Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff

Billion-Dollar Breakthrough: The Journey to Self-Made Success and Breaking Barriers for Female Entrepreneurs with Liz Elting, CEO & Founder of the Liz Elting Foundation

04.09.2024 - By Rebecca MinkoffPlay

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Liz Elting, CEO and Founder of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, learned at an early age to rely on no one but herself financially. Liz took this advice to heart, founding and building a billion-dollar business from scratch and becoming one of the richest self-made women. 

From her NYU dorm room, Liz co-founded TransPerfect, the world's largest language solutions company, at the age of 26. Before getting her first clients, Liz made thousands of calls and wrote thousands of letters. Her road to success was filled with long hours and sacrifices. Although Liz had the highest vision for herself and her company, she experienced many learning curves along the way, including the heartbreaking experience of battling her co-founder in court. Liz is a fierce proponent of raising other female entrepreneurs up and amplifying their voices through her work with her foundation. In her best-selling book Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business, she vulnerably recounts her business journey and lessons learned.

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Guest Website:

lizelting.com

elizabetheltingfoundation.org

Social Media:

Instagram: @lizelting

LinkedIn: @lizelting

Big Ideas: 

Following your passion and financial independence

Putting in the work early on and keeping at it even when things get tough

The amount of groundwork you have to do before you get a client

Taking care of every project as if it is your next million-dollar relationship

Making mistakes when stepping into leadership and learning from them

Making short-term sacrifices to achieve long-term success

Supporting a more equitable and fair business world for women and marginalized groups

Increasing the number of women in entrepreneurship

Learning about business through authentic story-telling

Facing adversity and pushing through

Lessons learned from a difficult co-founder relationship

Believing in yourself and not backing down on your values

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