Jenny Nguyen: Dreams

Hype Women

Today, we are spending time with Jenny Nguyen.

Jenny is So. Damn. Cool.

I could spend hours talking with her and feel like only a few moments had passed.

Jenny is the founder and owner of The Sports Bra, the world’s first – and until a month ago, only – sports bar playing women’s sports, exclusively.

I was so lucky to spend time in person with Jenny at the beginning of March in Austin at SXSW.

We were both there speaking on different panels. AND we were able to make time for each other.

• We danced to live music at the home of Dawn Laguens, Planned Parenthood’s Global Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer.
• We dined at Kristen Kish’s exceptional restaurant, Arlo Grey
• We dreamed together, as entrepreneurs always do.

On the Hype Women podcast, we are professional. But we are also very authentic, genuine and raw.

We don’t host these conversations in a fancy studio.

We don’t have teams of people choreographing every single move.

So, in this particular episode, you will hear the team at The Sports Bra working in the background.

Because Jenny posted up from her favorite booth in her bar to share her story with us.

The fanciest of people may turn their noses up at the “unrefined” nature of our style.

But I love it so much. I feel like we are RIGHT THERE WITH HER.

Today, the Sports Bra celebrates its two-year anniversary.
And it’s so deeply poetic that they celebrate this powerful milestone in the midst of March Madness and the Women’s Elite Eight…and a time when women’s sports is FINALLY getting the attention it deserves.

Jenny and I spend a lot of time during our conversation talking about dreaming.

And it got me thinking.

When you’re doing something for the very first time – in a way that’s NEVER been done before – how do you balance dreaming JUST enough to get started with dreaming BIG enough so that you don’t end up creating your own limitations?

Let’s find out.
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Women we love to hype in this episode:
Jenny Nguyen: LinkedIn; The Sports Bra: Website, Instagram
Sarah Hardy: LinkedIn, Instagram; Bobbie: Website, Instagram
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