Finance is such an elusive subject to most of us, and women in finance feels like another subject all together. Investment banker, Jee-Won Yang, sheds a light on the topic for us as well as sharing some tips she has on staying sane and creative in her downtime.
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As ambitious women of New York, even if you’re happy with your job, you always have your eye on the horizon. However, knowing when and how to get the heck out of your job, and onto the next one, can be a challenge – and potentially messy. That’s why this month we decided to dedicate our town hall (and follow up workshop) to the topic of departures, as bittersweet as they may be.
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We sat down with Ladies Get Paid member, Francesca Hogi, a lawyer turned Survivor Contestant turned relationship coach, to try and gain some insight on her career path. Join us at our town hall on Wednesday, September 28th @ 6:30pm to hear her full story, along with others. RSVP here. We sat down with Ladies Get Paid
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Just the other day we took refuge from the heat inside the dimly lit café, Black Brick Coffee, in Williamsburg to meet with Claire Wasserman. Wasserman was already there when we arrived, sporting her trademark cat-eye and tapping away on her phone — no doubt strategizing and networking even on-the-go. Claire is a modern renaissance woman if there ever was one. She is also proof that – no matter what your parents said – Bill Gates isn’t the only successful college dropout.
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Networking is crucial to our careers – especially if we’re in a creative industry – yet, it can be so incredibly uncomfortable. We teamed up with the Hoxton Hotel on September 22nd to host a roundtable to decipher why networking can feel sleazy and how we can do it better.
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Divinity Roxx is a double-threat musician, combining bass and rap into a sound all her own. Over her career, she’s gone from being the only “girl” in the band, to being a part of Beyoncé’s all-female touring band. After talking with her, it’s pretty clear why she named her 2016 solo album, I’m Possible.
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Eva’s leap into the entrepreneurial unknown didn’t happen overnight and after a few more stints of working for others, she finally went full-time to run her own design company, eg studio. Along the way, she also amassed a pretty sizable Instagram following. In our first Member Spotlight, we give you a sneak peek into Eva’s world.
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A lot of us often think, “What if I started a business…” or “What if I quit my job…” At our fourth town hall, we listened to women who shared their stories of turning those “What if’s” to “I’m doing it” and learned what it truly means to take the plunge.
Just because it didn’t work, it didn’t mean you failed. Read More »
The worst part about Imposter Syndrome is that we tend to believe we’re the only ones who suffer from it. Our goal with this town hall was to show that a) we’re not alone and b) there is strength in numbers. Over 100 women attended and together we shared not only our struggles but ways we can combat feeling like a fraud so we can give less fucks and GET THAT SEAT AT THE TABLE.
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