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You don’t need permission or a new rulebook for success. You already own it. Takin’ Care of Lady Business is hosted by Jennifer Justice—entrepreneur, attorney, and fierce advocate for women in business. The show features unfiltered conversations with women redefining leadership, value, and success across industries. This isn’t about breaking barriers or playing inside outdated systems; it’s about using the power you already have to win on your own terms, with real insight, sharp perspective, and zero BS.

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November 4, 202637 min

Women Will Inherit $125 Trillion. That's Not the Same as Power. with Kate Nevin

An estimated $125 trillion is expected to change hands over the coming years, with women poised to control a significant share of it. But inheriting money and having the leverage to decide what happens to it are two very different things. Takin' Care of Lady Business Episode 177 Kate Nevin , President of TSWII Capital Advisors , believes the great wealth transfer could change who holds financial leverage. But that depends on whether women take an active role in deciding where their money goes, who gets funded, and which businesses get the opportunity to grow. In this episode, Jennifer Justice and Kate discuss why women are often mislabeled as risk-averse investors, how the skills women use in philanthropy translate to investing, and why financial advisors should be working for you, not making you feel intimidated by your own money. JJ also shares how growing up with financial insecurity shaped her relationship with wealth and why she's committed to investing in businesses that create economic opportunities for women. They also get practical about what comes next: understanding your investments, finding advisors who listen, and sharing the introductions, opportunities, and knowledge that help more women build wealth. What You'll Learn Why inheriting wealth doesn't automatically translate into financial leverage How philanthropic experience can translate into investment decisions What to look for in a financial advisor and when to find someone new How women can use their capital to fund businesses and create economic opportunity Highlights: (00:00) Meet Kate Nevin (01:33) The $125 trillion wealth transfer (02:10) Money can transfer without leverage transferring (03:50) How generational change is driving wealth into women's hands (06:06) Why financial security creates choice for women (07:49) Using investment dollars with the same brain as philanthropic dollars (09:06) Kate's theory of change: more capital to women means everything works better (10:55) Women are risk-aware (16:59) Why women need to move from the why to the how (25:06) How to invest in a way that supports your values (34:46) The worst advice Kate ever received About Our Guest: Kate Nevin believes the next great shift in women's power won't come from how much money they inherit, but from what they choose to do with it. As President of TSWII Capital Advisors, she focuses on using investment capital to create opportunities for women and drive systemic change. A passionate advocate for women's financial empowerment, Kate sees the historic wealth transfer as an opportunity to reshape how capital is invested and who benefits from it. Her work encourages women to take an active role in managing their wealth, support businesses addressing systemic challenges, and use investing as a tool for lasting impact. Through her work, Kate challenges traditional narratives about women and money, advocating for greater financial agency and more capital flowing toward women-led initiatives. Kate Nevin’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-nevin-2690a1221/ Explore TSWII Capital Advisors: https://www.tswii.com/ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept. JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99 The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/ JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/ JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰. If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend. This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

October 28, 202638 min

The $2 Million Order No Bank Would Fund with Shan Berries

A $2 million purchase order. A proven beauty brand. And not a single bank willing to finance it. For Shan Berries, getting the opportunity was only half the battle. Takin’ Care of Lady Business Episode 176 Shan Berries and her sister Erika started Shades by Shan with $1,500 each, launched with two products, and sold through six months of inventory in 24 hours. Eight years later, their bootstrapped beauty brand is in 610 JCPenney stores nationwide. But even with proven demand, getting the capital to grow was another story. In this episode of Takin' Care of Lady Business , Jennifer Justice sits down with Shan to unpack the financial realities of building a multimillion-dollar business without traditional investors. When Ipsy requested 100,000 units, the sisters couldn't afford to fulfill the order. Later, when JCPenney wanted their entire product line nationwide, banks still refused to lend them money despite a major purchase order in hand. Ultimately, JCPenney advanced $2 million to make the rollout possible. JJ and Shan discuss how founders recognize when they have leverage, why access to capital can determine which businesses get to grow, and how relationships can create opportunities that traditional financing doesn't. Shan also shares how she and her sister have maintained ownership while navigating major retail partnerships, including personally connecting with store associates across 610 JCPenney locations. What You'll Learn How Shan and Erika built a multimillion-dollar beauty brand starting with $3,000 Why a major purchase order doesn't guarantee access to financing How JCPenney's $2 million advance helped Shades by Shan expand nationwide How Shan uses relationships and leverage to grow on her own terms Highlights: (00:00) Meet Shan Berries (01:47) Starting Shades of Shan with $3,000 (07:10) Building a business with her sister (10:39) When Ipsy’s 100,000-unit order was too big to fill (12:03) How JCPenney advanced $2 million (14:56) Recognizing when you have leverage (20:08) Why founders need capital in the room (21:36) Why banks rejected their financing requests (31:37) Visiting 610 stores to build relationships (33:12) The worst business advice Shan ignored About Our Guest: Shan Berries is the founder and CEO of Shades by Shan, a beauty brand she launched with her sister Erika after building a career in Bay Area radio and television. Starting with $1,500 each and no background in the beauty industry, the sisters bootstrapped Shades by Shan from their mother’s home into a multimillion-dollar company carried in 610 JCPenney stores nationwide. The company also works with Ipsy and has distributed products through millions of subscription boxes. Alongside the business, Shan created the Mama Berries Nonprofit Foundation in honor of her mother, supporting single-parent families through financial assistance, scholarships, and small-business support. Shan Berries’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanberries/ Shan Berries’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shanberries/ Explore Shades by Shan: https://sbscosmetics.com/ Explore The MamaBerries Nonprofit Foundation: https://www.mamaberriesfoundation.org/nominate About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept. JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99 The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/ JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/ JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰. If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend. This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

