Podcasting with Inspirational Women

In honor of Women’s History Month, we put together a collection of awesome, inspiration female leaders we’ve had on the Product Hunt Maker Stories podcast.  Check out the full collection and read a few highlights below.

The Product Hunt Maker Stories is a podcast series featuring inspiring people at the top of their industries. This week we wanted to highlight a few notable episodes in particular: Maker Stories featuring inspirational women.

The episodes range across a variety of topics, including fund-raising and hiring with Mattermark’s Danielle Morrill, diversity in tech with Tracy Chou of Pinterest, the future of news with The Information’s Jessica Lessin, and even an interview about the craft of interviewing with none other thanTerry Gross.

Check out the full collection of Maker Stories with Inspirational Womenon Product Hunt?—?below are some of the episodes from this ongoing list.

Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer is an accomplished musician, speaker, and writer, known for her passionate and dedicated fanbase. Check out her best selling book “The Art of Asking” and her Product Hunt LIVE Chat (one of the best that we’ve had last year).

Tracy Chou

Tracy Chou is one of the first engineers at Pinterest and Quora and has become one of the most respected voices in the diversity in tech conversation, both in terms of gender and in terms of race. We talk about her experiences being both a women in tech, what’s it meant for Tracy to become a public figure, how she evaluates who she spends her time with, and having a social impact beyond tech.

Arielle Zuckerberg

Arielle Zuckerberg is a former Product Manager at Humin and Wildfire, and a new partner at Kleiner Perkins. We talk about the transition from product manager to angel investor to working at Kleiner, how her life has changed due to her last name (Zuckerberg), her senior thesis on the morality of artificial intelligence, and much more.

Alysia Harris

Alysia Harris is a world renowned spoken word poet. In this episode we talk about the the craft of poetry, how she writes poems and helps others, the economics of poetry, how Alysia merges art & business and the tensions therein, and about the a artist’s role in society.

Jessica Lessin

Jessica Lessin is the founder of The Information. In the episode we talk about the future of the news industry, what makes a great journalist, the transition from being a reporter at the Wall Street Journal to running her own company. You can also check out Jessica’s Product Hunt LIVE, and there’s a special deal for listeners, so tune in. ??

Danielle Morrill

Danielle Morrill is the CEO and co-founder of Mattermark. We dive into the Mattermark story?—?company building, fund-raising, scaling?—?and then get into her own personal story?—?what it’s like to start a company with her husband, her personal/professional rituals, and intellectual heroes.

Sarah Tavel

Sarah Tavel is a partner at Greylock and previously ran product at Pinterest. We talk about Sarah’s story at Pinterest?—?why she joined, how it scaled, and how she transitioned from PM to VC. Sarah also shares some great career advice about when to join a company, when to move on, and how to identify a rocket ship.

Brit Morin

Brit Morin is the CEO of Brit and Co. In this episode we talk about the transition from working at Google to running her own company, about becoming a mother in the middle of running that company, and having a sense of privacy when she is literally the face and name of her company. Brit was also a guest on Product Hunt LIVE :-)

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