Zibby Owens on Starting a Career Later in Life

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Zibby Owens witnessed first-hand the payoff of great entrepreneurship as she watched her father build his company, Blackstone, from the ground up. She freelanced as a writer earlier in her career. She focused on raising her kids for 10+ years. Then her marriage ended. So she spent her weekends without the kids rekindling her love of literature – and developing a media empire focusing on all things books. In this episode, Zibby shares: The story behind her iconic color-coordinated bookshelf What she learned watching her father build his private equity business, Blackstone Her recent Vogue article she published – and why she almost wishes she hadn’t How her podcast became the vehicle to sell her first book Why building your personal brand is key in almost any industry today

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Lily Pulitzer.
0:02.8	They're celebrating 65 years of creating sunshine.
0:06.6	We will explain more about that in a bit,
0:08.9	but first, let's get into the episode.
0:12.2	When your product is a physical thing, it's easy to overlook the creator.
0:17.0	It is not just a product.
0:18.6	It is a person.
0:19.8	It is a story.
0:21.0	It is personal.
0:22.4	When people say it's not personal, it just means it's not
0:24.0	personal to them. Like it's very personal to me. Like, why do it if it's not personal?
0:27.6	I'm Carly Zaken, and I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Nine to Five-ish with the skin.
0:34.8	We've run into so many questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed advice
0:40.9	and we got it from women who'd been there.
0:44.4	And that's what we're bringing you at this show.
0:46.5	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career
0:49.7	by talking to the smartest leaders we know.
0:52.0	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5.
0:56.7	All right, let's get into it.
1:00.7	Today, our guest is Ziby Owens. She's been called one of the most powerful book
1:05.2	influencers. I was about to say book influencer in New York and marketing and
1:10.0	publicity teams in publishing would be the first ones to agree with that.
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