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Podfitness CEO/Co-Founder Teri Sundh Joins Startup Princess as a Fairy Godmother

October 22, 2007

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Teri Sundh, CEO/Co-Founder of Podfitness at the first Women Tech Council event in Sandy, Utah. (I highly recommend all Utah women in tech to join –membership is free until the end of the year). I really enjoyed the event’s panel which included Teri and Carol Fineagan the CIO of Energy Solutions.

During the panel, Teri introduced herself by saying, “I’ve taken companies public and I’ve also failed miserably.” She says that the failures add to your success and that often when she interviews new employees she asks them about their life challenges and how they recovered from them–she says that it tells you a lot about their character. When  asked what made her so successful, she answered that it was her unique ability to execute. She always believed she could be an executive and planned for it since she was young. The key is “hard work, a lot of consistency of moving forward.” She also emphasized the value of following like-minded progressive companies and watch what they are doing so you can learn from them and see the direction of technology and innovation.

She shared a desire to ‘give back’ and voiced a concern that we need to be more informative about the available resources for women in business, build solid support systems for them (particularly in Utah), share more and help each other succeed. As she said these things, I knew she’d be a great Fairy Godmother and would be drawn to our objectives. She was delighted when I asked her and we’re thrilled to have her speak at an upcoming event and be involved. Teri’s raising a Startup Princess, her 15 year old daughter has already started an innovative product…wonderful!! Great job, Teri. Welcome to the Kingdom of Women Entrepreneurs!

Teri’s profile page coming soon!

Carol Fineagan was very inspiring as well…I loved her plea to “take personal responsibility in all you do” and take advantage of every opportunity to progress and grow your talents. She emphasized that we should all “get used to change” and said, “even if you’re just walking through the grocery store, go a different way than you usually do”, see things in a new way. She also encouraged us to go into the schools (even if it’s just our own child’s class) and teach children what is possible, what they can do, who they can become. ;) Thank you Carol!

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  Startup Princess is an international network committed to empowering Women Entrepreneurs by offering resources for women in business to support, mentor, collaborate, learn from, and inspire one another. In 2006, after struggling to raise funding for an initial startup business venture, Kelly King Anderson recognized an important market niche existed for reliable resources educating women desiring to start and grow successful businesses, thus Startup Princess was developed.

Successful women entrepreneurs understand that for every business venture, they are in charge of creating, organizing, developing, managing, and assuming all the risks associated with their enterprise. That can seem quite intimidating but as other women business owners will tell you, it’s a lot of work, but it’s worth it! Success is within your grasp and Startup Princess is here to help.

First, join as a member of Startup Princess and start building a solid foundation. Membership entitles you to a listing in the Startup Princess Online Directory where we list women owned businesses. You’ll also access exclusive content like articles, videos, and audio straight from your email inbox. Coupled with feature interviews, discounts on events, networking connections, and press opportunities, your Startup Princess membership will give any woman entrepreneur a great start for her business!

Then, take advantage of Touchpoint, our annual business conference for women entrepreneurs. Practical planning meets sky-high inspiration at this high-impact event for women business owners to network and develop their approach to business with wisdom and creative direction from other women entrepreneurs across the country.

Need a little help taking your business to the next step? Wish you had a fairy godmother like Cinderella offering you a helping hand? Now you can! Startup Princess is the home of Fairy Godmother Consulting, volunteer mentors sharing tips and insights to bless the lives of other women entrepreneurs.

Startup Princess can offer many benefits to women in business from future women business owners to successful women entrepreneurs. Please call or fill out our contact form with questions, concerns, or general interest and let us help you by giving you full access to everything Startup Princess has to offer!