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You Should Know: Rachel Sklar and Glynnis MacNicol
Rachel Sklar and Glynnis MacNicol are the co-founders of the incredibly powerful company TheLi.st: a visibility platform for awesome women, who's "core, private, membership community is filled with accomplished, connected, badass women committed to pulling each other up and pushing each other out." These women include founders, execs, journalists, activists, strategists, and more. Rachel and Glynnis's careers have landed them in a slew of publications, including Elle, Refinery 29, The New York Times, BuzzFeed, Harvard Gazette, Mashable, CNN, WNYC, NPR, and many more. We can't get enough of these two influential, powerful women, and we're certain you should know them. For more on Glynnis and Rachel, check out our profile we did on them back when they were just getting started on their "old boys club for women" and keep reading below!
Occupation: Writers and Co-Founders of The Li.st Instagram/Twitter: @glynnmacn, @rachelsklar
Glynnis: "Willing to be lucky." Rachel: "Don't dream it, be it."
Glynnis:
What do you actually do all day? Refresh.
Favorite song growing up? Super Trouper
Uber, Taxi, Subway, or Citi Bike? Bike. My own.
My motto is... Willing to be lucky.
The last drink I had was... Fernet Branca
What was your first job? Hot walker
Coming from? Going to? NYC - NYC
What is your favorite work of art? Anything by Stephen Shore
Who should we know? Isn't the trick not-knowing?
Rachel:
What do you actually do all day? Depends on the day!
Favorite song growing up? Anything from the last musical I saw.
Why do you live in NYC? Originally, because Broadway. Now, because everything.
Uber, Taxi, Subway, or Citi Bike? Feet!
My motto is... Don't dream it, be it. (Borrowed from Frank N. Furter)
My alter ego is... Super-dork.
The last drink I had was... Some kale thing. I'm trying to kick Diet Coke.
My secret crush is... Hillary! (Not a secret).
What was your first job? Scooping ice cream.
Coming from? Going to? Me - Better version of me.
What is your favorite work of art? Liberty Leading the People (Eugene Delacroix).
Who should we know? There is a lot of money to be made by taking women seriously. Women, and showtunes.