Todd Earwood » robin wolaner http://www.toddearwood.com Connecting the dots of life and business Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:43:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bay Area Veteran on the Benefits of Social Networking http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/08/20/bay-area-veteran-on-the-benefits-of-social-networking/ http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/08/20/bay-area-veteran-on-the-benefits-of-social-networking/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:00:10 +0000 Todd Earwood http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/08/20/bay-area-veteran-on-the-benefits-of-social-networking/ This is part two of my interview with Robin Wolaner. We discuss the benefits she’s seen of social networking for both her startup and personally. Specifically, she references examples of LinkedIn and even MySpace.

If you’re catching up, be sure to catch the first part of our talk, then head over to LinkedIn and add me as your contact. It’s the best way to keep track of my ventures and network.

]]> http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/08/20/bay-area-veteran-on-the-benefits-of-social-networking/feed/ 0 Robin Wolaner May Have the Best Reason for a Startup http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/08/07/robin-wolaner-may-have-the-best-reason-for-a-startup/ http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/08/07/robin-wolaner-may-have-the-best-reason-for-a-startup/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:34:37 +0000 Todd Earwood http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/08/07/robin-wolaner-may-have-the-best-reason-for-a-startup/ If you don’t know Robin Wolaner by name, you know her great work. Her career includes founding Parenting magazine along with launching Martha Stewart Living and Vibe magazines. She is also the author of a great book you NEED to buy called “Naked In the Boardroom.”

The point I’m making is she’s a player, she’s tried it, done it (successfully) and is going at again with a very, cool startup called TBD.com. Today, they just announced their funding round by a list of rockstar investors. But this story isn’t about the money, it’s about a proven leader who is building a business to help her generation. I sat down with Robin during my Bay Area Visit and while the persona in the book was intimidating, she and her team were a joy to meet. Watch this interview and you’ll see why.

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Laurence Haughton – Best-selling author, speaker and management consultant
Robin Wolaner – Author of the book, Naked in the Boardroom, founder of Parenting magazine and the new startup, tbd.com
Daniel Scudder – Founder of DormItem, blogger at Outside The Valley, product marketer at RapLeaf and student at Babson
Noah Kagan – Director of Marketing Evangelism at Mint.com and CommunityNext coordinator

Stay tuned with Twitter and posts here throughout the day.

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