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Grateful. Inspired. Excited! I’m honored to be the keynote speaker for Meredith College's Entrepreneurship Challenge on March 1, 2025—an event dedicated to empowering the next generation of women entrepreneurs ?? Working alongside Meredith’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Molly McKinley — and seeing the support from powerhouse local leaders like Charlotte C. Louis, Haley Huie, and Preet Mankad — has been incredible. This event is a testament to the strength of mentorship, innovation, and community in the Triangle area. ?? ?? As Meredith College puts it: “The Entrepreneurship Challenge offers $6,000 in prize money, but the real value lies in the connections students will make with these accomplished leaders. Each mentor represents a different path to success, demonstrating that there isn’t just one way to build a thriving business.” Meredith College students will be given priority for registration, but if you’re a community leader who would like to support, please reach out to Molly McKinley to learn how you can support! ?? Event Details: ?? March 1, 2025 ? 9:00 AM ?? Kresge Auditorium, Meredith College ?? Opening keynote by yours truly I can’t wait to see these students pitch their ideas and connect with inspiring mentors! #entrepreneurship #womeninbusiness #mentorshipmatters #womenentrepreneurs #communitysupport #trianglebusiness #futureleaders #startuplife #meredithcollege #businessleadership #pitchcompetition #innovation #supportsmallbusiness #entrepreneurmindset

The behind-the-scenes of why I had to GOOGLE MYSELF to find my own TEDx talk... ?? Add it to the list of things I learned from the TED talk experience! I was lucky enough to join Wendy Coulter on The Hummingbird Effect podcast earlier this year, right after my TEDx broke 100,000 views. (Happy to share that, as of this morning, we're around 139k ??.) Celebrating that milestone with Wendy and her Hummingbird Creative Group team, plus sharing all the behind-the-scenes info about the TEDx experience, was SO FUN. If you haven't checked out her podcast yet, find The Hummingbird Effect wherever you get your podcasts. #podcast #podcastepisode #episode #TEDx #TEDxShawUniversity #speaker #womenwhospeak #behindthescenes #professionaldevelopment #speaking #event #keynote #workshop #confidence #buildingconfidence #leadership #leadershipdevelopment

Going to ask for your help celebrating this one — the webinar I did with the Universidad Tecnológica del Perú is out! Theme: "Redefining work with AI: how automation is driving innovation." (The recording is available through Facebook Live — I'll share the link in the comments.) Can't say enough —?the team for this event was just amazing. A special thanks to Javier Albarracín Valdivia for bringing me into the event, and extra gratitude to Eduardo García S., translator extraordinaire. (If I get a chance to request translators in the future, I'll be begging to work with him again! ??) #events #webinar #professionaldevelopment #ai #artificialintelligence #trends #work #career #futureofwork #careerdevelopment #techtrends #techandbusiness #womenintech #womeninbusiness #professionalspeaker #leadership #leadershipdevelopment

Got to share Blueprints to #Innovation, a keynote about being innovative and building innovative teams, with the Raleigh-Metro SHRM chapter… and Matthew Glova, CFP? was there! ?? Matt doesn’t normally get to see me do talks like this, but since it was local, and since the folks at Raleigh Metro Society for Human Resource Management (RMSHRM) are SO welcoming — Matt was able to take the morning off work and grab a seat ?? It was such a great event — an incredible audience of #humanresources professionals, great questions about building an #innovative culture, so many wonderful speakers… and getting a big hug from Matt at the end. What a perfect day. #event #professionalspeaker #keynote #association #womenwhospeak #womenspeakers #professionaldevelopment #careerdevelopment #leadershipdevelopment

Small changes, BIG results! How can you put the #HummingbirdEffect into play for your business? ??? Had the pleasure of joining Wendy Coulter on the Hummingbird Effect podcast — it was such a blast talking all things business, #soloentrepreneur, #TEDx, #marketing & #branding, and more! Check out Hummingbird Creative Group's new podcast —?I'm excited to tune in to all of their recent episodes ?? #podcast #episode #business #entrepreneurship #brand #professionaldevelopment #learnmore #event #professionalspeaker

