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Build the life of your dreams and learn from the world’s most successful people. Emma Grede, one of America’s richest self-made women, wants you to make the most of your life. On ‘Aspire with Emma Grede', learn through thought-provoking conversations with some of the most successful and smartest minds on the planet, including goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, investor, philanthropist and former chair of Starbucks Mellody Hobson and international bestselling author and “On Purpose” podcast host Jay Shetty. Each episode will unpack their habits, philosophy and strategies, covering career advice, well-being, psychology and of course how to win in business. The show offers personal stories, data-driven advice, real-world strategies, and the experience you need, to turn your dreams into reality. Emma Grede is a founding partner and chief product officer of SKIMS and CEO of Good American. She also made history as the first Black woman to serve as an investor on Shark Tank.
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- 5 days ago1h 8m
Andrew Rosen Built Theory and Backed SKIMS – Here’s What He’d Tell Every Founder
Andrew Rosen has spent nearly five decades building, investing in, and shaping some of the most influential brands in American fashion. As the co-founder of Theory and an early investor in brands like TWP, rag and bone, Veronica Beard, Alice + Olivia, Good American and SKIMS, he’s also one of Emma's closest mentors. His advice comes from doing the work — and learning what happens when things don't go to plan.In this conversation, Andrew shares the lessons he took from his father, the setbacks that shaped how he built Theory, and the advice he gave Emma when she was becoming a brand owner. They explore how to trust your instincts, choose the right investors, and build a profitable business with staying power.They get into:Taking over as CEO of the family business in his twentiesLosing control of the company — and what he did nextGetting fired, and why he never saw it as failureThe experience he brought to starting Theory at 40Why profitability has to be part of the plan from the startWhat founders should actually look for in an investorThe lessons he took from his father that still shape how he does business
- 1 weeks ago1h 7m
Inside Cymbiotika: How Durana Elmi Built a Wellness Empire
Durana Elmi knows how to build a business. Before Cymbiotika, she built and exited four companies. She then took a wellness brand with one employee, one product, and almost no infrastructure and helped scale it into a $150 million business alongside her husband Shahab.In this episode of Aspire, Emma sits down with Durana to unpack the decisions behind that growth. They also get candid about money, marriage, and leadership. Durana shares why financial independence matters deeply to her, what 27 years of building alongside her husband has taught her about disagreement, and how her definition of success has changed from making money to owning her time.You’ll learn:Why Cymbiotika bootstrapped for five years before taking outside capitalWhat infrastructure needs to be in place when a business starts growing faster than you can keep up withThe expensive lessons founders can learn from going into retail too quicklyWhat a $25 million strategic raise brought beyond capitalWhy celebrity investors became a part of Cymbiotika’s growth strategyHow to make decisions when data challenges your instincts
- 1 weeks ago1h 20m
How to Build a Beauty Brand People Believe In (ft. Tower 28, Danessa Myricks Beauty, Crown Affair)
It's easier than ever to launch a beauty brand—and harder than ever to make it last. In this first-ever Aspire founders roundtable, Danessa Myricks (Danessa Myricks Beauty), Dianna Cohen (Crown Affair), and Amy Liu (Tower 28) get honest about what it actually takes to build and scale a brand people believe in. These aren’t early ideas—they’re Sephora-scale businesses: Tower 28, launched in 2019, now with a reported $228 million valuation; Crown Affair, launched in 2020 and scaled from roughly 55 to 600 Sephora doors, with a dry shampoo that has ranked #1 in the category; and Danessa Myricks Beauty, a profitable-since-launch business that had already grown to roughly 500 SKUs before entering Sephora.From getting into Sephora and staying there, to raising capital vs. bootstrapping, to building community you can't reverse-engineer—this is the real playbook for 2026.In this episode, you’ll learn:What separates brands that last, and why launching is easy but sustaining is hardHow to build community with soul, purpose, and missionThe truth about retail and the operational and financial discipline it takes to scale in SephoraHow to fund your vision, what outside money is really for, and why finding aligned investors is keyHow founders evolve with intention and decide what to control, when to delegate, and different ways to lead a brand through growth
- 2 weeks ago1 min
Introducing: Money Moves with Jill Schlesinger
There’s a lot of dopey financial advice out there. Jill Schlesinger is here to call it out, answer your questions, break down the financial news that actually matters, and help you manage your money without losing your mind. No jargon. No judgment. Just clear, actionable financial guidance about saving, investing, buying a home, managing your career, and deciding how to spend your hard-earned dollars. When it’s time to panic, Jill will tell you. When everyone else is panicking and you shouldn’t be, Jill will tell you that too. Your money. Your move. Let’s go.
