Girlboss Radio Presents In Progress, Season 2 - Melanie Elturk

Girlboss Radio

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Melanie Elturk started law school at the age of 20. A couple years later, she went on to found the chic hijab and accessory company Haute Hijab. On this week’s episode of In Progress, Melanie takes a deep dive with host Aurora James into her academically rigorous upbringing and how her connection to her family heritage evolved into a huge part of her passion.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's me Sophia, and I'm so excited to share a new version of our beloved
0:09.9	podcast in progress with you, The brilliant Aurora James, founder of Brother
0:15.3	Velies, is hosting conversations with amazing women like Anina Bing, Melanie
0:20.0	El Turk, Patty Rodriguez, and more about where they come from, thinking all about how our origin
0:25.6	stories shape who we are today.
0:28.0	Have a listen here.
0:29.0	I think you'll love it. Hi guys, Aurora James here, founder of Brother Veles and you're listening to the very first episode of In Progress season two.
0:45.0	First off I just want to say how thrilled I am to be hosting the second season of
0:50.4	this very special podcast. If you've listened before you already know that
0:54.5	in progress brought to you by Girl Boss Radio in partnership with our luggage genius
1:00.3	friends at Toomey is all about getting really real
1:04.0	when it comes to the unexpected twists and heart-wrenching turns
1:07.0	we all have to navigate in our respective journeys.
1:10.0	We're bringing together some of the brightest most inspiring entrepreneurs and
1:14.6	thought leaders out there and each episode is packed with advice and insights you are
1:19.2	not going to hear anywhere else. Right now we're about to kick things off with a very special guest.
1:25.2	Her name is Melanie El Turk. If you don't know Melanie you're about to get to
1:30.1	know her. She's a founder of Hote Hetjab a purveyor of chic hajabs and accessories that's literally
1:36.0	changing the game for hijab wearing women everywhere. The thing you don't know is, Melanie's path to becoming
1:41.6	an entrepreneur wasn't what she'd initially planned on.
1:45.0	In this episode we're taking a deep dive into Melanie's childhood in Detroit
1:49.0	and her intensely rigorous academic upbringing.
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