BOSSY

Morning Brew
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Nov 13, 2025 • 32min

Betting on What Works for You with the Former CEO of Coach, Lew Frankfort

In this episode, Tara chats with former Coach CEO Lew Frankfort about redefining what luxury means — and who gets to access it. Lew shares how he took a small, slow-growing family business and transformed it into a global brand by pioneering the concept of accessible luxury. He didn’t just ride a rocketship — he built one. Tune in to hear how trusting his gut, leaving a safe job, and spotting an unmet need in the market helped him reshape an entire industry. Discover more about how AT&T Business can help your small business: http://att.com/why-att-business 💌 Want to get all of Tara’s resources? Subscribe: https://www.morningbrew.com/bossy-show/subscribe Get More BOSSY: Watch BOSSY on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BOSSY_Show Follow BOSSY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossy_show/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bossy_show Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOSSY_Show BOSSY, hosted by Tara Reed, brings you no-BS conversations about entrepreneurship, confidence, and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode, Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice – from the big names you love to the minds behind your favorite brands. If you like the show, leave us a review and share with a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 6, 2025 • 33min

How to Turn a Chip on Your Shoulder into $310M with Bonobos founder, Andy Dunn

In this episode, Tara chats with Bonobos co-founder and serial entrepreneur Andy Dunn on what it really takes to build a $310M brand. Listen in as Andy opens up about the mental toll of entrepreneurship, why delusion might be your greatest asset, and how founders can turn a chip on their shoulder into serious ROI. Plus, his honest take on why being your own boss really is better than climbing someone else’s ladder. Discover more about how AT&T Business can help your small business: http://att.com/why-att-business. Help BOSSY get to know you better! Take this quick survey so we can keep building the best show we can for you: ⁠https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/Bossy-Survey?Platform=pod⁠ 💌 Want to get all of Tara’s resources? Subscribe: https://www.morningbrew.com/bossy-show/subscribe Get More BOSSY: Watch BOSSY on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BOSSY_Show Follow BOSSY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossy_show/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bossy_show Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOSSY_Show BOSSY, hosted by Tara Reed, brings you no-BS conversations about entrepreneurship, confidence, and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode, Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice – from the big names you love to the minds behind your favorite brands. If you like the show, leave us a review and share with a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 30, 2025 • 45min

Climbing the Ladder like a Boss with AutoDesk CMO, Dara Treseder

In this episode, Tara chats with Autodesk CMO Dara Treseder about her meteoric rise through the marketing world. Tune in to hear Dara’s take on betting on yourself, navigating hard career choices, and how to position yourself to win — even when the odds are stacked. She also shares why bold leadership isn’t just about power, but purpose — and how to know when it’s time to stay or go. Discover more about how AT&T Business can help your small business: http://att.com/why-att-business Help BOSSY get to know you better! Take this quick survey so we can keep building the best show we can for you: ⁠https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/Bossy-Survey?Platform=pod⁠ 💌 Want to get all of Tara’s resources? Subscribe: https://www.morningbrew.com/bossy-show/subscribe Get More BOSSY: Watch BOSSY on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BOSSY_Show Follow BOSSY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossy_show/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bossy_show Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOSSY_Show BOSSY, hosted by Tara Reed, brings you no-BS conversations about entrepreneurship, confidence, and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode, Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice – from the big names you love to the minds behind your favorite brands. If you like the show, leave us a review and share with a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 25, 2025 • 36min

Making Bank & Hosting Bangers: Profitable Event Planning with Marina Middleton

Tara sits down with Create and Cultivate CEO and founder Marina Middleton and they talk about why Marina brought back her company after selling it for $22 million. Plus, what social media and marketing strategies she is using to grow her business. She even discusses how you can turn a profit when planning events after she just hosted the "world's largest festival for women in business". This episode is presented by Amazon Ads: Amazon Ads help you show up for customers—right when they’re looking for you. Help BOSSY get to know you better! Take this quick survey so we can keep building the best show we can for you: ⁠https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/Bossy-Survey?Platform=pod⁠ 💌 Want to get all of Tara’s resources? Subscribe: ⁠https://www.morningbrew.com/bossy-show/subscribe⁠   Get More BOSSY Watch BOSSY on YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/@BOSSY_Show⁠   Follow BOSSY Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/bossy_show/⁠    TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@bossy_show⁠  Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/BOSSY_Show⁠  BOSSY, hosted by Tara Reed, brings you no-BS conversations about entrepreneurship, confidence, and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode, Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice – from the big names you love to the minds behind your favorite brands. New episodes drop on Thursdays – if you like the show, leave us a review and share with a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 18, 2025 • 27min

