Wow – what a night! More than 30 successful female entrepreneurs gathered in Seattle on January 19, 2013 for their first YFE Seattle Meet Up held at E|M Fine Art studio. Seattle Coordinators, Tessa Rowe and Kristina Krug went above and beyond incorporating design from local artists, live music, wine, food, swag bags, raffles and two incredible speakers. Starting off the night was successful event specialist Cori Ready who discussed the importance of setting goals and how it’s possible to create some of the best events on a tight budget through good design, a clear mission and accessibility. Women In Innovation Founder and powerful career coach, Kristiina Hiukka followed Cori with a discussion of the importance of being curious and sharing your thoughts with a mentor or coach in order to fully discover how your ideas can come true. After a Q&A’s with the guests, all the women continued to fill their wine cups up and continue the conversations.
The night ended with an exciting raffle where numerous women won free tickets to Banya 5 Spa, the Seattle Art Museum and a couple free invites to our next YFE Seattle event. All the women went home with one of a kind swag bags that included all natural beauty supplies fromLove True Natural, $50 off the January cycle of Dalch Wellness interactive online health coaching program, free online cooking classes at ChefSteps.com and some fun cards by Katie Davis.
Young female entrepreneurs, meet your peers “in real life” if you are in the New York City, Seattle, or Los Angeles areas this month. Find out more about your city’s meetup below…
Marissa Vicario has planned an amazing evening for you on Tuesday, January 15th beginning at 7:45 at Chaise23 Fitness Studio.
Join NYC-area Young Female Entrepreneurs for a night of socializing and networking. This is our January IRL (in real life) Meet-up and Chaise23 is generously donating their space to our group.
Ticket price includes wine and appetizers.
Note that tickets will NOT be available at the door.
Come meet other like-minded women who are serious about growing their business and want to have fun doing it — get support, make connections, form lasting friendships and possibly partnerships!
The theme for the evening is Branding Yourself Online. A panel of experts will be offering strategies and advice for branding yourself online whether your business is web-based or not.
Kristina Krug and Tessa Rowe have put together a stellar speaker lineup, in a gorgeous space with yummy food and good company.
Your ticket purchase covers the cost of food (and drinks if possible!). Find YFEsea on Facebook (must request to join the group).
Questions? Contact: Kristina@artistickey.com
The January 2013 speakers include
Kristiina Hiukka Founder, Author, Executive Coach, Honorary Vice Consul and Cori Ready Event Designer, Stylist, Scene Maker.
Kristiina has been described as an audacious visionary ignited by her passion for a thriving world. Much of her work centers around involving women in the innovation process to make the world a better, more sustainable place. With an international career in training and coaching, Kristiina has coached executives and entrepreneurs, led workshops and spoken at conferences worldwide. She is an author of the Finnish college-level textbook,Tiedon Kauppiaat (Merchants of Knowledge) published by WSOY and a self help book, The Write Life Diary. More…
Cori Ready is an event designer, stylist, scene maker and entreprenuerial community builder who has managed experiential marketing campaigns and events turning out superior product with attention paid to the smallest of details for clients like Vulcan, Zaaz, PopCap Games, Forest City, Publicis, Maveron, EMP, KEXP and more. More…
Venue: Location courtesy of E|M Fine Art — E|M stands for “Elegant|Modern”
Located in the heart of Seattle 410 Dexter Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109 More…
Featured Photographer
Chelsea Shipp, ChelseaShipp.net Chelsea Shipp loves photography. Documenting the important moments in people’s lives gives her such great joy. More…
Erin Haslag of WELLinLA.com is the original City Coordinator. She lead the way for selling out events– creating an in person space to meet people that live near you, that you can do business with, or head out to meet for drinks.
We’re continuing to knock on doors and make opportunity ours in this new year! Welcome to 2013 – Year of the Female Entrepreneur! L.A. is a place filled with dreams and opportunities, but we all know it takes connecting in-person, from those “ah-ha” moments and sentences starting with “You should really meet…” in order to shake things up in this town. Join us for an evening of inspiring conversation, Mexican fare and a drink or two in the beautiful event space at Pink Taco in Century City.
Meet Angela Parker, of Body Inspired Fitness
Trainer, Author, Television Personality and Business Owner – is there anything Angela doesn’t do?
