Episode 14: SheEO Vicki Saunders

Vicki Saunders is an entrepreneur who started an organization called SheEO.

SheEO is a leading global innovation in the female entrepreneur marketplace. Our radical new model to finance, support and celebrate female entrepreneurs has received global attention by capturing the hearts and minds of women around the world. [from the SheEO website]

You have to hear about how this works. If you are a woman looking for how you can concretely help women’s success and make a tangible difference, this is for you.   If you are an entrepreneur looking for a boost of capital and an incredible circle of radical support, this is for you.

I’m in, and I would love for you to be too.

Episode 13: Reena Gupta, Entrepreneur, Founder

Reena is an Entrepreneur with five tech companies under belt.  Her latest venture is called MomRelaunch and is focused on helping stay at home mothers re-enter the workforce in technical and HR fields.

She is focused on her companies’ culture which is very simple = results.  As long as you have results, that is what matters.  And as we know, moms can be the most productive and efficient employees out there.  They don’t have time to mess around and wander the halls holding coffee cups and chatting.

Everything is measurable. And gender doesn’t have to be a factor as long as you are able to communicate confidently.

Episode 10: Karen Forchione, Project Manager, Controller

Karen is the Controller and in charge of Business Management for Dirty Robber. Previously, she has also been a Project Manager for tech companies since the beginning of Project Management as a discipline. 

She was not only the only woman in the room, she was the only woman at the entire conference at IBM headquarters. She not only figured out the job, she figured out how to hold her boundaries, hold respect, and hold her own.

From the Irish tenements in Bristol, England to the Oscars with her sons, she has had an amazing journey.

The only thing between you and your dreams, is yourself.  We hear that all the time, but it is true and bears repeating.

Episode 9: Illana Raia, Attorney, Founder

Illana is an Attorney and a Founder of a very cool website. After a career as an attorney in M&A and then after building websites for her firm, Illana launched a website for girls called Être. As in the French for “to be.”  As in, who do you want to be?

 It’s really cool and all of your daughters should be on it.  The site not only tells them to Be Brave, Be Smart, Be Charitable, Be WI$E – it also tells them how.