Season 3 Episode 12- Defeating Statistics and Beyond with Latreash McCurdy

Season 3 Episode 12- Defeating Statistics and Beyond with Latreash McCurdy

Latreash McCurdy embraces challenges. Finishing high school early while pregnant, she went on to graduate with mulitple degrees from state universities in graphic design and advertising (magna cum laude) while raising a kid and working full time. Voted one of the 40 under 40 rising stars in Queens NY, Latreash has 23 years of experience in the design field and is the owner of Latreash Designs,which focuses on brand development, graphic & website design, and illustrations. She advices young entrepreneursto invest in their businesses branding & marketing, utilize resources (networking, financial, mentors), embrace challenges, and build human relationships and connections. She is a member of the Southern Wake Business Alliance, which prepares local middle and high schoolers for what’s ahead in the career world. In this episode, Latreash shares her story of not just overcoming challenges but embracing them and using them as steppingstones toward success! Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/latreashmccurdy/  [https://www.linkedin.com/in/latreashmccurdy/ ] https://www.latreash.com [https://www.latreash.com] https://www.instagram.com/latreash_designs/ [https://www.instagram.com/latreash_designs/]

Season 3 Episode 11- Dream Bigger with Ritika Shamdasani

Ritika Shamdasani is one of the sisters/co-founders behind Sani, an apparel brand inspired by South Asian culture. They started off with evening wear for Indian weddings and launched South Asian fashion on Rent the Runway, followed by a big launch in Nordstrom in April 2023. Now they've broadened to casual categories like their viral loungewear and have grown exponentially because of TikTok. Their clothes have been featured in places like the TODAY show, Forbes, NYT and on celebrities like Karlie Kloss and Ashley Park. Ritika made the Forbs 30 under 30 list and shares how they built Sani over the past few years, endured challenges, and kept expanding to what it is today. Links: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritika-shamdasani/⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritika-shamdasani/] ⁠ [https://www.sani.co/] https://www.sani.co⁠ [https://www.sani.co/]

Season 3 Episode 10- Create Your Own Way with Natalie Barbu

Natalie Barbu is a social media influcer and CEO and founder of Rella, a management tool made for creators to organize their content and run their business. She began her social media career in 2011 on YouTube in the beauty guru phase. She has grown her following to over 380,000 followers throughout her platforms, made it her full-time job, and pivoted multiple times in her journey. She is the host of The Real Reel Podcast, a show where she speaks to entrepreneurs, business leaders, creators, and everyone in between talking about the real reel - not the highlight reel. Listen into this episode where Natalie showcases her creative genius. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliebarbu/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliebarbu/] https://getrella.com/ [https://getrella.com/]

Season 3: Episode 8- Empowering Young Adults to Create with Lindsay Reeth

Lindsay Reeth is the cofounder of the Student-Made Store which is a comprehensive program that provides an effective and entirely student-run platform for student creators to reach supporters on their campus, and our growing network of campuses. Her passion is in providing a truly impactful and tangible experience to students that will help them gain confidence in their skills through the spirit of entrepreneurship. We talk journey, learnings, breakthroughs, and how to simply keep moving forward. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-reeth-26369412a/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-reeth-26369412a/ ]https://www.studentmadestore.com [https://www.studentmadestore.com]

Season 3- Episode 7- The Power of Meeting People in Person with Jerush Christopher

Jerush Christopher is a NC State grad and co-founder of Shipp- a dating app where you match with those nearby, and if you both accept, you can walk toward each other and have your first conversation face-to-face. Jerush is a genuine soul that wants to bring genuiness back into the dating game. Listen up and be inspired to communicate authentically whether you are single, dating, or married. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerush-christopher/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerush-christopher/]