Female Entrepreneurship with Shakenna Williams | The Family Principles That Shaped Her

In this episode we have a dear friend, Dr. Shakenna Williams, who is the Director of the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Babson College in Massachusetts. She’s a delightful friend and entrepreneur, one who draws heavily on her wisdom. You’ll hear her talk about her new book, “Hook: Entrepreneurial Lessons While Fishing with My Dad” where she learned a lot of life lessons with her father while fishing, and she’ll talk about the entrepreneurial path and journey that she has taken to become a mentor and leaders, especially women as they embark on finding themselves and building businesses. We also hear about her foster parenting experience, as well as how big of a help and an influence her own mother has been on her in her path of life and development as a businesswoman and becoming a well rounded individual. About Shakenna and what keeps her busy these days 2:13Barriers that Shakenna’s dad faced after Vietnam 5:52Being a foster parent to multiple children 10:49What happened with foster parenting during Covid 16:05Her mom and their great relationship 18:29Her book 21:08Hiring people and trying to remain positive and open about what you want 34:11Situations when Shakenna had to dig deeper to get out 35:16Her dad’s influence on her 42:00What’s on the the horizon 51:25“Just using her wisdom, I think that has definitely helped me as a rising young woman entrepreneur, also as a director, how I manage my team. She’s definitely put things in my mind to be mindful of and I’m just so grateful. I have that cool auntie mother that everybody wants to have and I’m extremely blessed.” 19:51