Breaking Barriers: Women Entrepreneurs Thriving With ADHD

01/10/24 • 27 min

There are many incredible stories of women making waves in business, all while navigating the unique journey of living with ADHD. These remarkable entrepreneurs are not just breaking glass ceilings but also challenging stereotypes around ADHD in the business world.

On today’s episode of Women Who Own It, Allison Maslan, founder of Pinnacle Global Network, talks with Angela Stephens, the president of A. Stephens & Associates, LLC, CEO, and co-founder of RE-Focus, the Creative Office co-founder of DDA West Coast Productions, and host of the RE-Focus podcast with Angela Stephens. A. Stephens & Associates, LLC is a boutique executive search firm founded in 1997 and focused on the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, consumer, food, and nutrition industries as well as healthcare advertising and medical education. Re-Focus, The Creative Office was created in 2016, to help her son in school and in life as he had been diagnosed with ADHD in the fifth grade, and Stephens herself diagnosed with ADHD as well later in her life.

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