What’s In This Episode:
Why don’t we credit the people that help us get to where we are today? Why does going it alone make for a better story?
It’s easy to leave out the folks that lift you up. Entrepreneurs like to look good by making it sound as if they succeeded allllll by themselves. But it’s not true. Jill reveals who really helped her break into the Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 1995 in an effort to meet Eddie Vedder because she certainly didn’t get there all by herself.
Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.
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