Erin and Sara Foster on Turning “Failure” Into an Empire

About this episode

Erin and Sara Foster discuss their journey from failure to building a successful business empire.

From their early work with Bumble to building Favorite Daughter, Erin and Sara Foster turned “failure” into a business that now includes a clothing line, VC fund, podcast, and a hit Netflix series, “Nobody Wants This.” In this episode of This Is Working, they open up about what it takes to build brands, balance sisterhood with business, and turn uncertainty into direction. Subscribe to the This is Working newsletter for more great insights: linkedin.com/thisisworking

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Roth

Guests: Erin Foster, Sara Foster

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• sisterhood
• business development
• failure
• branding

Keywords

• Erin Foster
• Sara Foster
• Bumble
• Favorite Daughter
• Nobody Wants This
• entrepreneurship
• branding
• sisterhood
• business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bumble, Favorite Daughter, LinkedIn

Books & works: Nobody Wants This

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