WorkParty
Meet your new Work Wives. WorkParty, the beloved business podcast with over 3 million downloads to date and guests like Sara Blakely, Tyra Banks, Jen Atkin and more is back and brand new. Jaclyn Johnson joined by CEO of Create & Cultivate, Marina Middleton are letting you listen in as they navigate the world of entrepreneurship, motherhood, divorce, female friendships and how they make it all work – mostly. A little work, a little party, pour yourself a glass of champagne and pull up, cause we are about to get down to business.
Episodes
355 episodes
The C&C 100 Entertainment Honorees on the Roles They Didn't Get, Ditching the Scarcity Mindset & Doing Things That Scare You
We sat down with our C&C 100 Entertainment Honorees — Bobbi Althoff, Ariana Madix, Caitlin Reilly, Brittany Snow, and Danielle Robay — to talk about the rejections that stung, the no's that redirected everything, and what it really...
The C&C 100 Money Honorees on FOMO Investing, Toxic Money Habits & Why You're Probably Underselling Yourself
We sat down with our C&C 100 Money Honorees — Kate McAndrew, Ruffin Mitchener, Mary Holland Nader, Maggie Sellers Reum, and Elaine Welteroth — to talk about what it really takes to build, invest, and grow wealth on your own terms. From self...
The C&C 100 Fashion Honorees on Maximalism, Building Brands & Why Your Style Is Your Greatest Business Asset
We sat down with our C&C 100 Fashion Honorees — Olandria Carthe, Daryl-Ann Denner, Ariana Ferweda, Raissa Gerona, Alani Noelle, Jully Patel and Seerat Saini — to talk about what it really takes to build, lead, and win in the fashion industr...
The C&C 100 Beauty Honorees on Inclusion, Building From Scratch & What Beauty Brands Won't Admit
We sat down with our C&C 100 Beauty Honorees —Claudia Sulewski, Danessa Myricks, Golloria George, Mei Kwok, Monique Rodriguez, and Toni Bravo — to talk about what it really takes to build, lead, and win in the beauty industry right now. Fro...
Meet the Founders Who Built a $4 Million Skincare Brand for Women Too Busy for Skincare
They were best friends from Georgetown — one burning out on Wall Street watching her skin deteriorate, the other finishing medical school while obsessing over skincare science. Together they built 4AM Skin, a circadian rhythm skincare brand bac...
She Quit Her Corporate Job with No Money, No Connections and No Fashion Experience and Built the Brand Every Powerful Woman Is Wearing with Sali Christeson
She quit her corporate job at Cisco with no money, no connections, and no fashion background — and built the workwear brand worn by the most powerful women in the world. Sali Christeson founded Argent after reading a study that showed what a wo...
Girl Math Is Making You Broke with Mrs. Dow Jones
She got laid off, couldn't find a single financial resource that spoke to her, and decided to become one herself. Today Haley Sacks, Mrs. Dow Jones, Financial Expert, host of Financial Tea podcast and NYT bestselling author of Futu...
Laney Crowell on Building a $100M Clean Beauty Empire, Getting Top 10 at Sephora, and Why Your Makeup Is Ruining Your Skin
She started with a beauty closet, 15,000 Instagram followers, and a product that took five years to make. Today, Laney Crowell is the founder and CEO of Saie, one of Sephora's top clean makeup brands, and she built it without cutting a single c...
The Breakout Star of Owning Manhattan on Closing $40 Million a Month and Building an Empire on Her Own Terms with Tricia Lee
She started her first business at nine years old, broke every rule in real estate, and built an empire in Brooklyn before Netflix ever called. Tricia Lee is the breakout star of Owning Manhattan, one of the most-watched shows on Netflix, and sh...
Here's What Most Founders Get Wrong with Global Angel Investor Erika Aquino
She has built one of the most globally diverse investment portfolios in the early stage space — 26 companies across six countries focused on wellness, sustainability, education, and the future of work. Erika Aquino backs the founders other peop...
The Second Chapter Is Always Better with Tone It Up Founder and CEO, Karena Dawn
She built one of the first women's fitness communities on the internet in 2009 — before influencers were a thing, before wellness was a category, and before anyone told her it was possible. Karena Dawn co-founded Tone It Up, pioneered positivit...
