And She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.

Today we’re airing an episode we did on the Get Paid podcast with Claire Pelletreu. 
This interview is our entire story- from how we first met, to starting Namastream, to massive growth during COVID, to our bank collapsing last spring. 
We’ve never told our story in this way- from end to end- and it’s kind of a good story and we should bring it to our listeners. 
Claire is an excellent interviewer and she pulled out a lot of stories we wouldn’t necessarily tell on our own podcast.

Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:
  • How we met through a live, software course
  • How Sandy joined the team as a co-founder
  • Discussion of the investor world and the challenges as female co-founders
  • Decision making in blue-berry fields + self-funding the business
  • How fast things changed when the first lockdown of COVID happened + the emotional tole it took 
  • The early wave of COVID and Jeni’s struggle with long-COVID (which was not even named at the time)
  • The forward thinking for the next phase of business in 2022: splitting the company into two- software vs coaching
  • The unheard of reality in the tech world: a profitable SAAS company through boot-strapping
  • What And She Coaching is now all about: our two programs- Visible & Luminaries 
  • How to grow with an organic marketing strategy + owning your thought leadership
  • A snapshot of how we use FB Ads in our strategy and the FB Ad shift over the years
  • The collapse of our bank: what happened and how we made it through 
  • Our insight on Silicon Valley Bank as women-founders
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What is And She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.?

For so many modern, driven women, life is about being more than one thing. We’re multidimensional—and so are our conversations. We carry multiple identities; we can be both mother and artist; both attorney and entrepreneur. Both clinician and CEO. Both humble and proud. Life for women like us is about both. About…all of the above. It’s about the “and”...