Get ready to be inspired as we delve into the captivating world of Chriselle Lim, a true digital sensation. With a staggering 4 million followers on Instagram and TikTok, and over 700,000 subscribers on YouTube, she's a force to be reckoned with. Not only is she the visionary Founder of Phlur, the fragrance brand that sent shockwaves through the Internet, but she's also the Co-Founder of Bumo, revolutionizing on-demand licensed childcare for working parents.

Darleen is an author, occupational therapist, motivational speaker, and the former Mental Skills Coach for the Phoenix Suns. She works with professional athletes and CEO’s helping them to shift their mindset, fully embrace their gifts, and overcome setbacks. As a child, she was always drawn to wanting to help others and this desire followed her into her adult life. At just 25 years old, Darleen suffered a brain bleed from a chiropractic manipulation and ended up having a stroke. Even though the prognosis was not great, she never gave up. Instead, she pushed forward even harder, wanting to use her gifts to help as many people as she could with the time she had left. Come on in and hear Coach Dar’s inspirational story of how to reframe setbacks as an opportunity to grow.

Today Award-Winning Entrepreneur and Host of Dear FoundHer...Lindsay Pinchuk, is sharing with you 17 pieces of advice for you if you’re contemplating starting your own business. A week ago, Lindsay's friend and fellow female founder, Charlie Saffro, made a post on LinkedIn sharing some of her best advice for female founders. Lindsay added more in Charlie's comments, to which Charlie added: You need to start your own thread of this.

The only way we were going to be able to do this was by using a lot of automations. We were thinking about scalability before we even needed to scale because we were working with contractors. So we were thinking about scaling from day one,” explains Mallory Ulaszek, co-founder of Week of the Website.

Today, Dear FoundHer... host, Lindsay Pinchuk, is sharing with you 10 ideas for what to post this month on social media. It’s a new month and there's no better time to get the creative juices flowing with your social content. You loved this when Lindsay did this earlier in the year, and now she's back with more.

“Stay really grounded. Starting a business can be scary. You have to act boldly, but you have to do it with your feet firmly planted on the ground,” shares Heidi Zimmer, founder of Wild Rice Retreat. When Heidi had the first seed of an idea for her wellness retreat, many people discouraged her and told her that it would never work in the Midwest. Instead of letting naysayers deter her, she went on to raise $2 million through fundraising from 100% women investors, bringing her dream to life by founding the Midwest’s first all inclusive, adults-only wellness retreat right along Lake Superior. Since then, Wild Rice Retreat has received acclaim as a top destination retreat center in Condé Nast, Forbes, Harper’s Bazaar, Travel + Leisure, and Food & Wine.

When I first introduced you to Sally Mueller in the Spring of 2022, her company, Womaness was just ramping up. But, in addition to changing the conversation around menopause, according to a recent article in Women’s Wear Daily, Womaness Founders Sally Mueller and Michelle Jacobs set out to start their brand’s third fundraise a bit differently. They’re working with three LA based investors—Carol Cheng, Annie Belanger and Ellen Chen to form a special purpose vehicle. By doing this, women of all ages and investor experience were able to come to the cap table with checks ranging from $5,000 to $50,000—ultimately raising Womaness $1MM—and the brand is still raising.

When I first introduced you to Rachel Apfel Glass, Founder of GLOSSLAB in early 2022, there were only two GLOSSLAB locations in NYC. Today, there are over 20 spanning the New York Tri-State area, Texas, Florida and more.
GLOSSLAB has become a must-go destination for top names including: The Chainsmokers, Demi Moore, Lil Yachty, Lucy Liu, Jennifer Garner, Kate Bock, Minka Kelly, Neil Patrick Harris and PK Subban.

“I've now realized not everything you post is going to be like you knocked it out of the park, but it doesn't matter,” shares Jenn Sherman, Peloton’s OG fitness instructor. When Jenn was last on Dear FoundHer, Lindsay issued several Instagram challenges to help her grow her following and boost engagement. After applying Lindsay’s tips and conquering her imposter syndrome, Jenn has seen improvements in every metric for her Instagram account. Although she still struggles a bit with consistency, she is now building content creation time into her work schedule each week.

