# How to Turn Rejection into Your Biggest Advantage (Laney Crowell)

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/aspire-with-emma-grede-7321558/how-to-turn-rejection-into-your-biggest-advantage-laney-crowell
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/aspire-with-emma-grede-7321558/how-to-turn-rejection-into-your-biggest-advantage-laney-crowell.md
Podcast: [Aspire with Emma Grede](https://stenobird.com/podcast/aspire-with-emma-grede-7321558)
Published: 2026-02-17T08:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/traffic.megaphone.fm/CAD2566291759.mp3?updated=1771288861
Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/traffic.megaphone.fm/CAD2566291759.mp3?updated=1771288861
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/aspire-with-emma-grede-7321558/episodes/how-to-turn-rejection-into-your-biggest-advantage-laney-crowell
Duration seconds: 4574

## Resource

Today on Aspire, Emma sits down with Laney Crowell, founder and CEO of Saie – a brand that consistently has seven products ranked in the top ten at Sephora. Emma and Laney talk about what it really took to build Saie from scratch: the mindset shifts, the operational discipline, the hiring decisions, and the resilience required to scale without a traditional founder background. In this episode, Laney shares: Why rejection isn’t personal and how to use it as fuel What raising capital as a woman actually requires The importance of reference checks and hiring intentionally Why refining consistently beats rushing growth The importance of building a community alongside the brand The rewards and challenges of building a business as a new mother This episode is for anyone who feels “not qualified enough” or “not ready yet” and is building anyway. If this conversation resonated, leave a comment and subscribe for more honest conversations with founders, leaders, and builders on Aspire. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/aspire-with-emma-grede-7321558/episodes/how-to-turn-rejection-into-your-biggest-advantage-laney-crowell/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/aspire-with-emma-grede-7321558/how-to-turn-rejection-into-your-biggest-advantage-laney-crowell.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.