Today's skim from the couch is presented by H&R Block.

At the skim, we're always trying to find ways to make our to-do list smaller.

Whether it's a new app, the 135 method, or any other kind of productivity hack you can never save enough time.

We know it because we've tried everything and at the end we just want more time.

That's especially true during tax season. That's why there's H&R Block. More on that later. For now, let's get into the episode. So few people get an at bat, you know, like so few people get an at bat, you know, like so

people get an at bat and if you get an at bat like that's so amazing that you just have to swing for the home run you got to go big

because for all of us who have been waiting to get an out bat and for all of us who've been

waiting for women to get an out bat like it's just in our duty to like swing and see what a privilege it is to be the

one at bat. I'm Carly Zaken. I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Skim from the

couch. This podcast is where we go deep on career advice. 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.

To the rough stuff like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard feedback.

We started the skim from a couch, so what better place to talk it all out than where it began on a couch? So please welcome Katia Bochamp to the couch.

Katia is the CEO of Birch Box, the subscription company

she started to help people discover new beauty products,

which I'm sure you have either tried or definitely

heard of.

She actually began her career in finance.

But a few years in, she realized that she didn't feel

challenged so she decided to get her business degree at Harvard so easy that's

where Godia met Haley Barna and together they launched Birchbox in 2010.

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