

BOSSY
Morning Brew
Join Tara Reed for a no-BS conversation about entrepreneurship, confidence and leaning into your inner boss. Each episode Tara puts on her boldest outfits and offers tactics and unapologetic advice with the help of other entrepreneurs—from the big names you love to those who head up your favorite brands. New episodes drop every Thursday. Follow @bossy_show for more.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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

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.
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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

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.
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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!
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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
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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
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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!
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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?
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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?
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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!
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