How to Rethink Networking, Town Halls, and Empower 30,000+ Women Worldwide with Ladies Get Paid Founder

Host Travis King of the Community Builder Podcast talks with Claire Wasserman about gender dynamics in business, how to effectively network, and the unexpected ways you can impact others.   Episode Highlights:  Even before she began Ladies Get Paid, Claire worked in recruitment and was already thinking about what influenced people to accept a job offer and to stay in that job. Investing in women is crucial for the overall economy. Claire created an even with a town hall format for women to discuss what money means to them, with an open forum for women to share their situations rather than attempting to provide generic advice. She created a Slack group for the women in attendance to continue the conversation, and it grew to a website, to a coaching company. When you do work to found a company on your own, it’s potentially as valuable as going to business school. Claire suggests finding your “portal person,” or a person in your network who sits at the intersection of a lot of people you could potentially connect with. When reaching out to your portal person to ask for something, also think about what you can offer to them. Consider whether it would be more beneficial to you to learn by working for someone else and get paid rather than immediately starting your own company where the ultimate success or failure depends entirely on your learning curve. To grow the company, Claire and her business partner started an ambassador program to train women to run similar events in their cities. Grassroots organizing provides similar tools to grow a community, like toolkits to run events in your own area. Many women involved with Ladies Get Paid are running for office and starting political-related businesses because they know they have a community of like-minded women behind them; one major example is now-Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.   3 Key Points: A major factor to the success of a startup is avoiding indecision. Don’t ask to pick someone’s brain, but ask specific questions instead. Look to political campaigns and grassroots organizing for methods to grow your events related business and community.   Tweetable Quotes: “What I’m good at is starting something but not necessarily growing it... So I knew I was on the right path, but I needed someone to illuminate the path a little more so I could get there quicker, and that’s when I realized I had to find a partner.” –Claire Wasserman “A small thing you do can end up having a huge impact on another person, who in turn impacts even more people.” –Claire Wasserman   Resources Mentioned: Claire Wasserman: https://www.clairewasserman.com/ (Website), https://www.instagram.com/clairewassermanxo/ (Instagram), https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairewasserman/ (Linkedin) https://www.ladiesgetpaid.com/ (https://www.ladiesgetpaid.com/)  Travis King: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisking1 (Linkedin) http://communitybuildershow.com (communitybuildershow.com) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.