Bethenny Frankel, founder & CEO, Skinnygirl: "I definitely paved the way for every reality star… I had my eye on the prize from the minute I got in there.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Bethenny Frankel grew up learning how to hustle. And for her entire career, she’s consistently bet on herself and her ideas. She joined us this week to talk about where that hustle comes from. And how she grew her business from the ground up, using her platform on “The Real Housewives of New York” to chart a new course for entrepreneurs. In this episode, Bethenny shares how she got her foot in the door in the early days (7:28), why she chose to join “The Real Housewives” (13:50), and how she uses her instincts to make business decisions (22:31).

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0:00.0	I definitely paved the way for every reality star to use it as a platform to monetize it.
0:14.8	I was really the first book for it certainly the first housewife's book the first
0:18.3	New York Times bestseller the first cocktail the first monetizer the first
0:22.1	everything that's for sure I had my eye on the price from the minute I got in there
0:27.2	I'm Carly Zaken I'm Danielle Weisberg welcome to skim from the couch this podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it. From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:37.5	To the rough stuff like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:43.2	We started the skim from a couch,
0:44.7	so what better place to talk it all out
0:46.9	than where it began on a couch? Hey everyone. This show might sound a bit different today because we're skimming
0:58.8	from three different couches. The skim is still working from home for the time being because of COVID-19.
1:06.0	Today Bethney Frankel joins us on skimmed from the couch. She is the founder and
1:10.9	CEO of Skinny Girl,
1:12.8	a company that offers lifestyle solutions for women.
1:16.3	But you also know her name from her time
1:18.8	as a cast member on The Real Housewives of New York
1:21.8	and as a guest shark on Shark
1:23.2	on Shark Tank.
1:24.6	Bethany, we have followed your career for years.
1:28.2	We are so excited to have you with us today.
1:30.3	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
1:32.1	Hi, thank you so much.
1:34.0	So we're going to start the show with our question that we open every show with, which is
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