why luxury shoppers still buy in person, and how platforms like Moda Operandi and Mytheresa became the new magazines, complete with a pay-to-play tier most founders never see coming. * What Vogue could become if it turned its access toward the women running fashion’s operations. * And the personal: favorite brands, the gray streak, and whether you should dress for your body type or your style. This episode is for the founder with a beautiful product and no map to the shelf, and for every woman who is equal parts architect and muse. Follow Niyat:Instagram: @niyattekeste Follow Along:Instagram: @gabriellescoutmaioREVUE Newsletter: Subscribe to REVUE, a weekly Sunday letter for the most interesting woman in the room HEREScout’s Agency: Learn more about Scout’s Agency, a visibility atelier specializing in curated podcast tours and cultural placement for women in positions of authority HERE REVUE: Designed to bring more depth, intention, and cultural luxury into your week. The newsletter for the interesting woman. Get full access to REVUE at revuewoman.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of REVUE by SCOUT, Gabrielle Scout sits down with Letha Sandison, founder of Four Moon Spa, the outdoor sanctuary in Encinitas that feels like stepping through a portal to Tulum or Bali. Behind the koi pond, the bungalows, and the serenity is a woman who is strong, strategic, and unapologetically ambitious. As Gabrielle puts it, everyone who visits gets to glide because Letha is paddling. What unfolds is a candid salon conversation about the space between spirituality and reality. Together, Gabrielle and Letha question the wellness culture that promises results without effort, the manifesting narratives that leave women blaming themselves when life intervenes, and the motherhood standards that ask women to be everything at once. Topics explored in this episode include: * Why a spiritual practice that only serves you on the yoga mat isn’t really working, and how Letha weaves ritual into running a business, raising children, and moving through hard seasons. * The fourth grade aptitude test that told Letha she would be an entrepreneur, and how feeling like an outsider as a child can become the foundation for building your own road. * The glamorization of entrepreneurship, and the uncomfortable truth that it only looks glamorous to the people whose brains are wired for it. * A two-step framework for finding your why: first get selfish about what makes you feel aligned, then decide where to channel that energy. * The pendulum swing from hustle culture to soft girl era, why the law of attraction is not the only law at play, and what happens when lifestyle goals stay the same but the willingness to work changes. * The quiet addiction to healing, and why the best wisdom you will ever receive is your own. * Trade-offs as the honest currency of every life, whether you are building an empire or making jam on a farm. * Lowering the bar on motherhood, the judgment working mothers face, and why modeling a fully lived life may be the greatest gift we give our daughters. This episode is for the woman who wants both the ritual and the results. It’s an invitation to stop waiting for the universe to do the work, to get honest about what you want and what it will take, and to extend a little more grace to yourself and every other woman doing her best. Follow along:Four Moon Spa, Encinitas: fourmoonspa.comLetha on Instagram: @lethasandisonGabrielle Scout on Instagram: @gabriellescoutmaio Scout’s Agency: Learn more about Scout’s Agency, a visibility atelier specializing in curated podcast tours and cultural placement for women in positions of authority at www.scoutsagency.com Subscribe to REVUE the newsletter HERE. Conversations for interesting women. Designed to bring more depth, intention, and cultural intention into your week. Get full access to REVUE at revuewoman.substack.com/subscribe

In this salon-style episode of REVUE by SCOUT, Gabrielle Scout sits down with Brittany Ricketts, co-founder of House of Preservation, the Dallas- and Austin-based med spa, for a conversation that moves from unfiltered girl talk into genuine expertise. Gabrielle and Brittany met on Instagram years ago and finally connected in person, discovering they’re navigating nearly identical chapters: both are 50/50 custody moms to kids born weeks apart, both building businesses, both redefining what ambition looks like on the other side of a relationship that didn’t work out. The first half is personal and unguarded: motherhood without guilt, dating from abundance instead of fear, and why “single mom” doesn’t quite capture the reality of doing it well. The second half is where Brittany takes the reins with real authority, walking through her philosophy on injectables, lasers, and the concierge peptide protocol she’s building at House of Preservation. Topics explored in this episode include: Redefining single motherhood inside a 50/50 custody schedule, and why time apart from your child can make you a better, more present parent. The abundance mindset behind dating without needing anything from a partner, and Brittany’s advice to stop looking for a husband and start looking for a great father. How ambition sharpened after becoming a mom, and why entrepreneurs are wired to expect a full life rather than settle. A real breakdown of the entry-level aesthetics stack: skincare, filler, Sculptra, Radiesse, and the lasers actually worth your time. An inside look at the future of longevity: peptides, NAD, MOTS-c, and how House of Preservation is building a concierge model around them. This episode is for the woman building a business, raising a kid on her own terms, and refusing to shrink her standards for either one. Referenced in This Episode: House of Preservation Oil Cleanser, Project Preservation, House of Preservation’s upcoming concierge peptide care line Follow Along: Instagram: Gabrielle Scout: @gabriellescoutmaio and Brittany Ricketts: @brittrix REVUE Newsletter: Subscribe to REVUE, a weekly Sunday letter for the most interesting woman in the room HERE Scout’s Agency: Learn more about Scout’s Agency, a visibility atelier specializing in curated podcast tours and cultural placement for women in positions of authority HERE REVUE: The newsletter for the most interesting woman in the room. Get full access to REVUE at revuewoman.substack.com/subscribe

