Aurora James on Making an Impact, Overcoming Challenges in Business, and Finding Joy

Life with Marianna

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4.9 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Aurora James, the visionary behind Brother Vellies, 15% Pledge, and the author of "Wildflower: A Memoir" opens up about the realities of entrepreneurship and shares valuable insights on starting and running a successful company. From being a creative to understanding the business world and tackling the challenges of fundraising, Aurora provides practical advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. She emphasizes the importance of seeking out resources and knowledge to empower yourself in the entrepreneurial landscape, while sharing her journey of motivation through advocacy. Prepare to be inspired as Aurora James shares her entrepreneurial wisdom and encourages us to embrace unexpected moments while allowing ourselves to blossom and create our unique paths to fulfillment.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:05.5	Are you going on date after date and still not finding the one we're getting a text back?
0:11.1	Well, you're probably doing something wrong and I am here to tell you exactly what that is.
0:16.7	I'm Lindsay Metzlar and I host We Met Itacme. It's a dating podcast that gives you all the rules
0:22.2	and guidelines that you need to date successfully. Hey, it worked for me and now I'm married.
0:27.6	So you really should give it a listen if you haven't already and you can also hear the horrors of
0:33.1	dating. Everything that you want to hear is in We Met Itacme so check it out.
0:47.0	Hey, it's Mariana. I am an influencer and co-founder of Summer Fridays and this is the Life
0:51.4	with Mariana podcast. This episode is with Aurora James. She's the founder of Brother Vellies and
0:55.9	the 15% pledge. She's also a vice-chair of the CFDA. Her new book, Wildflower is available now
1:01.5	and I think you guys are going to love this episode from Aurora. Aurora is such an inspiration to
1:05.4	me and I love everything that she does and I really think you guys will be inspired by this conversation
1:10.2	and definitely pick up her book which is available now. I will link it in the show notes and if
1:13.8	you're not subscribed to the podcast be sure to subscribe or follow on Spotify because I've got new
1:18.0	episodes every Tuesday. Now let's hear from Aurora. I've known you for a long time now and I see
1:23.7	all the amazing work you do between Brother Vellies and the 15% pledge but I want to know what did you
1:29.8	think you wanted to be when you grew up or did you have any idea what you wanted to do as a career
1:34.3	as an adult? Oh my gosh so it's actually really funny. My mom brought me to Canal Street in New York
1:43.3	when I was really young and she explained the concept of counterfeit handbags to me. She was like
1:51.2	this is someone's art that they've reproduced and are selling here and I was really confused
2:00.1	and fascinated and there was like a whole stretch of my life where I actually wanted to be
2:07.9	an attorney to fight counterfeit handbags. It's very random, Maryanna. It's very random but I feel like
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