Angela Parker founded Body Inspired Fitness in 2003 on the belief that anybody, anywhere, of any age, size, & fitness level can be in a truly healthy, happy, and vibrant place. In addition to her highly successful Los Angeles based Body Inspired Fitness boot camps, Angela appeared on the hit MTV show, Chelsea Settles. Viewers fell in love with Angela as she helped Chelsea lose an incredible 98 pounds in less than five months & changed her life through the power of exercise.
As we approach the new year many of us are beginning to reflect on the year that was and evaluate where we want to be in 2013 as young female entrepreneurs. In Los Angeles we recently held our final event for the year – our fourth event of the year after launching in May of this year! – and the theme of the night was about thinking big, looking forward and setting goals and objectives necessary to live a life on our terms and aligned with our values.
With our speaker of the evening, Emily Greener, the co-founder of I AM THAT GIRL, there was no shortage of motivation, inspiration and “real talk” about the sweat and tears that go into creating a business. Emily shared how she and her partner, Alexis, came together in what may seem like a very chance encounter – at a party in Los Angeles – to creating an organization that is re-defining what it means to be “that girl”. To have Emily as our guest speaker felt like the perfect ending to 2012 as she encouraged us to think, act and do bigger in our lives and in our careers. Get inspired by Emily and IATG:
In addition to Emily, a little vino and a whole lot of conversation we also created a shared vision board, with women sharing their big goals for 2013. If you’re looking for a healthy dose of inspiration, check out this list and I’m sure you’ll find a goal on this list that resonates for you and your business.
Streamline services and my packages with personal and career goals.
Quit my full-time job (a.k.a. my currently unknowing angel investor) to begin copywriting full time.
To grow more of a following on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (+ 1,000); start an e-book or a cookbook.
Live my truth.
To change 1,000 women’s lives by 2014.
Launch a wine/travel event in California that is affordable and accessible.
I open a yoga studio that is a mecca of community, changing people’s lives.
Create 2013 goals. Make time to sit with a partner to think bigger and get it all down on paper. Get organized for the coming year. Stay awesome.
Become a household name in our industry.
Create strategic partnerships; Follow a social media marketing plan to gain more clients; plan and design at least 12 weddings in 2013.
Raise $700,000.
To act on the ideas in my head, unapologetically.
Successfully launch the first of what is poised to become a nationwide conference where teen girls come together for inspiration, conversation, information and empowerment.
Collaborate daily; give more than I get; reach 1,000 women; offer new opportunities.
Have our brand name “speak” for itself.
Create a space for our most passionate work to fund & fuel our lives freeing us to make greater change than we can even imagine now – today.
Book my 1st magazine editorial shoot.
Branding! Double what I started!
Become a brand! Make all of my businesses cohesive.
Make my businesses completely sufficient so that I can become completely dependent on them and not my full-time job.
Use my medium – MEDIA – to make the world a better place – not a harder-to-be-noticed place.
Special thanks to our photographer, Ashley Wilkins and of course, NextSpace for their wonderful, warm co-working space and hosting the event.
Post Contribute by #YFEla City Coordinator and WELLinLA.com blogger Erin Haslag: Erin Haslag is a writer, designer and business consultant to women-owned wellness and lifestyle brands. Her background is in public health and psychology (dual masters degrees) and she’s written for The Daily Love and The Style Network as a guest contributor and worked as a ghost writer for several fitness/wellness online magazine. She can be found at her website Well in L.A..
Have you registered yet? Hop over to yfecon.com to register. $10 of every registration is donated to the Red Cross.
[note color="#F5F5F5"]Young Female Entrepreneurs first online conference is bringing together entrepreneurial women in their 20s and 30s for 6 hours of peer-to-peer mentorship through panels, lectures, interviews, and breakouts utilizing technology we’re familiar with on November 15th.[/note]
Whenever YFE creates a new way of bringing this community together, I always have a small moment of panic as it goes live that no one will respond. Of course there has been times when that actually turns out to be the case. The start to our Blog it! Week was not one of them.
Each day this week, YoungFemaleEntrepreneurs.com is encouraging you to add a link to a new or old blog post, interview or article you’ve been featured in, or video blog to a new prompt that revolves around building a business. Today was the first of five days, where women visited the YFE Facebook Page to comment with a link to their “startup story.”
Today’s Prompt was:
[quote style="1"]Whether you’re just getting started or you’re well into growing your business, everyone has a startup story. Share a link to a blog post that is a “Startup Story.” That could mean different things to each YFE.[/quote]
Here are the links that were added today that answer the prompt in some way (this will be updated up until midnight PST as new links come in). Please visit, comment and share with your networks:
What is Blog it! Week? Watch this video to find out more:
Don’t forget to register for #YFEcon. Networking + peer-to-peer networking, taking the in person experience online= awesome! $10 of every registration will be donated to Red Cross.
