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Your biggest career opportunities may not come from what you know, but from who remembers your name.Takin' Care of Lady Business Episode 169On this episode of Takin' Care of Lady Business, Jennifer Justice sits down with Caroline Dell, Co-founder and CEO of Goodword, to explore why your network is one of the most valuable assets you'll ever build, and why its real power comes from knowing how to activate it.Drawing on her experience helping scale Chief and now building Goodword, Caroline shares why relationships, not resumes, algorithms, or AI alone, continue to create the biggest career opportunities. From finding her co-founder through a single introduction to raising her first $500,000 almost entirely through her personal network, she explains why the people who advocate for you behind closed doors often shape your future more than any application or pitch ever could.Jennifer and Caroline also unpack why women are often more hesitant to ask for introductions, support, and opportunities, how understanding the realities of fundraising creates leverage rather than limitation, and how AI can strengthen, not replace, the human relationships that move careers forward.This conversation is a reminder that your network isn't just who you know. It's the trust you've built, the people willing to vouch for you, and the opportunities that become possible when you're willing to make the ask.What You'll Learn:How relationships become a real source of career leverageWhy asking for an introduction doesn’t require turning every contact into a friendshipHow Caroline used her own network to find her co-founder and fund her companyHow AI can help preserve the context that makes professional relationships valuableHighlights:(00:00) Meet Caroline Dell(01:39) Why your network is your most powerful asset(06:08) The gap Goodword fills that communities can't(06:53) Why our brains can’t keep up with our networks: The Dunbar number(13:52) Why women hesitate to ask for favors(19:53) Leaving Chief and deciding to found a company(23:56) Finding her technical co-founder Chris(24:59) The hard truth about women raising venture capital(34:38) The worst advice Caroline ever receivedAbout Our Guest:Caroline Dell is the co-founder and CEO of Goodword, a modern relationship management platform designed to help professionals manage, cultivate, and leverage their networks. Before launching Goodword, she spent nearly a decade building communities and creating access for women in leadership, including serving as an early employee and executive at Chief. Drawing from her experience scaling a professional network to thousands of members, Caroline recognized that while relationships drive career-changing opportunities, people struggle to maintain the context and connections needed to use those networks effectively. Today, she is using AI to transform how people understand and activate their relationships, helping professionals turn their networks into a powerful source of opportunities, introductions, and growth. Caroline Dell’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-dell/ Caroline Dell’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundercaroline/ Explore Goodword: https://www.goodword.com/ Get $25 off (1 free month) of Goodword with the code: FRIENDOFJJAbout Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept.JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰.If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend.This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

Tamara Warren has spent decades test-driving thousands of cars, covering the automotive industry as a journalist, and watching one truth play out over and over again: women drive the majority of car-buying decisions, yet the industry still isn't built with them in mind.Takin’ Care of Lady Business Episode 168From crash-test standards and product design to dealership experiences and executive leadership, the systems behind one of the biggest purchases of our lives continue to overlook the people making most of the buying decisions. The result isn't just frustrating – it's costly, inefficient, and, in some cases, dangerous.In this episode of Takin' Care of Lady Business, Jennifer Justice sits down with Tamara Warren, Founder and CEO of Le Car Inc., to unpack the hidden power mechanics of the automotive industry. They explore why representation has to start long before the marketing campaign, how women can make more informed and empowered purchasing decisions, and why designing for women isn't just good equity, it's good business.This conversation isn't really about cars. It's about what happens when the people driving the economy aren't the ones shaping the products, systems, and decisions that affect them.What You'll LearnWhy women's purchasing power still isn't reflected in how cars are designed or soldHow product design, leadership, and representation shape the customer experience long before a sale is madeWhy knowledge—not intimidation—is one of the greatest sources of leverage when making a major purchaseHow Tamara built Le Car by rejecting the traditional business model and putting consumer trust