Founder Chat: You v. You

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

This week, Christie Hefner talked to us about her time at Playboy. And all the ‘WTF moments’ that come with being in charge of a company at 29 years old. Here are our tips on how to move up at work and how to hit snooze on imposter syndrome.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, I'm Carly Zakin.
0:03.6	And I'm Danielle Weisberg and we're the co-founder and co-seios of The Skim.
0:08.0	On our podcast, Skimmed from the Couch, we talk to the women we look up to about the realities of getting to the top.
0:14.0	And their advice is what's helped us grow the skim from a company of two to something much bigger.
0:19.0	But we started here on a couch.
0:21.0	Yes, we are sitting on a couch. And now we want to talk to you about the things
0:24.8	that have helped us build our brand and answer any questions you guys might have about how to build your
0:29.3	own careers. So every Thursday we'll be discussing a topic that our guests brought up on
0:34.2	skim from the couch that week. Expect to hear everything from how to nail an
0:38.0	interview to how to manage a team. This week on the couch we talked to
0:42.3	Christy Hef
0:42.8	Hef moments that come with getting promoted to
0:47.4	president of Playboy magazine at age 29
0:51.1	and spending 20 years is the company's chairman and CEO.
0:55.0	There are unquestionably we're a lot of moments where I would think,
1:00.0	I can't believe I'm sitting in this room, I can't believe I'm sitting in this room I can't believe I'm talking to these people I can't believe that I have you know this assignment and I will say looking back at the moment when I suggested that I be named president,
1:16.0	it was a WTF moment.
1:18.0	I mean, I have to look back and go what was I thinking I was 29 years old I'd never worked in another company other than as a journalist I didn't have an MBA and I think unquestionably part of what I was thinking is I didn't know everything I
1:33.2	didn't know. We've had a lot of moments like that too. It comes with the
1:36.8	territory so without further ado let's take your questions.
1:40.3	Hi ladies my name is Amanda I'm from Wisconsin and I have a question about
1:46.8	Creating kind of a new role within a department I am currently a recruiter and I travel very heavily for work and I think my director needs an assistant director and I'm wondering how I can approach her with this new position and explain to her why I think I would be a great assistant director to kind of help
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