This Thanksgiving I'm grateful for one year of CareerClimb and most of all, grateful for YOU, the over a thousand women who have followed us and gotten to work with us in our Product VP Challenge or by listening to this podcast - my biggest hope and dream is that you have gotten support, inspiration and have accelerated your CareerClimb and picked up valuable momentum.

I want to especially thank the close to 60 members of our CareerClimb programs, who keep showing up to weekly calls, coaching sessions, workshops and even to our live events and doing your homework, even with a full plate of life-responsibilities.  The fantastic results you're producing and your faith and trust in me and the nascent CareerClimb project, is the sweetest reward I can ever wish for.

You have the choice to give your hard earned dollars to any large corporation or male-led company doing the “next Masterclass” getting millions of dollars of VC money thrown at them.  Instead, you chose to invest in yourself with a female-owned business, and with someone who’s been in your shoes.  And for that I thank you.

PS.  Focusing on women in tech is too niche for most of the VCs and they’re yawning at it. Most of the men in those investment funds don’t understand the market, they don’t understand us.  They would rather serve the biggest audience, even if it means lumping us into the big pot that’s still largely dominated by white men.  

But here's the thing - as women, we  DO have special needs, unique requirements and challenges.  The types of conversations that often happen in our CareerClimb safe space could not have happened with guys in the room - about crying in a meeting or in the office bathroom or whether we should let our manager know about our upcoming IFV.  

Ultimately, the bro culture will change.  I want to thank you for starting a movement with CareerClimb and changing the prevalent culture by modeling a different type of leadership and becoming successful while being authentically you.

Happy Thanksgiving!