Event Recap - written by Isabella Alvarez
On November 19, Girls Up hosted its first speaker panel. It featured five speakers, all from different industries, but with much insight and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. The featured speakers were:
Julie Thorne Engels, CEO of TRIBEMINT
Wanting to pursue a career with more freedom, Julie started her own venture where she could incorporate her creativity skills. With TRIBEMINT, Julie helps companies establish their unique branding and culture to better engage with their consumers.
She told audiences about the importance of working hard. “If you really want to start something and you work hard enough, then people will go out of their way to help make your goals happen.”
Dr. Charles Sidmam, Managing Partner of ECS Capital Partners
During his early career, Dr. Charles Sidman worked primarily in research. He has published more than 90 research papers and served in both public and private universities. Today, he is a managing partner of ECS Capital Partners, a venture based on evolutionary principles. He is also involved in crowd funding.
Dr. Sidman believes that our biggest mistake is that we are afraid to experiment. “You never fail, you just learn from that. If we raised young people that enjoyed experimenting and were not afraid to fail, we would all be entrepreneurs.”
Celine Wallace, actress and author
Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Celine started in the New Zealand television series, Shortland Street. Seeing that there were more opportunities for her to build up her acting career, Celine moved to New York when she was 21. She then moved to Los Angeles, where she worked for Warner Brothers and was exposed to much of what happens behind the scenes in Hollywood. Seeing that she received many questions from her friends about what happened behind the scenes, she wrote a book, Home to Hollywood to better acquaint people moving to Los Angeles for the first time.
After having attended many interviews, she learned to see them as nothing more than opportunities. “I had come with nothing, and I was not going to lose anything after it was over. I learned to see interviews as opportunities.”
Lolita Korneagay- CEO of Simply Suggestions
Lolita was a pre-med student when she was an undergraduate until she was a junior. During her junior year, she met with an advisor that told her that she was not going to medical school. Having received such a comment, Lolita changed her life plans. After she graduated, she worked in a corporate America job, but felt that her life was unsatisfying. She decided to quit her job and start her own venture. This time, she was going to do something she really liked and nobody was going to stop her. Today, she has her own hypnotherapy clinic in Downtown Los Angeles. She helps people figure out their goals and passions.
“If you want to be successful, you have to stay focused.”
Shirin Laos- Salemnia, CEO of Play-Werks
Ever since a young age, Shirin knew that she wanted to work with toys, her biggest inspiration being the movie, Big. She worked as the brand manager for Bratz dolls, but constantly questioned what the influence of these dolls were to young girls. “I felt like there was something wrong and I needed to do something about it.” Shirin learned to code herself and founded PlayWerks, a company that develops games that encourage young girls to become interested in STEM.
“Beware of black and gold, because it’s the new purple and pink!”
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