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"How much is enough?" A universal question that plagues even the most successful people. Lisa Carmen Wang — USA Champion and Hall of Fame gymnast, Forbes 30 under 30, and Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Woman — shares her own struggles and dives into vulnerable stories with top business leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, and athletes to discuss the delicate balance between success and enoughness. @LisaCarmenWang Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enoughness ...
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Parent, founder, leader... tired? If you're starting a business or figuring out entrepreneurship AND you've got kids, this podcast is for you. Whether you're thinking about having kids or you're in the mayhem already, we're here to support working parents. Our mission? To tell the truth about motherhood, fatherhood, being a parent, and to inspire us to imagine new ways of working. So maybe we can get a little more sleep.
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One Action Can Change Your Life with Alena Demina, Founder of System Skin
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Alena Demina, Founder of System Skin shares the life-changing transformation she had after joining the BBE Membership from breaking free of good girl brainwashing, releasing limiting beliefs around being a CEO and leader, increasing her self-belief and value, and how she took audacious action that resulted in a multi-million-dollar contract for her…
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Unleash your empire
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BBE Fund Investor Spotlight: Megan Swan, Wellness Coach
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Invest in the next billion-dollar female-led businesses. Join the BBE Fund: https://www.badbitchempire.com/fund Hear from Megan Swan, investor and limited partner in the BBE Venture Fund. Megan Swan is a Wellness Coach & Consultant specializing in working with female founders, leaders, and companies to enable more sustainable energy, focus, and con…
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Unlock Your Inner Rich Bitch: Financial & Feminine Power
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Register for the FREE Live Masterclass: Unleash Your Million-Dollar Empire: The Ultimate 3-Day Experience to Stop Playing Small. Build Your Empire. Start Making Millions: https://www.badbitchempire.com/unleashempire Topics covered in this episode: Money Matters: The importance of being a rich bitch. You can't be a bad bitch if you're underpaid, und…
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Fundraising Millions to Drive Women's Financial Power w/ Vrinda Gupta, CEO, Sequin
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Vrinda Gupta is the visionary CEO and co-founder of Sequin, the first debit card designed to combat the Pink Tax and empower women's financial power. Sequin has secured $5.7M from top-tier investors like Y Combinator, the Schwab Family, and IDEO. Vrinda will reveal how she harnessed an abundance mindset to attract values-aligned investors and super…
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YOU ARE ENOUGH! How to Stop Being Self-Critical
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YOU ARE ENOUGH! Being a Bad Bitch isn't a destination, it's a way of life. Learn how to overcome those self-critical sad bitch moments and feelings of not-enoughness: Reflect on self-imposed pressures and how the constant feeling of needing to do more can lead to burnout and feelings of inadequacy. Change your internal dialogue: Personal growth inv…
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How to Build an Iconic Personal Brand
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If you want to build an empire, you must have an iconic personal brand that conveys your unique skills, passions, experiences, and personality to the world. Learn: The importance of building a personal brand in the digital age How a personal brand attracts opportunities like speaking engagements, brand partnerships, book deals, press How to become …
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From Good Girl to Bad Bitch Investor with Sangavi Pari
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Bad Bitch Empire member Sangavi Pari shares: Her journey breaking free of good girl brainwashing, How she's prioritizing her personal truth and career over dating Why she's passionate about investing in women's healthcare How she learned to align her investment values through the Bad Bitch Investor Bootcamp The importance of embracing femininity in…
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45. HOW TO SET STRONG BOUNDARIES & DEFINE YOUR VALUES
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People will either add or detract value from your life. Learn how to set strong boundaries with people and friends you will inevitably outgrow as you become a Bad Bitch. Prioritize defining your values and find people who align with your core values.
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44. Investing in Women & Sustainable Technology with Kristin Slanina, CIO ParkMyFleet
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Leveraging frontier technology will change the future of sustainable transportation, and women will be at the forefront! Kristin Slanina has 30+ years in automotive as an engineer and corporate leader. With two public board seats under her belt, an upcoming book, and an LP investing in the BAD BITCH EMPIRE Fund 👑 How Kristin paved the way for her c…
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43. TAKE AUDACIOUS ACTION. SHOW UP AND BE SEEN.
