S2 E7. Woman and Change: Business Leaders with Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, Co-Founders of theSkimm

Become a Patreon for access to bonus content and to support the podcast, or buy me a (metaphorical) coffee * In this episode, I speak with Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of theSkimm - a non-partisan digital media company dedicated to succinctly giving women the information they need to make confident decisions. Carly and Danielle disrupted the male-dominated media landscape and defined a new category altogether when they launched theSkimm. In the past decade, they have grown it from a daily newsletter, to an entire ecosystem of newsletters, podcasts, a mobile app and more. TheSkimm breaks down the news, trends, policies, and politics impacting women so that they can navigate their daily lives with confidence. In our conversation, Carly and Danielle talk about the problems they identified that drove them to start theSkimm, how it continues to address gaps in the male-dominated market, and advice they would give to aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders. Some topics we cover include: The gaps in the male-dominated media landscape that led Danielle and Carly to start theSkimm Challenges they faced as young, female entrepreneurs Their journey of building theSkimm from a single email newsletter to an entire ecosystem with more than 12 million skimmers The power millennial women have as a key voting block and financial decision-makers The current state of women in health, money, family, and politics - and how this challenging moment presents an opportunity for driving progress Danielle and Carly’s advice for aspiring entrepreneurs And more! Transcription is available here theSkimm’s State of Women report: https://www.theskimm.com/stateofwomen Changemakers: How women make change happen This is the first episode of the new Changemakers series which explores how women make change happen from those at the top helping to drive it. Each episode, we look at where we are on this long march to equality, what lies ahead, and how important you are in the fight. In this 14-episode series, we’ll hear from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman, Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn, and Afghanistan's youngest ever female mayor Zarifa Ghafari, among others. Guest host Asha Dahya speaks with co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Movement Alicia Garza. — Become a Patron for access to bonus content and to support the podcast, or buy me a (metaphorical) coffee Follow us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Tik Tok | Youtube | LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly dose of all things WOMAN We need more women’s stories in the world! If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe, rate and review on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts Explore The Story of Woman book recommendations in the US and the UK - purchases support the podcast AND local bookstores 🤩 www.thestoryofwomanpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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They say it’s a man’s world... so what does that mean for the rest of us? This podcast is on a mission to find out.  The consequences of woman's exclusion from our world are so deeply embedded that they are all but impossible to see... unless you are looking. Featuring interviews with those who explore our world through the female gaze, The Story of Woman looks at everything from the economy, healthcare, gender roles, and more. Each episode dives deep into where we are, how we got here, and what still needs to be changed in order to (finally) rewrite the story of mankind to become the story of humankind. To us, ‘woman’ means all those who presently identify as such - regardless of which body they were born with. This includes other marginalized genders such as those who identify as non-binary, gender fluid, or anywhere else on the spectrum of gender.