From Cybersecurity Law to Wellness Entrepreneurship: Fazila Moosa on Acquiring Stretch-eze and Building a Nervous System Support Brand

After 25 years practicing cybersecurity and privacy law, including founding PRIVATECH Consulting and serving as a recognized Privacy by Design Ambassador, Fazila (Zila) Moosa made an unexpected pivot: she acquired Stretch-eze®, the original resistance loop trusted by movement professionals since the 1980s. But this wasn't a random career

From Biochemistry Student to Building Dani Digital: Danielle Theobald on Scaling to 65 Million Monthly Impressions, Why She Guarantees Results or Clients Get Their Money Back, and Building Marketing Funnels That Turn Vanity Metrics Into Revenue

Danielle Theobald knows the difference between chasing viral content and building a business that actually makes money. As Founder and Director of Dani Digital, she's built a social media marketing agency achieving 65 million monthly impressions and generating $4M+ revenue for clients in 2023 (plus $10M+ through paid

From Tech City UK to Building CEW Communications: Cathy White on Strategic PR for Startups, Why Credibility Matters More Than Coverage, and How Founders Should Think About Communications Before, During, and After Fundraising

Cathy White knows what it takes to break through the noise in Europe's startup ecosystem. As Founder and Director of CEW Communications, she's built one of Europe's top boutique agencies for tech scaleups since launching in 2016. Within two years, CEW was recognized as

From Corporate HR to Building Bruford's: Linda Hughes on Alignment, Partnership, and Why Clarity Matters More Than Activity

Linda Hughes spent much of her career being brought into organizations when progress had stalled. As a senior HR leader at companies including Oxford City Council, Lucy Group Ltd, and Atlas Copco, she saw  the same pattern repeat. Capable people. Strong intent. High effort. Yet work felt heavier and outcomes

From Imperial College London to Award-Winning Consultancy: Leyla Okhai on Building Diverse Minds and Why Mental Health and Race Equality Are Business Imperatives

After 14 years in higher education, including serving as Head of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Centre at Imperial College London, Leyla Okhai founded Diverse Minds in 2016. What started as external demand from organizations asking her to replicate the cultural transformation work she'd led at Imperial has

From Octopus Investments to "The Human LinkedIn": Michelle Andrew on Building Meeesh Unlimited, The Strategic Attendee Framework, and Breaking Into the Built Environment

Michelle Andrew has been called "the human LinkedIn" by a VP at Goldman Sachs, and it's not hard to see why. With 16+ years of cross-industry expertise spanning fintech, proptech, and telecoms, she's built a reputation for connecting the dots between tech scale-ups and

From Big Law to Building My Brand": Sandra Fava on Leaving Fox Rothschild After Gender Dynamics, Protecting Business Assets in High-Net-Worth Divorce, and When Mediation Won't Work

Sandra Fava spent years as a partner in the Family Law Department at Fox Rothschild LLP, a national Am Law 200 firm based in Morristown, New Jersey. Despite professional success, she grew tired of being "treated differently from the men in the room" and left to found Fava

"Be the VC You Didn't Have": Shruti Shah on Move Loot's Painful Exit, Proximity to Problems as Competitive Advantage, and Building Pre-Seed Companies for Sustainability Over Unicorn Theater

Shruti Shah knows what it feels like when investors override your instincts and how steep the price is when you let them. As co-founder and COO of Move Loot, a Y Combinator-backed online marketplace for used furniture, Shah and her team raised $22 million and led national expansion, building a

From Retail to Royalty to Running Her Own Show: Astrid Davies on Leadership for "Accidental Leaders" and Why Groupthink Dooms Organizations

After 35 years leading high-performing teams across private, public, and voluntary sectors—navigating everything from high street retail to property (where she worked with Royalty and Hollywood A-listers)—Astrid Davies MA FIoL decided she wanted to "run her own show." In 2017, she founded Astrid Davies Consulting, an

Dian Trabulsy on Legal Gaps Stalling Women-Led Startups and Building Faith-Aligned Businesses

Dian Trabulsy spent nearly fifteen years in New York City working for some of the nation's top law firms and Wall Street companies, navigating the complexity of corporate law, AI governance, and regulatory compliance. But the pace and culture left little room for the values that mattered most

Investors Aren't Your Customers: Sutin Yang on Why Founders Waste Years Fundraising, the 2-Minute Deck Rule, and Why Angels Beat VCs in This Market

Sutin Yang sold candy on the playground at age 6, started trading stocks at 16, and spent 12 years in finance—first on J.P. Morgan's trading floor, then investing in hedge funds—before finally doing what she'd always wanted: starting her own business. After hitting

The AI Legal Trap and Peloton's Music Mistake: Stephanie Furgang Adwar on IP Protection from Day One, Mandatory vs. Optional Enforcement, and Building the First 100% Women-Owned Law Firm Certified by The She Mark

Stephanie Furgang Adwar has spent over three decades building one of the most respected intellectual property practices in entertainment and brand protection—first alongside her father at Furgang & Adwar, and now as co-founder of Adwar Ivko, formed through her 2023 merger of her firm with Ivko Law Group. A