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IT'S AUDACIOUS ACTION APRIL. Get inside the BAD BITCH EMPIRE membership. Find the audacity to take unapologetic massive action towards your big dream. Learn how to: Get over fear of being seen and disliked Show up and shine as your most bold, authentic self Give grace to haters and critics Transform jealousy in other women and yourself into gratitu…
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42. From Vision to IPO: Leveraging AI to Empower Chief Household Officers with Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Cofounder & CEO, Ohai.AI
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Delve into Sheila Lirio Marcelo's empowering journey from the Philippines to leading a company through an IPO and selling Care.com. Sheila shares the vital role of ambition, mentorship, and support networks in her success, fundraising, and building a team. Invest with BBE: https://lu.ma/bbefund411 Apply to join the fund at https://www.badbitchempir…
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41. YOUR MILLIONAIRE ERA
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Break free of limiting beliefs and toxic relationships around money. Embrace the millionaire mindset of abundance. Own your worth and stop giving people discounts. Take radical responsibility for the state of your bank account. Join the Bad Bitch Empire Invest in the Bad Bitch Empire Fund. Connect with Lisa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisacarmenwa…
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The world would be better off with "selfish" women who prioritize our needs, our desires, and our dreams. When you prioritize yourself, you can FOCUS on MAKING MONEY & MAKING IMPACT. So cheers to women being "selfish" and "greedy" and taking up space so we can create the abundant, collaborative world we believe in. Ready to break free of Good Girl …
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39. [Video] THE REBIRTH. THE NEW ERA: DIVINE FEMININE POWER, UNLEASHED.
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THIS EPISODE EXPOSES IT ALL: The birth of the Bad Bitch Empire, How I became Lisa Carmen Wang, how we're stepping into our UNLEASHED & UNAPOLOGETIC BAD BITCH ERA: https://lisacarmenwang.com/unleashed I discuss how I unleashed my most unapologetic Bad Bitch: How I reclaimed my identity, my name, and my reality How feeling powerless drove me to study…
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Stories Paint the Picture of Possibility
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When we first launched The Startup Parent Podcast in 2017, we did a series on some of our core values and guiding principles. Many of these core values have stood the test of time and helped to guide us over the last five years. Please enjoy revisiting this core values episode from earlier in the life of the podcast. Core Value: Culture Change Star…
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38. RAISE YOUR SELF-RESPECT
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What would you do differently if you truly, deeply respected yourself? When you respect yourself, you no longer allow yourself to play small, to doubt yourself, to stay in toxic environments, to be anything less than the woman that you know you could be. Take out your notebooks for this one & get ready to rediscover and recommit to your most powerf…
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37. Connect with Your Higher Purpose & Power w/ Nevşah Karamehmet, Founder & CEO, Next Level Woman
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Nevşah is a globally recognized self-mastery and breathwork teacher for women and Founder of Next Level Women. With more than 20 years in the field of behavioral sciences, Nevşah has helped over 40,000 women master their lives and purpose. In this episode, you'll learn: The difference between being a manifestor and creator and masculine vs. feminin…
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Our Sixth Gear - The Hidden Power Within
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36. How to Manifest Millions Like a Bad Bitch
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Lisa teaches the ultimate step-by-step process to manifest exactly what you want into your life. This was a live session that occurred during the penultimate full moon in November, and Lisa leads us through how to use this natural feminine source to claim what is yours, to release limiting beliefs, and to align the frequency of your thoughts and fe…
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35. From Rejection to $50 Million Valuation w/ Mariam Nusrat, Founder of Breshna.io
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Get on the waitlist for Bad Bitch Empire Membership! https://www.badbitchempire.com/membership Mariam Nusrat is on a mission to empower 100 million female and diverse video game makers badass through her business Breshna.io. As a Pakistani immigrant founder, the fundraising journey has been rife with rejection, but Mariam took it in stride. Today s…
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34. Manifest Your Dream Life & Career w/ Ashley Shim, Talent & Creative Manager, VaynerX ONE37pm
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What are the steps to manifesting your dream job and career? In this episode, learn how to crystalize your dream and put out the energy to start attracting that into your life. Lisa chats with Ashley Shim about how she manifested her dream job and they discuss: How to practice genuine gratitude and self-love Growing up Asian as an “outsider” and ov…