How to Be Innovative & Then Standardize the Process

In this episode Tara sits down with Sweetgreen co-founder Nicolas Jammet to talk about the process of transitioning from the creative, idea-generating early founder role, to becoming the leader of a larger, publicly traded company.  00:00 Intro 01:04 What innovations at Sweetgreen Nic is most proud of 06:18 Where Nic looks to find inspiration for innovating his business 10:44 How innovation happens at Sweetgreen now that they’re a billion-dollar business 13:09 Office Hours segment 16:30 The entrepreneurs that Nic looks up to 17:48 How Nic thinks about copycat businesses  21:46 Advice for people worried about their business ideas being stolen This episode is presented by Amazon Ads: Amazon Ads help you show up for customers—right when they’re looking for you. Help BOSSY get to know you better! Take this quick survey so we can keep building the best show we can for you: ⁠https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/Bossy-Survey?Platform=pod⁠ 💌 Want to get all of Tara’s resources? Subscribe: https://www.morningbrew.com/bossy-show/subscribe   Get More BOSSY Watch BOSSY on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BOSSY_Show   Follow BOSSY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossy_show/    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bossy_show  Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOSSY_Show  BOSSY, hosted by Tara Reed, brings you no-BS conversations about entrepreneurship, confidence, and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode, Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice – from the big names you love to the minds behind your favorite brands. New episodes drop on Thursdays – if you like the show, leave us a review and share with a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 11, 2025 • 38min

How to Make a Bag as a Social Media Influencer, with Jessi Ngatikaura

In this episode Tara chats with The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Jessi Ngatikaura on the business of being an influencer. Listen to hear Jessi’s take on the reality of being an influencer, how she’s built her portfolio of businesses, the challenges of working with friends and family, and who of her Mormon Wives costars she would collab with, copy, and cancel. 00:00 Intro 01:02 The perception vs. reality of being an influencer 04:30 Jessi’s portfolio of businesses 08:39 Office Hours segment 09:47 How MomTok has helped Jessi grow her businesses 11:01 Why Jessi is glad to have multiple businesses 13:24 The business of influencing and the different forms it can take 18:50 The messy part of becoming an influencer 22:50 On the challenges of working with your friends and family 24:19 Game: Boss Move or Doing Too Much? 27:15 An influencer Jessi admires 32:07 Game: Collab, Cancel, Copy This episode is presented by Amazon Ads: Amazon Ads help you show up for customers—right when they’re looking for you. Help BOSSY get to know you better! Take this quick survey so we can keep building the best show we can for you: https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/Bossy-Survey?Platform=pod 💌 Want to get all of Tara’s resources? Subscribe: https://www.morningbrew.com/bossy-show/subscribe   Get More BOSSY Watch BOSSY on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BOSSY_Show   Follow BOSSY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossy_show/    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bossy_show  Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOSSY_Show  BOSSY, hosted by Tara Reed, brings you no-BS conversations about entrepreneurship, confidence, and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode, Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice – from the big names you love to the minds behind your favorite brands. New episodes drop on Thursdays – if you like the show, leave us a review and share with a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 4, 2025 • 23min

