Sheet Society's Worley talks fundraising, work-life balance

How these female CEOs embraced being role models | Why Caliray founder Wende Zomnir gets her hands dirty | Sephora's Artemis Patrick on leadership, inclusivity Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( July 18, 2024 CONNECT WITH NEXTUP  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [X]( €‰€‰[Tik tok]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Gender equity news from NextUp, Advancing All Women in Business [SIGN UP]( â‹… [SHARE]( [] Top of the week [] [How these female CEOs embraced being role models]( [How these female CEOs embraced being role models]( Barra (Bloomberg/Getty Images) In a joint interview this week, GM CEO Mary Barra and former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty talked about their leadership philosophies and how their view of being a woman in the C-suite has evolved over the years. They both downplayed their gender early on but later embraced their status when they realized they were role models for other women, or as Rometty put it: "People can't be what they can't see." Full Story: [CNBC]( (7/16) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( We make work, work. You don't know what we do, but you'd know if we didn't do it. From automating order generation to AI-powered document processing, and everything in between. [Learn more about our solutions »]( ADVERTISEMENT: [] Today's leadership [] [Why Caliray founder Wende Zomnir gets her hands dirty]( Wende Zomnir, co-founder of Urban Decay, led the cosmetics brand to reach $1 billion in sales annually before selling it to L'Oreal in 2012, and 10 years later launched Caliray, a sustainability and wellness-focused beauty brand that is expected to reach $18 million in sales this year. She says her business method is to start from the ground and work her way up, getting her "hands dirty and understanding every little aspect of the business" before being able to step back and take on a more visionary role to guide colleagues. 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Worley highlights challenges that continue to face female founders, including raising capital due to investors' "unrealistic" growth expectations and balancing business with family life, but notes that maternity leave is good for business growth as it offers others to step up and offer fresh ideas. Full Story: [Inside Retail]( (7/17) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Good American CEO offers tips on learning from failure]( [Good American CEO offers tips on learning from failure]( (Pixabay) Emma Grede, the CEO of Good American, said she learns from failure as much as success and advises people to put ambition before fear. "Because I know that everything that I've done, that hasn't worked, I've taken a bit of those learnings and spun them into something new," Grede said during an interview on "Good Morning America." 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