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Top Mimi Shares Insights Directly from Her Chart-Topping New Book! In one generation, women went from being shut out of the labor force to comprising more than 50 percent of employed Americans. Many working women are also moms, and while it might be exhausting, many working mothers feel like superheroes who show the world they can have it all. Women-founded companies are killing it, too: studies show that they’re earning, on average, two times the revenue per dollar invested compared with companies founded by men. Everywhere you turn, women make waves and money in virtually every industry, from tech to finance and fashion to film. So what’s the problem? Remember when I said 50% of the workforce is female? Well, take a guess on how many are in C-Suite positions. Fifty percent of the workforce but only a percent of leadership. As for jobs that lead to powerful positions, the statistics aren’t much better. According to a recent Forbes study, men outnumber women in C-suite positions by 17 ...

Hillary Schafer, CEO of Multiplying Good Hillary Schafer is the female CEO of one of the longest-running nonprofits in the USA - Multiplying Good. Multiplying Good focuses on elevating public service as a means to empower individuals. Prior to joining Multiplying Good in September 2013, Hillary Schafer worked on Wall Street for 12 years. She was head of US Institutional Equity Sales in New York for Citigroup, and Hillary was one of the highest-ranking women in the equity business. She joined us to talk about her professional journey and becoming a female CEO, how Multiplying Good is creating nationwide community impact, and her advice for aspiring female entrepreneurs! “It's all about believing in yourself and seeing yourself through the lens of your inherent strengths, not necessarily through the lens of your gender.” -Hillary Find Hillary and Multiplying Good https://www.facebook.com/MultiplyingGood/ www.multiplyinggood.org Episode Contents Her Career Before Multiplying Good As A...

Kathy Bloomgarden, CEO of Ruder Finn PR How do you run one of the largest PR firms in the world, set standards for the industry, and continue to innovate and expand? Kathy Bloomgarden joins us this week on the podcast to tell us about her career journey and running a global PR agency her father started in 1948! Under Dr. Bloomgarden's leadership, Ruder Finn opened up one of the first global communication offices in China over 25 years ago, growing to eight offices in the region. “It's as essential to have searchable stuff on your website, blog, or social channels. It's essential to have social channel activity to have coverage in the paper itself. I always say to people, ask your kids.” -Kathy Find Kathy and Ruder Finn PR Instagram Website LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE Episode Contents Female CEO Kathy Bloomgarden’s Career Journey Began in Data and Statistics How She Began Building A New Path for Ruder Finn Intuition as an Entrepreneur Building Company Culture and Suppo...

Inna Braverman Inna Braverman, Founder of Eco Wave Power Interested in creating change with your business? Inna Braverman is a female business leader with a bold mission to create change through wave energy. She is the founder of Eco Wave Power, the leading onshore wave energy company that turns waves into green energy! Her accolades include the UN Global Climate Action Award and being named one of the “Females Changing the World” by Wired Magazine. “No matter what people tell us, that we're weak, that we cannot, that it's not possible, we should definitely not step down because, if we step down, our female friend will step down, our children will step down, their children will step down, and that's a very negative chain of events, and that's something that we definitely have to prevent.” -Inna Find Inna and Eco Wave Power Instagram Website Facebook LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Episode Contents How Her Childhood and A Second Chance At Life Inspired Her to Start E...