Meet The HIBT Fellows: Kaitlin McGreyes & Nicole Argüelles

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

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4.8 • 31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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As a part of the 2021 How I Built This Summit (At Home) we have selected 10 Fellows, and we'd like to introduce you to each of them. In this episode: Kaitlin McGreyes founded Be Her Village to be a gift registry for expectant families that provides more than just...stuff. And Nicole Argüelles founded Alli to address period poverty and provide easy access to personal care and hygiene products in public spaces.

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0:13.0	Soccer legend Leo Messi and I both left Argentina as kids.
0:17.0	You know you're that piece of a puzzle that doesn't fit anywhere.
0:20.0	To so many immigrants, football is a way to reconnect.
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0:32.0	Hello everyone and welcome to how I built this Fellows edition.
0:35.0	So as a lot of you know, in normal years we have a how I built this conference and summit
0:41.0	and in recent years we've been doing it in San Francisco.
0:44.0	Well this year we're going virtual but one thing that hasn't changed is our
0:49.0	how I built this Fellows program.
0:51.0	Every year we invite a group of entrepreneurs to become how I built this Fellows.
0:56.0	In this year we selected 10 Fellows to participate in a pitch competition
1:01.0	where the winner will receive a $50,000 grant.
1:06.0	So for the past week we've been introducing some of these Fellows here on the podcast
1:11.0	and getting to know them a little bit better.
1:14.0	Both of the founders we're going to meet today are working on companies that are focused on women.
1:18.0	And first is Caitlin McGreas. She's the founder of Be Her Village.
1:22.0	Now for anyone who has had a baby or knows someone who has had a baby,
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