"When I first started thinking about creating a docuseries on female entrepreneurs, I had Valerie and Jared in mind to direct and produce. We'd met several months earlier and right away, I could tell that they were a competent, hard working team that not only had the skills to do justice to the concept, they were also thoughtful and creative enough to take the lead and really develop it into something worth watching. Valerie was instrumental in helping me source excellent stories for the series, her vision as a director and rapport as an interviewer allowed us to get the best out of each featured subject, and Jared's cinematography elevated the production quality of everything we made together. Since then, I've had nothing but excellent experiences collaborating with them -- not only on the How We Thrive series, but on a number of other projects as well."