16 April 4 • 2019
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A Stunning 
Success

Local podcast helps moms 
become entrepreneurs.

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f you’
re a working mother dream-
ing of being your own boss, 
Tsippi Gross wants to inspire you 
to start your own business in her 
new weekly podcast, “The Stunning 
Success with Tsippi Gross: Moms, 
Quit Your Jobs!”
The serial entrepreneur and mom 
of three already runs the successful 
clothing and lifestyle brand Havah 
Tribe, which sells elegant, modest 
nursing clothing online. Having 
recently celebrated a lucrative first 
year, the 32-year-old wants to share 
what she’
s learned about living life on 
her own terms.
“It’
s really a lot easier to make 
money online than people think,” 
says the Dallas native who moved to 
Oak Park four years ago when her 
husband, Rabbi Noam Gross, took a 
job with Partners Detroit. “My skill 
is helping people figure out how to 
monetize themselves.” 
Though Gross runs a prod-
uct-based business selling clothing, 
she tends to encourage a service- 
based model instead. 
“I like the idea of people being 
able to sell their own knowledge and 
skills to others, and I think it’
s more 
ideal for mothers. You can take your 
work anywhere.”
The idea for the podcast, which 
Gross calls a “passion project,” began 
while talking to postpartum women 
buying her clothing and hearing 
about the stress of going back to 
work.
“I was hearing stories from women 
about how they don’
t feel like they’
re 
in control of their own lives. They’
re 
feeling miserable about leaving their 
kids with a babysitter when they’
re 
6 weeks old. It’
s really hard to make 
arrangements or take days off work 
every time your kids get sick. It’
s 
really hard when your kids have 
vacation and you can’
t be around.”

The realization came for her 
personally years ago when she was 
working a 9-to-5 job and sick of ask-
ing permission to make her family 
a priority. She branched out on her 
own, creating two catering compa-
nies before starting Havah Tribe. 
After making the lifestyle work for 
herself, she’
s now intent on teaching 
others how it’
s done.
Gross’
 formal training is in busi-
ness and career and coaching, and 
she’
s spent the last several years 
delving into e-commerce and ser-
vice-based business courses. 
“I stay up at night thinking about 
sales funnels, email lists and lead 
magnets,” says Gross with a laugh. 
“And I’
m like — I need to be talking 
about this because I love it. I can’
t get 
enough.”
The podcast is inspirational and 
upbeat, covering practical topics like 
how to identify a personal strength 
that you can bank on, how to fund 
your idea with minimal cash and the 
various roles a spouse can play in a 
burgeoning business. 
“I’
m hoping through my podcast 
people get the inspiration and cour-
age and a fire lit under them to know 
they can do it,” Gross says.
One piece of advice she’
d give an 
exhausted mom, or anyone feeling 
like there aren’
t enough hours in the 
day to start a business, is to make a 
move today.
“The most important thing is to 
start taking consistent steps, even if 
it’
s as small as making a phone call 
or sending an email. Do one small 
thing in the right direction and you’
ll 
be amazed where you’
ll be in a year 
from now. You’
ll have something 
huge.” ■

Listen on TheStunningSuccess.com, 
Apple Podcasts or anywhere podcasts are 
distributed.

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