Today I’m re-blogging a post written based the keynote speech Nithya Das gave for the 2011 Pipeline Fund Fellowship Pitch Summit. The Pipeline Fellowship trains women philanthropists to become angel investors through education, mentoring, and practice. Nitha Das is legal counsel at AppNexus and was formerly an associate at Goodwin Procter LLP where she created […] Read more…
February 2012 archive
It’s Not You…It’s Them. Don’t Let it Get in Your Way
This woman shares her perspective on negative co-workers, baggage and perfection. Her philosophy of not letting your energy get bogged down has given her the drive to navigate the corporate world and get to a place where she calls the shots — leading, managing and creating solutions. On being on the receiving end of “office […] Read more…
40-Somethings Look Back on Valentine’s Day
I reached out to some 40-something women to recall their favorite Valentine’s Day gift or reflect on how the importance of Valentine’s Day has changed over the years. No surprise, it’s significance has little to do with the commercialized holiday that we see everywhere around us. Many women recall what a simple and sweet […] Read more…
Links That Made Me Think This Week
Links that made me think this week (and that I didn’t get a chance to tweet:) Sheryl Sandberg: Luck, Resignation or Rallying Cry? A flurry of articles on Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook raised the noise on women in the board room to a new level. Yeah! What’s interesting to me is the breadth […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (57)
Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something woman would give a 20-something if she were a “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? ~1~ Friends that are always there for you but don’t let you get away with fooling yourself. You can use friends as wingmen to avoid your issues or you can use them to sound out your issues […] Read more…
Each Of Us Gets to Decide What Divorce Means To Us
Today I have a special guest post / answer to a recent question from a 20-something about recovering from a young, brief but painful divorce. Sarah Levitt, a entrepreneur turned business and life coach offers an insightful and poignant response. After the dissolution of her 17 year marriage Sarah came to see divorce recovery in […] Read more…
Stay or Go? A Tale of Two Cities, One Dream Job and a Relationship
Q. Currently I’m 22 and in a good relationship with my boyfriend who I have been living with for a year. I got offered a dream job in a city about 1 hour plane ride away, but my boyfriend can’t leave our current city because of his job. Should I take the job and do […] Read more…
Is No Decision a Decision to Do Nothing?
My last post was from a woman who felt that if you don’t know something…then don’t make a decision. Let the truth reveal itself to you rather than force a decision. As the point here is to provide different perspectives so you can make your own decision, here are some other thoughts on making decisions […] Read more…