The women are at different points in their career—Gibbs held numerous roles in startups before taking the helm of Albright and Porowski is a first-time CEO. But each shared their stories—creating a dialogue about the challenges of early stage startups and tales of fundraising, building teams and the wins along the way. A few dozen women experienced the conversation live, but we filmed it. Check out the video below, and here's more on Women's Entrepreneurship Day celebrations around the world.
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As the world celebrates women in entrepreneurship, American Underground had its own celebration, with bagels, coffee and a "fireside" conversation between Vickie Gibbs of Albright Digital and Jody Porowski of Avelist.
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Laura Baverman manages the day-to-day at ExitEvent, writing and editing stories, lining up contributors and representing us in the community. She also works as a USA Today columnist, writing the Startups and Entrepreneurs column every other week in print and online. Laura has spent a decade in journalism, most of those years as a business reporter in her hometown Cincinnati. Her Ohio roots run deep, but she's learning to love the South. Especially sun, all months of the year.