Ep 101: How Lindsey Day Co-Founded CRWN Magazine

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🗓️ 23 July 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today in the guest chair, we have Lindsey Day, the co-founder & Editor-In-Chief of CRWN Magazine; a premium, independent print publication about natural hair and the women who wear it. Through beautiful content, thoughtful commentary, hair inspiration and resources; CRWN exists to edify and empower Black women across the globe.

Since its inception, CRWN has been featured by Forbes, Newsweek, NBC New York, Girlboss, and more; and has partnered with brands and advertisers like Cadillac, Toyota, and a number of beauty brands. In 2017, Day was featured by HuffPost as one of 7 Black Innovators Who Are Creating A Better Tomorrow and Essence Magazine named her one of their 50 Founders to Watch.

Through CRWN, Day is on a mission to create the most honest and beautiful representation of Black women in the history of print.

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0:00.0	But there are things that divide us and that we I believe we must overcome in order to move forward and the more divided we are the more we are giving our power away and I want us to take back as much of that power as possible.
0:17.0	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your Side Hustle,
0:25.3	from Passion Project to profitable business.
0:28.2	And I'm your host, Nakela Matthew Zakome.
0:31.0	So let's get started.
0:36.0	Hey, hey guys, welcome back to the show. Today in the guest chair, we have Lindsey Day, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Crown magazine, a premium independent print
0:45.8	publication about natural hair and the women who wear it. Through beautiful
0:50.9	content, thoughtful commentary, hair inspiration, and resources, Crown exists to edify and empower black women across the globe.
1:00.3	Since its inception, Crown has been featured by Forbes Newsweek, NBC New York, Girl Boss, and more, and has partnered with brands and advertisers like Cadillac, Toyota, and a number of beauty brands.
1:13.0	In 2017, Lindsay was featured by Huffpost as one of seven black innovators who are creating a better tomorrow.
1:21.0	An Essence magazine named her one of their 50 founders to watch.
1:26.7	Through Crown, Lindsay is on a mission to create the most honest and beautiful representation
1:32.2	of black women in the history of print.
1:35.4	We are all about that here at Side Hustle Pro, so let's get right into it.
1:44.0	Welcome to the guest chair, Lindsay. Hello, thank you so much for having me.
1:47.0	I'm so excited to be here chatting with you.
1:50.0	Likewise, excited to have you in the guest chair. So take us back for a minute.
1:54.8	When did you get fit by this entrepreneurship bug?
1:59.3	Man, you know, it came to me really when I was in the corporate world for the first time
2:06.4	surprise it kind of graduated into the great recession and was working in
2:10.8	entertainment and it wasn't exactly what I had in mind.
2:15.0	But I think really if I look back at my life, I was always starting a business.
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