Final Embracing Your Own Power Talk

Embracing Your Own Power: A discussion about leadership, self-confidence & women Susan Mernit Women Who Tech October 14, 2008

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This is a talk about experiences & observations…from someone who didn’t start out in corporate life...but did pretty well there.

My story--Susan Mernit Current: CEO & Co-founder, People’s Software , 2008 TechStars company; Program manager/consultant, Knight News Challenge , Knight Foundation Formerly, Senior Director/Head of Product, Yahoo! Personals , VP, AOL & Netscape

In the ‘90s, my career took a fork in the road…. Started as a poet and worked for non profits Became a writer/editor 1992: Writer & Editor, Scholastic, Inc. 1993- Dove into the Net 1998: Director/GM, Parade.com Began running web businesses 2000: VP, Netscape.com 2002: VP, America Online

Transitions Ended up at Yahoo! after running my own consulting business… So how did I go from poet to business person to VP? And what does that have to do with this talk?

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Moving from personal stories to general observations How do you get noticed and get the chances to move ahead? What is the balance between team-building and building your brand? What’s the degree of risk that feels right? How does the work part and the inner life part fit together?

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"Nine guys, all used to being in charge. I'm absolutely conscious about speaking up more frequently and interrupting people - even though we were taught not to interrupt. Damn it, I'll repeat myself! I'll say it louder! I'll lean forward in my chair.” --Thereseia Gouw Ranzetta, Accel Partners

“ It’s a can-do spirit with a must-do responsibility that together generate great results.” --PepsiCo chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi

“ Nothing is created without something being destroyed.” -ADM chairman and CEO Pat Woertz

Questions If you “know” it, how do you do it? Does being powerful make you: unlikeable? a bitch? less feminine? Are we talking about work, or your whole life?

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People (friends) who inspire me ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

So how is your power tied to your network?

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And what do you do with it when you get it? (Insert discussion here)

Interesting lists (corporate) Fortune Powerful Women Summit, October 2008 http://www.timeinc.net/fortune/conferences/women08/women_home.html CNN Money: 50 Most Powerful women list 2007 http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0709/gallery.women_mostpowerful.fortune/ Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women 2008 http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/27/most-powerful-women-biz-powerwomen08-cz_me_cs_0827women_land.html The New Valley Girls http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/25/news/newsmakers/sellers_valleygirls.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008100614

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