In this heartfelt and deeply insightful episode of At Home With Founders, Jessica sits down with Meg Gold, Co-Founder and CEO of BONDE, a private, vetted professional community created to help women decision-makers connect, grow, and navigate the often unseen parts of leadership.
Meg shares her winding journey from sales leader to founder, opening up about pivotal life moments that led to the birth of BONDE – from the isolating path of IVF to the moment she realized she was no longer willing to lead from someone else’s vision. Her story is one of courage, clarity, and quiet conviction – an invitation for ambitious women to bet on themselves and build what they truly need.
Together, Jessica and Meg explore what women in leadership actually lack (it’s not mentorship), how vulnerability can become a leadership superpower, and why BONDE isn’t just another networking group, it’s something far deeper.
If you’ve ever found yourself holding the weight of success but craving something more human, more real, this conversation will feel like a breath of fresh air.
ABOUT OUR GUEST
Meg Gold is the Co‑Founder and CEO of BONDE, a private, vetted professionals’ community designed to help women decision‑makers connect, grow, and navigate the often unseen parts of leadership and career. BONDE was created out of Meg’s personal recognition that what many women need most isn’t another networking group – it’s a space built on real connection, mutual support, and meaningful exchange.
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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN
- [04:00] The IVF journey that changed everything and how it shaped Meg’s view of leadership and support
- [06:00] The moment Meg realized she was building someone else’s dream, not her own
- [08:45] Why high-performing women often still feel out of place in corporate spaces
- [13:30] Meg and her co-founder’s serendipitous “ugly sweater” meeting and how BONDE was born from friendship
- [17:15] The unmet need that inspired BONDE (and why existing spaces weren’t cutting it)
- [23:30] What women in leadership actually need: unfiltered, confidential conversations, not another mentor
- [29:00] Meg’s relationship with vulnerability and how it transformed her leadership
- [34:00] Why BONDE welcomes both founders and employees and the richness that comes from shared IP
- [38:00] Meg’s radical belief: leadership is inherently human (not something to soften or explain away)
- [42:30] How Meg protects her own resilience as a mom, founder, and leader
- [47:00] The rising trend she’s seeing in women’s leadership and why more are betting on their own IP
- [50:30] A simple practice Meg is using to ground herself (hint: it includes candles and no phones)
- [53:00] Meg’s final invitation to listeners: sit with the question, “What do I want to do with my personal IP?”
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