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WSJ Secrets of Wealthy Women

Naomi Hirabayshi and Marah Lidey on Why They Made the Shine App

WSJ Secrets of Wealthy Women

The Wall Street Journal

Careers, Business

4.6955 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Shine app co-founders, Naomi Hirabayshi and Marah Lidey, tell WSJ's Veronica Dagher how as two young, female tech founders and women of color what it's like to start a company with a friend, raise venture capital funding and change the conversation about mental health.

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0:00.0

My mother was very familiar with her neighborhood, but one day she stopped at the stop sign and she wasn't even really sure where she was at.

0:07.0

When something feels different, it could be Alzheimer's. Now is the time to talk.

0:11.0

A message from the Alzheimer's Association

0:13.4

and the Ad Council. Hi, it's Veronica Dagger, the host of the Wall Street Journal's Secrets of Wealthy Women.

0:26.1

The podcast where women share how they tackle career, money, and the world.

0:30.4

This week we'll talk with Mara Lighty and Naomi Hirabayashi, the co-founders and co-ceeos of Shine,

0:37.6

a self-care app that sends daily motivational texts and audio affirmations to its users.

0:44.0

In your toughest times, when you may think you won't ever get through it,

0:49.0

that you're not very resilient.

0:52.0

You have more strength than you think.

0:54.0

Mara and Naomi started out as coworkers, not co-founders.

0:58.0

As two young women of color, they have beaten the odds in the tech world,

1:02.0

raising more than $8 million in... They have beaten the odds in the tech world,

1:02.7

raising more than $8 million in funding.

1:06.0

How did they do it?

1:07.1

Stick around.

1:11.4

Ladies, you were both working at a nonprofit Do Something.org that gets young people

1:16.0

involved in social change.

1:18.0

Naomi you were the chief marketing officer and Mara you were the director of

1:22.0

mobile product.

1:23.0

When did you actually become closer?

1:26.0

Mara, we'll start with you.

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