From $127M Verdicts to Strategic Co-Founding: Tedra Cannella on Products Liability, Partnership Architecture, and Beating Fortune 500s at Their Own Game

Law

From $127M Verdicts to Strategic Co-Founding: Tedra Cannella on Products Liability, Partnership Architecture, and Beating Fortune 500s at Their Own Game

In litigation, most lawyers talk about winning. Tedra Cannella actually does it—and she does it against opponents with unlimited resources, elite legal teams, and every structural advantage money can buy. As co-founding partner of Cannella Snyder LLC, Tedra has built a litigation practice that defies conventional wisdom about how

From 15 Years in Corporate to Building The Positive Mindset Company: Mandeep Kaur on Teaching Manifestation Without the "Woo Woo," Why "You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup," and Supporting Female Entrepreneurs Over Seeing Them as Competition

Women Who Lead

From 15 Years in Corporate to Building The Positive Mindset Company: Mandeep Kaur on Teaching Manifestation Without the "Woo Woo," Why "You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup," and Supporting Female Entrepreneurs Over Seeing Them as Competition

Mandeep Kaur knows what it's like to juggle corporate demands, business ownership, motherhood, and personal wellbeing because she's lived it for over 15 years. As founder of The Positive Mindset Company, she supports overwhelmed professionals and busy business owners to build happier, more balanced lives through

The 28-Year Journey to Simply Mindful: Fran Benedict on Building Wellness Programs Through Reconnection Rather Than Rules, Part of the Dreamforce Plum Village Center Production Team, and Why "Your Body Already Knows"

Wellbeing

The 28-Year Journey to Simply Mindful: Fran Benedict on Building Wellness Programs Through Reconnection Rather Than Rules, Part of the Dreamforce Plum Village Center Production Team, and Why "Your Body Already Knows"

Fran Benedict's path to founding Simply Mindful took 28 years of exploration, and she's sharing it because "the polished success stories don't help. The real journey does." After graduating from the University of Georgia in 1998 with a focus on corporate wellness,

From Federal Auditor to "Accidental Entrepreneur": Keila Hill-Trawick, CPA on Building Little Fish Accounting from a Side Hustle, Defining "Building to Enough," and Why the Best Technicians Don't Always Make the Best Business Owners

Finance

From Federal Auditor to "Accidental Entrepreneur": Keila Hill-Trawick, CPA on Building Little Fish Accounting from a Side Hustle, Defining "Building to Enough," and Why the Best Technicians Don't Always Make the Best Business Owners

Keila Hill-Trawick expected to work for the federal government until she retired. From 2010 to 2018, she moved between agencies as an auditor—from the Defense Contract Audit Agency and U.S. Attorney's Office to the Government Accountability Office and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She'

Against the Grain: Naomi Granger on Entering Cannabis Accounting in 2017 When Others Hesitated, Growing to $3M in Two Years, Training 700+ CPAs Through NACAT Pros, and Why Underserved High-Barrier Markets Are Where Expertise Becomes Leverage

Accounting

Against the Grain: Naomi Granger on Entering Cannabis Accounting in 2017 When Others Hesitated, Growing to $3M in Two Years, Training 700+ CPAs Through NACAT Pros, and Why Underserved High-Barrier Markets Are Where Expertise Becomes Leverage

In 2017, Naomi Granger moved back home to Las Vegas just as adult-use cannabis sales went live, and she saw something most CPAs wouldn't touch: a massively underserved industry desperately needing professional accounting services in a federally restricted, cash-heavy, compliance-intensive environment. While traditional financial institutions and accounting professionals

Building Virtual Wellness Ahead of the Curve: Tiffany Lord on Launching Love + Asana in 2016, the "Information + Integration" Methodology, and Choosing Holistic Impact Over Venture-Backed Scaling

Wellbeing

Building Virtual Wellness Ahead of the Curve: Tiffany Lord on Launching Love + Asana in 2016, the "Information + Integration" Methodology, and Choosing Holistic Impact Over Venture-Backed Scaling

