Navigating startup myths: A Conversation with Sandra Shpilberg

07/20/20 • 42 min

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Sandra Shpilberg is a digital health entrepreneur and the author of New Startup Mindset, in which she shares her founder’s story of starting, building and exiting her digital health startup, all while not following the Silicon Valley formula, and not being the formula (woman, immigrant and non-programmer). She tackles the startup myths that constrain entrepreneurs and offers key lessons for current and aspiring founders to free them to create the companies that only they can create, and to do so on their own terms.

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Re-entring the Workforce After a Career Break: A Conversation on Persistence with Elizabeth Andrew

What's it like to reenter the workforce in the tech industry after a nearly two decade gap on your resume? Elizabeth shares her story in this episode of Getting to 50/50 where she and Pratima discuss the challenges of agism and of being a female in the workforce. Find out how persistence impacted her, and take away a few key pieces of advice for any age woman in the workforce.
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Elizabeth Andrew is a top-producing technology sales executive, startup advisor, and TEDx speaker, who has established herself as a leader, motivator, and role model with her inspiring story of career reentry by breaking barriers into the San Francisco technology space – at over 50 years old, after a 17-year career break. She had a great run as a top-producing sales leader and senior manager at HelloSign, where she broke sales records and was the lead contributor to the rapid revenue growth of the company which led to the $230M acquisition by Dropbox. Elizabeth is an Advisory Board Member for several startups, serves as an advisor to Women Serve On Boards, and was selected for The CLUB of Silicon Valley's 2016 Incubator leadership program. In her early career, Elizabeth was a VP and Director with Wells Fargo Asset Management, where she opened up the New England Region as a Mutual Fund Wholesaler and grew territory assets from $0 to $70 million.

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Speaking Up And Being Heard: A Conversation with Janet Miller Evans

A seasoned, successful women of color who has navigated the world of leadership in Fortune 100 companies, Janet Miller Evans has a plethora of knowledge to share. In our conversation, Janet and I speak about the difficulty for leaders to speak up, and how to bring your authentic self. How do women teach our girls to form successes early? What does it take to be seen and heard in meetings? Listen to this week's Getting to 50-50 Podcast with Pratima Gluckman.
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Janet Miller Evans, MPA, PCC, EQCC, is President of Entevos, an international coaching and consulting professional services company. Recognized as a business and community leader, Janet is known for achieving results through effective strategic planning, hiring and coaching winning teams, building excellent client relationships, and practical negotiation skills. She shares the knowledge gained from extensive and diverse business, professional, and personal experiences, to guide others to reach their goals. Following her passion for coaching and motivating executives, teams, and individuals to unleash untapped areas of their potential, Janet founded Entevos, In her role as International Coach, Janet guides clients to re-engineer their current thinking and act on self-identified possibilities enabling a complete transformation. Through administration and debriefs of neuroscience research and artificial intelligence assessment tools, along with the use of mindfulness practices, Janet assists clients in creating solutions to reach their goals. Using knowledge gained and lessons learned through 30 years of sales, operations, P&L, and entrepreneurial experience as the foundation, Janet founded Entevos. The principal tenet of Entevos is to foster a culture of trust that inspires motivation, innovation, and optimum levels of engagement. She guides clients to co-create environments for success that unleash empowerment for "being you." Janet specializes in coaching business executives, organizational team development, and individuals in transition. Her certifications include the International Coach Federation Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Coach (EQCC), and Envisia Learning NeuroView Assessor. Janet is a Network Leader for Six Seconds and an Alliance Associate with Envisia Learning, Inc. Partial client list includes Mills College, AT&T, San Jose Evergreen Community College, Merritt College, National Black MBA Association, Inc., San Francisco Chapter, employees of UN/UNICEF, PG&E, Fire Fighter’s First Credit Union, California State Bar Association, IT, financial services, lobbying, legal, real estate, telecommunications, and internet industries, and in the countries of Africa, Sudan, Canada, and France. Janet began her career in the government utility industry and progressed thru Fortune 100 companies in the healthcare, logistics, IT, internet, and telecommunications industries. She held various roles in TVA, FedEx, IBM, UPS, and Comcast, including leading sales and delivery project teams. Janet received excellent reviews for fostering successful client experiences, as well as many honors and recognition. She has led teams of over 150 employees. Janet attained target revenue goals of 450 million dollars, managed P&Ls up to two million dollars, and consistently delivered on key performance indices. Janet was the first African American female field sales manager at Federal Express. She was named National Account Manager of the year and achieved five President’s Club awards. While at IBM, she participated in the Executive Leadership Council. Clients included companies in the commercial real estate, health care, financial services, pharmaceutical industries, small and medium businesses (SMB), and non-profit organizations. Janet’s community leadership experience has includ