811: Amy Nelson, Founder of The Riveter

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Like many moms, our guest today - Amy Nelson - did not want to quit her profession. But felt there were many forces at play keeping otherwise career-ambitious women at home after having children. One of those headwinds was the workplace, itself. Upon announcing she was pregnant with her first child, Amy, who was an attorney at the time, noticed she wasn’t getting as many interesting cases. Her workload diminished...and unfairly. She thought she was on track to become a partner, but wondered if that would ever happen given the corporate culture towards mothers. Today, Amy is the founder and CEO of The Riveter, a female focused co-working space in Seattle. The company is growing fast. It has secured over $4 million in funding to expand to more locations. Amy has become quite the thought leader around all-things related to women, work, motherhood and feminism. I am a big fan and excited to share her work and ideas with all of you. You can learn more about Amy’s business at TheRiveter.co and follow them on Twitter @TheRiveterCo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Money episode 811, Amy Nelson, founder and CEO of the Rivator.
0:07.0	You're listening to So Money with Award Winning Money Guru Farnuosh Karabi.
0:13.0	Each day get a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration
0:16.0	from the world's top business minds,
0:18.0	authors, influencers, and from Farnuus herself.
0:22.0	Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons?
0:26.0	Sorry, you're in the wrong place.
0:28.0	Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life.
0:31.0	Welcome to So Money. future happier
0:35.0	one of the life
0:38.0	was reading Lean In by Cheryl Sandberg.
0:40.0	And it wasn't necessarily what was in the book that did it, it was a footnote.
0:47.0	There's a footnote in that book that says 43% of highly trained professional women in America off-ramp after they have kids. And when I read that, I was like, if this is true, the entire system is broken, we all know it and we're not doing anything about it.
1:00.0	Like many moms, our guests today, Amy Nelson did not want to quit her profession, but felt there were many forces that play keeping otherwise career ambitious women like her at home after having their children.
1:14.4	And one of those major headwinds was the workplace itself.
1:18.6	Welcome back to So Money, everybody.
1:20.0	I'm your host, Varnish Terabi.
1:21.6	This is a topic that I'm obsessed with, how to keep more women
1:26.0	working if that's what they want to do. You know, upon announcing she was pregnant with her first child, Amy, who was an attorney at the time, noticed, you know what?
1:36.0	My workload's diminished.
1:37.4	I'm not getting as many interesting cases.
1:40.5	And she felt that it was a bit of discrimination.
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