by @leawivb | Oct 26, 2020 | accomplish, Being Unique, Cultural Diversity, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Inspiration, International Business, International Relations, Overcoming, Positioning, Rerouting, reward, Staying In, Success, Tech Field, work, Working Hard
As a finance leader and mentor, I want to share my life lessons as an entrepreneur to help you take charge of all your influential destinies, and this includes yours! An Unlikely Start It is helpful for individuals to see how an entrepreneur has achieved success. I...
by @leawivb | Apr 12, 2010 | accomplish, Advice, Entrepreneurship, Insider Insight, Inspiration, Interview, Leader, Learning, Mathieu Thouvenin, Positioning, Rising, Success, Tech Field, Technology, Vertical, Voila, Working Hard
The other day I met with Mathieu Thouvenin, a tech entreprenuer who’s accomplishments range from starting GSM Online, one of the first French portals about mobile phones to launching iPhone applications like Voila. He is also the three time recipient of a...
by @leawivb | Mar 21, 2010 | accomplish, Advice, Altruism, Giver, Helping Youth, Insider Insight, Inspiration, Interview, Leader, Learning, mentor, Nepal, nonprofit, NYOF, Olga Murray, Opportunity, Overcoming, Service Work, Social Justice, Success, Working Hard
A few days ago I had the good fortune of doing a Q & A with Olga Murray. Soon before her retirement from practicing law in San Francisco she was trekking the Himalayan Mountains when she broke her leg. A local porter carried her for days, which significantly...
by @leawivb | Mar 8, 2010 | accomplish, Advice, Audio, Getting In, Insider Insight, Inspiration, Interview, Success
Yesterday I caught up with Dr. Michael Rokeach at California Pacific Medical Center where he works as an emergency room doctor, director of medical transport, and chief of staff–when he is not busy being president of the San Francisco Medical Society. After...
by @leawivb | Feb 22, 2010 | Advice, Being Unique, Inspiration, Overcoming, Social Justice, Success
Over the weekend I watched Pedro, a biopic based on the short life of Cuban immigrant, AIDS activist, and MTV’s The Real World: San Francisco star Pedro Zamora. Due to its raw inspiration stemming from Zamora’s personal and societal battles with HIV—he was the first...