firstHighlights:(00:00) Meet Tamara Warren(02:47) The everyday ways cars still fail women(06:26) How the automotive industry became a system built by—and for—men(16:04) Why traditional negotiation advice doesn't always work for women(30:27) The safety gap: what crash testing still misses(33:48) Why representation in leadership changes the products we buy(38:38) Building Le Car to empower women before they ever step into a dealership(43:19) The worst business advice Tamara ever receivedAbout Our Guest:Tamara Warren is the founder of Le Car, a Techstars company built to validate women in the automotive space. Raised in Detroit, Michigan, Tamara spent decades as a journalist and author covering transportation, lifestyle, and business for top outlets including The New York Times, Car and Driver, Elle, Esquire, and The Verge, as well as serving as a jurist for the World Car of the Year awards. After recognizing that women control the vast majority of car-buying decisions yet remain overlooked by traditional auto design, marketing, and dealership networks, she launched Le Car to disrupt the industry. Today, she shares her perspective on dismantling male-dominated spaces, reclaiming female economic power in major life purchases, and proving that women belong in the driver’s seat, literally and figuratively.Tamara Warren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamaralwarren/ Tamara Warren’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamarawarren/ Explore Le Car Inc.: https://www.lecar.co/ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept.JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰.If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend.This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

Building a company is one thing. Keeping control of it is another.Nicole Eckels moved to Australia armed with nothing but a hunch that the country's beauty market was missing something. She didn't have a business plan or industry experience, just an obsession with fragrance and a refusal to accept "there's nothing like that here" as a permanent answer. Twenty years later, that hunch is the largest fragrance brand in the Southern Hemisphere.Takin’ Care of Lady Business Episode 167In this candid conversation, Jennifer Justice sits down with Nicole Eckels, Founder and CEO at Glasshouse Fragrances, to trace her path from expat makeup artist to CEO of a global luxury brand. Nicole walks through finding her one and only investor, becoming her own manufacturer when no contractors existed for the category, and the boardroom crisis where her own leadership team nearly pushed her out of the company she built. She's unflinching about the mistake that caused it: assuming instead of directing, and letting a board dilute her ownership of her own vision.Together, they dig into what pay equity actually looks like in practice, why long-term incentives matter more than annual bonuses, and how Nicole scaled into the notoriously crowded US market during COVID by refusing to copy what every other candle brand was doing.What You'll Learn:Why protecting your vision is just as important as building your businessHow to spot real opportunities before everyone else sees themWhat founders get wrong about leadership, ownership, and long-term growthHow to filter advice, trust your instincts, and make decisions you can stand behindHighlights:(00:00) Meet Nicole Eckels(03:00) Spotting the gap in Australia's beauty market(04:15) Deciding to build the world's best bath and body brand(07:33) Finding her one and only angel investor(09:05) Becoming her own manufacturer when none existed(13:17) Making her first hire and early team growth(14:51) The danger of relying on one advisor's opinion(19:06) When her leadership team tried to push her out(25:03) Rethinking pay equity and long-term incentives(38:17) Nicole's worst advice ever receivedAbout Our Guest:Nicole Eckels is the Founder & CEO at Glasshouse Fragrances, the largest fragrance brand in the Southern Hemisphere. Originally from New York, Nicole moved to Australia as a single mother with a 12-year-old son, drawn by a desire for a safer, more balanced life. Noticing a gap in the market for luxury home fragrance, she built her scented candles from her own kitchen, secured a single angel investor, and became her own manufacturer at a time when no contractors existed for the category. Over 20 years, Nicole grew Glasshouse into a global brand, weathered a boardroom attempt to push her out of her own company, and expanded into the notoriously crowded US market during the height of COVID. Today, she shares her experience building a business on her own terms, learning to trust her instincts over any single advisor, and creating a company where pay equity and long term investment reflect the value people bring.Nicole Eckels’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-eckels-32649a46/  Nicole Eckels’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoleeckels/ Explore Glasshouse Fragrances: https://www.glasshousefragrances.com/ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept.JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰.If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend.

