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Exclusive Yet Inclusive: Insight from a Female Entrepreneur

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Cheryl Robinson of Ivy Startup Conference Shares Her Thoughts on Female Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship (courtesy of Pablo by Buffer) A guest post by Cheryl A. Robinson Have you ever evaluated your life and wondered how you got to where you are? There was never any doubt that I would one day run my own business. Ten years ago I couldn’t tell you what that would look like but I knew I wanted to lead a team of people to create something amazing. Fast forward tens years with a Master’s from Columbia University and two LLC’s, and I’ll tell you that the journey has been long and a huge life lesson, but overall, this has been the best experience of my life. Being an entrepreneur feels exclusive. Exclusive in that you feel alone in the quest to find the right partners, the right co-founders, who believe in a vision just as much as you and compliment your skill set. You are inclusive with everyone that you meet and network with because you never know whether or not that pers...

Entrepreneur Creates a Channel for Women Professional Trade Secrets

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Entrepreneur Debra Chen Share C-Level Executive Stories By Women and For Women Meet Debra Chen. She created a media channel to help women professionals share stories. Debra entered the work world on the male dominated trading floor of Lehman Bros. and is currently working with IRTH Communications working in the Investor Relations communications consulting area where she has a chance to share thoughts and ideas with other C-Level executive women. We interviewed Debra recently to talk about her new channel called - Vanity + Trade . Debra shares her story and her motivation to create this unique on-line channel for women.