Unfiltered Lessons of a Female Entrepreneur

<p>What's it like to found and run a tech company? Founding CEO Victory Montgomery-Brown, stops by the show to talk about her new book.  She shares very open advice about dealing with investors, hiring and firing employees, working with a partner, and managing the daily pressures that a startup faces.</p><p>~ ~ ~</p><p>Victoria Montgomery-Brown is Founding CEO, <a href="https://bigthink.com/" target="_blank">Big Think</a>, the knowledge company that makes people and companies smarter and faster through short-form video with the world’s best thinkers and doers. Since founding Big Think in 2007, Victoria has built the company from a fledgling thought-leadership media platform to the leading knowledge company for ideas and soft skills. Victoria has a BA from McGill University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Goddess-Unfiltered-Lessons-Entrepreneur/dp/1400220610/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=digital+goddess&qid=1605986240&sr=8-1" target="_blank">DIGITAL GODDESS</a> is about dealing with the way things are, even when you don’t like it, and being yourself, even when it seems like a drawback. It’s about sucking it up, making the hard choices, and dealing with the consequences. Victoria’s been called “the anti-Elizabeth Holmes,” for a good reason— unlike the ill-fated Theranos CEO, she’s transparent with her investors even when she fears they will walk away.</p><p>Starting a business is tough. DIGITAL GODDESS serves as a roadmap for any woman who has ever thought about striking out on her own. Raw and real, Montgomery-Brown tells it the way it is—it’s about sucking it up, making hard choices, dealing with consequences, and, above all, staying true and honest no matter what happens. </p><p>~ ~ ~ </p><p>Support the show on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/norlund" target="_blank"><strong>@norlund</strong></a></p><p>Check out more details about the show at <a href="https://www.chrisnorlund.com/podcast" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.chrisnorlund.com/podcast</