This week, Gabrielle is trading the polish for sweatpants and getting into the girl chat to end all girl chats. Fresh off a family trip and about to leave on another, she's sharing the conversation she wishes someone had given her before she became a mom: the real, unfiltered truth about building a business and raising a child at the same time. Pulled straight from an Instagram question box, this episode works through the deepest, darkest fears ambitious women carry about motherhood - time, maternity leave, business failure, feeling trapped, losing themselves - with zero sugarcoating and a lot of hope. In This Episode Why Gabrielle is recording cozy this week, and why that changes the texture of the conversation The Emma Grede moment that cracked open Gabrielle's entire philosophy on motherhood Why "fifty-fifty parenthood" is a myth, and why women deserve more support, not equal treatment The fear of not having enough time - and why constraint actually makes you a sharper entrepreneur Taking maternity leave without a business built to survive it, and how to build your "number two" Facing the fear that your business might fail - and why every entrepreneur meets that moment Feeling permanently trapped by motherhood, and why that feeling doesn't cancel out love Losing yourself as a mother, the "default parent" trap, and why self-abandonment isn't good parenting Gabrielle's core philosophy: no martyrs, no self-sacrifice - children deserve happy, expressed mothers Connect with Gabrielle Follow along on Instagram @gabriellescoutmaio Learn more about Scout's Agency at scoutsagency.com Read REVUE, Gabrielle's newsletter for the most interesting woman in the room HERE Loved This Episode? If any part of this conversation resonated, leave a review... it's how Gabrielle knows this content is actually helping. Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag @gabriellescoutmaio to let her know what landed. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Get full access to REVUE at revuewoman.substack.com/subscribe

Gabrielle sits down with longtime friend and content creator Kenzie Elizabeth (host of The House Guest Podcast) for a catch-up that turns into an unexpectedly deep dive on money. They cover her engagement, her rebrand from I Love You So Much to Houseguest, and how she built her needlepoint and home brand. But the real heart of the episode is a candid conversation about the business behind the content: revenue models, limiting beliefs around money, self-funding vs. investors, and what her team actually looks like. If you're a female founder, a bride-to-be, or curious about the difference between content-based and product-based business models, this one's for you. In this episode: Kenzie's journey from a 16-year-old YouTuber to "the Gen Z Martha Stewart," and why she feels more like her childhood self now than ever The difference between content creation revenue and product-based business revenue Why she's never taken outside investors, and how she self-funded her needlepoint line Needlepoint sales up 760% since January - and why almost no one, including Kenzie, saw that coming Working through limiting beliefs and shame around money, and why female founders need to talk about it more openly What her team actually looks like: creative director, EA, wholesale/ops, freelancers, and a financial planner keeping her on track Hiring her first W-2 employees - and why it got easier each time Working with her fiancé, Charlie, and what makes their partnership work Wedding planning as a "type B bride" with a "type A groom," and the one piece of advice she swears by for staying connected on the big day Guest Kenzie Elizabeth — content creator and host of Houseguest, founder of her needlepoint and home brand Find her: @KenzieElizabeth Free Resource Download Scout's Agency's free pitch template — the exact guest pitch template used to book over 6,000 podcast episodes, including the pitch used to book Gabrielle on 7 podcasts in 3 weeks. Get it at scoutsagency.com/pitch-template Host Gabrielle Scout — @gabriellescoutmaio Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Get full access to REVUE at revuewoman.substack.com/subscribe