Her Success Story

By: Ivy Slater Slater Success Coaching
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  • Summary

  • Ivy Slater interviews gutsy business women as they share their success journey.
    Ivy Slater 2018
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Economics
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Episodes
  • Navigating Career Pivots: Amanda Ramirez on Soft Skills and Tech Industry Success

    Navigating Career Pivots: Amanda Ramirez on Soft Skills and Tech Industry Success
    Jan 27 2025
    This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Amanda Ramirez. The two talk about the critical role of soft skills in tech, the challenges and rewards of starting her own consulting company while balancing motherhood, and how she now helps other seasoned executives launch their own successful ventures through her innovative consultancy and advisory firm, Garden Labs In this episode, we discuss: How Amanda found her niche in tech without a technical background What strategies helped Amanda scale her business Why Amanda believes in decision over indecision How Amanda built her team and expanded services Amanda's advice for other leaders Amanda Schwartz Ramirez - Strategy and Operations Executive, Advisor, and Coach Amanda Schwartz Ramirez is a strategy and operations executive, advisor, and coach with expertise in scaling high-performing tech companies. With over 15 years of experience spanning early-stage startups, hyper-growth companies, and Fortune 500 enterprises like PayPal, Amanda specializes in building and scaling businesses at the intersection of emerging tech and mainstream adoption. As the founder and CEO of Garden Labs, Amanda leads a boutique advisory firm that guides venture-backed startups and executive leaders through critical growth phases. Through her Maven course and growing community, she empowers executives to make a successful transition into advisory and consulting roles. Key Highlights Maven Course and Community: Amanda teaches The On-Ramp to Full-Time Advising and Consulting for Busy Execs, a popular course that provides executives with the tools and strategies to transition confidently into advisory and consulting roles. PayPal Tenure: Amanda led numerous strategic initiatives during her tenure, helping scale PayPal’s revenue from $4.5 billion to over $25 billion. She was instrumental in operationalizing PayPal's crypto business and expanding its payouts business into China. She still works with PayPal as an advisor today. Dapper Labs: As VP of Business Operations and Strategy, Amanda supported Dapper Labs' rapid growth from 180 to 600 employees, drove three acquisitions, and redefined corporate structure and strategy. Garden Labs: Since 2022, Amanda has advised CEOs on efficient growth, organization-building, and strategic clarity. Expertise Transition to Advisory and Consulting: Guiding executives through pivotal inflection points as they move into advisory roles, as featured in her Maven course. Strategic Operations: Scaling for sustainable growth and implementing Minimum Viable Operating Practices Business Incubation and Intrapreneurship: Innovating within a Fortune 500 to incubate new businesses Leadership and Organizational Development: Building diverse, high-impact executive teams Emerging Tech for Enterprises: Guiding organizations in stablecoins, crypto, zero-knowledge tech, and AI adoption Content Considerations Workshop The Path to Consulting: Leveraging Executive Skills to Transition to Advisory Work, inspired by Amanda’s Maven course Talks: Advisory as a Growth Strategy: Exploring the Role of Advisors in Scaling Startups Streamlining Success: Crafting Your Minimum Viable Operating Practice Mastering Leadership: Leading in Hyper-Growth Environments Operationalizing Innovation: Practical Approaches to Emerging Tech Panel Topics: From Hands-On to High-Level: Maximizing the Impact of Advisors in Startup Growth Future of Payments: Stablecoins and Onchain Innovation M&A Strategies: Effective Corporate Transitions Building High-Performing, Diverse Teams Website: https://www.gardenlabs.xyz/ Social Media Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandamschwartz/
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    27 mins
  • From Fear to Empowerment: Jessie Gabriel on Creating a Values-Driven Law Firm

    From Fear to Empowerment: Jessie Gabriel on Creating a Values-Driven Law Firm
    Jan 20 2025

    This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Jessie Gabriel. The two talk about communicating company values, overcoming the fear of using one's voice, and the critical importance of building a supportive team. Jessie shares how her firm evolved from a "by women for women" brand to an inclusive space appealing to clients of all genders.


    In this episode, we discuss:

    • How authenticity shapes leadership

    • What inspired Jessie to start her own business

    • How managing a team presents unique challenges and rewards

    • How entrepreneurship fosters personal growth and self-discovery

    • Why community support is vital for entrepreneurs

    Jessie Gabriel is the founder of All Places, a champion for women, and a prominent voice on the role of capital ownership and control in achieving gender equity. Raised by a single working mother in Southern California, Jessie's success came with a deep appreciation of how gender norms and unequal access to capital contribute to a systemic lack of opportunities for women-identifying entrepreneurs and executives. Jessie’s personal vision and passionate advocacy are fueled by the desire to create true change–All Places is the culmination of her expertise and ethos, a space for women to formulate businesses of all kinds, receive trusted legal and strategic guidance, and ultimately cultivate long-term financial success.

    Jessie started her career in economics, working first at a consulting firm before moving to a major think tank. As a lawyer, she has worked at some of the country’s most prestigious firms, including Cravath, Swaine & Moore and BakerHostetler, where she was the youngest woman to lead her own team and launched the firm’s Investment Funds practice. Her clients have ranged from Fortune 10 companies to trailblazing pre-seed startups, and have included numerous women-founded private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds. In 2020, she stepped down as an equity partner to launch All Places.

    Jessie serves as an advisor to First Women’s Bank, Mercer regarding their Leap mandate, and Turning Rock Partners (a women-led private credit fund managing over $1b in assets), and sits on the Boards of the New America Alliance, an organization that advocates for the Latinx asset management community, and New Destiny Housing, which builds permanent, beautiful, affordable housing for families that have survived domestic violence.

    Jessie received her B.A. in economics from Dartmouth College and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif, won the Campbell Moot Court Competition, and served as Executive Editor of the Michigan Journal of Race and Law.

    https://www.all-places.com/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessiegabriel/
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    31 mins
  • Insightful Strategies and Reflections: Ivy Slater’s Guide to 2025 Success

    Insightful Strategies and Reflections: Ivy Slater’s Guide to 2025 Success
    Jan 13 2025

    In this episode, Ivy Slater shares her valuable insights on setting a vision for 2030, creating specific, achievable goals for the coming year, and the importance of consistency and community in achieving success.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • How to set and achieve goals

    • What to focus on for 2025

    • The importance of deadlines

    • Key elements of success

    • Self-care and enjoyment

    • What inspired the podcast

    Ivy Slater is a professionally certified business coach, speaker, best-selling author and podcast host. After owning and operating a 7-figure printing business, having been in the industry for 20 years, she started Slater Success which focuses on developing great leaders and facilitating business growth and expansion. Ivy holds masterminds and retreats with her private client base and corporate training on communication and strategic planning. She speaks nationwide on the topics of leadership, sustainable growth, relationships and sales.

    Best Selling Author of From the Barre to the Boardroom

    Website: https://slatersuccess.com/

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivyslater/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slatersuccesscoaching

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivyslaterssc/

    Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/slatersuccess/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/SlaterSuccessCC

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ8b1sGnADlpFE2NrqUfToQ?view_as=subscribe
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    11 mins

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