In 2016, Tiffany Lord saw something most people didn't: remote employees were already used to engaging through screens, and they needed quick wellness breaks during the workday—no traffic, no setup time, no waiting. Just open another tab, move your body, reset your mind, and go back to

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From "Something Was Missing" to Building the UK's Fastest-Growing Health Benefit: Steph Hind on Leaving Corporate Life, Co-Founding Heka with 3,000+ Wellbeing Experiences, and Proving That Employee Health Isn't a Checkbox Exercise

From "Something Was Missing" to Building the UK's Fastest-Growing Health Benefit: Steph Hind on Leaving Corporate Life, Co-Founding Heka with 3,000+ Wellbeing Experiences, and Proving That Employee Health Isn't a Checkbox Exercise

Steph Hind spent years in corporate environments with good pay and prestigious titles, but she couldn't shake the feeling that something fundamental was missing. As Co-Founder and Consultant Director of Heka (formerly GoSweat), she turned that disillusionment into the UK's fastest-growing health-led employee benefits platform, now

From 13 Months of Relentless Promotion to Award-Winning Virtual CFO: Tiffany Watson, MBA on Pivoting All Aboard Financial During COVID, Why Tax Planning Beats Tax Prep, and Giving Back Through Microgrants Instead of Titles

From 13 Months of Relentless Promotion to Award-Winning Virtual CFO: Tiffany Watson, MBA on Pivoting All Aboard Financial During COVID, Why Tax Planning Beats Tax Prep, and Giving Back Through Microgrants Instead of Titles

After a near-death experience with severe preeclampsia following the birth of her third child, Tiffany Watson knew her body couldn't handle a traditional job anymore—but she also knew she wasn't done building. What started in 2018 as an insurance agency rooted in helping others avoid

From 15 Years in NHS Perinatal Mental Health and Academia to Founding The Yoga Psychology Centre: Dr. Jill Domoney on Integrating Clinical Psychology and Yoga, Translating Research into Practice, and Creating Space in the Transition to Motherhood

From 15 Years in NHS Perinatal Mental Health and Academia to Founding The Yoga Psychology Centre: Dr. Jill Domoney on Integrating Clinical Psychology and Yoga, Translating Research into Practice, and Creating Space in the Transition to Motherhood

After 15 years of working across academic institutions and NHS services to support pregnant and postnatal people, Dr. Jill Domoney had a realization: the integrated, mind-body approach she knew could help women during the perinatal period simply didn't have space to exist fully within traditional healthcare settings. So

From First Hire at Precursor Ventures to Founding Symphonic Capital: Sydney Thomas on Raising $13.5M to Back the 99%, Creating the Black Women in VC List, and Why Early-Stage Founders Need to Get Real About Expectations

From First Hire at Precursor Ventures to Founding Symphonic Capital: Sydney Thomas on Raising $13.5M to Back the 99%, Creating the Black Women in VC List, and Why Early-Stage Founders Need to Get Real About Expectations

Sydney Thomas is the Founding General Partner of Symphonic Capital, a San Diego-based venture capital firm that raised $13.5 million for its debut fund to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies "making life better for the 99%." But her path to launching her own fund came after

From Environmental Engineer to Founding Bick Law LLP: Kimberly Bick on Building a Women-Owned "Big Law Alternative," Navigating Post-Chevron Environmental Regulation, and Why She Became an "Accidental Entrepreneur"

From Environmental Engineer to Founding Bick Law LLP: Kimberly Bick on Building a Women-Owned "Big Law Alternative," Navigating Post-Chevron Environmental Regulation, and Why She Became an "Accidental Entrepreneur"

Kimberly Bick is the founding and co-managing partner of Bick Law LLP, a Women-Owned Business Enterprise providing Fortune 500 clients with "Big Law" environmental expertise using flexible billing structures. But her path to founding Bick Law wasn't the result of careful planning. She describes herself as