October 21, 202643 min

AI is Flattening Us Into a Statistical Vanilla Center with Patrice Poltzer

The more we outsource our thinking to AI, the more we all start to sound the same. Takin’ Care of Lady Business Episode 175 Patrice Poltzer , former Today Show producer and co-founder of My StoryPro , has spent decades helping people recognize the value of their own stories. Now, she's tackling a new challenge: how to use AI to tell those stories without losing the voice, personality, and lived experience that make them worth hearing. In this episode of Takin’ Care of Lady Business , Jennifer Justice sits down with Patrice to explore what happens when we let AI do too much of our thinking. Patrice explains why so much AI-generated content ends up in what she calls the “statistical vanilla center,” how that sameness can undermine a personal brand, and why she built My StoryPro to ask better questions before generating content. By digging into someone's experiences, beliefs, and perspective first, the platform helps people create content that actually sounds like them. Patrice also shares how better storytelling has helped her clients become more visible, build businesses that reflect who they are, and find the confidence to put themselves out there. She opens up about her own transition from running a service business to building an AI product, the difference between genuine vulnerability and oversharing, and why knowing your own story can be one of your greatest business advantages. What You'll Learn Why lived experience is the one advantage AI cannot recreate How generic AI content can flatten your personal brand and point of view Why better storytelling starts with stronger inputs, not faster outputs How to use your story to build trust, visibility, and memorable thought leadership Highlights: (00:00) Meet Patrice Poltzer (01:27) Why "I don't have a story" triggers Patrice (04:06) From Today Show to Lisbon: reinventing a business and discovering AI (05:52) What My StoryPro does: AI that coaches your story, not writes it (07:53) Why storytelling matters more than ever in the AI era (10:10) Antoinette's transformation and storytelling through fertility struggles (13:52) Brenna's leap from Target VP to entrepreneur (15:14) What makes My StoryPro different from ChatGPT and Claude (19:51) Bringing your real self to corporate America: the Apple manager story (29:18) The biggest storytelling mistakes founders make with AI (36:17) Raising $1M to scale My StoryPro and diversify who builds AI About Our Guest: Patrice Poltzer is the co-founder of My StoryPro, an AI-powered storytelling coaching platform designed to help people uncover the lived experiences, perspectives, and ideas that make their stories uniquely their own. A former Today Show producer and longtime storytelling strategist, Patrice has spent nearly two decades helping founders, executives, and professionals communicate with greater clarity and authenticity. After running her own storytelling studio in New York, she moved to Lisbon and began building My StoryPro, combining her journalism background with AI to help people develop stronger personal brands, thought leadership, and business content without outsourcing their voice or point of view. Patrice Poltzer’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricepoltzer/ Explore My StoryPro: https://mystorypro.ai/pocket-patrice About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept. JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99 The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/ JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/ JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰. If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend. This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

October 14, 202636 min

Women's Health Isn't a Charity. It's a $400B Market.

