Episode #5 Latabia Woodward - Offset’s Mother, Tech Founder & Creating the World’s Next Superstars
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Episode #5 Latabia Woodward - Offset’s Mother, Tech Founder & Creating the World’s Next Superstars

#5 Latabia Woodward - Offset’s Mother, Tech Founder & Creating the World’s Next Superstars - On this episode of Girl Gone Viral hosted by Liz Hagelthorn, Tech Founder & Entrepreneur Latabia Woodward (MAMA) is here! Latabia Woodward is business manager and mother to Offset, global superstar and one-third of the Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling group, Migos.

Latabia joins Liz to discuss her decade long career working in tech, what it takes to be a global superstar and how her new music competition platform, “Who’s Got Next?” will help more artists get discovered, retain the services and exposure they actually need, all while maintaining creative control and equity. Then, Latabia shares advice for artists on how they can avoid pitfalls, social media advice and oversharing and what the typical day looks like for a business manager. Next, Latabia shares her thoughts on Web3 and Offset’s deal flow. Lastly, Latabia and Liz discuss the role of celebrities as investors and what Silicon Valley tech startups get wrong when working with major superstars.

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Episode #4: Nora Bavey - Becoming The Investor You Needed, Survival Mindset & Creating The Future You Want to Live In
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Episode #4: Nora Bavey - Becoming The Investor You Needed, Survival Mindset & Creating The Future You Want to Live In

Investor and Entrepreneur Nora Bavey joins Liz to talk about what it’s like being a refugee in Sweden to becoming one of the most influential and important female investors of our time, growing up way too fast, having a survival mindset and how this can help create opportunities and better systems for the entire world. Then, Liz and Nora discuss what to do if someone steals your ideas, Brilliant Minds (Daniel Ek’s Foundation) and what Nora’s most excited about for 2022 and beyond.

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Episode #1: Jessica Lanyadoo - The Astrology of Working in Tech, Burnout, Boundaries & Why We Should Be Taking Risks
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Episode #1: Jessica Lanyadoo - The Astrology of Working in Tech, Burnout, Boundaries & Why We Should Be Taking Risks

What happens when a top meme maker and world famous astrologer get into a room together? A deeper look at global trends, conversation and some inspiration, of course!

On the premiere episode of Girl Gone Viral hosted by Liz Hagelthorn, Jessica Lanyadoo joins Liz to discuss The Great Resignation, burnout and what this means for tech employees, the Internet’s Saturn return and the rise of Web3, the Pluto return of the United States and what Uranus in Taurus means for our financial institutions and crypto. Then Jessica and Liz discuss how to define our own value systems and how to set boundaries authentically when you’re dating someone new.

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Episode #2: Catherine Connors - The Princess Industrial Complex, Aristotle's Pleasure and Using Cultural Codes to our Advantage
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Episode #2: Catherine Connors - The Princess Industrial Complex, Aristotle's Pleasure and Using Cultural Codes to our Advantage

How do Disney Princesses and the fairy tales they’re based on shape the role of women and girls in public spaces? Why do people give up their self awareness and needs in hopes that one day someone, somewhere is going to come in to their lives and save the day? How does this play out on social media and working in an industry like tech?

On this episode of Girl Gone Viral hosted by Liz Hagelthorn, Catherine Connors, aka the princess hacker, is here to discuss storytelling, the Princess Industrial Complex, Anti-Heroes and where else we see these dynamics play out in public spaces. Then Catherine and Liz discuss what characters with a scarcity mindset in stories like Willy Wonka can learn from Aristotle’s understanding of happiness and the dangers of using pleasure as our measure of success. Lastly, Catherine and Liz discuss the role of personal storytelling, oversharing and the first breakthroughs by women in digital storytelling.

Catherine Connors is the former co-founder and CCO of Maverick, a network for girls and young women. She’s the former Editor in Chief of Babble and Head of Content for Disney Interactive’s Women and Family portfolio. She has been featured in media like The New York Times, CNN, NPR, and Good Morning America. Catherine can be found at herbadmother.com and twitter.com/@herbadmother

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Episode #3: Andrea Hernández - Snaxshot, Predicting Food & Beverage Trends, Building Online Communities & Feeling Like An Outsider
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Episode #3: Andrea Hernández - Snaxshot, Predicting Food & Beverage Trends, Building Online Communities & Feeling Like An Outsider

On this episode of Girl Gone Viral, hosted by Liz Hagelthorn, Andrea Hernández, creator of Snaxshot and food & beverage trend forecaster, is here to discuss building a new type of online community, Clubhouse’s early days, Snaxshot’s origin story, CaaS (Curation As A Service) and the buying power of millennials. Then Liz and Andrea discuss how important Instagram is to driving food trends, how to work with crippling self doubt as a creator and the role of memes as a useful tool to champion authenticity through the storylines of critical self-awareness.

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