Melissa Ben-Ishay, Founder and Chief Product Officer Baked by Melissa

Girlboss Radio

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

As Beyonce tells us, if life gives you lemons, make lemonade...or cupcakes. That's exactly what Melissa Ben-Ishay did when she was fired from her advertising job in 2008. She went home, baked 250 cupcakes, and began Baked by Melissa. Melissa's bite sized cupcake empire boasts 14 locations in the New York area and ships nationally. On the episode, Sophia and Melissa discuss the pros and cons of a family business, how Melissa grew her business out of her tiny Murray Hill apartment, and what 'Baked' by Melissa really means.

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0:25.9	Hi and welcome to another episode of Girl Boss Radio from Panoply. I'm Sophia Amruzzo. I have a cold. I'm the founder of Nasty Gael, the author of the New York Times best-selling book, Girl Boss, an author of Nasty Galaxy, a beautiful, fully illustrated, and linen-bound full-color book with everything from how-tous to a trip inside my house and my closet,
0:31.1	to Q&As with different Girl Boss bosses who inspire me. You can reserve your sign copy today at nestigal.com slash book.
0:38.0	On this podcast I interview a different woman who's carved out a path for herself.
0:43.2	We trace her from her first job to how she got to where she is today to extract solid advice
0:47.9	for our listeners who are doing the same with their lives.
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1:20.2	recently made it to the iTunes Top 50! But we're not there every week, so with your help we can make it happen.
1:26.5	Today's guest is Melissa Ben Eshai, the founder and chief product officer of Mmm, baked by Melissa.
1:33.2	But first, Liz Carey is back from the show,
1:35.5	who you can find at the Liz Carey on Instagram.
1:38.6	She's real funny.
1:39.5	She's an actress and a comedian.
1:41.2	She's everywhere you want her to be. and we'll be talking about the highs and
1:45.1	lows of our week our Girl Boss moments and of course your Girl Boss moments Liz
1:49.1	thanks for being here. Oh thanks for having me. Oh man I've been seeing you a lot lately. Yeah, it's all over the place. Yeah, we celebrated the Forbes cover.
1:59.0	Yes, we did. We had a little, we had some drinks last night
2:02.8	couple glasses of champagne.
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