Women’s health does not have an awareness problem. It has an infrastructure and capital problem. Takin’ Care of Lady Business Episode 174 Anna Samuelsson knows exactly what happens when a market is treated like a niche instead of an investment opportunity. As Managing Director and Partner at Factory Capital , she is working to make women’s health an investible category by building the infrastructure needed to move real capital into it. In this episode of Takin’ Care of Lady Business, Jennifer Justice sits down with Anna to unpack the business mechanics behind the women’s health gap and how Anna’s own experience being dismissed by doctors exposed a much larger problem in research, care, and investment. That realization led Factory Capital to fund the Institute Advancing Women’s Health , a nonprofit designed to bring global medical expertise together, translate research into treatment pathways, and make the category strong enough for more capital to follow. Anna also explains why a private investment firm would put its own money behind that infrastructure, why doing good and doing well are not competing ideas, and why building an entirely new system sometimes starts with one question: what can we move forward this week? What You'll Learn Why women’s health needs investment infrastructure, not just more awareness How research and evidence can make an overlooked category more investible Why Factory Capital chose to fund a nonprofit alongside its for-profit investments What Anna’s approach reveals about turning an enormous systemic problem into something investors can act on Highlights: (00:00) Meet Anna Samuelsson (01:31) Building Factory Capital around overlooked investment categories (04:23) Being dismissed by doctors exposed a larger system failure (06:57) The infrastructure women’s health is still missing (09:09) Building the evidence that makes women’s health investable (13:25) Closing the research gaps holding women’s health back (15:24) Putting Factory Capital’s own money behind the mission (17:25) Bringing global experts together around women’s health (18:51) Building better care pathways across fragmented specialties (22:01) Building the team behind the Institute Advancing Women’s Health (26:22) Why more capital needs to enter women’s health (33:17) Why the institute needed to be nonprofit About Our Guest:Anna Samuelsson is Managing Director and Partner at Factory Capital, a private investment firm spanning health, education, lifestyle, and technology. A former Goldman Sachs executive, she now focuses on women’s health and expanding institutional investment in the category. She also helped establish the Institute Advancing Women’s Health, a nonprofit bringing together medical, research, and business leaders to improve women’s health research, training, and care globally. Anna Samuelsson’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaburton/ Explore Factory Capital: https://factorycapital.net/ Explore The Institute Advancing Women's Health: https://www.inawh.org/ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept. JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99 The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/ JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/ JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰. If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend. This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

October 7, 202632 min

Why 52% of Women Are Now Asking for Prenups with Julia Rodgers

The conversation most couples avoid before marriage is often the one that can protect them the most. Takin’ Care of Lady Business Episode 173 Julia Rodgers , a family law attorney, saw the same pattern play out repeatedly. Women stepped away from their careers to care for children or family members, only to face financial uncertainty when marriages ended. At the same time, couples who wanted prenups often found the process too expensive, complicated, and disconnected from the conversations they actually needed to have. That experience led Julia to build HelloPrenup , a digital platform designed to make prenuptial agreements more accessible while helping couples have transparent conversations about money, careers, and their future together. In this episode of Takin’ Care of Lady Business, Jennifer Justice sits down with Julia to talk about why she wanted to change how people think about prenups, how financial planning before marriage can create more clarity, and why protecting yourself doesn't mean planning for failure. Julia shares how she built HelloPrenup from scratch while still practicing law, teaching herself the technology side of the business, working with engineers, and eventually leaving her legal career to become a founder. She also discusses appearing on Shark Tank, bootstrapping the company, and what she learned about taking a risk on an idea before the market fully understood it. Julia’s story reminds us that financial conversations aren't just about assets. They are about autonomy, partnership, and ensuring both people understand the choices they are making before building a life together. What You'll Learn Why Julia believes prenups should be viewed as financial planning tools rather than signs of distrust How career sacrifices can impact women’s long-term financial security Why couples should discuss money, debt, careers, and future goals before marriage How Julia transformed her experience as a lawyer into a scalable legal tech company Highlights: (00:00) Meet Julia Rodgers (01:49) What is HelloPrenup? (02:21) From family law attorney to tech founder (04:57) Serving every income level (05:50) The adversarial nature of traditional prenups (09:52) Why 52% of women are initiating prenups (11:44) The prenup that fractured a family (13:02) How prenups actually protect women (16:54) How to bring up a prenup with your partner (20:09) HelloPrenup on Shark Tank (29:28) The worst advice Julia ever received About Our Guest: Julia Rodgers is the Founder and CEO of HelloPrenup, a digital platform designed to make prenuptial agreements more accessible, affordable, and collaborative for couples. Before launching HelloPrenup, Julia practiced family law in Massachusetts, where she saw how the lack of financial planning conversations could leave women vulnerable after making career sacrifices for their families. She built HelloPrenup to help couples create agreements while having meaningful conversations about money, assets, and their future together. Since launching in 2021, HelloPrenup has expanded across 49 states and has become a leading legal tech platform changing the way couples approach relationship planning. Julia Rodgers’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliarodgers/ Julia Rodgers’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julia_rodgers_/ Explore HelloPrenup: https://helloprenup.com/ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept. JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99 The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/ JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/ JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰. If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend. This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

