The Inspiring Women Leadership Lab

The Inspiring Women Leadership Lab

Did you know that less than 2% of investment funding goes to businesses led by a female CEO? And that only 10% of venture capital investing partners are women? Laurie McGraw, a leader at the intersection of healthcare, technology and innovation, wants to change that – as fast as possible. Each week, Laurie talks with visionary guests like Kara Swisher, Cheryl Pegus, and Andy Slavitt to get their practical advice, inspiration, and essential tips to help women launch and lead impactful, successful businesses. Whether you are a seasoned CEO or contemplating launching a business, this entertaining, essential and insightful series will give you the practical tips and encouragement you need to thrive. From Lemonada Media.

Episodes

  1. Passion and Purpose (with Andy Slavitt)

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    Passion and Purpose (with Andy Slavitt)

    On today's episode, Laurie talks purpose-driven businesses with Andy Slavitt. Andy’s been a White House advisor, crisis response leader, health and technology business leader and investor with Town Hall Ventures. He was also the host of Lemonada’s hit podcast In the Bubble. He’s been called the ultimate outsider’s insider. Today, he gives Laurie the insider’s scoop on how to succeed when your company is fueled by a passion to make change for the better. What do passionate leaders have to know to build a successful, scalable, and sustainable business?   For more episode takeaways and show resources, go to https://inspiringwomen.show/leadership-lab/.   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    You can find Laurie McGraw on Instagram @inspiringwomen_podcast or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-women-pod/.    Or listen to The Inspiring Women podcast here: https://inspiringwomen.show/.     For more of Andy, listen to his podcast, In the Bubble, or order his book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response.    Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/.    To follow along with a transcript, go to https://lemonadamedia.com/show/ shortly after the air date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    36 min
  2. Finding Your Edge (with Laura Huang)

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    Finding Your Edge (with Laura Huang)

    If you’re a founder, or a leader, or aspiring to be either, you know in your bones that building a business is nothing but a boatload of hard work, more hard work, and then more hard work after that. Of course you need to do other things to succeed, especially as a woman. You have to overprepare. Be the smartest person in the room. Exude persistence, tenaciousness, relentlessness. But if you’ve got all that going on, conventional wisdom tells us that if you put in the labor, you’ll reap the rewards. But what if hard work alone isn’t enough? Laurie and her guest Dr. Laura Huang, a distinguished professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University, discuss Laura’s recent book, Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. Because hard work alone may not get you to success. But finding your unique edge, in any situation, will.   For more episode takeaways and show resources, go to https://inspiringwomen.show/leadership-lab/.   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    You can find Laurie McGraw on Instagram @inspiringwomen_podcast or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-women-pod/.    Or listen to The Inspiring Women podcast here: https://inspiringwomen.show/.     Buy Laura’s book, Edge: https://www.proflaurahuang.com/edge   Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/.    To follow along with a transcript, go to https://lemonadamedia.com/show/ shortly after the air date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    36 min
  3. The Perfect Pitch (with Josh Makower)

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    The Perfect Pitch (with Josh Makower)

    Serial entrepreneur. Professor. Longtime investor. Founder and executive chair of the medical device incubator ExploraMed, which created 10 companies. He has more than 300 patents. He’s even in a band. Josh Makower leads a fascinating life, and in that life, he has seen a pitch deck or two. He sits down with Laurie to uncork the secret sauce that leaders need to know to craft, prepare for and deliver a perfect pitch for funding, scaling, or customer acquisition. So stroll across the quad, take off your backpack, and settle in as Laurie and Josh talk about what you need to do to position yourself to go for the gold.    For more episode takeaways and show resources, go to https://inspiringwomen.show/leadership-lab/.   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    You can find Laurie McGraw on Instagram @inspiringwomen_podcast or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-women-pod/.    Or listen to The Inspiring Women podcast here: https://inspiringwomen.show/.     You can find Still Trust, Josh Makower’s band, on Spotify or wherever you get your music.   Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/.    To follow along with a transcript, go to https://lemonadamedia.com/show/ shortly after the air date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    35 min
  4. Inflection Points (with Kara Swisher)

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    Inflection Points (with Kara Swisher)

    As soon as she hit Silicon Valley 25 years ago, veteran journalist and entrepreneur Kara Swisher rolled up her sleeves and got to work. She knows, and has taken to task, every tech titan: Jobs, Bezos, Musk, all the Marks (Benioff, Cuban, Zuckerberg), and also Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and so many more. How did she get here? In short: through confidence, decisiveness, and being unapologetically herself. Laurie and Kara talk through the personal qualities every CEO needs for maximum impact and success. They also discuss Kara’s 2024 memoir, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, and walk through the key inflection points in Kara’s singular career.    For more episode takeaways and show resources, go to https://inspiringwomen.show/leadership-lab/.     Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    You can find Laurie McGraw on Instagram @inspiringwomen_podcast or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-women-pod/.    Or listen to The Inspiring Women podcast here: https://inspiringwomen.show/.     Kara Swisher’s latest book is Burn Book: A Tech Love Story. Purchase here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Burn-Book/Kara-Swisher/9781982163891.    Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/.    To follow along with a transcript, go to https://lemonadamedia.com/show/ shortly after the air date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    44 min
  5. Healthcare, Hoops and History (with Dr. Cheryl Pegus)

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    Healthcare, Hoops and History (with Dr. Cheryl Pegus)

    Dr. Cheryl Pegus is a woman of firsts: first chief medical officer at Walgreens, first female chair of the board of directors for the Association of Black Cardiologists, and one of the nation’s most influential healthcare leaders and clinical executives. She’s also a basketball fan, comparing Caitlyn Clark’s journey to the WNBA to the hurdles women business leaders face. To cut the ribbon on The Inspiring Women Leadership Lab, Laurie and Cheryl talk healthcare, hoops and history. Cheryl also shares her hard-won wisdom, like not being afraid to start over, even when you’re at the top, and essential leadership tips on how to deliver bad news, how to listen, and how to prove you did the work you did.   For more episode takeaways and show resources, go to https://inspiringwomen.show/leadership-lab/.     Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    You can find Laurie McGraw on Instagram @inspiringwomen_podcast or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-women-pod/.    Or listen to The Inspiring Women podcast here: https://inspiringwomen.show/.     Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/.    To follow along with a transcript, go to https://lemonadamedia.com/show/ shortly after the air date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    35 min

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Did you know that less than 2% of investment funding goes to businesses led by a female CEO? And that only 10% of venture capital investing partners are women? Laurie McGraw, a leader at the intersection of healthcare, technology and innovation, wants to change that – as fast as possible. Each week, Laurie talks with visionary guests like Kara Swisher, Cheryl Pegus, and Andy Slavitt to get their practical advice, inspiration, and essential tips to help women launch and lead impactful, successful businesses. Whether you are a seasoned CEO or contemplating launching a business, this entertaining, essential and insightful series will give you the practical tips and encouragement you need to thrive. From Lemonada Media.

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