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10 Tips for Selling Something Without Feeling Like You’re Selling Something

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10 Tips for Selling Something Without Feeling Like You’re Selling Something

Last week, we talked with Elizabeth Scherle, co-founder and president of Influenster, an online product discovery and review platform that has built up a membership of over 2.5 million in the seven years since they started, which is all the more impressive considering the company didn’t bring on investors until last year.

Portrait of a Girlboss: Why Sakara Founders Whitney Tingle and Danielle DuBois Want You to Eat the Rainbow (But Also Chocolate Cake)

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Portrait of a Girlboss: Why Sakara Founders Whitney Tingle and Danielle DuBois Want You to Eat the Rainbow (But Also Chocolate Cake)

In hindsight, it’s no surprise that childhood friends Whitney Tingle and Danielle DuBoise would one day go on to co-found the coveted, plant-based organic meal delivery company Sakara; while the rest of us were wrapping Fruit by the Foot around our thumbs and going to town, they were snacking on chlorella tablets and eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on “bread with twigs and berries sticking...

Portrait of a Girlboss: How Creative Director Samantha Edwards is Creating a Rebellion Via Sincerity

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Portrait of a Girlboss: How Creative Director Samantha Edwards is Creating a Rebellion Via Sincerity

At age five, Samantha Edwards might not have been able to tell you the definition of “financial responsibility,” but she certainly could have showed you: When her mother gave her a little spending money at a supermarket in Manchester, England one day, instead of buying candy or a toy or whatever else typically tugs at the purse strings of most five-year-olds, she bought soap.