You’re a badass, and your hair is a manifestation of that,” says Amy Errett, founder of Madison Reed hair care brand. Amy is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and social-mission visionary. Believing that women deserve more, not just in their hair color but in their lives, she founded the company in 2013, naming it after her daughter.

Today host of Dear FoundHer.., Lindsay Pinchuk, is peeling back the the curtain on TEN SIMPLE things you can do right now to get more clients.
Over the last few weeks she's had MULTIPLE clients of mine reach out share with her how busy they are thanks to the strategies she shared with them to set their business up for success.

However you decide to feed your baby, we’ve got your back,” says Andrea Ippolito, founder of SimpliFed, a virtual baby feeding support platform for new moms which works alongside the Affordable Care Act. Andrea has previously worked as a faculty member at Cornell University, a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the White House and was the co-founder of Smart Scheduling, an intelligent software used to schedule medical practices, which has been acquired by athenahealth. Come on in and meet Andrea!

Part of why Dear FoundHer... exists is to support female founders and to let you know that you're not alone.

As many of you know, owning your own business is one of the most rewarding experiences...but it can be SO HARD.

(And it's not talked about nearly enough.)

That first paycheck changed my life,” says Ellen Yin, founder of Cubicle to CEO. A course creator with over 10,000 students, Ellen quit her corporate marketing job five years ago, and from bootstrapping her first $300 client, she has amassed $1.5 million in revenue at just age 27, in large part by knowing when to pivot. Come on in and meet Ellen!

Today's bonus episode is a conversation between host, Lindsay Pinchuk and her former student and now friend, Donna Korren, Founder of Empty Quester. Today Donna shares the role Instagram played in turning her community into an actual revenue driving business.

One of the things entrepreneurs, specifically solopreneurs and small business owners ask me is, ⁠

"How do I find time for social media?"⁠

This is a great question and it's a great time of year to take a closer look at Instagram for your business AND your overall process. Forget what you've heard about posting cadence and checking all of the boxes, if there's ONE THING I would tell you to do, it's this:⁠

I’m really passionate about creating beautiful spaces,” says Ariel Kaye, founder of home and lifestyle brand Parachute, which she founded in 2014 after realizing that she and her peers were having trouble finding cozy, quality sheets to furnish their post-college apartments. Since then, Parachute has become an industry disruptor in the home and textile space, evolving into a lifestyle brand which provides essentials for all rooms in the home. In nine years, Parachute has earned $150 million, added 20 brick-and-mortar locations across the U.S. to its direct-to-consumer model, and expanded into the Canadian market with the Hudson’s Bay Company. The brand is dedicated to sustainability and climate neutral certification as well as to cultivating wellness and kindness. Come on in and meet Ariel, the founder who is spearheading a comfort movement across North America.

In order for you to make it perfect, you have to test it. And in order to test it, you’ve got to get it out there in the market,” explains Tracey Warner Halama, CEO of Vital Proteins, an ingestible collagen brand that is proud to have Jennifer Aniston as their Chief Creative Officer. Tracey is a big proponent of getting out of your lane and being able to pivot directions when things are not working. So often in the tech world, people, especially women, are told to keep their heads down and not shake things up. Not Tracey! She encourages lifelong learning and curiosity and instills this belief into her team. She strives for progress over perfection, testing products out on the market and viewing failures as learning opportunities. Come on in and meet Tracey!

I wanted to elevate and modernize the classic puzzle,” says Kaylin Marcotte, who is indeed disrupting the category with her company Jiggy, which she founded in November of 2019. Even before the pandemic, she wanted to bring her number one stress reliever to people in a new way. Each puzzle features original frameable works by emerging female artists with whom the company shares its profits. A media darling, she recently appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank and has an incredible story to share. Come on in and meet Kaylin!

Today’s topic is one that is incredibly important—especially with the rise of people’s Instagram accounts being hacked. Something you may not know, host, Lindsay Pinchuk had her own account hacked last year. So on today's edition of FoundHer Files we're going to cover: