CWBS: The Scope Columbia Women's Business Society

In today's episode of CW no BS, Zainab P. interviews Esther M., a senior in Columbia College, as she reflects on her past experiences working in investment banking. Tune in if you have ever wondered what it’s like working on the floor, how college students find these jobs, and the skills you can gain from these opportunities.



Special Thanks to Zainab Pate for Conducting the interview, Carla Sephton for editing, and our sponser What's Next with Lacey .

At this year's conference we spoke to several attendees about their hopes for the conference and the future for women in finance. Listen to hear about conference attendees experiences!



Special thanks to Carla Sephton for conducting the interviews and editing the episode.

The Scope Podcast is back! This episode includes an interview with Mischka Capriles, the founder of Lamarca Well, which was started to connect a community seeking a healthier life with different tools, connections, and education to help them acheive it.



This interview was conducted by Zainab Pate, Kirsten Real, and Carla Sephton (special s/o to Carla for editing!) . The outreach for this interview was conducted by Marcela Maldonado.

Today on the podcast we have Eve Halimi and Anam Lakhani, the co-founders of Alinea, an investing app for Gen Zs which allows them to grow their money by investing in what matters to them. Eve is a Barnard Athena Scholar alumna, which is where she co-founded her Y Combinator-backed startup Alinea. Alinea is the first investing app to provide full transparency on companies’ financials as well as their environmental, social, and workplace values so its customers can make conscious investing decisions. Previously, Eve was working in Strategy at Contentsquare, a growth stage data analytics startup, and held multiple positions in banks and hedge funds. She graduated from Barnard College with a Bachelors’s in Economics. Anam Lakhani is the co-founder and co-CEO of a Y Combinator-backed startup, Alinea. Alinea is the first investing app to make it easy to create, invest, and share "playlists" (bundles of stocks). Prior to Alinea, she worked at Citigroup as an investment banker in Equity Capital Markets. Anam received her bachelor’s degree from Barnard College of Columbia University in May of 2019, and graduated cum laude with a major in Economics. During her time at Barnard, she was an Athena Scholar and a senior admissions fellow. Visit their website alinea-invest.com to learn more and download their app on the app store.

Today on the podcast we have Vanessa Pham. Vanessa is the CEO and co-founder of Omsom, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, and a Bain & Co. and Harvard alum. She advised Fortune 500 CPGs under their growth and retail strategy as a management consultant at Bain & Co. Prior to that, she managed a $3 million e-commerce business while studying sociology and economics at Harvard. She loves cooking all things fermented, caramelized and braised, and was recently named one of the Top 100 Home Cooks by Airbnb. 

Today on the podcast we have Kathryn Minshew! Kathryn is the CEO & Founder of The Muse, a career platform used by over 75 million people to research companies and careers. The Muse was recently named one of Fast Company's 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World and #3 Most Innovative Company for Enterprise.

Kathryn has spoken at MIT and Harvard, contributed to the Washington Street Journal and Harvard Business Review, and appeared on TODAY and CNN, among others. Kathryn worked on HPV vaccine introduction in Rwanda with the Clinton Health Access Initiative before founding The Muse and was previously at McKinsey & Company. Her first book, “The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career” (Crown Business, April 2017), was a Wall Street Journal national bestseller.