Unstoppable Women

Unstoppable Women

Enjoy interviews with women about their careers and how they became senior leaders at their companies. My goal is to de-mystify what it takes to get to VP by providing clear tips and advice for other women. Hosted by Archana Ravichandran. More info, please visit www.archanar.com

Episodes

October 31, 2018 32 mins

Today's episode features a Live Podcast that we recorded at Google back in April with Laela Sturdy, General Partner at Google Capital where she has led investments for the firm in growth stage consumer and enterprise companies. 

 

In this podcast, Laela talks about her career journey from Amnesty International to consulting...

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This week, our guest is Mia Mends, CEO of Sodexo Benefits & Rewards Services in North America.  In this episode Mia defines what it means to be an authentic leader.  She approaches the world with optimism and a belief in doing what's right -- it's clear that this approach has been key to her success.  As a Ghanaian immigrant, Mia's work ethic and discipline form...

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March 29, 2018 56 mins

This week, I'm excited to have Kara Goldin, CEO of Hint Water on the show.  Kara had a front row seat to building the first set of ecommerce platforms while she was an executive at AOL.  She left that behind to start a company that solved a problem that she was having and bravely went against goliaths of the CPG industry, Coke & Pepsi.  Kara's passion for buildi...

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Today's guest is Cheryl Porro, SVP of Technology & Products at Salesforce.org.  Salesforce.org is a social enterprise that gets technology in the hands of nonprofits and education institutions. Cheryl's story is fantastic as she articulates how she went from being being a Punk-rocker in her twenties to a senior leader at one of the largest SaaS companies in the world.  Cheryl talks about her process ...

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We are hard at work planning the next set of shows.  Today we bring you this favorite from the last year: Anne Raimondi. Anne is the SVP of Operations at Zendesk. In this episode we cover how to build a personal board of directors, the right time to leave a company, how to evaluate your next role, and most importantly -- what does Executive Presence actually mean and how to master it.

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My guest this week is Heidi Williams, Former VP of Engineering at Box. Heidi spent 17 years at Adobe working her way up from Engineer to Engineering Manager as well as leading product management and Strategic Engagements where she worked with NBC Sports and Adobe Primetime delivering an Emmy-nominated mobile video experience for the 2012 Olympics.

Most recently,...

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Fern is an entrepreneur, coach, teacher, and investor.   She is the Managing Partner at Vista Venture Partners.  She is also a lecturer at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford where she teaches two classes on Entrepreneurship and a class on Diversity & Inclusion.

In this episode we cover how to structure an interview process to remove bias, dealing with i...

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November 12, 2017 55 mins

Shanna Tellerman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Modsy.  This is a bit of a different interview since I typically don't interview founders, but Shanna is awesome and we had a fantastic conversation.  Shanna also has great experiences during her time at Google Ventures and Autodesk.   


In this podcast we cover

  • Confidence - what does it mean and how can you build more of it
  • One phrase that can help fight imposter syndrom...
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In this podcast I interview my dear friend Jen Evans, who's the VP of Strategy at Constellation Brands — a leading company in wine & spirits. After business school, she spent a summer in Napa learning about the wine industry and took the first steps of what would become a long career there. In the episode, she discusses in detail the thoughtful approach that took her all the way to VP. I'm sure you'll find it as insightful as I did...

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Today's guest is Julie Knight Ludvigson, CMO of Reflektive. In this episode we talk about how to evaluate your next career move, how to build influence within your organization, and the one piece of feedback that changed the trajectory of Julie's career.

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Today's guest is Kellie McElhaney, Professor at the Haas School of Business, author of the book "Just Good Business", and founding director for the Center for Gender, Equity, and Leadership. We cover a ton of ground in this podcast -- how to build your personal board of directors and what companies can do to help increase the %'s of women in leadership.

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My first guest is Anne Raimondi, SVP of Operations at Zendesk. In this episode we cover how to build a personal board of directors, the right time to leave a company, how to evaluate your next role, and most importantly -- what does Executive Presence actually mean and how to master it.

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