Happy weekend young, female entrepreneurs! Here is a quick recap of what you can expect in November from YoungFemaleEntrepreneurs.com. November is a busy month for our group and you’re encouraged to participate in the community wherever makes sense for where you are in business right now (and what your schedule will allow for). We hope you’ll make connecting with your peers a priority this month as we head into 2013.
Read on to find out more about #YFEnyc’s first meetup with Marissa, YFE’s first onlince conference (#YFEcon), and what the next Bootstrap Book Club book will be. Don’t forget that YFE has another Twitter chat on Tuesday, November 6th at 11p/2e and this upcoming week (November 5th through the 9th) is Blog it! Week where we are linking up over blog posts.
Attend #YFEnyc’s First Meetup
Marissa Vicario is hosting her first YFE meetup in New York City at Thom Bar at 60 Thompson (The Thompson Hotel) Thursday, November 8th from 7 to 9pm.
From Marissa…
[quote style="1"]Join NYC-area Young Female Entrepreneurs for a night of socializing and networking. This is our inaugural IRL (in real life) Meet-up so get in on the fun early and tell your entpreneur friends! Ticket price includes your first glass of wine and light bites. Come meet other like-minded women who are serious about growing their business and want to have fun doing it — get support, make connections, form lasting friendships and possibly partnerships![/quote]
Thank you to #YFEnyc sponsors!
If you’re in New York City register for the meetup to build community in your city with your peers. Marissa has notified YFE that she would like any proceeds of the event to be donated to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Have you registered for #YFEcon yet?
Find out more & register for #YFEcon. This conference supports the free activities YFE hosts and $10 of every registration will go to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts from today until November 15th.
When is #YFEcon?
It is LIVE via streaming video, chat, and breakouts on Thursday, November 15th from 9am to 3pm PST (12pm to 6pm EST). We will also have an online happy hour the night before and opportunities to meetup with your peers IRL after the conference.
What is #YFEcon?
Young Female Entrepreneurs first online conference is bringing together entrepreneurial women in their 20s and 30s for 6 hours of peer-to-peer mentorship through panels, lectures, interviews, and breakouts utilizing technology we’re familiar with on November 15th.
Who should attend #YFEcon?
Entrepreneurial women in their 20s and 30s who are serious about growing their network through peer-to-peer mentorship and shared experiences.
Where is it?
It is available online for attendees. Register at yfecon.com.
Are you in the Los Angeles Area?
#YFEla will be hosting an IRL Meetup the night of the conference. If you’re in the Los Angeles area join City Coordinator Erin Haslag for a night out with speaker, Emily Greener of I Am That Girl, YFE Photographer Ashley Wilkins, and 40 of your peers at Next Space Culver City. Find out more about #YFEla and register for the event.
The Next Book Club Book Announcement
Young Female Entrepreneurs is partnering with Kickstart Kitchen for a second book now in their Bootstrap Book Club. Bootstrap Book Club is a private Facebook group facilitated by the founders of Kickstart Kitchen. It’s a place where women entrepreneurs gather to read, connect with each other and share experiences, and take action to grow.
From Kickstart Kitchen…
[quote style="1"]Happy Halloween! If you’ve been wondering what we’ll be reading next in Bootstrap Book Club, then wonder no more! Our next book is The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz. Thanks to everyone who suggested it! We’ve still got a few more questions for The End of Men by Hanna Rosin, but order The Pumpkin Plan now so it will arrive by the time we start. You can grab it here: http://bit.ly/TOy1N5. We’ll kick off The Pumpkin Plan on November 13th. [/quote]
Let’s get fit today for our Instagram it! meetup. Take a picture of you getting in a run, on a walk, on your Yoga mat, or wherever you happen to be sweating. If you’re lack time today, check out Amanda Russell’s latest fitness video to get a 15 minute high calorie burn workout.
Details… Fit Friday– #YFEfit Add it to your calendar
Need motivation to hit the gym, the mat, or the track? Today is the day! Instagram your workout. Many of the world’s most influential people start their day off with exercise. Do you?
And… don’t forget, this is all leading up to: TONIGHT’S Twitter Mixer #YFEchat with CNN International
Find out more, add it to your calendar, and tweet it out at yfe.me/tweetyfe. See you tonight at 8p/11e.
