WE nyc presents "Her Own Boss" - June 22 at WeWork Dumbo Heights Last Thursday, I managed to find the F train and get myself to the WeWork office in Dumbo for an amazing women’s entrepreneur event. (Which is a feat – I am embarrassed by my lack of savvy when it comes to Brooklyn). This event – “Her Own Boss!” – was presented by Women Entrepreneurs New York City (WE nyc). It was the kickoff of a series featuring local female entrepreneurs. At this session, Liz Gutman, co-founder of Liddabit Sweets, hosted a panel of impressive lady innovators:
During this event, each of these ladies spoke about their experiences and took questions from the audience of business owners, community leaders, and aspiring entrepreneurs. Each of these panelists had a different perspective, a different business and a different industry, but what they all shared was having being bitten by that bug. At different times in their lives, each of these ladies had acquired that dogged, persistent ambition to forge into new territory via startup.
- Brooke Stewart, Power Moms Media
- Michelle Brandies, Founder & CEO of Name Bubbles
- Nicole Feliciano, Founder & Editor of Mom Trends
- Jennifer Martin and Teresa Tsou, Co-Founders of Pipsnacks (had to pull out last minute)
During this event, each of these ladies spoke about their experiences and took questions from the audience of business owners, community leaders, and aspiring entrepreneurs. Each of these panelists had a different perspective, a different business and a different industry, but what they all shared was having being bitten by that bug. At different times in their lives, each of these ladies had acquired that dogged, persistent ambition to forge into new territory via startup.
Swag from the panelists' companies! We got a bag of Truffle Pipcorn, a label and labeling pen from Name Bubbles, and an excerpt from Mom Trends!
The panelists discuss their startups to a crowd of aspiring and actualized entrepreneurs! What I found interesting was the journey of each of these ladies into startup territory. Michelle Brandies of Name Bubbles had a “lightbulb” moment that caused her to quit her job and give it a whirl. Nicole Feliciano took a different route, gathering two years of careful and rigorous study to become an expert in her industry and her potential place in it before launching. Liz Gutman worked for a famous pastry chef and co-founded her company with a classmate at the French Culinary Institute more or less “by accident”.
I found all of these stories interesting, because they reminded me that everyone’s story really is different. There isn’t really a perfect moment or a standard path to startup success. Not even success – to deciding it’s time to TRY. If you have an idea, is it startup story waiting to be written?
Everyone’s story is unique, but I think the reason events like this connect us, is that we see elements of ourselves in others. The world is changing all time, and there are opportunities to innovate all around us. One of the connecting threads between the panelists at this event was that they were women. They used their perspectives as women, their motivations as mothers, and their experiences as females to build unique companies. This is another concept that I have thought a lot about recently: why are you famous? In your job, in the sports you play, in the startup that you want to build, what eminence, specialization, perspective, or talent do you possess? What do you bring that nobody else knows or can do as well as you can?
Identifying your unique angle is just the first step. Now you need to pair that talent with a drive and determination that is not going to yield to challenges and blockades.
Do you have it? That mix of talent & tenacity? Do you have what it takes to break through that fear and go forge your startup journey?
Sources:
1. WE Connect Event: Her Own Boss
2. 15 Signs that you might have Startup DNA
I found all of these stories interesting, because they reminded me that everyone’s story really is different. There isn’t really a perfect moment or a standard path to startup success. Not even success – to deciding it’s time to TRY. If you have an idea, is it startup story waiting to be written?
Everyone’s story is unique, but I think the reason events like this connect us, is that we see elements of ourselves in others. The world is changing all time, and there are opportunities to innovate all around us. One of the connecting threads between the panelists at this event was that they were women. They used their perspectives as women, their motivations as mothers, and their experiences as females to build unique companies. This is another concept that I have thought a lot about recently: why are you famous? In your job, in the sports you play, in the startup that you want to build, what eminence, specialization, perspective, or talent do you possess? What do you bring that nobody else knows or can do as well as you can?
Identifying your unique angle is just the first step. Now you need to pair that talent with a drive and determination that is not going to yield to challenges and blockades.
Do you have it? That mix of talent & tenacity? Do you have what it takes to break through that fear and go forge your startup journey?
Sources:
1. WE Connect Event: Her Own Boss
2. 15 Signs that you might have Startup DNA
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