How To Start Over With A Second Business Idea, with the Founder of Care.com

In this episode Tara runs through 10 Questions for a Boss with Ohai.ai CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo, who is also the founder of Care.com—the world’s largest care marketplace. Listen to hear Sheila talk about the transition from being the CEO of a private company to a public one, how she handled a serious hit to the reputation of her company, and finding the strength and energy to found a second company. 00:00 Intro 00: 53 Sheila’s morning rituals 02:22 What helped give Sheila confidence after Care.com went public 04:52 Office Hours segment, presented by Amazon Ads 06:02 How Sheila handled comments made about “the care economy” being for women 08:42 How Sheila handled a particularly dark moment for Care.com  10:52 What Sheila thinks about competitors of Care.com 12:23 How Ohai.ai came about as an idea and then became a business 14:56 Sheila’s attitude towards building a second company 17:56 How Sheila handled her insecurity when building her businesses This episode is presented by Amazon Ads: Amazon Ads help you show up for customers—right when they’re looking for you. Help BOSSY get to know you better! Take this quick survey so we can keep building the best show we can for you: ⁠https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/Bossy-Survey?Platform=pod⁠ 💌 Want to get all of Tara’s resources? Subscribe: https://www.morningbrew.com/bossy-show/subscribe   Get More BOSSY Watch BOSSY on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BOSSY_Show   Follow BOSSY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossy_show/    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bossy_show  Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOSSY_Show  BOSSY, hosted by Tara Reed, brings you no-BS conversations about entrepreneurship, confidence, and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode, Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice – from the big names you love to the minds behind your favorite brands. New episodes drop on Thursdays – if you like the show, leave us a review and share with a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 20, 2025 • 11min

Responding to Your Toughest r/Entrepreneur Questions: Succeeding as an Introvert, Using AI, and More

Tara reads and answers some of the most pressing questions from Redditors seeking entrepreneurship advice. How do you become a successful entrepreneur as an introvert? Is AI actually going to take over everything? Can you become a successful business leader without vision? Help BOSSY get to know you better! Take this quick survey so we can keep building the best show we can for you: ⁠https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/Bossy-Survey?Platform=pod⁠ 💌 Want to get all of Tara’s resources? Subscribe: https://www.morningbrew.com/bossy-show/subscribe   Get More BOSSY Watch BOSSY on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BOSSY_Show   Follow BOSSY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossy_show/    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bossy_show  Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOSSY_Show  BOSSY, hosted by Tara Reed, brings you no-BS conversations about entrepreneurship, confidence, and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode, Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice – from the big names you love to the minds behind your favorite brands. New episodes drop on Thursdays – if you like the show, leave us a review and share with a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 19, 2025 • 14min

Reacting to Unhinged Emails from Tech Founders (Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes, and More)

Tara reviews the leaked emails of some of the leading figures in tech and shares her candid reactions, thoughts, and insights on each. From Elizabeth Holmes’ daily schedule to Elon Musk’s rage email to Sam Bankman-Fried’s unhinged musings, these are some emails you don’t want to miss. Help BOSSY get to know you better! Take this quick survey so we can keep building the best show we can for you: ⁠https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/Bossy-Survey?Platform=pod⁠ 💌 Want to get all of Tara’s resources? Subscribe: https://www.morningbrew.com/bossy-show/subscribe Get More BOSSY Watch BOSSY on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BOSSY_Show Follow BOSSY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossy_show/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bossy_show Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOSSY_Show BOSSY, hosted by Tara Reed, brings you no-BS conversations about entrepreneurship, confidence, and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode, Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice – from the big names you love to the minds behind your favorite brands. New episodes drop on Thursdays – if you like the show, leave us a review and share with a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 11, 2025 • 11min

From $5 Billion to Near Irrelevancy: What Happened With Clear?

Is Clear about to fail? What was once a thriving business valued at $5 billion with only the TSA as a competitor, is now facing several technological and economic challenges that threaten to render their business irrelevant. But Tara sees reason that Clear Security might survive anyway. Do you agree? Help BOSSY get to know you better! Take this quick survey so we can keep building the best show we can for you: ⁠https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/Bossy-Survey?Platform=pod⁠ 💌 Want to get all of Tara’s resources? Subscribe: https://www.morningbrew.com/bossy-show/subscribe Get More BOSSY Watch BOSSY on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BOSSY_Show Follow BOSSY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossy_show/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bossy_show Twitter: https://twitter.com/BOSSY_Show BOSSY, hosted by Tara Reed, brings you no-BS conversations about entrepreneurship, confidence, and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode, Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice – from the big names you love to the minds behind your favorite brands. New episodes drop on Thursdays – if you like the show, leave us a review and share with a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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