Women In Leadership - Week 7

This week we had 3 speakers, Mary, Carol and Sally. Carol is the founder and the President of Slain industries. She co founded it, there are now 18 million users all over the world. She's a shareholder but is no longer connected with it. She started it in1981, with just 2 women and in 2007 she sold it to an Irish company that was a multinational. She said how back then people never shared the financial statements, but now it's not a big deal. People who look at it are only interested because they want to ensure their job security. They had an open door policy. Any time you wanted to confront the "Head Guy", you were free to do so. In 1996, she had her first disagreement with her partner. So what she did was but 25% of her partners shares and ended up having more control. Sally was next to speak. She spent a year at Otterbein. She realized that she had a passion for music and decided to go to Hollywood. Her first stop was at San Diego then she moved and lived in Hollywood. She had spent about 7 years out there. She was born and raised in Cleveland. Her mum was her first employee in the castor business. She never wanted to take "No" for an answer. Honda has been her client for about 17 years now. Her mentor is going to be Cheryl Cooper. Mary was the last speaker. Her original education is in Nursing. Her dad was an entrepreneur. Her husband gave her the check and she's been in control ever since they got married. She's all about the Finance and managing your money, and spending it wisely. This week's speakers were very business oriented and we learnt a lot.