September 30, 202633 min

Target Said No. A Decade Later They Came Back. — with Nancy Yen

Sometimes the best growth strategy is refusing to grow the way everyone tells you to. Takin’ Care of Lady Business 172 Nancy Yen was working as a management consultant and merchandiser at The Gap when a problem she kept running into as a mom sparked the idea for OmieLife . She wanted a better way to pack hot and cold food together for her son, so she started researching, prototyping, and eventually built the product that became OmieBox. But building the company meant ignoring a lot of conventional startup advice. Nancy was told to grow faster, raise venture capital, add technology to the product, and expand into retail before the business was ready. Instead, she focused on profitability, product quality, customer research, and building the brand one step at a time. OmieLife has been profitable since its first year, and nearly a decade after an early conversation with Target, the retailer came back to the brand. In this episode of Takin’ Care of Lady Business, Jennifer Justice sits down with Nancy to talk about bootstrapping OmieLife, learning to trust her instincts, and why the right advice for one founder can be completely wrong for another. Nancy also shares how Kickstarter helped validate the market, why focus became one of her most important operating principles, and what it took to build a consumer brand that could grow on its own terms. What You'll Learn Why Nancy chose profitability over the traditional venture growth model How Kickstarter helped validate demand for OmieBox Why founders need to know when advice does not fit their business How years of patient brand building eventually led OmieLife into Target Highlights: (00:00) Meet Nancy Yen (01:30) When Target said you're not ready yet (02:31) Why you can't run before you walk (04:09) How a lunchbox problem became a business (06:14) Going into people's homes to find the truth (08:58) Why venture capital doesn't fit consumer brands (11:19) The advisor who kept her on a straight path (13:34) How to filter advice and trust your gut (15:28) When no one believes in your vision (20:55) What makes an Omie Box different (24:43) Profitable from day one without VC About Our Guest: Nancy Yen is the Founder and CEO of OmieLife, the consumer products company behind OmieBox, a bento-style lunchbox designed to keep hot and cold foods together. Before starting OmieLife, Nancy worked as a management consultant and as a merchandiser at The Gap. She launched the company after identifying a problem in her own life as a mom and spent months researching how families packed and ate lunch before developing the first product. Today, OmieLife remains a small, fully remote team of nine and has been profitable since its first year in business. The brand has grown from selling through Amazon and its own website to expanding into Target stores nationwide, while continuing to develop new products around the needs of kids and families. Nancy Yen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyyen1/ Explore OmieLife: https://www.omielife.com/ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept. JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99 The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/ JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/ JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰. If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend. This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

September 23, 202637 min

She Asked for $100K. She Got $1 Million with Emily Ramshaw

The first thing women are asked to prove is often the thing they’ve already spent years proving. Takin’ Care of Lady Business Episode 171 Emily Ramshaw had nearly two decades in nonprofit media when she started The 19th , a national newsroom focused on gender, politics, and policy. She knew how to run a newsroom and knew the audience existed. But fundraising exposed a different set of rules, including donor meetings where she was told to uncross her arms, smile more, and make the work feel less threatening. In this episode of Takin’ Care of Lady Business, Jennifer Justice sits down with Emily to talk about what raising money taught her about power, leverage, and the size of the ask. Emily shares the meeting where she asked for $100,000 and a donor pushed her to say what she actually needed, then offered $1 million. She also explains how she learned to turn every “no” into new introductions and how repetition changed the way she approached fundraising. Emily also shares why she built The 19th differently from the start, with paid family leave, elder care leave, health coverage, meaningful time off, and a higher salary floor. Her story is a reminder that women are not lacking the experience to succeed. They are navigating conditioning around who gets to ask, who gets treated like a credible bet, and what changes when you understand the rules well enough to rewrite them. What You'll Learn How fundraising exposed the different rules women face around money What a $100,000 ask becoming $1 million taught Emily about scale How Emily turned rejection into a repeatable path to new funders How Emily designed The 19th around the barriers that keep women from advancing Highlights: (00:00) Meet Emily Ramshaw (02:32) Building the newsroom women were missing (04:49) Starting The 19th with $20,000 (06:24) When your experience is the proof (09:39) Women funding The 19th (13:24) Learning to make the bigger ask (16:09) When motherhood changes the career equation (19:03) Turning every no into three introductions (19:54) The story that put The 19th on the map (21:03) Raising nearly $120 million (26:45) Why confidence was never the problem (35:01) The worst advice Emily ever received About Our Guest: Emily Ramshaw is the Co-Founder and CEO of The 19th, an independent nonprofit newsroom covering gender, politics, and policy. Before launching The 19th in 2020, she spent nearly two decades in nonprofit journalism, including serving as editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune. Today, The 19th has a staff of roughly 60 across more than 20 states and distributes its journalism free to readers and partner newsrooms across the country. Under Emily’s leadership, the organization has raised close to $120 million while building an institution designed around the realities of the people doing the work. Emily Ramshaw’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-ramshaw-0b952854/ Emily Ramshaw’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eramshaw/ Explore The 19th: https://19thnews.org/ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept. JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99 The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/ JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/ JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰. If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend. This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