The Only Female Founder in Beverage History to Pull Off a $2 Billion Exit with Allison Ellsworth
She went from selling apple cider vinegar drinks at a farmers market while three months pregnant to closing a $1.95 billion deal with PepsiCo — and becoming the only female founder in beverage history to pull off an exit of that size. Allison E...
The Money Talk Your Parents Never Had With You with Vivian Tu
She went from translating financial documents for her immigrant parents to building a 10 million person following and becoming one of the most trusted voices in personal finance. Vivian Tu — aka Your Rich BFF — is on a mission to give every wom...
Beyond the Application: Building a Personal + Employer Brand That Wins
She went from red carpet interviews and cruise lines to luxury watches, Saks Fifth Avenue, and now leading employer brand activations at one of tech's most recognizable names. Adrien Fleming's career has never followed a straight line — and tha...
"Don't Get Attached to Your Brand" Naturium Founder Susan Yara's $355M Exit Story
She built a skincare empire from a YouTube channel, survived a very public launch controversy, and walked away with a $355M exit. Naturium founder Susan Yara is giving us the unfiltered story of how she built one of beauty's most unexpected bra...
6 Business Questions Every Founder Is Asking, Answered Live
We Put Ourselves on the Spot So You Don't Have To | Live Q&A from Austin, TXWe took the stage at Future Summit in Austin, Texas in front of hundreds of incredible women entrepreneurs and opened it all the way up. No filter, no scrip...
Why Successful Women Struggle in Dating and How to Change It from a Matchmaker
Dating today feels less like romance and more like running a full-blown operation. Strategy. Logistics. Emotional stamina. But according to Katie Lloyd, matchmaker at The Bevy, finding real partnership has nothing to do with your résumé and eve...
The Hidden Reason People Aren’t Taking You Seriously with Style Expert Bria Johnson
In this episode of WorkParty, Jaclyn and Marina sit down with Bria Johnson, Chief Style Strategist and founder of Iconic with Style, to talk about the embodiment gap, that in-between season when you have grown internally but the way you show up...
How One Dress Sparked a Brand Women Now Obsess Over with LoveShackFancy’s Rebecca Hessel Cohen
Some brands sell products. LoveShackFancy built an entire world.In this episode, Jaclyn and Marina sit down with LoveShackFancy founder and creative director Rebecca Hessel Cohen to unpack how a single bridesmaid dress turned into a glo...
A Practical Guide to Fertility, Egg Freezing, and Your Future Timeline
Fertility is one of the biggest factors shaping how women plan their lives, careers, and families, yet most of us don’t learn the real science until we are already navigating the stress of timing, age, or uncertainty. In this episode, we are br...
How Cosmo’s Youngest Editor-In-Chief Is Reinventing a Legacy Brand
Cosmopolitan is one of the most recognizable brands in media with more than six decades of history. So what does it take to evolve a legacy title for a completely new generation of readers and platforms?In this episode, we sit down with...
The Death of Originality: Why Social Media Feels So Boring
Influencer culture is shifting, everyone is exhausted, and the internet just doesn’t feel as fun or as real as it used to.In this episode, Jaclyn and Marina unpack why so many women are hitting a wall with social media, what’s really be...
The One System Every Entrepreneur Needs to Stop the Chaos and Start Scaling
Running a small business means wearing all the hats — CEO, marketer, cashier, bookkeeper — and somehow still finding time to post on Instagram. It’s a lot.That’s why we’re so excited to talk to Kasturi Mudulodu, the President of Commerc...
Why Making Friends as an Adult Feels So Hard with Liv Schreiber
Liv Schreiber has built a business around something we all crave: real connection. This week she joins Jaclyn and Marina to talk about what happens when you stop trying to “network” and start genuinely connecting. As the founder of *Hot and Soc...
Stop Networking and Start Building Real Connections | Career Glow Up Series
💌 Subscribe to our Career Glow Up email series to get all the tips, scripts, and strategies to help you grow your career this month. https://mailchi.mp/a4486f077c2f/careerglowupIn this week’s WorkParty episode, Jaclyn and Marina unpack ...