Shelly Porges is the National Finance Co-Chair for the Ready for Hillary Super PAC. Prior to this role, Porges was a Franklin Fellow and Senior Advisor leading the Global Women's Business Initiative at the U.S. State Department. She is a recognized marketing and strategy expert having launched products, brands and companies, as well as raised funds for a range of non-profit and political organizations. Before joining the State Department, Ms. Porges had a distinguished private sector career as both a corporate executive (American Express and Bank of America) and entrepreneur. Most recently, she served as chair of the board for Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence, the leading non-profit online accelerator for women-owned businesses. Shelly Porges holds both a BS and MPS degree from Cornell University. She was a founding member of the President's Council of Cornell Women.
I want to tell you a story but it is a story that is sort of, you know, it was my fifth startup which is the one, arguably, unsuccessful exit or, by some measures, you'd still count it successful. But because I was so advanced in my career and because you are all in such a different stage, I want t...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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