September 16, 202637 min

She Bootstrapped The Laundress for 15 Years, Then Sold It to Unilever — with Lindsey Boyd

Building a company once teaches you how to survive. Building one again shows you what you actually learned. Takin’ Care of Lady Business Episode 170 Lindsey Boyd , left her dream job at Chanel to co-found The Laundress, bootstrapping the company for 15 years before selling it to Unilever. Now she's back in founder mode with Lindry Lab , bringing two decades of hard-earned lessons about money, ownership, growth, and trusting your instincts. In this episode of Takin’ Care of Lady Business , Jennifer Justice sits down with Lindsey to talk about building without traditional investors, asking for the help and opportunities you need, and what founders should understand before selling a company. Lindsey also shares what she learned navigating an acquisition, including the reality of earn-outs and the money founders actually walk away with. And as she builds Lindry Lab, she’s making different choices, including exploring outside capital to grow faster, while holding onto the instincts that helped her build The Laundress in the first place. What You'll Learn How Lindsey bootstrapped The Laundress without traditional investors Why asking for help can be one of a founder's biggest advantages What founders need to understand about acquisitions and earn-outs What Lindsey is doing differently the second time around Highlights: (00:00) Meet Lindsey Boyd (01:20) From Chanel to founding The Laundress (02:05) Hand-washing cashmere and discovering the gap in the market (03:27) Going all-in on product over service (06:07) Leaving her dream job and calling her parents (07:43) Bootstrapping The Laundress with a soap splash fundraiser (12:11) Why staying the course matters (17:27) The Unilever "love letter" that started acquisition talks (21:35) Facing an investor's "unsexy" comment (25:00) Building Lindry Lab's three pillars: formula, fragrance, packaging (34:55) The worst advice she ever received About Our Guest: Lindsey Boyd is the founder of Lindry Lab and former co-founder of The Laundress, the luxury laundry care brand she bootstrapped for 15 years before selling to Unilever in 2019. With a background in fashion and textiles at Chanel, Brooks Brothers, Nicole Miller, and Malia Mills, Lindsey has spent more than two decades rethinking how consumers care for clothing and their homes. Today, she's bringing that experience to Lindry Lab, a new laundry and home care brand built around high-performance formulas, fragrance, and thoughtful design. Lindsey Boyd’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-julia-boyd-9007073/ Lindsey Boyd’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindseyjuliaboyd/ Explore Lindry Lab: https://lindrylab.com/ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept. JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99 The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/ JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/ JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰. If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend. This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

