As former Stanford roommates and now business partners, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni share their experience as startup founders and the complexities of being young professionals—from financial literacy, social impact, and navigating networking (ever been hit on through LinkedIn?). With exclusive access to top experts, they offer an inside look at their chaotic lives alongside career insights from their network of thought leaders. Watch The Burnouts pursue their dreams while trying to keep their lives from going up in flames. Will they burn out? We’ll find out.
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As former Stanford roommates and now business partners, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni share their experience as startup founders and the complexities of being young professionals—from financial literacy, social impact, and navigating networking (ever been hit on through LinkedIn?). With exclusive access to top experts, they offer an inside look at their chaotic lives alongside career insights from their network of thought leaders. Watch The Burnouts pursue their dreams while trying to keep their lives from going up in flames. Will they burn out? We’ll find out.
How a Broke Bartender Turned $50 Into a Multi-Million Dollar Brand—The Skinny Confidential
The Burnouts with Phoebe & Sophia
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How a Broke Bartender Turned $50 Into a Multi-Million Dollar Brand—The Skinny Confidential
Beauty founder, podcast queen, and brand builder—Lauryn Bosstick turned a $50 blog into The Skinny Confidential empire.
Recorded in Austin, TX, Lauryn joins Phoebe and Sophia to share how she built a cult brand from the ground up: no investors, no shortcuts, and zero interest in going viral. She opens up about early burnout, staying intentional, and why executing beats overthinking every time.
Plus: how she vets podcast guests, rebrands parenting with “cookie water,” and the one hire every founder should make first. Also? Foot spas, Think Week, and Phoebe’s Windows phone era.
The Burnouts with Phoebe & Sophia
As former Stanford roommates and now business partners, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni share their experience as startup founders and the complexities of being young professionals—from financial literacy, social impact, and navigating networking (ever been hit on through LinkedIn?). With exclusive access to top experts, they offer an inside look at their chaotic lives alongside career insights from their network of thought leaders. Watch The Burnouts pursue their dreams while trying to keep their lives from going up in flames. Will they burn out? We’ll find out.