Your doctor says your results fall within the “normal range.” But what happens when you know something still isn’t right?Takin' Care of Lady Business Episode 166On this episode of Takin' Care of Lady Business, Jennifer Justice sits down with Dr. Florence Comite, founder of the Comite Center for Precision Medicine and Healthy Longevity, to examine who gets to define “normal” when it comes to women’s health, and why population averages rarely tell the whole story of an individual body.Dr. Comite explains how precision medicine uses personal health data to identify risks before they become diagnoses. They discuss the relationship between genetics and daily choices, the blood tests Dr. Comite believes women should understand, the role of testosterone in women’s health, and why she views GLP-1 medications as one of the most consequential medical developments of this century.This conversation is ultimately about having the information to ask better questions. Because advocating for your health begins with knowing that “normal” does not always mean optimal—and that one answer does not have to end the conversation.What You'll Learn:Why population-based lab ranges may not reflect what is optimal for an individualThe five biomarkers Dr. Comite recommends discussing with your healthcare providerHow genetics, lifestyle, and environment can influence long-term health risksWhy Dr. Comite believes GLP-1 medications could have an impact far beyond weight lossHighlights:(00:00) Meet Dr. Florence Comite(06:01) Why biological age matters more than chronological age(09:10) Why your DNA is only “a draft”(09:31) The problem with “normal” lab ranges(11:06) JJ’s experience challenging her cortisol results(19:45) Five biomarkers women should understand(31:40) Why Dr Comite believes GLP-1s are the antibiotics of the 21st century(46:50) The worst advice Dr. Comite ever receivedThis conversation is for information, not medical advice. Talk to your own doctor before making changes.About Our Guest:Dr. Florence Comite is the founder of the Comite Center for Precision Medicine and Healthy Longevity, with practices in Silicon Valley and Miami Beach. A graduate of Yale Medical School and trained at the National Institutes of Health, she spent decades on faculty at Yale working across reproductive endocrinology, adult endocrinology, and pediatric endocrinology, and helped bring pioneering peptide therapies to market for fertility treatment. In 1992, she launched one of the first women's health practices built on precision, data-driven care rather than one-size-fits-all medicine. Today, she is the author of Invincible: Defy Your Genetic Destiny to Live Better, Longer, and continues to help patients of all ages use their own biomarkers to detect disease risk decades before it strikes, proving that with the right data, aging and genetic destiny don't have to be the same thing.Dr. Florence Comite’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drflorencecomite/ Dr. Florence Comite’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drflorencecomite/ Explore Comite Center for Precision Medicine & Healthy Longevity: https://www.comitemd.com/ Explore Dr. Florence’s book, Invincible: Defy Your Genetic Destiny to Live Better, Longer: https://www.amazon.com/Invincible-Genetic-Destiny-Better-Longer/dp/0316595551 About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept.JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰.If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend.This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

Playing it safe is supposed to protect your business. But what if it’s actually costing you growth?Women are taught to protect every dollar while men are encouraged to raise and bet bigger. Women are often taught to protect every dollar, do more themselves, and wait for guaranteed success before investing. Men, meanwhile, are taught to raise capital, hire for growth, and take bigger bets. That difference in training has consequences.Takin' Care of Lady Business Episode 165On this episode of Takin' Care of Lady Business, Jennifer Justice sits down with Dani Lynn Robison, CEO at Freedom Family Investments, to explore how she went from performing as a musician on cruise ships to building a successful real estate investment firm. Dani shares how she found her way into real estate after trying multiple careers, learned to navigate a male dominated industry, and built wealth by embracing challenges instead of avoiding them.Together, Jennifer and Dani unpack the realities of investing in real estate and the importance of surrounding yourself with people who believe in you. They discuss the difference between preserving money and putting it to work, and how needs-based real estate can become part of a more intentional investment strategy. Because playing small has a price, too.What You'll Learn:Why playing it safe can be an expensive business strategyHow Dani built authority in a male-dominated industryThe difference between preserving money and building wealthWhy the right mentor should strengthen your confidenceHow needs-based real estate and passive investing workWhy every dollar should have a clearly defined jobHighlights:(00:00) Meet Dani Lynn Robison(01:34) From cruise-ship musician to real estate investor: Dani's career journey(06:34) Finding a mentor and learning 12 ways to buy and sell real estate(16:24) Proving herself as CEO in a male-dominated industry(20:19) What Freedom Family Investments actually invests in(24:24) How her real estate funds work: minimums and returns(27:57) Permission to build wealth(32:46) Confronting a mentor who threatened her(36:03) Afford the people that are around youAbout Our Guest:Dani Lynn Robison is the CEO of Freedom Family Investments, a private equity real estate firm focused on investing in needs based real estate including multifamily, senior housing, and self storage. After starting her career as a musician performing on cruise ships with her husband, Dani explored multiple paths before discovering her passion for real estate during the 2008 market crash. She went on to build her expertise through investing, mentoring, and hands on experience, eventually creating a company that helps others build wealth through real estate. Dani Lynn Robison’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danilynnrobison/ Dani Lynn Robison’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danilynnrobison/ Explore Freedom Family Investments: https://freedomfamilyinvestments.com/ For a free copy of Dani’s bestselling book, Calm Money Never Panics, check out this website: ChatwithFreedom.com and enter the code LADY. For more info on the book check it out here: https://calmmoneyneverpanics.com/ About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept.JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/JJ’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakinCareOfLadyBusiness The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰.If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend.This is a Lady Business LLC Production.