Join Ladies Get Paid founder & author Claire Wasserman in conversation with Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith, the co-founders of Ready Set Coach, an intimate program and community built for the business owner, consultant, or professional feeling called to do more, be more, or make more.
Emily Merrell is the Founder and Community Curator of Six Degrees Society – a professional women’s networking community, a Professional Speaker, Podcast host, and Co-Founder of Ready Set Coach. She has supported and helped thousands of ambitious women get what they want in their personal and professional lives, and has ideated and cultivated partnerships with some of the world’s most coveted lifestyle brands – from Luna Bar to Rebecca Minkoff to Tory Burch and beyond. Having curated and hosted more than 600 events (and counting), Emily’s expertise has been applauded and featured by Refinery29, Girlboss, Forbes, Create & Cultivate, Fast Company, Girlboss, Eventbrite, The Huffington Post, and many more.
From winning Shark Tank brands to some of Inc. Magazine’s Fastest-Growing Companies in America, Lexie Smith, Founder of THEPRBAR inc., Co-Founder of Ready Set Coach, Host of the Pitchin’ and Sippin’ and Ready Set Coach Podcasts, has helped countless companies and entrepreneurs gain accelerated success through the world of Public Relations. With more than 13 years of PR, Marketing, and Business Development experience, serving most recently as a VP of PR, Marketing & Biz Dev at a high 8-figure industry disruptor, Smith’s expertise has been featured in outlets such as Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Create & Cultivate, and NASDAQ, and her clients have landed top-tier coverage spanning from Forbes, Vogue and Oprah to Wired, Goop, Refinery29, and The LA Times, amongst many others. In 2019, Lexie founded THEPRBAR inc. – an online coaching platform, resource hub, and agency built to help motivated entrepreneurs, professionals, and companies expand their impact, visibility, and revenue through relationship-driven marketing and PR. Her podcast and second business venture – Ready Set Coach – soon followed in 2020.
