TBLP028 | Vicki Saunders: There is NO right way

Vicki Saunders is an entrepreneur, award-winning mentor, advisor to the next generation of change makers and leading advocate for entrepreneurship as a way of creating positive transformation in the world.

Vicki is Founder of SheEO; a two-decade long initiative to dramatically transform how we support, celebrate and finance female entrepreneurs building new models, new mindsets and new solutions for a better world.

Vicki has co-founded and run 4 ventures in Europe, Toronto and Silicon Valley including Zazengo (an online platform for consumer and employee engagement for Fortune500 companies focused on sustainability), KidsNRG/The NRG Group (which went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2000) and Impactanation, a global consulting firm focused on engaging youth to tackle the grand challenges we are facing.

Vicki was recently named one of the 100 most influential leaders of 2015 from “EBW – Empowering A Billion Women”, alongside Marissa Mayer, Melinda Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, and Michelle Obama. In 2001, Vicki was selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. She has spoken regularly at events around the world including; The World Economic Forum in Davos, Women of Influence Series in Canada, TEDx Conference, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs events and the Tallberg Forum.

What You Will Learn From This Episode

• Why she is leveraging from a culture of radical generosity to support women entrepreneurs
• How to build high-performance teams
• What she means by “constantly cleaning out her closets”
• What she asks someone who she just connects with to grow her network

Links

• SheEO World Website
• SheEO on Facebook
• SheEO on Instagram
• Vicki on Twitter
• Vicki on Instagram

Reading List

• Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
• Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business