Show Notes
Success is the headline. Smart Women Big Deals is the story behind it. Hosted by Liza Kaufman, Smart Women Big Deals goes beyond the résumé and behind the success for candid, long-form conversations with extraordinary entrepreneurs, leaders, creators and change-makers. Through stories spanning business, leadership, reinvention, resilience, health, longevity, family and purpose, Liza uncovers the risks her guests took, the failures they rarely discuss, the relationships that shaped them and th...
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