LBW 008: Meet Ariana Goodell, President of Hastings Fashion Law Society and Ladybrille Woman of the Month Nov. 2014

Our Ladybrille Woman of the Month for November 2014 is Ariana Goodell, fashion law student and President for the U.C. Hastings College of the Law Fashion, Arts, Design Law Society. In this feature, Ariana shares how current road to becoming a fashion lawyer. She shares her personal background, her work with a  large law firm in New York, how she discovered fashion law and how pursuing her passion for law has led to her current role as President for FADLS at U.C. Hastings.

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  1. Ariana’s personal background
  2. Working at a law firm in New York
  3. Discovering fashion law
  4. Applying to law schools
  5. Finding a fashion law program
  6. Finding mentors
  7. Attending law school and becoming President for a fashion law society.
  8. Tips for law students interested in following the same path.

Where to Find Ariana Goodell

UC Hastings FAD-Law Society

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LBW 007: Estella Ogbonna, Ladybrille Woman of the Month October 2014 on Business, Marriage, Domestic Violence and Never Giving Up!

Our Ladybrille Woman of the Month for October is fashion designer Estella Ogbonna. In this feature, Estella shares how she started her fashion business, the challenges it took to set up and successfully run her business, and how she met those challenges, finding love, moving to Ghana after she got married to be with her husband, domestic violence in the relationship leading to separation/divorce, and working with Nigerian actress Monalisa Chinda. She also shares tips for fashion entrepreneurs.

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  1. Starting her fashion business.
  2. Challenges in running her fashion business
  3. Growing her fashion business
  4. Finding love.
  5. Marriage and moving to Ghana
  6. Domestic violence in the marriage, separation/divorce.
  7. Working in Nigeria with Actress Monalisa Chinda

Where to Find Estella

758097f1(BBM)

estellacouture(Skype)

estellacouture(Twitter)

estellacouture(Instagram)

[email protected](Google Talk)

mzestella(Twitter)

http://www.estellacouture.com

http://estellacaffe.organogold.com/r/US/

Credits

MakeUp by @josiesfaces @muneca416.
Photo by Jamie Forhan.
Wardrobe:Estella Couture

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LBW 006: Meet Vivian Elebiyo-Okojie and Olakintan Akinbamiro, Co-Owners ELEVIV TEXTILE

Founder Vivian Elebiyo-Okojie & Co-Owner Olakitan Akinbamiro Discuss their Textile Startup ELEVIV TEXTILE, the only Woman owned African textile manufacturing company in the USA.

Vivian Elebiyo-OkojieThe Ladybrille African Woman Entrepreneur feature focuses on the African Woman in Business and the steps it took her to launch her business and make it successful. In this episode on the Ladybrille Woman Podcast show, our special guests are founder Vivian Elebiyo-Okojie and Co-owner Olakitan Akinbamiro of ELEVIV textile, the only woman owned U.S. African textile manufacturing company. These ladies take us through the entire process of their startup, work life balance and their hopes for the brand. It is an interview you do not want to miss! Listen in and share!

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  1. Meaning of ELEVIV textile.
  2. Business partnerships.
  3. Funding/financing.
  4. Location.
  5. Finding staff/employment.
  6. Business operations.
  7. Marketing and promotions.
  8. Work-life balance.
  9. Growth.
  10. Advice for women entrepreneurs.

How to Get in Touch with ELEVIV TEXTILE.

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LBW 005: Meet Juliet Ibrahim, Nollywood Actress and Entrepreneur


Actress, Philanthropist and Serial Entrepreneur Juliet Ibrahim on her Five Businesses, Steps to Launch Your Own Business, Acting, Divorce & more!

Juliet IbrahimThe Ladybrille African Woman Entrepreneur feature focuses  on the African Woman in Business and the steps it took her to launch her business and make it successful. In this first installment of the feature on the Ladybrille Woman Podcast show, our special guest is actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist Juliet Ibrahim. The twenty eight year old  shares the steps she took to launch her salon, modeling agency, retail store, and her production house. She also discusses her music, her work with her kidney foundation and how she launched the foundation. Finally, she opens up about her divorce from her husband, lessons learnt and provides tips for fellow African women in business. It is an interview you do not want to miss! Listen in and share!

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  1. Juliet shares her past on experiencing three wars. (09:18 mark)
  2. Her father as a role model entrepreneur.
  3. Wanting to be the most influential woman in Africa (16:17)
  4. Becoming a model . (17:27)
  5. Becoming an actress. (17:45)
  6. Finding her calling/cause and her work with Kidney cancer. (19:20)
  7. Her dream to set up dialysis center across Africa.
  8. Obesity, smoking, diabetes increasing the chances of Kidney cancer.
  9. Things she learned from watching her father operate his businesses.
  10. How unwanted sexual advances and harassment motivated her to launch her business.
  11. What it takes to launch a salon, modeling agency, foundation, retail store.
  12. Management issues.
  13. Work as a brand ambassador.
  14. Her divorce and its impact on her life. (48:00 mark)
  15. Tips for African Women Entrepreneurs (57:30 mark)

Quote

“My personal failure will be my marriage because I am divorced now… I got married at age 24. We were happy, young people in love but we really didn’t get a chance to really know ourselves. . . somewhere along the line, family members kept coming in saying “oh no, she’s an actress…” I will be there and people will be saying all kinds of stuff and sending him messages saying I am in another man’s car even though I was right there with him…” – Juliet Ibrahim 

How to Get in Touch with Juliet

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LBW 004: Meet Amabel Niba, Publisher and Ladybrille Woman of the Month September 2014

What Does it Take Launch & Successfully Operate a Niche Magazine? Our Ladybrille Woman of the Month for September, Amabel Niba sheds light on what it takes to launch and successfully operate a niche magazine. The Ladybrille ‘Woman of the Month’ is a monthly feature on the magazine’s podcast show ‘Ladybrille Woman Podcast Show and website, that celebrates outstanding women, locally and internationally, for their brilliant contributions to society.

Amabel Niba is a motivational speaker, wife, mother, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Los Angeles based African Vibes Magazine. She earned her Bachelors’ degree in Business Information Systems at Devry College and her MBA at Keller Graduate School, both in Long Beach, California; and was a recipient of a Stanford University Fellowship where she studied Publishing.

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  1. How the idea for African Vibes Magazine (AVM) was born.
  2. Amabel’s research into the publishing industry.
  3. Reaching out to the publishing industry heavy weights.
  4. The rejections.
  5. Determined and figuring how to publish AVM.
  6. Financing AVM.
  7. Operational costs and reality of running a publishing business.
  8. Obtaining sponsorship and advertising.
  9. The success of African Vibes Magazine.
  10. Brand expansion to ‘I Wear African.’
  11. Personal challenge and juggling family and business.
  12. The breakdown.
  13. Becoming a mommy.
  14. Getting back up.
  15. Tips for hopeful publishers and women entrepreneurs.

Links Mentioned in the Podcast

African Vibes Magazine.

Amabel Niba’s Personal Website

Amabel Niba, Linkedin.

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