Steering a startup generally means being short on one’s own historical data, even without a pandemic. So how does an intrepid founder navigate the unknown? By relying on the tenacity that led her to start a company in the first place. Allison Moss, founder and CEO of type:A Brands talks about sudden channel shifts, risk-taking, financial silver linings and when she pulls back.

When your mind is healthy you can curb anxiety and remove your ego, which leads to the kind of listening that’s required to be the leader in your category. President of FutureProof Retail, Di Di Chan shares her top tips for supporting your stakeholders, which have been critical to her team’s success even before the pandemic hit.

You can’t pour from an empty cup. Our premier episode explores this issue with “active self-care” company, Austra’s CEO, Stephanie Morimoto. With an extensive background in both entrepreneurship and non-profit, Stephanie brings perspective on how 2020 shaped e-commerce, what we can do to take care of ourselves as leaders, and what happens when your products attract a sporting superstar who then joins your company as a co-owner.