There's a two-minute video honoring me as a member of the 2024 class of the NC Women Business Owners Hall of Fame. If you listen to it, you might think — THE NARRATOR SOUNDS JUST LIKE SARAH! ?? Over the last six years, I’ve personally produced the 53 videos that celebrate each of the women who have been inducted into this Hall of Fame. I don’t just know their stories — I’ve voiced them. (Usually multiple times, since I can never get the audio right in just one take.) So when I found out that Liza Weidle had, secretly, worked with a group of people to nominate me this year, and that I’d been chosen — I panicked. Compared to those 53 stories I know so well,?I don’t deserve it. I wonder if you can relate — to comparing yourself to others and saying, "There’s no way I should be here. Not me, not yet." So when I found out I'd received the award, I called friends, asking, "How do you turn down an award?" ?? Because 1?? I haven't done this for a lifetime; 2?? I haven’t done enough with traditional venture capital; 3?? I’m not building a product but building a business off my individual thought leadership... and so on. It should’ve gone to someone else — not me, not yet. Luckily, when I was worrying about this, a friend asked me, "Do you think there are any other women out there who would be inspired by your story?" That brought me back to the mission of this award. To preserve and amplify the many different stories of women entrepreneurs in our state. Maybe all those reasons I thought I shouldn’t have the honor are the exact reasons why I should. Maybe that’s the real "not me, not yet." Owning those reasons we’re different, and acknowledging, "They haven’t seen somebody like me do something like this — not me, not yet." It reminds me of a time I brought Sawyer with me to a board meeting — he was about three, our childcare plan had fallen through, so I brought him, armed with a million snacks to keep him occupied. And I remember the look of shock on another woman’s face when we walked in. She literally said, "I’ve never seen a baby at a board meeting!" And I smiled, and said, "We’re proud he’s your first!"??? ??♀? As women-owned businesses grow, we’re not just following traditional stories of success —?we’re changing the idea of what successful entrepreneurship can look like. Accepting the award in front of my family, my parents, my in-laws, my friends —?and especially my husband Matthew Glova, CFP? and our two boys — was the honor of a lifetime. ESPECIALLY since I got to use my own voice to add my own story to this collection —?video number 54. And I hope that if you hear these stories of the NC WBO Hall of Fame winners, that you’re excited to continue challenging the idea of what success looks like —?to know that if you go somewhere and start to feel like you don’t belong — you can just smile, and think, "Where I am now hasn’t seen someone do it like me." Not me. Not yet. But now they will. ?? #womenbusinessowners

Megan Anderson, MBA and Kathie Dello are doing incredible, incredible work — if you're interested in Raleigh, the state of North Carolina, sustainability, climate action, or just amazing leaders doing big things — you'll want to hear this episode to learn more. #podcast Was lucky to sit down with them and with host Dan Bagley (He, Him) on the #BigIdeasRaleigh podcast and talk all things climate action. Don't miss this one! ?? ?? Find the Big Ideas Raleigh podcast wherever you get your podcasts, or check out the full video episode on YouTube. #podcasting #Raleigh #RaleighNC #NorthCarolina #episode #climateaction #climatesciene #sustainability #localgovernment

How are #Raleigh leaders addressing homelessness, and what steps can Raleigh residents take to support affordable housing initiatives? I learned SO MUCH on this episode! With Emila S.utton, Director of the City's Housing and Neighborhoods Department, Stephen Gruver, Director of Social Services at The Salvation Army, and of course, our awesome ??? host, Dan Bagley (He, Him). I loved helping to produce this episode, and we're so excited we can share it with you —?join us and dive into the critical challenges of affordable housing and homelessness in our city. We explore the current housing crisis, the role of zoning deregulation, and how collaborative community efforts can provide sustainable solutions. Find the #BigIdeasRaleigh podcast wherever you get your podcasts, or check out the episode on YouTube! #RaleighNC #cityofoaks City of Raleigh Municipal Government #podcast #podcastepisode Earfluence Beth Berg #localgovernment #citygovernment #housingpuzzle

A *live-recorded* episode of the Big Ideas Raleigh podcast! That's right —?LIVE! In front of over 200 ATTENDEES ??? we talked about the value of collaboration and the spirit of big ideas in #Raleigh — and thank goodness, we recorded the whole thing. Captured at the Engage Raleigh Community and Neighborhood Expo earlier this month, with amazing guests Tiesha Mosley, Iliana Santillan, Dr. Ajamu Dillahunt-Holloway, and Kori Hennessey —?and of course, Host Extraordinaire Dan Bagley — this live-recorded episode is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Breaking the Barrier: The Value of Collaboration ???Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube. #CommunityEngagement #BigIdeasRaleigh #podcasts #podcast #podcastepisode Earfluence #tunein #localgovernment #traingleNC #citygovernment ##collaboration #cityofoaks

Nervous? ? Did it anyway? ? ? Now on to ??,000! Thanks to everyone who has given this talk a view. Sharing this with you has been unreal ?? #tedx #tedxtalks #tedxspeaker #tedxshawuniversity #nervous #confidence #community #biggoals #goalsetting #womenspeakers #womenentrepreneurs #womeninbusiness #workingmom #wecandobigthings