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Making It with Jess Ekstrom is a top rated business podcast designed to help you amplify your ideas, influence and income. We have a special focus on amplifying women's voices, but this show is open to everyone.
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Making it to the World's Top 10 Paraclimbing Athletes with Tiffany Yu (opens the original)
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In this inspiring and eye-opening episode of Making It with Jess Ekstrom , Jess sits down in person with disability advocate, social entrepreneur, and author Tiffany Yu. Tiffany reflects on acquiring her disability at nine years old after a traumatic car accident that permanently paralyzed her arm. She opens up about the cultural shame, silence, and assimilation tactics she navigated for over a decade before eventually pivoting toward disability pride and community building. Tiffany breaks down
Making it to Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia with Claude Silver (opens the original)
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In this enlightening episode of Making It with Jess Ekstrom , Jess sits down with Claude Silver, the Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia and author of Be Yourself at Work . Claude opens up about her non-traditional path to executive leadership—from struggling with academics and feeling like a failure in her early 20s to finding her calling in transformative psychology and emotional intelligence. She pulls back the curtain on what a Chief Heart Officer actually does, how she helped shift VaynerMed
Making it to Free Tampons in Every Bathroom with Claire Coder (opens the original)
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In this energizing episode of Making It with Jess Ekstrom , Jess sits down with Claire Coder , the visionary founder of Aunt Flow . Claire shares the exact moment at age 18 that inspired her to drop out of college to make tampons and pads just as free, dignified, and accessible as toilet paper in public restrooms. She opens up about the evolution of her company—from packing subscription boxes in a U-Haul storage unit to raising nearly $17 million in venture capital and stocking Aunt Flow dispens
Making it to Honest Motherhood with Libby Ward (opens the original)
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Jess sits down with Libby Ward, the creator behind the viral movement Diary of an Honest Mom and author of Honest Motherhood . Libby shares her personal evolution from a self-described people-pleasing "plate spinner" to a fierce advocate for maternal mental health. She opens up about the crushing shift from the "baby parade" celebration of pregnancy to the overwhelming isolation of postpartum depression and medical emergencies. Libby also details her decision to step back from teaching, how vira
Making it to an Audience of 12 Million with the Founders of TheSkimm, Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg (opens the original)
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Jess sits down with Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, the brilliant co-founders of The Skimm. Proving that cold DMs can actually work , Jess dives deep into their 14-year entrepreneurial journey — from meeting during a study abroad program in Rome and quitting their dream jobs at NBC News to building a massive news media empire and raising multiple rounds of venture capital. Carly and Danielle share the raw realities of navigating burnout , maintaining a strictly objective newsroom during highl
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