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Feelings Matter - Experience Greater Emotional Dexterity
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33. Embrace Queen Energy & Your Innate Feminine Power
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You will become more powerful than you can ever imagine when you learn how to embody "Queen Energy.” Society has conditioned women to seek external validation and outsource our worth, thus neglecting our innate feminine power. "Queen Energy" empowers you to stop playing the demeaning game set up by the patriarchal system and to recognize your worth…
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Birth Trauma, Informed Consent, and the Flaws of Managed Care — (Allison Yarrow)
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#225 — Birth is broken in America. It’s rooted in patriarchy, white supremacy, and a managed care system that pushes profits over people. This medical model provides substandard care that persists because it’s always been done that way—not because it’s rooted in evidence. In fact, plenty of evidence suggests that the managed care model causes wides…
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The Power of Creativity and Destruction: Inviting New Futures
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32. Dating, Traveling & Investing in Louboutins
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[VIDEO PODCAST] Lisa gets real with two Bad Bitch investors in the Empire, Alexandra Harris and Kaylan Sliney. They talk about getting out of their comfort zone, dealing with burnout in New York City, traveling across Europe, the reality of dating as powerful women, how they're investing in themselves, and why having multiple passive income streams…
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Envision a New World of Work
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Great Planning Requires Flexibility, Not Perfection
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31. How to Get Over Self-Doubt & Embody Confidence
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In this solo episode, Lisa shares her mindset shift going into her book launch and hitting #1 on new release charts. She talks about how to build confidence in yourself by honoring commitments to yourself, why you need to get out of your comfort zone, why worrying about the future is usesless, how to overcome the feeling of not being enough, how to…
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How To Escape “Good Girl” Brainwashing — (Lisa Carmen Wang)
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#223 — If you struggle with people-pleasing, perfectionism, or you prioritize everyone else before yourself, chances are you’ve been subjected to “Good Girl Brainwashing.” Lisa Carmen Wang, founder of the Bad Bitch Empire, joins Sarah K Peck to talk about good girl brainwashing, learning to speak up, and challenging societal norms that limit women'…
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30. The Bad Bitch Business Bible is out!
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Holy shit! It's been 2.5 years in the making... The Bad Bitch Business Bible is officially launched in the world!! In this episode, I speak about my thought process behind writing this book, how Good Girl Brainwashing affected me, and some of the most important lessons and takeaways from the book! Enjoy and order your copy at BadBitchEmpire.com…
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Match Your Energy with Your Season of Life
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When Will I Get My Body Back? Motherhood As Awakening (Amanda Montei)
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#221 — Who does your body belong to? In this episode of the Startup Parent podcast, host Sarah K. Peck is joined by author and educator Amanda Montei to talk about Amanda’s latest book, Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control. Together, they delve deep into a conversation about societal norms, feminism, and the complicated relations…
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Work-Life FIT Matters More Than Work-Life "Balance"
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What If You're A Night Owl? Sleep as a Parent and a CEO — Shama Hyder
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#219 [REPLAY] — What if you’re a total night owl? For today’s guest, she loves to stay up late. Her best hours of work are often in the wee hours, often way past midnight. “I love sleeping in until 11 am or 12 pm or even later,” she said, and she built a very successful 30-person, award-winning digital strategy organization company this way. Then s…
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"I Did Early Motherhood on Credit Cards" — Danielle LaPorte
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#218 [REPLAY] — Danielle LaPorte’s intuitive nature informs her parenting style, and she shares her spirituality with her son. In this interview, host Sarah K Peck asks her to talk about her parenting journey. She shares that it began with an overwhelming desire to be a mom, that, when it arrived, she immediately followed even though it didn’t fit …
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Ali Shapiro: Health and Wellness Advice Is Failing You. Here’s Why.