- 2 weeks ago1h 7m
The Science of a Well-Lived Life: How to Create a Life That Feels as Good as It Looks
Arthur C. Brooks believes we are living through an age of emptiness—a time when more people feel distracted, disconnected, and unsure of what will actually make their lives meaningful. In his latest book, The Meaning of Your Life, the Harvard professor and New York Times bestselling author examines why so many of the things we chase in pursuit of happiness can leave us feeling unsatisfied once we get them. In this episode, Emma Grede sits down with Brooks to unpack what is driving our unhappiness and what science actually says about building a meaningful life. Brooks reveals the two questions he gives his Harvard students to diagnose whether they’re experiencing a meaning crisis, why our brains struggle in a world of constant comfort, and how to use social media without letting it drain you. You’ll learn:Why achievement rarely satisfies us for as long as we expectWhat money can—and cannot—do for your happinessThe five-year exercise that reveals whether your priorities match how you spend your timeWhat to do in the first and last hour of the day to protect your attention The step most people skip that makes new practices stickHow to pursue a big goal without becoming emotionally attached to the outcomeThe simple ritual to shift your baseline happiness by 15 percent in 12 weeks
- 3 weeks ago1h 5m
Jennifer Garner on What Only Time Can Teach You
Jennifer Garner is an award-winning actor, producer, longtime Save the Children ambassador, and co-founder of Once Upon a Farm, an organic children’s food brand. After rising to fame on Alias, she built a career spanning more than three decades before entering entrepreneurship at 45 and helping grow Once Upon a Farm into a $724 million publicly traded company.Jennifer joins Emma to talk about the side of success people rarely see: losing years of her life when Alias made her famous, disappearing from friendships, and how the constant presence of paparazzi warped her confidence. Jennifer shares:What Jennifer is only now realizing about approval and earning her placeHow years of rejection and several failed ideas prepared her for entrepreneurshipWhat she’s learned about holding anger without burying itHow to recognize the value you bring without conventional qualificationsWhen fame and visibility can help a business, and where they cannotWhat it actually looks like to protect a company’s missionWhy your biggest chapter doesn’t come with an age limit
- Aug 18, 202641 min
Everything I Know About Money—and Why We Won’t Talk About It
In this solo episode, Emma shares how she thinks about money, from the lessons she learned growing up in East London to the principles she uses today. She gets into her personal financial priorities, why your earning power can matter more than your savings, how to negotiate from a position of strength, and why no woman should ever outsource the understanding of her own finances.In this episode, you’ll learn:What your financial priorities should be in your 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50sWhy your ability to earn can be more valuable than your savings early in your careerHow your beliefs about money can influence what you earn, ask for, and keepHow to negotiate salary, equity, and other forms of compensation more effectivelyThe difference between earning money, building wealth, and protecting what you’ve builtWhy investing early matters—and what can happen when you waitHow to think about financial independence as freedom, security, and choice
- Aug 11, 20261h 2m
Can You Turn What You Love Into a Real Business? (Krissy Cela, founder of Oner Active)
Emma sits down with Krissy Cela, founder and creative director of Oner Active, for an honest conversation about building a bootstrapped business on track to generate close to $300 million this year. Before Oner, Krissy spent a decade building a fitness audience and business from a student laptop, long before either was considered a conventional career path. Today, she owns 50 percent of one of the fastest-growing brands in the category. But what happens when your life asks you to become someone you don’t yet feel qualified to be, and people still look for reasons not to credit your success to you? This episode is about starting before you feel ready, letting go of the need to prove yourself, and growing into the leader your business requires.In this episode, Krissy shares:Why feeling underqualified should not stop you from building something bigHow she turned an online audience into a loyal customer communityThe early legal and partnership mistakes that shapes how she operates todayHow people-pleasing weakened her leadership, and what changed since she stoppedWhy the ones who doubt you are rarely the ones who end up matteringFor more, subscribe to our weekly newsletter at emmagrede.com.
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About Aspire with Emma Grede
Build the life of your dreams and learn from the world’s most successful people. Emma Grede, one of America’s richest self-made women, wants you to make the most of your life. On ‘Aspire with Emma Grede', learn through thought-provoking conversations with some of the most successful and smartest minds on the planet, including goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, investor, philanthropist and former chair of Starbucks Mellody Hobson and international bestselling author and “On Purpose” podcast host Jay Shetty. Each episode will unpack their habits, philosophy and strategies, covering career advice, well-being, psychology and of course how to win in business. The show offers personal stories, data-driven advice, real-world strategies, and the experience you need, to turn your dreams into reality. Emma Grede is a founding partner and chief product officer of SKIMS and CEO of Good American. She also made history as the first Black woman to serve as an investor on Shark Tank.
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