As Chief Strategy Officer of a women owned business, Russ Ruffolo works with the CEO and the board to outline and implement the organization's global growth strategy by identifying strategic partnerships and opportunities to fulfill the femmebought mission. femmebought is an online community, directory and education hub for women owned business. Russ helps femmebought build solutions to provide more empowerment, funding access and exposure to female entrepreneurs. In this conversation we talk about barriers, gaining traction and having a long-term strategy.

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

1. As you are building an online community make sure you are focusing on quality on quantity , focus on your long-term goals.
2. Create balance with various energies, masculine, feminine, strategic and creative, heart and mind.
3. In any partnership early on work together to craft your mission statement and ask yourself consistently, are you working towards the same cause?

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

femmebought Episode 038: Focus on Your Vision with Sophia Ruffolo Follow me on IG: @leanintocuriosity Topic suggestions, questions or to be on the show, click here!

CONNECT WITH RUSS RUFFOLO:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russ-j-ruffolo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/femmebought/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/femmebought/ Website: https://www.femmebought.com/