Mentoring Moments: Women You May Never Meet Will Become Your Mentors

Robyn Sue Fisher is the Founder and Chief Brrrista (aka CEO) at Smitten Ice Cream. Robyn wanted to make being an adult a fun thing, so she chased after something she loved – ice cream -- and made it better by using high tech to take it back in time, making it pure again. It all starts with a story that includes a Stanford MBA, liquid nitrogen, a 40-pound machine that she built and bu...

Kat Cole has the ultimate self-made woman story that makes for great headlines like "From Hooters Girl To Running A Billion Dollar Brand." Kat grew up with a single mom and two sisters, living on $10 a week for groceries. When she was 32, she became President of Cinnabon and when she was 36 was promoted to Group President of Cinnabon's parent company FOCUS Brands (including Auntie An...

Cindy Gallop's Twitter profile says it all: "I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of Business." And this is one of my favorite Cindy quotes: "You'll never own the future if you care what other people think." Cindy is the founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, a site about real world sex. Before that she was Chairman and President of the global ad agency BBH. Today we're talking women, m...

Christina Greer is a 30-something professor of political science at Fordham University in NYC, author of "Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the American Dream", and a connector of people and ideas. She appears regularly on MSNBC and NY1 to talk politics. Today you'll find out why you need to move at least once, get robbed and work on a political campaign; how to never take "no" f...

Alysia Reiner surrounds herself with women who commit crimes. She's the tough assistant warden on Orange is the New Black, and she produced and stars in Equity, the movie about devious Wall Street women. In real life she's using her powers for good, taking action to un-stereotype women. From why her tattoo would read "as is" to how to flex your creative and business muscles every day...

Liv Boeree is 31 years old and one of the top female poker players in the world. She has won $3 million off her smarts and wits. Liv is a member of Team PokerStars Pros, has a degree in physics and astrophysics from the University of Manchester and recently spoke at Oxford University. Find out Liv's tricks and tips, the things you need to know for the game of life: how she reads peop...

Do Cool Sh*t. That's the title of Miki Agrawal's book and a description of her life. Miki has ding-ding-ding moments, times when she sees things that suck in the world and she figures out how to fix them. She got sick from gluten, so she opened Wild, restaurants that serve yummy gluten-free food and drinks. Then she created new p...

17-year-old Lizzie Velasquez stumbled upon a YouTube video labeling her "The World's Ugliest Woman." It had over four million views and the first comment she saw was: "Will you please do the world a favor? Put a gun to your head and kill yourself."

Born with a rare disease that prevents her from gaining weight, Lizzie is now 27...

Sara Mearns is an athlete who knows how to rock a pink leotard. She's a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, a definite "wow." From how she can't believe she's living her dream, to getting through her crazy 20s, to picking herself up after falling in front of hundreds of people, to finding her inspiration, this is the inside look at the life of an American bal...

Kim Chambers swims with the sharks. Literally. Kim’s one of the world’s best marathon swimmers and she’s taking us into her world: from knowing that when she slips into the water she may never come back, to what it feels like to have that kind of adrenaline pump through her veins. You’ll leave this podcast knowing that the best time to do something is when you...

If you were in Oprah Winfrey's inner circle for more than a decade, what would you know today? That's what I asked Libby Moore, the woman who was Oprah's Chief of Staff, Executive and Personal Assistant for 11 years. Her answers are in this podcast.

In college, Libby dreamed of writing for Saturday Night Live. That didn't happen, but by being herself and doing thi...