Tips for Launching a Successful Business with BabyQuip CEO, Fran Maier

<p><strong>Fran Maier</strong> is a serial entrepreneur and brand builder with over 25 years experience in B2C and B2B internet&nbsp;businesses. She is best known for her 10+ years leading TRUSTe (now TrustArc), the leading privacy&nbsp;trustmark and compliance provider, and as Co-Founder and first General Manager of Match.com.</p><p>Fran speaks widely on several topics relating to women in business, including opportunities for women in&nbsp;the collaborative economy, addressing the lucrative family travel segment, women in entrepreneurship&nbsp;and on boards. She serves as an advisor to many start-ups including Portfolia, Women’s Start-up Lab,&nbsp;Sign-up.com, Kango, and Dabbl.</p><p>Fran is featured as an expert in the documentary film about entrepreneurship entitled “She Started It.”&nbsp;With Emmy Award winning journalist Kym McNicholas, she hosted a radio show/podcast called "Female&nbsp;Seeking Start-up" which featured interviews with female entrepreneurs. In 2016, Fran was honored by the&nbsp;Stanford Graduate School of Business with the Jerry I. Porras Latino Leadership Award. In 2015, she was&nbsp;named one of “100 Most Influential Women in Technology” by Hot Topics. In 2011, San Francisco&nbsp;Business Times named Fran among the 150 Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business and in 2010,&nbsp;AlwaysOn named her among the Top 25 Women in Tech to Watch in Silicon Valley.&nbsp;</p><p>She served on the board of GE Capital Bank until it was sold in 2016. In addition, she is a Member of&nbsp;Women Corporate Directors and is former Chair of the Steering Committee for Stanford Women on&nbsp;Boards. In 2012, Fran completed the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance Director's College.</p><p>Fran holds a BA and MBA from Stanford University. She lives in San Francisco and Santa Fe and is the&nbsp;mother of two grown sons.<em> </em><a href="www.babyquip.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.babyquip.com</strong></a></p><br><p>CODE: SAVVY</p><p>20% on rentals of $100 or more from 09/15