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#217 — Ali Shapiro’s relationship with her health and wellness began when she battled cancer as a teenager. At the time, chemotherapy and radiation saved her life, but they left her health far worse in the process. In the decades since, Ali sought understand health and wellness so that she could do more living. To make that happen, she had to step …
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We're Not Supposed to Parent Alone
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Unicornuate Uterus, Surrogacy, and Triblings—While Building A Fashion Empire (Sarah LaFleur)
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#215 — When fashion mogul Sarah LaFleur was diagnosed with a “unicornuate uterus” she knew that becoming a mother was not going to be an easy journey. She didn’t know that her path to parenthood would include IVF, surrogacy, and ultimately, three babies born in six weeks — but she wouldn’t change a thing. In this episode of the Startup Parent podca…
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29. How to Build a 9-Figure Fashion Empire w/ Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, Cofounder, Moda Operandi & Founder, Katla
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Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, an Icelandic entrepreneur and investor, shares her journey in the fashion industry and how she transitioned from her role as a lawyer into becoming a successful investor and co-founder of Moda Operandi, a $650 million luxury fashion empire. Despite not initially considering fashion as a career, she eventually pursued her love f…
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28. Optionality is Power: How to Command Respect w/ Kaylan Sliney, CEO, Magnetiq
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Lisa Carmen Wang sits down with Kaylan Sliney, venture lawyer turned entrepreneur and investor to discuss the mindset required to claim your seat at the table and command the respect you deserve, especially in male-dominated workplaces. They also delve into the discomfort and manipulation by men that women may encounter when seeking mentorship, fun…
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Building Your Village as a Mother (Beth Berry)
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#214 — Beth Berry became a mother for the first time at 17, but it wasn’t until she got married that she understood the injustices around motherhood. That’s when she realized the system was rigged, and it wasn’t in her favor. In this episode of the Startup Parent podcast, Sarah K Peck interviews author and change maker Beth Berry about her experien…
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27. Intuition, Mental Strength & Investing in Blockchain w/ Jalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, Future Perfect Ventures
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Jalak Jobanputra is breaking barriers as a leading investor in blockchain technology. As a solo female fund manager and woman of color, Jalak joined us to share her wealth of insights on breaking barriers to build her $60 million fund that's invested in 50+ companies. In this podcast episode, we dig into her journey going from a dedicated ballet da…
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Three Words That Make All The Difference
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“Grieving an Avalanche of Emotions” — A Professional Ice Climber Shares How Motherhood Irrevocably Changed Her Career (Majka Burhardt)
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#212 — Parenting can be lonely, especially as a founder, and it’s even lonelier if we don’t have space to talk about all of its complexity In this episode of the Startup Parent podcast, Sarah K Peck talks to professional climber and author Majka Burhardt about her book, "More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood," and her experiences becom…
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26. How to be a Bad Bitch when you're a Sad Bitch: Dealing w/ Overachiever Anxiety & Perfectionism
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How do you navigate overachiever anxiety, perfectionism, and feelings of never being good enough? As women, we're well-versed in supporting others and celebrating their achievements. But when it comes to celebrating ourselves? It's often a different story. Lisa Carmen Wang and Anna Roubos share the struggles of being a Bad Bitch when you're a sad b…
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25. How to Score a 6-Figure Book Deal
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In this episode, Lisa Carmen Wang shares her personal journey of pitching the The Bad Bitch Business Bible and reveals how she secured a six-figure book deal with HarperCollins. Drawing parallels between entrepreneurship and writing, Lisa offers practical advice for aspiring authors, guiding them through the process of refining their book idea, fin…
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Performing Motherhood: Mommy Bloggers, Momfluencers, and Modern Mothering (Sara Petersen)
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#211 — Momfluencers have taken social media by storm, with their picture-perfect posts and relatable content garnering millions of followers. But what is a momfluencer, exactly? According to Sara Petersen, a researcher and author of “Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture”, a momfluencer is someone who …
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Leveraging AI to Lighten the Mental Load for Parents (Avni Patel Thompson)
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#210 — Avni Patel Thompson is the founder and CEO of Modern Village, whose mission is to “lighten the load of raising families through thoughtful, delightful and collaborative technology.” Her most recent build, Milo, is a blend of software, AI, and human supervision that does exactly that. In this episode, Avni discusses her journey to build Milo …
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