September 9, 202638 min

The Women Who Get Ahead Aren't Smarter. They Ask. — with Caroline Dell

Your biggest career opportunities may not come from what you know, but from who remembers your name. Takin' Care of Lady Business Episode 169 On this episode of Takin' Care of Lady Business, Jennifer Justice sits down with Caroline Dell , Co-founder and CEO of Goodword , to explore why your network is one of the most valuable assets you'll ever build, and why its real power comes from knowing how to activate it. Drawing on her experience helping scale Chief and now building Goodword, Caroline shares why relationships, not resumes, algorithms, or AI alone, continue to create the biggest career opportunities. From finding her co-founder through a single introduction to raising her first $500,000 almost entirely through her personal network, she explains why the people who advocate for you behind closed doors often shape your future more than any application or pitch ever could. Jennifer and Caroline also unpack why women are often more hesitant to ask for introductions, support, and opportunities, how understanding the realities of fundraising creates leverage rather than limitation, and how AI can strengthen, not replace, the human relationships that move careers forward. This conversation is a reminder that your network isn't just who you know. It's the trust you've built, the people willing to vouch for you, and the opportunities that become possible when you're willing to make the ask. What You'll Learn: How relationships become a real source of career leverage Why asking for an introduction doesn’t require turning every contact into a friendship How Caroline used her own network to find her co-founder and fund her company How AI can help preserve the context that makes professional relationships valuable Highlights: (00:00) Meet Caroline Dell (01:39) Why your network is your most powerful asset (06:08) The gap Goodword fills that communities can't (06:53) Why our brains can’t keep up with our networks: The Dunbar number (13:52) Why women hesitate to ask for favors (19:53) Leaving Chief and deciding to found a company (23:56) Finding her technical co-founder Chris (24:59) The hard truth about women raising venture capital (34:38) The worst advice Caroline ever received About Our Guest: Caroline Dell is the co-founder and CEO of Goodword, a modern relationship management platform designed to help professionals manage, cultivate, and leverage their networks. Before launching Goodword, she spent nearly a decade building communities and creating access for women in leadership, including serving as an early employee and executive at Chief. Drawing from her experience scaling a professional network to thousands of members, Caroline recognized that while relationships drive career-changing opportunities, people struggle to maintain the context and connections needed to use those networks effectively. Today, she is using AI to transform how people understand and activate their relationships, helping professionals turn their networks into a powerful source of opportunities, introductions, and growth. Caroline Dell’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-dell/ Caroline Dell’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundercaroline/ Explore Goodword: https://www.goodword.com/ Get $25 off (1 free month) of Goodword with the code: FRIENDOFJJ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept. JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99 The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/ JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/ JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰. If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend. This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

September 2, 202646 min

The Auto Industry Has a $500 Billion Blind Spot with Tamara Warren

Tamara Warren has spent decades test-driving thousands of cars, covering the automotive industry as a journalist, and watching one truth play out over and over again: women drive the majority of car-buying decisions, yet the industry still isn't built with them in mind. Takin’ Care of Lady Business Episode 168 From crash-test standards and product design to dealership experiences and executive leadership, the systems behind one of the biggest purchases of our lives continue to overlook the people making most of the buying decisions. The result isn't just frustrating – it's costly, inefficient, and, in some cases, dangerous. In this episode of Takin' Care of Lady Business, Jennifer Justice sits down with Tamara Warren , Founder and CEO of Le Car Inc. , to unpack the hidden power mechanics of the automotive industry. They explore why representation has to start long before the marketing campaign, how women can make more informed and empowered purchasing decisions, and why designing for women isn't just good equity, it's good business. This conversation isn't really about cars. It's about what happens when the people driving the economy aren't the ones shaping the products, systems, and decisions that affect them. What You'll Learn Why women's purchasing power still isn't reflected in how cars are designed or sold How product design, leadership, and representation shape the customer experience long before a sale is made Why knowledge—not intimidation—is one of the greatest sources of leverage when making a major purchase How Tamara built Le Car by rejecting the traditional business model and putting consumer trust first Highlights: (00:00) Meet Tamara Warren (02:47) The everyday ways cars still fail women (06:26) How the automotive industry became a system built by—and for—men (16:04) Why traditional negotiation advice doesn't always work for women (30:27) The safety gap: what crash testing still misses (33:48) Why representation in leadership changes the products we buy (38:38) Building Le Car to empower women before they ever step into a dealership (43:19) The worst business advice Tamara ever received About Our Guest: Tamara Warren is the founder of Le Car, a Techstars company built to validate women in the automotive space. Raised in Detroit, Michigan, Tamara spent decades as a journalist and author covering transportation, lifestyle, and business for top outlets including The New York Times, Car and Driver, Elle, Esquire, and The Verge, as well as serving as a jurist for the World Car of the Year awards. After recognizing that women control the vast majority of car-buying decisions yet remain overlooked by traditional auto design, marketing, and dealership networks, she launched Le Car to disrupt the industry. Today, she shares her perspective on dismantling male-dominated spaces, reclaiming female economic power in major life purchases, and proving that women belong in the driver’s seat, literally and figuratively. Tamara Warren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamaralwarren/ Tamara Warren’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamarawarren/ Explore Le Car Inc.: https://www.lecar.co/ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept. JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99 The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/ JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/ JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰. If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend. This is a Lady Business LLC Production.