Check out Molly’s desk today complete with baby monitor, joy mail, and her gorgeous to do list. Does anyone else see Stratejoy oozing out of the way Molly works?
Stacey of On Demand Assistant uses white boards, keeping her favorite things near her when she looks at what the day’s actions are.
We’ve had people working out, looking for a lawyer, on their way to a photo shoot, and having lunch at Fenway Park. What are you doing/need to do today? Instagram it! with YFE using the hasthtag #YFEtodo. Find out more about what we’re up to here.
To Do List Tuesday– #YFEtodo Add it to your calendar
Share what’s on your to do list today. Do you have client work, a networking event to attend, looking for a new graphic designer, need to finally clean your house… someone might be able to help!
Waking Wednesday– #YFEawake Add it to your calendar
Give us a glimpse of what your morning routine looks like! Are you up at dawn for a workout, is email on the brain first thing, are you a green smoothie first thing girl? Instagram it!
Thirsty Thursday– #YFEthirsty Add it to your calendar
Thirsty Thursday young, female entrepreneur style… what’s your fav coffee drink, do you have a glass of water at your desk, what wine will you be relaxing with?
Fit Friday– #YFEfit Add it to your calendar
Need motivation to hit the gym, the mat, or the track? Today is the day! Instagram your workout. Many of the world’s most influential people start their day off with exercise. Do you?
And… don’t forget, this is all leading up to: FRIDAY NIGHT Twitter Mixer #YFEchat with CNN International
Find out more, add it to your calendar, and tweet it out at yfe.me/tweetyfe.
That’s what we found out today over Instagram with the hashtag #YFElisten. To connect with our peers over Instagram this week, YFE is hosting a hashtag fest called Instagram it! We’re sharing everything from what we are listening to, to our to do lists each day this week (each with a different them).
Follow, like, comment and upload your own pics adding the hashtag for the day. Find out what each day is and add it to your calendar here. Why? This will give us a chance to relate to one another by seeing what happens behind the scenes in growing a business as a young, female entrepreneur. This all leads up to the #YFEchat mixer (Fri. 9/28 at 9p/11e) hosted by YFE and CNN Internationals’ Leading Women team of journalists. Find out more about it, add it to your calendar and tweet it out here.
In the meantime, check out what’s been going down so far today on our first day of Instagram it! with a few of our past live stream guests…
— About #YFEchat:
#YFEchat is a Twitter chat hosted by Youngfemaleentrepreneurs.com that occurs every two weeks where entrepreneurial women in their 20s/30s go to discuss topics related to owning a business as a young female (find out more about what a Twitter chat is here). Follow YFE on Twitter @YFEntrepreneur.
Leading up to CNN’s Leading Women team taking over our #YFEchat next Friday night (at 8p/11e, yfe.me/tweetyfe) YFE is taking the week to get to know each other one Instagram at a time.
Join us for the week of September 24th on Instagram using the hashtags below to follow, like and comment on lives of your peers via Instagram.
To participate take a photo using your mobile phone around the theme for the day and post it to Instagram using the hashtag of the day along with a short description. Post it to Twitter connect there too! To find other entrepreneurial women in their 20s/30s on Instagram or Twitter click on or search for the hashtag of the day.
The hashtags we’ll follow next week are:
Music Monday– #YFElisten Add it to your calendar
Whether it’s music or an audio book, start the week of “instagramming it” up with a screenshot of what’s playing on your mobile.
To Do List Tuesday– #YFEtodo Add it to your calendar
Share what’s on your to do list today. Do you have client work, a networking event to attend, looking for a new graphic designer, need to finally clean your house… someone might be able to help!
Waking Wednesday– #YFEawake Add it to your calendar
Give us a glimpse of what your morning routine looks like! Are you up at dawn for a workout, is email on the brain first thing, are you a green smoothie first thing girl? Instagram it!
Thirsty Thursday– #YFEthirsty Add it to your calendar
Thirsty Thursday young, female entrepreneur style… what’s your fav coffee drink, do you have a glass of water at your desk, what wine will you be relaxing with?
Fit Friday– #YFEfit Add it to your calendar
Need motivation to hit the gym, the mat, or the track? Today is the day! Instagram your workout. Many of the world’s most influential people start their day off with exercise. Do you?
You in for the fun? RSVP on the YFE Facebook Page here.
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Post Contribute by #YFEla City Coordinator and WELLinLA.com blogger Erin Haslag:
